Cam7/Camn339 animals rescued to adulthood by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B are behaviourally abnormal; they fail to climb after being gently knocked to the bottom of a vial, and they show poor flight and a reduced ability to right themselves after a brief vortexing. The initial stages of male courtship are normal, but the rescued males cannot bend their abdomens sufficiently to achieve penetration.
Co-expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa and NosScer\UAS.cMa under the control of Scer\GAL4ey-OK107 does not significantly affect axon regrowth in the mushroom body gamma-lobe.
Scer\GAL4how-24B/CamUAS.cWa partially rescues Cam7/Camn339
CamUAS.cWa/Scer\GAL4elav.PLu partially rescues Camn339
CamUAS.cWa/Scer\GAL4elav.PLu fails to rescue Cam7/Camn339
Scer\GAL4sca.PU/CamUAS.cWa fails to rescue Cam7/Camn339
Scer\GAL4how-24B/CamUAS.cWa fails to rescue Camn339
Scer\GAL4sca.PU/CamUAS.cWa fails to rescue Camn339
The lethality and pupariation defects seen in Cam7/Camn339 animals are rescued by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B; the pupal cases are morphologically wild type and have more normal length:width ratios, almost all of the rescued pupae eclose and no aberrant pharate head structures are seen. The lethality and pupariation defects seen in Cam7/Camn339 animals are not rescued by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu or Scer\GAL4sca.PU. The sluggish larval locomotion of Cam7/Camn339 animals is incompletely rescued by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B or Scer\GAL4elav.PLu. The spontaneous backward movement seen in homozygous Camn339 larvae is not rescued by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B or Scer\GAL4sca.PU. The spontaneous backward movement seen in homozygous Camn339 larvae is rescued by expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, although the larvae are still sluggish.
Expression of CamScer\UAS.cWa under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B rescues the developmental defects and lethality of Cam7/Camn339 mutants.