UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of Hsap\ATXN3 with a long polyQ repeat of Q84, tagged with Tag:MYC and Tag:FLAG.
Eyes from 1 day old animals expressing Hsap\MJDQ84.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 display mild levels of photoreceptor degeneration. By 15 days old, flies show neural loss, and an average of 3 photoreceptor neurons per ommatidial cluster is observed.
Hsap\ATXN3Q84.UAS.Tag:MYC.Tag:FLAG, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF is a suppressor of eye phenotype of Hsap\ATXN3tr.Q78.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4GMR.PF
Expression of Hsap\MJDQ84.Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC.T:Zzzz\FLAG in flies expressing Hsap\MJDtr.Q78.Scer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF partially suppresses the eye phenotype.