(a) AAGAG RNA distributions (magenta) throughout embryonic and larval development in Oregon R flies. DNA/DAPI = blue; all images are confocal sections. White box indicates location of enlarged …
(a) ND = Not detected, *repeats tested for expression from both strands. For more details about AAGAG RNA in cycle 14, see Figure 1, A and E and Figure 1—figure supplement 2D. (b) Projections of …
(a) Northern blot analyzing RNA from Oregon R embryos and third instar larva hybridized with a probe complementary to AAGAG(n). Note that signal intensity is not a representation of relative AAGAG …
Confocal sections of embryonic nuclei in cycle 14 (with exception of left panel in ‘b’), nuclear periphery outlined in dotted circles. (a) No RNase control. (b) Treated with RNaseIII (left nucleus …
(a) Unique regions adjacent to AAGAG(n), or AAGAG(n) within AG rich regions, were identified as potential sources of satellite transcripts, as described in Materials and methods. (+) indicates …
Confocal sections of cycle 14 nuclei treated with either (a) RNAseH or (b) RNAseIII after AAGAG RNA probe (magenta) hybridization. A higher laser intensity for the AAGAG probe channel was used in b …
Also, AAGAG RNAi results in lethality. (a-c) Left column- section of brain lobes stained with DAPI (blue) and RNA-FISH to AAGAG RNA (magenta) imaged with the same intensity. Arrows point to AAGAG …
(a) Confocal section of a larval testis. RNA-FISH to AAGAG = magenta, H2Av (chromatin) IF = gray, DNA (DAPI) = blue. S3, S5, and S6 refer to primary spermatocyte stages. (b) Enlarged confocal …
(a) Spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster initiates at the apical end of the testes (Hub), where GSCs divide asymmetrically, producing gonialblasts (GBs) that begin cell-differentiation. GB …
(a) Projections of Oregon R S5 spermatocytes probed for unique regions of RNA (green) adjacent to AAGAG(n) (magenta) or AAGAG(n) containing AG rich blocks. DAPI (DNA) is indicated in blue. (b) …
(a) Although visibly absent in embryos and somatic larval tissues, CUCUU RNA (green) is expressed in adult spermatocytes. Note that CUCUU RNA is localized to the S5 lumen, internal to the chromatin …
(a) Seminal vesicles (SVs) in testes from 0 to 6 hr old adults; DAPI (DNA) = cyan. Mature sperm nuclei visible as thin, elongated DAPI signals in the scrambled control (top, white arrow) are absent …
(a) Histones are retained until late canoe stage with AAGAG RNAi in primary spermatocytes but removed by early canoe stage in scrambled RNAi. (b) Canoe stage nuclei exhibit abnormal morphology with …
GAL4 RNAi driver | Expression location (Demarco et al., 2014) | % fertile | + /- stdev. | Minimum number of males per set |
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Fascillin | Hub | 94 | 16 | 15 |
PTC | Soma- CySCs and cyst cells | 90 | 5 | 18 |
Traffic Jam | Soma- Hub and CySCs | 97 | 4 | 12 |
Dpp1 | Soma- CySCs and early cyst cells | 96 | 6 | 17 |
Nanos | Germline- GSCs and early germline cysts | 83 | 5 | 13 |
Repeat or region | Oligo with T3 antisense promoter |
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CAGC(n) | CAGCCAGCCAGCCAGCCAGCCAGCTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CCCA(n) | CCCACCCACCCACCCACCCACCCACCCATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CATTA(n) | CATTACATTACATTACATTACATTATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CGGAG(n) | CGGAGCGGAGCGGAGCGGAGCGGAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CGA(n) | CGACGACGACGACGACGACGACGATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CAACT(n) | CAACTCAACTCAACTCAACTCAACTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CGAAG(n) | CGAAGCGAAGCGAAGCGAAGCGAAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CCCCAG(n) | CCCCAGCCCCAGCCCCAGCCCCAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CCGAG(n) | CCGAGCCGAGCCGAGCCGAGCCGAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CGGAA(n) | CGGAACGGAACGGAACGGAACGGAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CACCC(n) | CACCCCACCCCACCCCACCCCACCCTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CTAGT(n) | CTAGTCTAGTCTAGTCTAGTCTAGTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CATCG(n) | CATCGCATCGCATCGCATCGCATCGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CAT(n) | CATCATCATCATCATCATCATCATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CAAAC(n) | CAAACCAAACCAAACCAAACCAAACTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CGAAA(n) | CGAAACGAAACGAAACGAAACGAAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CATAT(n) | CATATCATATCATATCATATCATATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
GAAA(n) | GAAAGAAAGAAAGAAAGAAAGAAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CAGAA(n) | CAGAACAGAACAGAACAGAACAGAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AAGGAG(n) | AAGGAGAAGGAGAAGGAGAAGGAGAAGGAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AAGAGG(n) | AAGAGGAAGAGGAAGAGGAAGAGGAAGAGGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AATAC(n) | AATACAATACAATACAATACAATACAATACTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AATAG(n) | AATAGAATAGAATAGAATAGAATAGAATAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AATAGAC(n) | AATAGACAATAGACAATAGACAATAGACTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AATAACATAG(n) | AATAACATAGAATAACATAGAATAACATAGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AACAC(n) | AACACAACACAACACAACACAACACAACACTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
dodeca(n) | ACCGAGTACGGGACCGAGTACGGGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
GTGTT(n) | GTGTTGTGTTGTGTTGTGTTGTGTTGTGTTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
GTAAT(n) | GTAATGTAATGTAATGTAATGTAATGTAATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
GTATT(n) | GTATTGTATTGTATTGTATTGTATTGTATTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
TTAA (n) | TTAATTAATTAATTAATTAATTAATTAATTAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CAAT (n) | CAATCAATCAATCAATCAATCAATCAATCAATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
AAGAG(n) | GAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
CTCTT(n) | CTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
359 Forward | AATTAACCCTCACTAAAGGGAGAAATGGAAATTAAATTTTTTGG |
359 Reverse | TTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGAGTTTTGAGCAGCTAATTACC |
chr2R:1,825,641–1825699 sense | GGCAGTTTATGTGCGTACAACAACAACAGGACTGCAAACAAAACACGAAACAGATATTTTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr2R:1,825,641–1825699 anti-sense | AAAATATCTGTTTCGTGTTTTGTTTGCAGTCCTGTTGTTGTTGTACGCACATAAACTGCCTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr2R:1,826,691–1,826,740 sense | TAGACACATCTACGAAGACACAATTCTACAAGAACTAAACAACAAAAAGTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr2R:1,826,691–1,826,740 anti-sense | ACTTTTTGTTGTTTAGTTCTTGTAGAATTGTGTCTTCGTAGATGTGTCTATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chrX:11,830,844–11,830,910 sense | CCAAGCTTCAGGAGAAAGAGAAAGAAGAAAGCTTTAAACTTAAGGAAAGAGAAGAGAGCCTTAGGATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chrX:11,830,844–11,830,910 antisense | CTAAGGCTCTCTTCTCTTTCCTTAAGTTTAAAGCTTTCTTCTTTCTCTTTCTCCTGAAGCTTGGCTTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chrX:12,660,096–12,660,145 sense | TCGCACACACACACGCAACACTTAGGCACACATAGGAGATAGAGTGAGATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chrX:12,660,096–12,660,145 anti-sense | TCTCACTCTATCTCCTATGTGTGCCTAAGTGTTGCGTGTGTGTGTGCGATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAA TT |
chrX:22,453,019–22,453,076 sense | CGACAGACAGTAAAATTAAACAAACTGCGGACGCGTGTGACAGAACTAATCCAACTTTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chrX:22,453,019–22,453,076 anti-sense | AAGTTGGATTAGTTCTGTCACACGCGTCCGCAGTTTGTTTAATTTTACTGTCTGTCGTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr3R:3,169,758–3,169,820 antisense | TCGGAAGAGACTAAACTTGTGCATTCGATATAGCTCTTTGTCGGCCCTAGCTGCTGTAAACAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr3R:3,169,758–3,169,820 sense | TTGTTTACAGCAGCTAGGGCCGACAAAGAGCTATATCGAATGCACAAGTTTAGTCTCTTCCGATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr3R:3,170,372–3,170,441 antisense | TTAAACTATATTAAACATTGTATATAAGTATAATAGCGAATACTATTTACGTATATGTTCT TTCATAAATTCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
chr3R:3,170,372–3,170,441 sense | ATTTATGAAAGAACATATACGTAAATAGTATTCGCTATTATACTTATATACAATGTTTAATATAGTTTAATCTCCCTTTAGTGAGGGTTAATT |
Antibody | Supplier; Cat. number | Working concentration |
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Rabbit-anti H3K9me3 | Abcam; 8898 | 1/250 |
Mouse-anti H3K9me2 | Active Motif; 39753 | 1/250 |
Rabbit-anti-H2AV | Lake placid AM318; 9751 | 1/100 |
Goat anti-GFP | Rockland 121600-101-215 | 1/500 |
Rabbit anti-H4acetyl | Millipore 06–598 | 1/200 |
Rat anti-Mst77F | Elaine Dunleavy, PhD; NUI Galway, Ireland | 1/200 |
Guinea pig anti-Mst35Ba/Bb (Protamine A/B) | Elaine Dunleavy, PhD; NUI Galway, Ireland | 1/200 |
Mouse anti pan-histone | Millipore MAB 3422 | 1/200 |
Chr | e0-2hr | e2-4hr | e4-8hr | e8-12hr | e12-14hr | e14-16hr | e16-20hr | e20-24hr |
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2R | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | chr2R.1825640.1825699 | NA |
X | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | chrX.12660077.12660134 |
X | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | chrX.11830795.11830858 | NA |
X | chrX.22453019.22453120 | NA | chrX.22453019.22453182 | NA | chrX.22453019.22453163 | chrX.22453019.22453177 | chrX.22453019.22453093 | chrX. 22453019.22453196 |
Description | Sequence 5’−3’ |
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shRNA to AAGAG(n) | ctagcagtGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGtagttatattcaagcataCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCgcg |
shRNA to AAGAG(n) complement | aattcgcGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGtatgcttgaatataactaCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCactg |
shRNA to scrambled | ctagcagtGAGAGAAAAAGGGAAAGAAGGtagttatattcaagcataCCTTCTTTCCCTTTTTCTCTCgcg |
shRNA to scrambled complement | aattcgcGAGAGAAAAAGGGAAAGAAGGtatgcttgaatataactaCCTTCTTTCCCTTTTTCTCTCactg |
AAGAG(37) for over-expression | ATCAAGACTGCTAGCAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAGAAGAG |
AAGAG(37) over-expression complement | CCATTGACTGAATTCCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTTCTCTT |
Stock name or genotype | Obtained from: stock number | Description | |
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y[1] v[1]; P{y[+t7.7]=CaryP}attP40 | Bloomington: 36304 | Background strain for insertion of pValium20 vector containing shRNA | |
y[1] v[1]; P{y[+t7.7]=CaryP}attP2 | Bloomington: 36303 | Background strain for insertion of pValium vector containing AAGAG expression construct. | |
y[1] sc[*] v[1]; P{y[+t7.7] v[+t1.8]=VALIUM20-mCherry}attP2 | Bloomington: 35785 | Control strain for RNAi. Expresses dsRNA to mCherry | |
y[1] v[1]:UAS-AAGAG shRNA:: | Rainbow Transgenic Flies, Inc | Expresses shRNA under UAS promoter targeting AAGAG(n) | |
y[1] v[1]:UAS-scramble shRNA:: | Rainbow Transgenic Flies, Inc | Expresses shRNA under UAS promoter targeting random AG containing sequences | |
y[1] w[67c23]; P{w[+mC]=dpp-GAL4.PS}6A/TM3, Ser[1] | Bloomington: 7007 | Dpp-GAL4 | |
y[1] v[1]::UAS-AAGAG(37) | Rainbow Transgenic Flies, Inc | Expresses a 187 base repeat of AAGAG RNA under a UAS promoter | |
C(1;Y)1, y[1] w[A738]: y[+]/0 and C(1)RM, y[1] v[1]/0 | Bloomington:2494 | XO (Y chromosome deficient males) | |
y[*] w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}NP1233/CyO, P{w[-]=UAS lacZ.UW14}UW14 | Kyoto: 103948 | Fascillin-GAL4 | |
y[*] w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}NP1624/CyO, P{w[-]=UAS lacZ.UW14}UW14 | Kyoto:104055 | Traffic Jam-GAL4 | |
w[*]; P{w[+mW.hs]=GawB}ptc[559.1] | Kyoto: 103948 | PTC-GAL4 | |
:: nanos-Gal4, dcr2-UAS/TM3 sb | Unknown | Nanos-GAL4 | |
w;;bamGAL4, UAS-dicer2 | Unknown | Bam-GAL4 | |
y[1] w[*]::P{w[+mC]=Act5 C-GAL4}17bFO1/TM6B, Tb[1] | Bloomington: stock 3954 | Expresses GAL4 ubiquitously under control of Act5C promoter |
N | Normal bundle | Lagging bundle | Kinked | Knotted | Needle eyed | Decondensed | |
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Scrambled RNAi | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
AAGAG RNAi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
11 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
AAGAG RNA (Rescue) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
N | Normal canoe | Abnormal canoe | |
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Scrambled RNAi | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2 | 7 | 1 | |
3 | 6 | 1 | |
4 | 3 | 5 | |
5 | 9 | 1 | |
6 | 5 | 1 | |
AAGAG RNAi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2 | 0 | 1 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | 2 | 4 | |
9 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | 3 | 6 | |
13 | 2 | 7 | |
14 | 1 | 5 | |
AAGAG RNA (Rescue) | 1 | 7 | 4 |
2 | 3 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | 0 | 3 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | 6 | 8 | |
10 | 3 | 3 | |
11 | 1 | 0 | |
12 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | 8 | 9 | |
14 | 1 | 6 | |
15 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | 7 | 9 | |
17 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | 3 | 2 | |
19 | 2 | 4 | |
20 | 1 | 1 |
mRNA target | Sequence 5’−3’ |
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Actin-5c Forward | CAGCCAGCAGTCGTCTAATC |
Actin-5c Reverse | ACAACCAGAGCAGCAACTTC |
Rpl32 Forward | CGATGTTGG GCATCAGATAC |
Rpl32 Reverse | CCCAAGATCGTGAAGAAGC |
pip5K59B Forward | CTCCTGCTCTGCTATCGTATTC |
pip5K59B Reverse | AGAGGAGCCATCAACATCAC |
Peb Forward | TGGTTGGACCGCTTAACATAG |
Peb Reverse | GCGACACCAAGAGCCATAA |
CG33080 Forward | ATTACGATCGCGGGCTTATC |
CG33080 Reverse | CGGTTCTAGGAGCACTGATATAAA |