Ovaries from virgin females expressing nvddsRNA.IR-1.UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4C587 do not show changes in the number of germline stem cells in the germarium, as compared to controls.
Flies expressing nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 do not survive to adulthood on regular fly food or food supplemented with lathosterol, but are viable on food supplemented with 7-dehydrocholesterol.
Following hatching, first instar larvae expressing nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 (resulting in nvd RNAi) appear normal in terms of morphology and behaviour. However, their development then arrests and they fail to moult. At around 72 hours AEL, most larvae gradually cease feeding and become stationary. 98% die before 108 hours AEL and are still first instar larva, judging from the mouth-hook morphology.
The prolonged larval phenotype of Scer\GAL42-286>nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS animals can be partially rescued by feeding the larvae with active ecdysteroid (20E) at 30-42 hours AEL. Rescued larvae are able to progress to the second instar, but then remain in this stage for a prolonged time and die. If these larvae are then fed again with 20E at 54-66 hours AEL, they progress to the third instar but do not pupate. Rescued second and third instar larvae do not grow beyond the size of wild-type larvae, even though they remain in these stages for a prolonged time (3-4 days following molting). Feeding the rescued third instar larvae with 20E after 78 hours AEL allows them to develop into pupae and a number of these pupae complete metamorphosis and become fertile adults, although most die within one week of eclosion.
Feeding Scer\GAL42-286>nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS larvae with 7-dehydrocholesterol at 40 hours AEL results in a full rescue of the prolonged larval phenotype. Feeding with cholesterol at 38 hours AEL results in a partial rescue with around 47% of larvae molting to the second instar. These rescued larvae fail to develop into the third instar but do survive for about 3 weeks and grow to almost the same size as wild-type third instar larvae.
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has auxotroph phenotype, suppressible by Dpac\nvd4mut.UAS, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, suppressible by Bmor\nvdUAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, suppressible by Cele\daf-36UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, suppressible by Drer\zgc:92275UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL42-286/Xlae\nvdUAS.Tag:HA
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has auxotroph phenotype, non-suppressible by Dpac\nvdUAS.cLa, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, non-suppressible by Bmor\nvdH190A.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL42-286
Scer\GAL42-286, nvdRNAi.1.UAS has lethal | first instar larval stage phenotype, non-suppressible by Bmor\nvdH282A.UAS.Tag:HA, Scer\GAL42-286
Co-expression of Dpac\nvdScer\UAS.cLa rescues survival to adulthood of flies expressing nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 on food supplemented with lathosterol, but there is no rescue of survival on regular fly food. These flies survive significantly better on food supplemented with lathosterol compared to food supplemented with 7-dehydrocholesterol.
Co-expression of Dpac\nvd4mut.Scer\UAS rescues survival to adulthood of flies expressing nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 on both regular fly food and food supplemented with lathosterol.
The lethality caused by expression of nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 is suppressed by co-expression of either Bmor\nvdScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1, Cele\daf-36Scer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1, Brer\nvdScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 or Xlae\nvdScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1.
The lethality caused by expression of nvddsRNA.IR-1.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL42-286 is not suppressed by co-expression of either Bmor\nvdH190A.Scer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 or Bmor\nvdH282A.Scer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1.
Transcription from the P{UAS-nvd.IR-1} produces nvd dsRNA, resulting in dsRNA interference (RNAi) of the nvd gene.