Zygotic Hs6std770 mutants survive to the adult stage without showing obvious morphological defects.
A fraction (39%) of maternal and zygotic Hs6std770 mutants exhibit abnormal tracheal development. Tracheal development is incomplete, revealed by the presence of large gaps in the dorsal trunks, as well as stalled tracheal branches. The migration defects in these embryos are observed in all primary branches, but most commonly in the dorsal branch and the dorsal trunk. Tracheal morphology is indistinguishable from that of wild-type embryos in the remaining 61% of embryos.
Normal development of tracheoblasts is observed in the majority of Hs6std770 mutants, although the tracheoblast is slightly reduced in size in a small fraction (18%) of Hs6std770 mutant discs.
Hs6std770 has increased mortality during development phenotype, enhanceable by Hsepid12
Hs2std267, Hs6std770 has partially lethal - majority die phenotype
Hs6st[+]/Hs6std770 is a suppressor of wing vein L5 phenotype of Hsepid12
Hs6std770 is a suppressor of anterior wing margin phenotype of Sulf1ΔP1
Hs6std770 is a suppressor of wing margin bristle | increased number phenotype of Sulf1ΔP1
Hs2std267, Hs6std770 has tracheal precursor cell phenotype
Hs2std267, Hs6std770 has adult tracheal air sac phenotype
Embryos that are maternal and zygotic mutant for Hs6std770 and Hs2std267 are partial lethal during development. However, significant fractions of these null mutants survive to the adult stage without visible phenotypes.
Hs2std267/Hs6std770 zygotic double mutants are completely lethal. Although invagination seems to occur normally in Hs2std267/Hs6std770 embryos, they exhibit several characteristic defects in branching morphogenesis. First, mutant tracheal precursor cells fail to migrate to form the primary branches. Second, clusters of mutant tracheal cells tend to extend dorsally and ventrally, forming long, skinny sacs of tracheal precursor cells of various sizes. Finally, approximately 16% of mutant embryos show fusion of the tracheal sacs to those in the neighboring segments.
Hs6std770 is rescued by Scer\GAL4btl.PS/Hs6stUAS.cKa
The small tracheoblast phenotype of Hs6std770 mutants is completely rescued by expression of Hs6stScer\UAS.cKa under the control of Scer\GAL4btl.PS.