Overexpression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4e22c in an otherwise wild-type embryo affects wg-mediated cuticle patterning. Ectopic denticles replace some of the ventral and ventrolateral naked cuticles, and dorsal patterning is disrupted, leading to curvature of the embryo. An average of 12 ectopic denticles are found within the naked cuticle zone of a typical abdominal segment.
Expression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4arm.PS results in approximately 32.9% embryonic lethality, while expression under the more potent Scer\GAL4e22c driver results in approximately 77.7% embryonic lethality. In both cases, those embryos that hatch often survive to become normal adults, suggesting that SoxN plays no further role beyond embryogenesis. Expression under the control of Scer\GAL4dpp.blk1 results in approximately 29.4% pupal lethality.
Overexpression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4e22c in embryos derived from mothers that were heterozygous for Df(3R)Espl22, produces milder pattern disruptions both dorsally and ventrally.
Expression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4en-e16E results in ectopic denticle formation in the larval cuticle.
SoxNUAS.cOa has lethal | embryonic stage phenotype, enhanceable by Scer\GAL4arm.PS/panUAS.cWa
SoxNUAS.cOa has lethal | embryonic stage phenotype, enhanceable by panUAS.cWa/Scer\GAL4e22c
SoxNUAS.cOa has lethal | pupal stage phenotype, enhanceable by Scer\GAL4dpp.blk1/panUAS.cWa
Scer\GAL4arm.PS/SoxNUAS.cOa is an enhancer of lethal | embryonic stage phenotype of panUAS.cWa
SoxNUAS.cOa/Scer\GAL4e22c is an enhancer of lethal | embryonic stage phenotype of panUAS.cWa
Scer\GAL4dpp.blk1/SoxNUAS.cOa is an enhancer of lethal | pupal stage phenotype of panUAS.cWa
SoxNUAS.cOa has embryonic/first instar larval cuticle phenotype, enhanceable by Scer\GAL4arm.PS/panUAS.cWa
SoxNUAS.cOa has ventral denticle belt phenotype, enhanceable by Scer\GAL4arm.PS/panUAS.cWa
Expression of both SoxNScer\UAS.cOa and panScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4arm.PS results in 87.6% embryonic lethality. Expression under the control of Scer\GAL4e22c results in approximately 99.6% embryonic lethality, while expression of both SoxNScer\UAS.cOa and panScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4dpp.blk1 results in approximately 100% pupal lethality.
Overexpression of panScer\UAS.cWa enhances the repressive capacity of overexpressed SoxNScer\UAS.cOa. This is particularly apparent when both transgenes are expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4arm.PS. Under these conditions, the cuticle pattern is most disrupted, both ventrally and dorsally. Ectopic denticles appear with greater frequency and broader distribution across the ventral naked cuticle domain.
SoxNUAS.cOa rescues SoxNNC14
Scer\GAL4Kr.PM/SoxNUAS.cOa partially rescues SoxNU6-35
Expression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4arm.PS rescues the excessive naked-cuticle phenotype of SoxNNC14 homozygotes. This treatment does not rescue embryonic lethality.
Expression of SoxNScer\UAS.cOa under the control of Scer\GAL4Kr.PM in SoxNU6-35 mutant embryos substantially rescues formation of RP2 neurons and eve lateral cluster (ELC) cells.