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ArticleThe FEBS journal2016

Conditional knockout of retinal determination genes in differentiating cells in Drosophila.

Meng Jin, Aiden Eblimit, Merlyn Pulikkathara, Stuart Corr, Rui Chen, Graeme Mardon

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Meng JinDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Aiden EblimitHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Merlyn PulikkatharaDepartment of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Stuart CorrDepartment of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Rui ChenHuman Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Graeme MardonDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4265-4072

Funding

VISION RESEARCH CENTERP30EY002520 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Samuel M Wu · 1985 to 2026
$14.8M
Retinal Cell-Fate Determination and Pattern FormationR01EY011232 · NEI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI MARDON, GRAEME · 1996 to 2019
$6.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002520NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conditional gene knockout in postmitotic cells is a valuable technique which allows the study of gene function with spatiotemporal control. Surprisingly, in contrast to its long-term and extensive use in mouse studies, this technology is lacking in Drosophila. Here, we use a novel method for generating complete loss of eyes absent (eya) or sine oculis (so) function in postmitotic cells posterior to the morphogenetic furrow (MF). Specifically, genomic rescue constructs with flippase recognition target (FRT) sequences flanking essential exons are used to generate conditional null alleles. By removing gene function in differentiating cells, we show that eya and so are dispensable for larval photoreceptor differentiation, but are required for differentiation during pupal development. Both eya and so are necessary for photoreceptor survival and the apoptosis caused by loss of eya or so function is likely a secondary consequence of inappropriate differentiation. We also confirm their requirement for cone cell development and reveal a novel role in interommatidial bristle (IOB) formation. In addition, so is required for normal eye disc morphology. This is the first report of a knockout method to study eya and so function in postmitotic cells. This technology will open the door to a large array of new functional studies in virtually any tissue and at any stage of development or in adults.

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AllelesAnimalsCell DifferentiationDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEyeEye ProteinsGene Knockout TechniquesHomeodomain ProteinsLarvaPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebrateRetinaDrosophila Proteinseya protein, DrosophilaEye ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsSo protein, Drosophilaconditional gene knockoutDrosophilaeye developmenteyes absentsine oculis

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PMCPMC4975629

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