Scer\GAL4Tub.PU/Orc6W228A.K229A.Orc6.UAS.GFP fails to rescue Orc635
Orc6W228A.K229A.Orc6.UAS.GFP fails to rescue Orc635
Orc6W228A.K229A.Orc6.UAS.GFP fails to rescue Orc635
Expression of Orc6W228A.K229A.Orc6.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP under the control of either its native promoter or the Scer\GAL4tub.PU driver does not rescue either the third instar stage lethality or the aberrant karyotype of Orc635 mutant larvae.
Expression of Orc6W228A.K229A.T:Avic\GFP results in the release of Orc635 mutant cells from G1 arrest, as shown by the ratio of cells containing either 1 or 2 centrosomes being indistinguishable from cells obtained from heterozygous siblings.
Chromosomes from neuroblasts isolated from Orc635 mutants carrying Orc6W228A.K229A.T:Avic\GFP are able to incorporate BrdU, and therefore are able to replicate DNA. Brains observed in these larvae are significantly reduced in size compared with heterozygous or wild-type larval brains, suggesting severe defects in cell proliferation and larval brain development.
Orc635 mutant neuroblasts carrying Orc6W228A.K229A.T:Avic\GFP accumulate at mitosis. The number of mitotic neuroblasts derived from these transgenic flies increases approximately 8-fold compared with Orc635 mutant cells.
A large number of metaphase-like figures are observed in Orc635 mutant cells expressing Orc6W228A.K229A.T:Avic\GFP. Cells in other stages are also found (e.g. anaphase-like figures are found, containing broken chromosomes), some polyploid with multiple centrosomes, while others exhibit multiple centrosomes but don't have any DNA present.