Expression of WdsRNA.hs, following a heat shock 0-2 hours after the L3 molt, disrupts the programmed death of larval cells in tracheal metamere 2.
Embryos expressing WdsRNA.hs (using heat shock) have head involution defects (phenotype has 45% penetrance). 27% of animals in which WdsRNA.hs is expressed using sequential 30 minute heat shock at 4 and 8 hours after puparium formation (APF) have persistent larval salivary glands at approximately 20 hours APF (the salivary glands have completed programmed cell death by this stage in wild-type animals). The penetrance of this phenotype is not altered if the animals also carry Df(3L)H99/+. Expression of WdsRNA.hs in a wild-type background using sequential 30 minute heat shock at 8 and 4 hours before puparium formation does not have a significant effect on larval midgut cell death.
hidRNAi.hs has decreased cell death | heat sensitive phenotype, enhanceable by Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38
Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38, hidRNAi.hs has decreased cell death | heat sensitive phenotype
hidRNAi.hs has embryonic/larval salivary gland | P-stage | heat sensitive phenotype, enhanceable by Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38
Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38, hidRNAi.hs has gastric caecum | P-stage | heat sensitive phenotype
The percentage of animals having persistent larval salivary glands at 20 hours after puparium formation (APF) is increased from 27% in animals in which WdsRNA.hs is expressed in a wild-type background using sequential 30 minute heat shock at 4 and 8 hours APF, to 65% in animals in which WdsRNA.hs is expressed in a Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38 background using sequential 30 minute heat shock at 4 and 8 hours APF. Expression of WdsRNA.hs in a Df(3L)H99/Df(3L)XR38 background using sequential 30 minute heat shock at 8 and 4 hours before puparium formation has a significant effect on larval midgut cell death; 80% of these animals have persistent larval midguts which have failed to contract by 3 hours after puparium formation and retain their gastric caeca.