Tctph59 germline mosaic clones display loss of germline stem cells in adult testes.
TctpEY09182/Tctph59 flies show higher sensitivity to gamma irradiation compared to controls. Mitotic chromosomes from both larval brain neuroblasts and adult wing hair cells show more than twofold higher levels of double-strand break (DSB) repair defects after gamma irradiation in TctpEY09182/Tctph59 animals compared to controls.
G2/M arrest after gamma irradiation is much reduced in TctpEY09182/Tctph59 mutants compared to controls, with the difference being most pronounced at a low dose of radiation (5 Gy). The intra-S checkpoint (as assayed by BrdU incorporation in the larval brain after irradiation) is reduced in TctpEY09182/Tctph59 mutants compared to wild type.
DSBs induced by radiation result in an approximately two-fold increase cell death in TctpEY09182/Tctph59 mutants compared to controls at 5, 10 and 20 Gy of irradiation.
Homozygous clones have a growth disadvantage compared to their wild-type twin spots; homozygous clones induced in the larval imaginal disc are similar in size to their twin spots 24 hours after induction, much reduced in size compared to their twin spots 48 hours after induction and most homozygous clones are eliminated by 60 hours after induction.
Mosaic flies in which the eye tissue is mostly homozygous for Tctph59 (generated using the EGUF/Hid technique) have either small eyes or no eyes.
Tctph59 has lethal phenotype, suppressible | partially by Scer\GAL4Act.PU/Hsap\TPT1UAS.cHa
Tctph59/Tctp[+], tefuatm-3 has abnormal developmental rate | dominant phenotype
Tctph59 has imaginal disc | somatic clone phenotype, suppressible by CycEUAS.cRa/Scer\GAL4Tub.PU
Tctph59 has imaginal disc | somatic clone phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4Tub.PU/BacA\p35UAS.cHa
Expression of CycEScer\UAS.cRa under the control of Scer\GAL4tub results in four times more Tctph59 cells being present in clones 72 hours after their induction.
Animals in which the eye is doubly mutant for Tsc1Q600X and Tctph59 have a small or no-eye phenotype indistinguishable from the Tctph59 single mutant phenotype.
Expression of Hsap\TPT1Scer\UAS.cHa under the control of Scer\GAL4Act.PU rescues Tctph59 homozygotes to the pupal or adult stage.
Tctph59/TctpEY09182 is rescued by Tctp+tGe
Tctph59 is partially rescued by TctpUAS.cHa/Scer\GAL4Act.PU
Tctp+tGe rescues the increased sensitivity of TctpEY09182/Tctph59 flies to gamma irradiation.
Expression of TctpScer\UAS.cHa under the control of Scer\GAL4Act.PU rescues Tctph59 homozygotes to the pupal or adult stage.