embryonic leading edge cell & filamentous actin | germ-line clone
1-2% of DokPG155/Y males survive to adulthood. These escapers exhibit four main phenotypes: 1. 50% have shrivelled wings 2. 30% exhibit a split thorax with a loss of bristles in the midline region of the thorax 3. <10% show a unilateral or bilateral loss of orbital bristles in the head region 4. <10% have irregularly placed bristles in the eye. Approximately 50% of embryos derived from DokPG155 germ-line clones exhibit a severe dorsal open phenotype. The lateral epidermal cells of these mutants are rounded, instead of being elongated as in wild-type embryos. Despite initially stretching prior to the failure of dorsal closure, DokPG155 germ-line clones show decreased levels of actin in all cells and a loss of the actin cable and actin protrusions at the leading edge. The DokPG155 germ-line escapers that do not die as embryos are always female. Paternally-rescued embryos show no dorsal phenotype and both males and females survive to adulthood. DokPG155/Y embryos show normal levels of actin distribution. However, the actin cable in the leading edge cells exhibits minor kinking.
DokPG155 has lethal | male | germline clone phenotype, non-suppressible by JraAsp.hs.sev/Jra[+]
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, suppressible by JraAsp.hs.sev/Jra[+]
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, suppressible by pucE69/puc[+]
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, suppressible by Sharkhs.PF
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, non-suppressible by Scer\GAL4unspecified/Src42ACA.UAS
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, non-suppressible by Src42Ahs.PL
DokPG155 has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype, non-suppressible by SharkK698R.hs
Embryos derived from DokPG155 germ-line clones that carry one copy of the JraAsp.hs.sev transgene exhibit a less severe dorsal closure effect, both in terms of expressivity and penetrance, than DokPG155/Y embryos. The transgene-carrying embryos die at late embryonic stage and exhibit small anterior holes in the cuticle. Only 20% of embryos derived from DokPG155 germ-line clones that are also heterozygous for pucE69 show a dorsal closure phenotype, compared to 48% of DokPG155 germ-line clones without a puc mutation. The rescued embryos have small holes in the cuticle. Only 10% of embryos derived from DokPG155 germ-line clones that carry two copies of the sharkhs.PF transgene show a dorsal closure phenotype; these embryos exhibit small anterior holes in the cuticle. In contrast, expression of the sharkK698R.hs transgene fails to rescue DokPG155 germ-line clone embryos. Expression of either the Src42Ahs.PL transgene or the activated Src42ACA.Scer\UAS transgene fails to rescue DokPG155 germ-line clone embryos.
Re-mobilisation of the transposon causes the lethality phenotype to be lost.