cone cell | pupal stage (with Cyfip85.1)
eye | pharate adult stage (with Cyfip85.1)
lens | pharate adult stage (with Cyfip85.1)
photoreceptor | pupal stage (with Cyfip85.1)
retina | pharate adult stage (with Cyfip85.1)
rhabdomere | pupal stage (with Cyfip85.1)
Homozygous Sra-1EP3267 mutant adults display grossly normal eye morphology, but show subtle anomalies in ommatidia organisation with low penetrance.
Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 mutant pharate adults have rough eyes and display dark lenses in a speckled, random pattern indicating cone cell death. The ommatidia are occasionally misaligned or fused to their neighbours and some lack the typical smooth surface, instead showing crater-like intrusions indicative of lens material loss. Interommatidial bristles are often bent and appear soft and flat. Rhabdomeres appear bulky and never span the entire retina, either accumulating near the distal surface or underneath the retinal base (FM) in the lamina. The FM is mispositioned, leading to a markedly reduced retina depth. The rhabdomeres appear bulky and never span the entire retina, accumulating near the distal surface or underneath the FM in the lamina. The actin organisation of the FM is compromised and the polarised accumulation of dense cortical actin latices near the inner and outer lateral membrane of pigment cells is abolished.
Over 30% of Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 pupal photoreceptors possess ectopic membrane protrusions projecting from the stalks, a phenomenon never observed in wild type. Gaps also occur between the rhabdomeres and the cytoplasm and the rhabdomeres themselves comprise a massive amount of membrane that occupies an area that is twice as large as in controls, however the space occupied by the actin rich rhabdomere terminal web (RTW) is not proportionally increased. Actin fingers that normally extend from the sub-rhabdomeric space into the RTW are absent in Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 mutant cells but microvillar structure and stacking appear normal. Adherens junctions are correctly specified but structurally compromised. Defects in cone cell shape and configuration are also seen.
50% of animals die before eclosion. When Sra-1EP3267 is driven in the eye by Scer\GAL4elav-C155, no effects are seen on eye morphology.
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is a suppressor | partially of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of Fmr1EP3517, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a non-enhancer of eye phenotype of Rac1N17.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a non-enhancer of ommatidium phenotype of Rac1N17.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is a suppressor | partially of neuromuscular junction & synapse phenotype of Fmr1EP3517, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor | partially of ommatidium phenotype of Rac1V12.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor | partially of eye | posterior phenotype of Rac1V12.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor | partially of ommatidium phenotype of Fmr1EP3517, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is a suppressor | partially of synapse phenotype of Fmr1EP3517, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor | partially of eye phenotype of Fmr1EP3517, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is a suppressor of larval intersegmental nerve phenotype of Rac1V12.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a non-suppressor of ommatidium phenotype of Rac1N17.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a non-suppressor of eye phenotype of Rac1N17.UAS, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
The reduced synaptic length seen at the neuromuscular junction in larvae expressing Fmr1EP3517 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is partially suppressed by co-expression of Sra-1EP3267.
The combination of Sra-1EP3267 and Rac1V12.Scer\UAS driven by Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has a weaker eye phenotype than Rac1V12.Scer\UAS (driven by Scer\GAL4GMR.PF) alone. The combination of Sra-1EP3267 and Rac1V12.Scer\UAS driven by Scer\GAL4elav-C155 has a ISNb stalling phenotype (only 17% exhibit the phenotype compared to 29%) than Rac1V12.Scer\UAS (driven by Scer\GAL4elav-C155) alone.
CyfipEP3267 is partially rescued by CyfipEP3267/Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
CyfipEP3267/Scer\GAL4GMR.PF partially rescues CyfipEP3267
Expression of Sra-1EP3267 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF fully rescues the eye morphology defects seen in Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 mutant pharate adults. The lethality associated with Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 is not rescued.
Expression of Sra-1EP3267 under the control of Scer\GAL4lz-gal4 fully rescues the retinal fenestrated membrane integrity defects seen in Sra-1EP3267/Sra-185.1 mutant pharate adults. As result photoreceptors are kept in place and no longer fall into the lamina. The dark necrotic lenses seen in mutant flies are also absent. Some bulky rhabdomeres are still seen, but fewer than are seen in the mutant alone.