abnormal neuroanatomy (with dlp2)
eye (with Df(3L)fz-D21)
eye photoreceptor cell & axon (with Df(3L)fz-D21)
eye photoreceptor cell & axon (with dlp2)
lamina plexus (with dlp2)
medulla (with Df(3L)fz-D21)
dlp1/dlp2 larvae have a normal number of boutons at the neuromuscular junction. Mean active zone area is significantly decreased and the number of active zones per bouton is significantly increased compared to wild type.
The amplitude of the evoked excitatory junctional potential (EJP) is increased compared to wild type at the neuromuscular junction of dlp1/dlp2 larvae. The amplitude and frequency of miniature EJPs is normal. Quantal content is increased.
dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 mutants show axon guidance defects. At the third instar larval stage, half of mutants show thickening of the lamina plexus, and 80% show crossovers between ommatidial axon bundles and abnormal photoreceptor process expansion outside the lamina plexus. Mosaic studies show that dlp1 homozygous photoreceptors misguide axons to the lamina plexus, but do not affect axon guidance to the medulla. At the pupal level, 80% of dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 mutants have brains with irregularities in the R7 and R8 medulla termini, ~50% show medulla cartridge crossover and ~20% show misrouting of R7/R8 axons. Electrophysiological analysis shows that dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 flies have grossly abnormal ERGs, with defective photoreceptor polarization and complete absence of on- and off-transients. Mosaic flies with dlp1 mutant photoreceptors and wild-type brains have normal ERGs, suggesting that the ERG defect is due to the presence of mutation in the optic lobe, not the eye.
dlp1/dlp2 mutants show axon guidance defects. At the third instar larval stage, ~30% of mutants show thickening of the lamina plexus, and >60% show crossovers between ommatidial axon bundles and abnormal photoreceptor process expansion outside the lamina plexus. At the pupal level, 80% of dlp1/dlp2 mutants have brains with irregularities in the R7 and R8 medulla termini and over 20% show medulla cartridge crossover. The eyes of dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 adults show a rough eye phenotype with eyes that are reduced in size. However, the mutant eyes contain all photoreceptors and ommatidial polarity is normal. Differentiation of dlp1/dlp2 photoreceptors is not defective.
Less than 5% of dlp1 mutants survive to adulthood. dlp1/dlp2 embryos from dlp1 germline clone females and dlp2 males show a severe segment polarity defect with denticles covering the ventral surface. Rare dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 escapers show a ~50% reduction in ommatidia and disordered ommatidial structure compared to wild type. Both dlp1/dlp2 and dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 escapers show patterning defects at the anterior margin, with ectopic mechanosensory bristles on both dorsal and ventral surfaces, that are positioned further from the wing margin than bristles in wild type. This phenotype is fully penetrant for both mutants, but the number of ectopic bristles varies. Expression of dlpScer\UAS.cBa, under the control of Scer\GAL4ap-md544, in a dlp1/+ background leads to bristle loss at the anterior wing margin. BrdU incorporation shows that the zone of nonproliferating cells along the DV boundary of the third instar wing disc in dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 larvae is expanded compared to dlp1/+ controls. The average width of the wing pouch is reduced in these mutants.
dlp1/dlp[+] is a non-enhancer of abnormal neuroanatomy | embryonic stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4P52, Sema1aUAS.cYa, Sema1ak13702
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor of increased cell number | female | adult stage | heat sensitive phenotype of Mmp2Y53N/Mmp2W307stop
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor of increased cell number | female | adult stage | heat sensitive phenotype of Df(2R)BSC132/Mmp2Y53N
dlp1/dlp[+] is a non-suppressor of abnormal neuroanatomy | embryonic stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4P52, Sema1aUAS.cYa, Sema1ak13702
dlp1/dlp2 has eye photoreceptor cell & axon phenotype, non-suppressible by SdcUAS.cSa/Scer\GAL4da.G32
dlp1/dlp[+] is a non-enhancer of larval posterior commissure | embryonic stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4P52, Sema1aUAS.cYa, Sema1ak13702
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor of stalk follicle cell | increased number | heat sensitive phenotype of Df(2R)BSC132/Mmp2Y53N
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor of stalk follicle cell | increased number | heat sensitive phenotype of Mmp2Y53N/Mmp2W307stop
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor of wing sensillum phenotype of Hsepid12
dlp1/dlp[+] is a suppressor | partially of wing phenotype of NotumUAS.cGa, Scer\GAL4ap-md544
dlp1/dlp[+] is a non-suppressor of larval posterior commissure | embryonic stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4P52, Sema1aUAS.cYa, Sema1ak13702
The increase in average cell number in the stalks between egg chambers which is seen in Mmp2Y53N/Df(2R)BSC132 and Mmp2Y53N/Mmp2W307stop females after being shifted to the restrictive temperature is dominantly suppressed if the females also carry a single copy of dlp1.
The commissural axon phenotype (failure to cross the midline) seen in embryos expressing Sema-1aScer\UAS.cYa under the control of Scer\GAL4P52 in a Sema-1ak13702 null background is not affected if the embryos are also heterozygous for dlp1.
Expression of SdcScer\UAS.cSa, under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32, fails to rescue the axon guidance defects of dlp1/dlp2 mutants.
Heterozygosity for dlp1 partially suppresses the wingless phenotype seen when NotumScer\UAS.cGa is expressed under the control of Scer\GAL4ap-md544. Approximately 40% of such flies display a winglet on one side of the body, but are usually wingless on the other side. These winglets often display substantially normal wing patterning, although this phenotype is variable.
dlp1 is rescued by dlpUAS.Tag:HA/Scer\GAL4ey.PH
dlp1 is rescued by dlpUAS.Tag:HA
dlp1/dlp2 is rescued by dlpUAS.cBa/Scer\GAL4ap-md544
dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 is rescued by dlpUAS.cBa/Scer\GAL4ap-md544
dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 is partially rescued by dlpUAS.cBa
Expression of dlpScer\UAS.cBa without a driver is sufficient to rescue the eye phenotype, but not the wing phenotype of dlp1/Df(3L)fz-D21 mutants.