Like wild type, cells from scribdt6/scrib673 transheterozygous wing discs are arranged in epithelial monolayers and maintain the folded structure of the tissue. However, these mutant scrib cells show cuboidal rather than columnar morphology.
scribdt6/scrib673 transheterozygous wing discs show an intermediate increase in both the surface area and volume compared to wild type and contain approximately 300% more cells than wild type.
Adult eye tissue homozygous for scribdt6 is readily obtained, although it is rough, enlarged and folded.
scribdt6 germ line clone embryos display a consistent failure of dorsal closure and mildly penetrant anterior open defects.
Adherens junction formation is normal but septate junctions are severely disrupted in scribdt6/scrib673 transheterozygous wing discs.
scribdt6/scrib673 is partially rescued by scribΔPDZs.UASp.GFP/Scer\GAL469B
scribdt6/scrib673 is partially rescued by scrib4.UASp.GFP/Scer\GAL469B
scribdt6/scrib673 is not rescued by scribΔLRR.UASp.GFP/Scer\GAL469B
scribdt6/scrib673 is not rescued by Scer\GAL469B/scribΔLRR.UASp.Tag:Myr(Src42A),GFP
Expression of scribΔLRR.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL469B fails to rescue the cell polarization and disc overgrowth phenotypes of scrib673/scribdt6 transheterozygotes.
Expression of scribΔLRR.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Myr6,T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL469B fails to rescue the cell polarization and disc overgrowth phenotypes of scrib673/scribdt6 transheterozygotes.
Expression of scrib4.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP or scribΔPDZs.Scer\UAS.P\T.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL469B provides a more complete rescue of the size phenotype of scrib673/scribdt6 transheterozygous discs compared to scrib null discs. Increasing the level of transgene expression via raising larvae at 29 oC further increases this rescue. Moreover, the apicolateral enhancement of septate junction markers is restored and cell shape is columnar rather than cuboidal in rescued scrib673/scribdt6 discs.
Heteroallelic combinations between scribdt6, scribdt12 and scrib882 suggest that scribdt6 is the most severe mutation of these three.