Adult (unstarved) females expressing fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4fit.PS show significant decrease in the preference for tryptone-supplemented (source of amino-acids) food both after sucrose pre-feeding or without any pre-feeding (this is accompanied by corresponding increase in preference for sucrose-only food in the latter case). Adult males also show reduced preference for tryptone food upon sugar pre-feeding but no aberrations in food choices are observed when no pre-feeding is administered. Both sexes display normal food choices after tryptone pre-feeding. The decrease in tryptone food preference after a sucrose pre-feeding is also observed when the fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 transgene is driven by Scer\GAL4elav-C155.
Pre-starved adult flies expressing fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of any of the following drivers Scer\GAL4fit.PS, Scer\GAL4Lsp2.3.1, Scer\GAL4ppl.PP, Scer\GAL4elav-C155, Scer\GAL4elav.Switch.PO (using RU486 to limit the expression to adulthood) or Scer\GAL4Ilp2.PU display significant decrease in food consumption upon re-feeding compared to controls.
Scer\GAL4elav-C155, fitUAS.Tag:HA has abnormal feeding behavior | adult stage phenotype, suppressible by InRK1409A.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
fitUAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL4elav-C155 is a non-suppressor of abnormal feeding behavior | adult stage phenotype of InRK1409A.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
The decrease in preference for tryptone-supplemented food over a sucrose only food characteristic for unstarved adult flies expressing fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 in a two-way choice assay is suppressed by co-expression of InRK1409A.Scer\UAS.
The overfeeding behavior observed in pre-starved adult flies expressing InRK1409A.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 upon re-feeding is not suppressed by co-expression of fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1.
Expression of fitScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4fit.PS restores the disrupted suppressive effect of tryptone pre-feeding on feeding (on standard food) in fit81 adult females.