Expression of Sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS driven by Scer\GAL4phm.PO leads to developmental delay/arrest at the larval stage; knockdown also disrupts trafficking of transmembrane proteins to the plasma membrane.
sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4αTub84B.PL animals die as second instar larvae, although some are arrested at this stage and live for up to five days after egg laying.
sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS animals with Scer\GAL4elav-C155 or Scer\GAL4Mhc.PW have normal numbers of boutons per synaptic terminal at neuromuscular junctions. Marker localisation at these synapses suggest that vesicles and neurotranasmitter receptors are localised as in wild-type. Excitatory Junction Current (EJC) recordings at these synapses also appear normal. miniEJC recordings were also largely normal except for a small but statistically significant increase in (p < 0.03) reduction in spontaneous vesicle fusion rate (1.09 ± 0.12 Hz compared to 2.12 ± 0.26 Hz in wild type) with Scer\GAL4elav-C155.
Denticle belt structures are normal in sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL469B larvae. Polarised secretion across the midgut appears normal in sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4e22c larvae.
sec10dsRNA.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4Feb36 larvae die during the third instar prior to pupation. However, pupation in these larvae can be rescued by adding ecdysone (20E) to their food.
Use to express double stranded RNA for the purposes of disrupting sec10 expression by RNAi.