Imprecise excision of the progenitor insertion resulting in a 1357 bp genomic deletion removing the start codon and the first 735 nt into the coding region of Iap2. The resultant protein lacks exon one and most of exon two.
1,357 bp deletion resulting from the imprecise excision of P{EP}Diap2G2326 maps to 2R: 11449676..11448319 in Release 4 coordinates.
viable (with Df(2R)Exel7138)
As in wild type, Iap27c mutant bursCCAP neurons undergo programmed cell death shortly after eclosion.
Mutant flies show greatly reduced survival compared to wild type after septic injury with Erwinia carotovora carotovora 15.
Iap27c/Df(2R)Exel7138 or Iap27c homozygous third instar larvae subjected to sublethal doses of x-ray irradiation (1.5 Gy) display a marked increase in wing imaginal disc apoptosis compared to wild-type larvae.
86% of Iap27c/Df(2R)Exel7138 animals survive embryogenesis and develop normally, however animals are acutely sensitive to infections. Iap27c/Df(2R)Exel7138 animals are highly susceptible to infection by gram-negative bacteria, but not to gram-positive bacteria and fungi. Iap27c/Df(2R)Exel7138 flies die within 25 hours of septic injury with gram-negative bacteria, and almost identical susceptibility is observed for Iap27c, or Iap27c/Iap27a transheterozygous mutant animals.
Diap27c is rescued by Scer\GAL4da.G32/Diap2UAS.cLa
Diap27c is rescued by Scer\GAL4c564/Diap2UAS.cMb
Diap27c is rescued by Diap2BIR2mut.UAS/Scer\GAL4c564
Diap27c is rescued by Diap2BIR3mut.UAS/Scer\GAL4c564
Diap27c is rescued by Diap2+t3.3
Diap27c is rescued by Diap2UAS.cLa
Diap27c is rescued by Scer\GAL4Act5C.PU/Diap2UAS.cLa
Diap27c is rescued by Scer\GAL4da.G32/Diap2UAS.cLa
Diap27c is not rescued by Scer\GAL4da.G32/Diap2RINGmut.UAS
Diap27c is not rescued by Scer\GAL4c564/Diap2BIR23mut.UAS
Expression of Iap2RINGmut.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32 fails to rescue the reduced survival after septic injury with Erwinia carotovora carotovora which is seen in Iap27c flies.
Expression of Iap2Scer\UAS.cLa under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32 rescues the reduced survival after septic injury with Erwinia carotovora carotovora 15 which is seen in Iap27c flies.
Expression of either Iap2Scer\UAS.attB, Iap2BIR2mut.Scer\UAS or Iap2BIR3mut.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4c564 rescues the reduced survival after septic injury with Erwinia carotovora carotovora 15 which is seen in Iap27c flies.
Expression of Iap2BIR23mut.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32 fails to rescue the reduced survival after septic injury with Erwinia carotovora carotovora 15 which is seen in Iap27c flies.
Leaky, low-level expression of Iap2Scer\UAS.cLa in a Iap27c mutant background is sufficient to completely rescue the immunodeficient phenotype observed in Iap27c mutant animals in response to infection by gram-negative bacteria.
Iap27c mutant animals expressing Iap2Scer\UAS.cLa, under the control of Scer\GAL4Act5C or Scer\GAL4da.G32, are fully resistant to infection by gram-negative bacterium and survive microbial exposure at a similar rate to wild-type.