The RMCE cassette of the Mi{MIC}SNF4AγMI09417 insertion has been replaced with a FlipFlop cassette in protein-trap (PT) orientation relative to SNF4Aγ. This results in the SNF4Aγ protein being tagged with EGFP.
abnormal neuroanatomy | adult stage (with SNF4AγMI09417), with Scer\FLP1hs.PU
abnormal neurophysiology | adult stage (with Df(3R)e-R1), with Scer\FLP1ey.PU
abnormal size | larval stage (with SNF4AγMI09417-TG4.1), with Scer\FLP1UAS.cUa
adult brain (with SNF4AγMI09417), with Scer\FLP1hs.PU
photoreceptor | adult stage (with Df(3R)e-R1), with Scer\FLP1ey.PU
retina | adult stage (with Df(3R)e-R1), with Scer\FLP1ey.PU
rhabdomere | adult stage (with Df(3R)e-R1), with Scer\FLP1ey.PU
Scer\FLP1ey.PU;SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP/Df(3R)e-R1 adult flies (using the Scer\FLP1ey.PU flippase to inactivate expression from the SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP allele by inverting the 'flip-flop' insertion it contains) show significantly reduced amplitude in electroretinogram readings as compared to age-matched controls (same level of reduction is observed both in young and aged mutant flies) as well as decreased number of rhabdomeres and defects in photoreceptor organization.
Heat-shock induced (by using the Scer\FLP1hs.PU) inactivation of the SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP allele in SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP/SNF4AγMI09417 mutant flies at 3 days post eclosion leads to severe neurodegeneration with multiple lesions in the brain (the neurodegeneration doesn't appear to progress further as the flies age but they typically die 3-4 weeks later).
Scer\FLP1Scer\UAS.cUa;SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP/SNF4AγMI09417-TG4.1 flies (employing the Scer\GAL4SNF4Aγ-MI09417-TG4.1 driver inherent in the SNF4AγMI09417-TG4.1 allele to drive the flippase and induce the 'flip-flop' inversion) die as poorly developed pupae and are slim and elongated in the larval stage relative to controls.
In lethality complementation tests the SNF4AγMI09417/SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP as well as SNF4AγMI09417-TG4.1/SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP and SNF4AγMI09417-FF.PT-EGFP/Df(3R)e-R1 flies are viable.