Project description:In Drosophila larvae, acquired synaptic thermotolerance following heat shock has previously been shown to correlate with the induction of heat shock proteins (Hsps) including HSP70. We tested the hypothesis that synaptic thermotolerance would be significantly diminished in a temperature-sensitive strain (hsf4) which has been reported not to be able to produce inducible Hsps in response to heat shock. Contrary to our hypothesis, considerable thermoprotection was still observed at hsf4 larval synapses following heat shock. To investigate the cause of this thermoprotection, we conducted DNA microarray experiments to identify heat-induced transcript changes in these organisms. Transcripts of the hsp83, dnaJ-1(hsp40) and gstE1 genes were significantly up-regulated in hsf4 larvae after heat shock. In addition, increases in the levels of Hsp83 and DnaJ-1 proteins but not in the inducible form of Hsp70 were detected by Western blotting. The mode of heat shock administration differentially affected the relative transcript and translational changes for these chaperones. These results indicate that the compensatory up-regulation of constitutively expressed Hsps, in the absence of the synthesis of inducible Hsps including HSP70, could still provide substantial thermoprotection to both synapses and the whole organism. Two strains were used in this study; the mutant cn bw hsf4 strain, and the dp cn bw cl control strain from which the mutant was derived. For each strain, co-reared larvae were separated into a control group and a treatment group at random. RNA from the heat-shocked larvae and from the respective controls were directly compared on cDNA microarrays (GPL311). Two independent biological samples from each genotype were collected. In addition, an inter-strain comparison was made using the RNA from the untreated controls from each genotype. This was also performed in duplicate.
Project description:Expression analysis of Heat Shock in Drosophila melanogaster KC167 Cells and 3rd instar dpcnbw larvae, and room temperature expression levels using Nimblegen arrrays (GPL8443) A 12 chip study using total RNA recovered from Heat shocked or non-heat shocked (room temperature) samples in either cells or larvae, 3 technical replicates for each treatment
Project description:Total protein was isolated from the trachea and midgut of D. melanogaster 3rd instar larvae and analysed by shotgun proteomics in order to identify the putative carbohydrate-active enzymes.
Project description:Affymetrix microarray to detect changes in gene expression between lgl27S3/lglE2S31 and FRT82B larvae 4-day old 3rd instar lgl27S3/lglE2S31 larvae were compared to 0-day old 3rd instar FRT82B larvae
Project description:Transcriptomes of Drosophila melanogaster eye-antennal imaginal discs at three sequential larval stages: late 2nd instar (72h after egg laying (AEL)), mid 3rd instar (96h AEL) and late 3rd instar (120h AEL).
Project description:Single channel custom oligonucleotide array of 147 microRNAs to detect changes in expression of a lgl-hypomorph mutant versus wild-type 0, 3, and 5 day old 3rd instar lgl-hypomorph larvae were compared to 0 day 3rd instar wild-type larvae to test for differences in microRNA expression
