Engulfment of nurse cells by follicle cells is largely inhibited in the "undead" egg chambers (egg chambers in which the nurse cell nuclei fail to condense and the follicle cells disappear) of starved flies expressing thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa in the germline under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.PG. Most of the follicle cells fail to enlarge and display thinning out of the membranes. 36% of undead egg chambers show some FC enlargement.
Expression of thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa under the control of both Scer\GAL4nos.PG and Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16 results in defective egg chambers during mid-oogenesis (stages 7-9), characterised by a lack of follicle cells and the presence of large, uncondensed nurse cell nuclei. Approximately 20% of stage 14 egg chambers show uncondensed, persisting nurse cell nuclei.
The base of the ovaries of starved females expressing thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16 is filled with a mass of unhealthy, undead egg chamber tissue, including large uncondensed nurse cell nuclei. Residual egg chambers are devoid of follicle cell nuclei.
Normal nurse cell death occurs in thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa; Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16/Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16 adult females.
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR is a suppressor of sterile phenotype of Dcp-1ΔN.UASp, Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C is a non-suppressor of increased cell death phenotype of Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C, lokUASp.Tag:HA
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR is a non-suppressor of increased cell death | germline clone phenotype of Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR, p53UASp.cBa
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR is a suppressor | partially of egg chamber phenotype of Dcp-1ΔN.UASp, Scer\GAL4VP16.nanos.UTR
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C is a non-suppressor of egg chamber | oogenesis stage S8 phenotype of Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C, lokUASp.Tag:HA
Diap1UASp.cPa, Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C is a non-suppressor of egg chamber | oogenesis stage S9 phenotype of Scer\GAL4VP16.mat.αTub67C, lokUASp.Tag:HA
Overexpression of thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa with p53Scer\UAS.P\T.cBa, during oogenesis under the control of Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16 does not suppress the p53Scer\UAS.P\T.cBa-dependent stem cell loss.
thScer\UAS.P\T.cPa can partially suppress the sterility and egg chamber degeneration seen in adult females carrying one copy of P{UASp-Dcp-1.ΔN} and two copies of P{GAL4::VP16-nos.UTR} raised at 25oC. However, the resulting egg chambers sometimes lack follicle cells and/or have extra nurse cells.