lethal | larval stage | heat sensitive, with tsr139.cBa
lethal | pupal stage | cold sensitive, with tsr139.cBa
lethal | pupal stage | cold sensitive, with tsrV27Q.cBa
eye, with PcG4DBD.GMR, tsrUAS.int
lamina, with PcG4DBD.GMR, tsrUAS.int
ommatidium, with tsrhs.PB
retina, with PcG4DBD.GMR, tsrUAS.int
tsrΔ96 homozygotes that are carrying both the tsrUAS.int rescue transgene, and also PcG4DBD.GMR (which represses expression of tsrUAS.int in the eye) have a rough eyes containing black patches of dead necrotic cells. The retina of these flies is significantly thinner than controls. A defect in the optic lobe is seen in some lines, with no clearly defined lamina. The rhabdomeres of these 'stronger phenotype' lines are smaller than normal, exhibiting a disorganised structure and microvilli of variable length. The integrity of the rhabdomere is frequently not maintained, allowing microvilli to 'unravel'. These defects are less severe in some lines, where the length of the individual microvilli are only slightly shorter than normal and do not unravel. However, the rhabdomeres of these intermediate mutants are abnormal in shape, either wider than normal or split in two. The adherens junction of many of the mutant photoreceptor cells are also elongated.
Over 90% of tsrV27Q.cBa, tsr139.cBa; tsrΔ96 flies raised at 18oC show planar cell polarity defects. For example, wing hairs have a non-distal orientation. The site of wing prehair initiation is variable in these mutants while initiation occurs at the distal side of cells in wild type. In moderately to severely affected tsrV27Q.cBa, tsr139.cBa; tsrΔ96 wings, prehairs are observed as F-actin accumulations near cell centres or as long F-actin fibers that span from near cell centres to the distal side of cells. Unlike in wild type, prehairs are not oriented along the PD axis but emerge from either side adjacent to the distal-most vertex of the cell. Additionally, F-actin accumulation on apical cell surfaces is increased and variable compared to wild-type wing cells.
The fine hairs of the notum often adopt non-posterior orientations in tsrV27Q.cBa, tsr139.cBa; tsrΔ96 flies. Occasionally, multiple notum hairs are observed.
tsrhs.PB; tsrΔ96 flies show extensive planar cell polarity defects. In adult wings, the hairs do not uniformly point distally as they do in wild type. In the eye, ommatidia show random chirality and polarity. In the abdomen, fine hairs and bristles frequently have non-posterior orientations. Legs display aberrant tarsal joints and joint duplications and leg bristles often show non-distal orientations. Bracts at the base of bristle show opposite directions; for example, two bracts may have correct polarity but the third may have reversed polarity.
Homozygotes die as first instar larvae.
PcG4DBD.GMR, tsrΔ96, tsrUAS.int has eye phenotype, enhanceable by ssh26-1/ssh[+]
PcG4DBD.GMR, tsrΔ96, tsrUAS.int has eye phenotype, enhanceable by flr[+]/flrBG2697R5
The rough eye phenotype found in tsrΔ96 mutants carrying tsrScer\UAS.cPa expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.Pc is enhanced in a ssh26-1 or flrBG2697R5 heterozygous background.
tsrΔ96 is rescued by PcG4DBD.GMR/tsrUAS.int
Expression of tsr139.cBa results in a limited, temperature-dependent rescue of tsrΔ96 mutants. At 29oC, lethality is not rescued at all, at 25oC, a few tsr139.cBa; tsrΔ96 animals survive to the second instar larval stage, and at 18oC and 16oC these animals are pupal lethal. The same pattern of rescue is observed with expression of the tsrV27Q.cBa transgene. Coexpression of both tsr139.cBa and tsrV27Q.cBa results in a more effective rescue, although this is still temperature-dependent. While tsrV27Q.cBa, tsr139.cBa; tsrΔ96 animals die at the first larval instar at 29oC, a few survive to the pupal stage at 25oC, while animals survive to the adult stage at 16oC and 18oC.
Expression of tsrhs.PB rescues tsrΔ96 flies following a heat shock. A small number of flies are rescued when there is no heat shock.