pCC neuron & axon
fraunspecified mutants display EW axon guidance defects.
fraunspecified embryos show SP1 axon midline crossing defects and SP1 cell body migration defects.
The Fas2-positive longitudinal tracts are positioned farther apart from the midline than normal in mutant embryos.
The nerve cord has missing or reduced commissural tracts in mutant 14 hour embryos and commissural defects are seen in every segment. The longitudinal connectives are farther away from the midline than normal; the medial tracts are positioned about 18μm apart in 14 hour mutant embryos, compared to about 9 μm apart in wild-type embryos. Earlier in development, at approximately 10 hours, the tracts from pCC neurons are projected farther away from the midline than normal.
fraunspecified mutants show trajectory defects of the ISN; this fascicle stalls, show excessive branching, crosses segment boundaries and projects beyond the dorsal target muscles. The ventral ISNb innervation of muscles 6 and 7 is disrupted but SNa innervations are normal.
Mutant embryos show a range of defects in central nervous system axon guidance.
fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, enhanceable by Dscam105518/Dscam3c02826
fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype, enhanceable by RhoGEF64Cunspecified
fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy | recessive | embryonic stage phenotype, suppressible by robo11
fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy | recessive | embryonic stage phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4eg-Mz360/commUAS.cKa
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy | embryonic stage phenotype, suppressible | partially by robo11
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy | embryonic stage phenotype, non-suppressible by unc-5unspecified
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has abnormal neuroanatomy | embryonic stage phenotype, non-suppressible by sli2
fraunspecified/fra[+] is a suppressor of abnormal neuroanatomy phenotype of GαqQ203L.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
fraunspecified has SP1 neuron phenotype, enhanceable by Dscam105518/Dscam3c02826
fraunspecified has presumptive embryonic/larval central nervous system phenotype, enhanceable by RhoGEF64Cunspecified
fraunspecified has larval EW neuron phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4eg-Mz360/commUAS.cKa
fraunspecified has larval EW neuron phenotype, suppressible by robo11
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has larval ventral nerve cord commissure | embryonic stage phenotype, suppressible | partially by robo11
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has larval ventral nerve cord commissure | embryonic stage phenotype, non-suppressible by unc-5unspecified
Scer\GAL4elav.PLu, fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA, fraunspecified has larval ventral nerve cord commissure | embryonic stage phenotype, non-suppressible by sli2
fraunspecified/fra[+] is an enhancer of symmetrical commissure | embryonic stage phenotype of GαqQ203L.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
fraunspecified/fra[+] is an enhancer of fascicle | embryonic stage phenotype of GαqQ203L.UAS, Scer\GAL4elav-C155
Expression of commScer\UAS.cKa under the control of Scer\GAL4eg-Mz360 partially suppresses the EW axon guidance defects in fraunspecified mutants.
The EW neuron guidance defects in fraunspecified robo1 double mutants are less severe than fraunspecified single mutants.
The severity of the SP1 axon midline crossing defects seen in fraunspecified embryos is enhanced in fraunspecified Dscam05518 Dscam3c02826 triple mutants.
robo4, fraunspecified double mutant embryos show a mixture of longitudinal tract phenotypes, ranging from a phenotype like that seen in the robo4 single mutant (collapsed tracts) to a phenotype like that seen in the fraunspecified single mutant (tracts positioned further away from the midline than normal) and an intermediate phenotype, although the robo-like phenotype is predominant.
When RhoGAP93BdsRNA.Scer\UAS is driven by Scer\GAL4elav.PLu in a fraunspecified background no midline crossing defects are seen
Removal of a single copy of the fra gene leads to a threefold reduction in the number of midline crossovers induced by Gα49BQ203L.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 (from 48.10% to 15.3% of abdominal segments exhibit midline crossing). A further reduction is observed upon removal of both copies of the fra gene in Scer\GAL4elav-C155/Gα49BQ203L.Scer\UAS;fra3/fra4, from 48.10% of abdominal segments exhibiting midline crossover in Scer\GAL4elav-C155/Gα49BQ203L.Scer\UAS embryos to 5.3% in Scer\GAL4elav-C155/Gα49BQ203L.Scer\UAS;fra3/fra4 mutant embryos.
Gef64Cunspecified enhances the axon guidance defects seen in fraunspecified embryos; there is a substantial reduction in commissure thickness and a greater number of segments where commissures fail to form.
fraunspecified is not rescued by Scer\GAL4eg-Mz360/fraΔC.UAS.Tag:HA