nucleus (with pAbpEY11561)
spindle & spermatocyte (with pAbpEP310)
Homo- or hemizygous pAbpk10109 is zygotic lethal.
In pAbpk10109 mutant germline clones oogenesis does not proceed further than stages 5-6. pAbpk10109 mutant germline clones show a variety of phenotypes in stages 5-6. These include small oocytes, mispositioned oocytes, packaging defects producing egg chambers with supernumerary nurse cells and two oocytes, polytene nurse cells and multilayered follicle cells. Some of these phenotypes may also be due to lack of pAbp in the follicle cells.
pAbpk10109/pAbpEY11561 heterozygotes exhibit abnormalities in spermatogenesis. these include absence of meiotic cytokinesis (in 5% of cases), resulting in formation of polyploid spermatids and defects in spermatid elongation (in approximately 100% of cases). Nuclei fail to elongate, keep a round shape and are dispersed along the cyst instead of grouping at the head of the cyst. Nebenkern DAPi staining (for DNA) appears to be non-uniform in these mutants, reflecting the effect of the trans-heterozygous mutants on mitochondrial DNA organization in at least 60% of cases. There appears to be no difference between the trans-heterozygous mutant and controls, showing that mutant mitochondrial membranes keep their integrity, but in the mutant, the onion-stage Nebenkern looks larger than in controls, and its morphology differs from a perfect sphere. Examination with an electron microscope reveals abnormal mitochondrial membranes at onion-stage spermatids in the trans-heterozygous mutant. These mitochondria also exhibit defective attachment to axonemes in the elongating spermatids.
pAbp5-SZ-4029/pAbpk10109 cysts in the testis sometimes contain spermatids with nuclei and Nebenkern that are twice the size of the surrounding spermatids. Cytokinesis is also affected, resulting in spermatids with a 2:1 and 3:1 ratio of nuclei:Nebenkern (in contrast to the wild-type ratio of 1:1 ).
18% of pAbpEP310/pAbpk10109 spermatocytes show defects in meiosis, with the most common phenotype being detachment of the meiotic spindles from astral microtubules.
The rough eye phenotype observed in Fmr1sev.PW flies is suppressed in a pAbpk10109/+ background.
Files heterozygous for pAbpk10109 show wing size reduction.
pAbpk10109 mutant larvae have significantly larger NMJs than wild type with more boutons. This effect becomes more prominent when larvae are raised at 25 or 29oC. At 18oC, pAbpk10109 mutants show increased stride-frequency and locomotor speed compared to wild type, but unaltered stride-length and crawling distance. However, at 29oC, the mutants exhibit similar locomotor parameters to wild type. There is also a greater increase in the amount of large subsynaptic eIF-4E aggregates at 29oC, compared to wild type.
pAbpk10109/+ mutants have larger evoked postsynaptic currents and significantly more boutons compared to wild type. These mutants also have proportionally larger NMJs, as is typical in animals with genetically strengthened signal transmission and unaltered muscle input resistance. As the boutons of these mutants show normal levels of Ca2+ signalling, it appears that the raised levels of released presynaptic vesicles may be due to the large numbers of contributing boutons. The large NMJs, which contain a larger total number of T-bars than wild-type boutons, continue to transmit without significant derepression at stimulation frequencies that cause considerable depression of signal transmission in wild-type NMJs.
pAbpk10109/+ mutants exhibit a significant elevation in the junctional GluRIIA immunoreactivity that is primarily attributable to an increase in the number of GluRIIA-positive synapses (similar to a GluRIIAScer\UAS.cPa Scer\GAL4Mhc.PW mutant) and strengthened junctional signal transmission. Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) of pAbpk10109/+ animals exhibit unaltered postsynaptic sensitivity compared with wild-type NMJs, but significantly larger evoked responses. Thus, the junctional quantal content is significantly larger at pAbpk10109/+ NMJs compared to wild-type and is associated with an elevated frequency of spontaneous vesicle fusion events. pAbpk10109/+ animals exhibit enlarged larval stage neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). This larger size of NMJ is evident in a significant increase in the number of synaptic boutons, which are wild-type in shape and size.
The mean amplitude of miniature postsynaptic currents (mEJCs) at the neuromuscular junction is indistinguishable from wild type in heterozygotes. Evoked postsynaptic currents (eEJCs) in heterozygotes are significantly larger than in wild-type. The number of junctional boutons per neuromuscular junction is increased compared to wild type.
pAbpk10109 has abnormal cytokinesis phenotype, enhanceable by hyd[+]/hyd15
pAbpk10109 has abnormal cytokinesis phenotype, enhanceable by hyd[+]/hydhs1
pAbpk10109 has abnormal cell growth | dominant phenotype, enhanceable by Paip2UAS.Tag:HA/Scer\GAL4Bx-MS1096
pAbpk10109 has visible | dominant phenotype, enhanceable by Paip2UAS.Tag:HA/Scer\GAL4Bx-MS1096
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is an enhancer of neoplasia | adult stage | male phenotype of tut4
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is an enhancer of abnormal cytokinesis phenotype of hyd15
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is an enhancer of abnormal cytokinesis phenotype of hydhs1
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is a suppressor of visible phenotype of upd1GMR.PB
pAbpk10109 is a suppressor of abnormal neurophysiology phenotype of GluRIIAAD9
pAbpk10109 has wing phenotype, enhanceable by Paip2UAS.Tag:HA/Scer\GAL4Bx-MS1096
BicD1, pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 has embryo phenotype, suppressible by pAbp+t7.8
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is an enhancer of testis phenotype of tut4
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is an enhancer of spermatogonium phenotype of tut4
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is a suppressor of embryo phenotype of BicD1
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is a suppressor of eye phenotype of Fmr1sev.PW
pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 is a suppressor of eye phenotype of upd1GMR.PB
hydhs1, pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 has nucleus phenotype
hydhs1, pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 has elongation stage spermatid phenotype
hyd[+]/hyd15, pAbpk10109 has nucleus phenotype
hyd[+]/hyd15, pAbpk10109 has elongation stage spermatid phenotype
hyd[+]/hydhs1, pAbpk10109 has nucleus phenotype
hyd[+]/hydhs1, pAbpk10109 has elongation stage spermatid phenotype
hyd15, pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 has nucleus phenotype
hyd15, pAbp[+]/pAbpk10109 has elongation stage spermatid phenotype
The severity of the tut4 mutant tumorigenic phenotype is also strongly enhanced by combination with a single copy of pAbpk10109, but if combined with just one copy of tut4, this genetic perturbation does not cause a significant tumor phenotype.
The BicD1/+ mutant embryonic phenotypes are suppressed by pAbpk10109/+.
The suppression of the BicD1/+ embryonic phenotypes by pAbpk10109/+ is partially reverted by one copy of pAbp+t7.8.
pAbpk10109/hyd15 trans-heterozygous double mutants exhibit spermatogenesis defects. The morphology of nuclei in the sperm head bundle are indistinguishable from the control but the nuclei are frequently scattered abnormally. Cytokinetic abnormalities are also increased in these double mutants.
pAbpk10109/hydhs1 trans-heterozygous double mutants exhibit spermatogenesis defects. Approximately 30% of head bundles in the sperm contain both round- and needle-shaped nuclei. Abnormal nuclei scattering occurs at low frequency. Cytokinetic abnormalities are also increased in these double mutants.
The elimination of one copy of GluRIIA in pAbpk10109/+, GluRIIAAD9/+ mutants results in an almost complete suppression of enhanced junctional signal transmission and in a corresponding suppression of junctional growth, indicating that animals with genetically restricted GluRIIA expression are incapable of developing a strengthened larval stage neuromuscular junction.
Scer\GAL4elav-PG159-mediated expression of Avic\GFPCameleon2.0.Scer\UAS does not affect the phenotype of pAbpk10109/+ mutant larvae: these mutants still have larger evoked postsynaptic currents and significantly more boutons compared to wild type.
pAbpk10109 is rescued by pAbp+t7.8
pAbp+t7.8 rescues the germline clone phenotypes and the zygotic lethality of pAbpk10109.
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Precise excision of the P{lacW} element restores viability and reverts the morphological phenotypes of pAbpk10109 heterozygotes close to wild type.
Complements: Hsf03091. Complements: sbb04440. Complements: lolalk02512. Complements: l(2)k08931k08931. Complements: lolalk11212. Complements: Pcls1859.