Mutant animals with a painGAL4/painNP7022 genotype show pronounced thermal nociception and mechanical nociception defective phenotype. In mechanical niciception test, painGAL4/painNP7022 trans-heterozygotes respond approximately 40% of the time to a 50mN Von-Frey fiber (compared to 70% in wild-type).
painNP7022/painGAL4 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4NP7022/painp103.UAS.Venus/Scer\GAL4pain-GAL4
painNP7022/painGAL4 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4NP7022/painp60.UAS.Venus/Scer\GAL4pain-GAL4
Expression of painp103.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus under the control of Scer\GAL4pain-GAL4 and Scer\GAL4NP7022 results in a nearly complete rescue of nociception responses to a 46[o]C thermal stimulus in painGAL4/painNP7022 trans-heterozygotes. However, expression of painp103.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus does not rescue mechanical nociception.
Expression of painp60.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus under the control of Scer\GAL4pain-GAL4 and Scer\GAL4NP7022 does not rescue nociception responses to a 46[o]C thermal stimulus in painGAL4/painNP7022 trans-heterozygotes but does improve the mechanical nociception responses of the mutant animals, such that they are no longer different from wild-type.