Homozygous larvae are sensitive to low levels of hydroxyurea in a survival assay.
grpfs1 has no effect on the apoptotic response seen in eye discs containing dicentric chromosomes (generated using Scer\FLP1hs.PP-induced recombination in chromosomes containing inverted Scer\FRT sites). This effect is seen at 12-14 hours after heat shock of DcYy+.
Embryos derived from homozygous females fail to undergo cellularisation and nuclei are either lost from the surface or fuse to form aggregates. The mutant embryos exit mitosis 13 and immediately continue through additional cleavage cycles (in wild-type embryos, the cell cycle pauses after mitosis 13 and cellularisation occurs).
The mutant embryos do not undergo gastrulation.
The wing discs of grpfs1 mutant third instar larvae exhibit similar levels of apoptosis to controls in response to X-ray induced irradiation. As in controls, very little apoptosis is seen in the absence of irradiation. grpfs1 mutant larvae exhibit a reduction in irradiation induced cell cycle arrest.
grpfs1 has lethal | non-rescuable maternal effect | embryonic stage phenotype, non-suppressible by lokp6
grpfs1 is an enhancer of abnormal cell death | conditional phenotype of lokp6
grpfs1 partially suppresses the residual apoptotic response seen in lokp6 mutants containing dicentric chromosomes (generated using Scer\FLP1hs.PP-induced recombination in chromosomes containing inverted Scer\FRT sites). Eye disc apoptosis is abolished 12-14 hours after heat shock of DcYy+, P{FRT(whs)}(8F)105 or P{inv.FRT}Dc3-FrTr1D. Wing disc apoptosis is also suppressed in grpfs1 lokp6 mutants at 12-24 hours after heat shock of DcYy+, P{FRT(whs)}(8F)105 or P{inv.FRT}Dc3-FrTr1D. At 24 hours after heat shock wing disc apoptosis is suppressed in double mutant cells containing Y chromosome dicentrics, but apoptosis is still seen when dicentric chromosomes are generated on the X or autosome.
Expression of grpGUS.cBa partially suppresses the apoptosis seen in lokp6 grpfs1 double mutant cells containing dicentric chromosomes (generated using Scer\FLP1hs.PP-induced recombination in chromosomes containing inverted Scer\FRT sites). This effect is seen at 12-14 hours after heat shock of DcYy+.
A significant number of embryos derived from grpfs1 lokp6 double mutant females have a uniform monolayer of cortical nuclei surrounded by a hexagonal actin network, indicating that they have initiated or completed cellularisation. The nuclei in the double mutant embryos are larger than in wild-type controls. The double mutant embryos consistently proceed through a fifth cortical mitotic cycle (14th cycle) before cellularisation (in wild-type embryos, cellularisation occurs after the 13th cycle). The double mutant embryos also undergo gastrulation. The cephalic furrow does not form in the double mutant embryos.