dopamine neuron & adult brain, with Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL
dopamine neuron & adult brain, with Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
photoreceptor & neuron, with Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Expression of Pink1dsRNA.Scer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF results in ommatidial degeneration resulting in black speckles, patches or lesions in the eyes.
Flies expressing Pink1dsRNA.Scer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF at room temperature have a mutant eye phenotype characterised by pigmentation deficits and bristle loss. The flies also have black lesions in the eyes.
Adult brains of 1 day-old flies expressing Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu show little difference in the number and distribution of dopaminergic (DA) neurons compared to controls. In contrast, mutant flies show a dramatic reduction in DA neuron number at 10 days of age, compared to age-matched controls: significant neuronal loss is seen in most DA neuron clusters including in the PAL, PPM1/2, PPM3, PPL2 and less so in PPL1, although the number of DA neurons in the VUM regions are not significantly affected. (Staining of serotonergic neurons shows little difference between Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa-expressing and control flies.) A similar loss of DA neurons is seen in the adult brains of flies expressing Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL.
Expression of Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF or Scer\GAL4elav.PLu results in age-dependent progressive ommatidial degeneration manifested in black lesions in the adult eyes. These eyes are also 'rough', with disorganized interommatidial bristles. Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF pupal eyes (observed at 44 hours APF) exhibit morphologically disrupted ommatidia, increased and misorientated mechanosensory bristle groups, disorganized and enlarged pigment cells, and a significant loss of photoreceptor neurons compared to controls.
Treatment with antioxidants (recombinant SOD1 protein or vitamin E) inhibits the ommatidial degeneration defects in flies expressing Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF.
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has visible phenotype, suppressible by APP-BP1UAS.cKa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4da.G32 has lethal phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4da.G32
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\SOD1UAS.cPa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has visible phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has visible phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\SOD1UAS.cPa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4da.G32 has lethal phenotype, non-suppressible by Hsap\PINK1G309D.UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4da.G32
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has visible phenotype, non-suppressible by Diap1UAS.cHa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has visible phenotype, non-suppressible by Hsap\PINK1G309D.UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has eye phenotype, suppressible by APP-BP1UAS.cKa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has ommatidium phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has eye phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has ommatidium phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\SOD1UAS.cPa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has eye phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\SOD1UAS.cPa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu has dopamine neuron & adult brain phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL has dopamine neuron & adult brain phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\PINK1UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4Ddc.PL
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu has dopamine neuron & adult brain phenotype, suppressible by Hsap\SOD1UAS.cPa, Scer\GAL4elav.PLu
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has ommatidium phenotype, non-suppressible by Diap1UAS.cHa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has eye phenotype, non-suppressible by Diap1UAS.cHa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has ommatidium phenotype, non-suppressible by Hsap\PINK1G309D.UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Pink1RNAi.UAS.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF has eye phenotype, non-suppressible by Hsap\PINK1G309D.UAS.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Expression of APP-BP1Scer\UAS.cKa partially suppresses the eye phenotype seen when Pink1dsRNA.Scer\UAS.cWa is expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF.
Co-expression of Hsap\PINK1Scer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG, but not Hsap\PINK1G309D.Scer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG, rescues the ommatidial degeneration phenotype of Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF flies.
Expression of Pink1Scer\UAS.dsRNA.cWa produces dsRNA which results in dsRNA interference (RNAi) of the Pink1 gene.