FB2024_03 , released June 25, 2024
Allele: Dmel\chp2
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Dmel\chp2
Species
D. melanogaster
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FBal0030754
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The deletion in chp2 starts 3' to exon 6 and removes the remaining coding region. The exact localisation of the second breakpoint could not be determined.

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chp protein is abnormallly distributed in chp mutants. In chp1, levels of protein are reduced along the axons in larvae and pupae. In chp2, little or no protein is detected in third instar larval eye disc, in pupa, or in adult retina.

Normally chp RNA is expressed uniformly throughout photoreceptor cell soma. In chp1 and chp2 mutants, expression is graded and decreases with distance from the nucleus.

 
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In mosaic pupal retinas, chp2 homozygous photoreceptor cells the stalk and rhabdomeres are properly separated and the microvillar necks are properly developed similar to controls.

Rudimentary rhabdomeres.

Homozygous chp2 is viable and show reduction and disorganization of the apical microvilli of rhabdomeres in the adult eye.

chp2 mutant photoreceptor cells do not undergo light-dependent degeneration. Despite a nearly complete loss of microvilli, no sign of apoptosis is detected. The phenotype is unaltered under light stress, with or without dietary vitamin A.

Rhabdomere microvilli in chp2 mutants are relatively short, have variable length and are separated from each other.

Abnormal rhabdomeric membranes.

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chp[+]/chp2, prom1 has rhabdomere phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1

chp[+]/chp2, prom1 has ommatidium phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1

chp2, eyc[+]/prom1 has rhabdomere phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1

chp2, eyc[+]/prom1 has ommatidium phenotype, enhanceable by eys[+]/eys1

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chp[+]/chp2 is a suppressor of rhabdomere phenotype of prom1

chp[+]/chp2 is a suppressor of ommatidium phenotype of prom1

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In mosaic retinas, chp2 and Synd661T double homozygous photoreceptor cells during pupal stages the stalk-rhabdomere separation is severely and prominently disrupted (even before catacomb-like membrane architecture formation); in adults microvilli show no co-adherence instead spread across the entire apical membrane adult mosaic retina when compared to controls.

Trans-heterozygous crb11A22/+ chp2 flies exhibit rhabdomeres with significantly smaller width than wild-type. The length of the rhabdomeres is not affected.

prom1/prom1; chp2/+ double mutant flies show suppression of the prom1/prom1 rhabdomeral phenotype. However, in prom1/prom1, eys1/+; chp2/+ flies the rhabdomeres are stuck together, so the mild prom1/prom1; chp2/+ phenotype is enhanced in prom1/prom1, eys1/+; chp2/+ flies.

In prom1/prom1; chp2/+ double mutant flies, the proportion of flies with one aberrant fused cluster of rhabdomeres per ommatidium is smaller than in prom1/prom1 single mutants. In the double mutant flies, some ommatidia show the wild-type pattern of 7 individual rhabdomeres, while most ommatidia show between 2 and 5 individual rhabdomeres, and a small proportion show one fused cluster of rhabdomeres. In prom1/prom1, eys1/+; chp2/+ triple mutant flies, the rescue of the prom1/prom1 phenotype is reduced compared to the prom1/prom1; chp2/+ flies, with most ommatidia in the triple mutants showing between 0 and 3 individual rhabdomeres and no ommatidia showing more than 3 individual rhabdomeres.

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