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This information was extracted from published material (Archana Sharma-Oates, Andrew Mounsey and Ian A. Hope). |
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Expr631
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LacZ staining is first detected in both Z1.pp and Z4.aa and is seen in Z1.ppp, Z4.aaa, Z1.ppa and Z4.aap. All four cells continue to express until the middle of the L2 stage during AC/VU decision and then expression is restricted to either Z1.ppp or Z4.aaa, with expression observed in presumptive VU (Z1.ppa and Z4.aap) but not in presumptive AC. This is consistent with GFP fluorescence observed. lin-12::lacZ staining disappears in the VUs; staining reappears in their daughters just after division. The level of lin-12::lacZ expression from early L2 until the Vulva Precursor Cells (VPCs) divide in the L3 is uniform in all 6 VPCs. lin-12::lacZ reporter is also expressed in all twelve of the granddaughters of the VUs. There appears to be a time during the early L3 stage when the VUs no longer express the lin-12::lacZ reporter gene. During L3, beta-gal activity is detected in two sheath cells in each gonad arm: sheath cells No. 1 (Z1.paaa, Z1.apa, Z4.pap, and Z4.appp). During early L4 stage, eight more sheath cells express the transgene: sheath cells No. 2 (Z1.paapaaa, Z1.appaaa, Z4.paappp, and Z4.appappp) and sheath cells No. 3 (Z1.paapaap, Z1.appaap, Z4.paappa, and Z4.appappa). Staining is almost always observed in sheath cells No. 1 in the L3 and L4 stages as well as in the young adult. Only a subset of animals consistently express the reporter gene in sheath cells No. 2. Staining in sheath cells No. 3 are never detected once the nuclei have migrated for out along the arm. Staining is observed in 12 sheath cells during the late L3/early L4 stages soon after they are born. As the cells move out the gonad arm, staining is only detected in one member of pair No. 1 and one member of pair No. 2 in each arm. Staining is detected during L4 in up to eight spermathecal cells [Z1.papaa(a/p) (d/v), Z4.apaaa(a/p)(d/v), Z1.pappp(a/p)(d/v) and Z4.apapp(a/p)(d/v)] in each arm. The progenitors of these cells [Z1.papaa(a/p), Z4.apaaa(a/p), Z1.pappp(a/p) and Z4.apapp(a/p)] also express the reporter gene. During the L2 and early L3 stages, lin-12::lacZ is expressed in all six VPCs. LacZ staining is detected in all 12 daughters of the VPCs (Pn.px stage), and is then restricted to P5.ppa, P5.ppp, P7.paa and P7.pap. High level of GFP expression is seen in the daughters of P5.p and P7.p but not in the daughters of p6.p. Variable level of GFP is detected in the daughters of P3,p, P4.p and P8.p. In the VPC granddaughters GFP is detected in P5.ppa, P5.ppp, P7.paa and P7.pap. Weak staining is detected in two of the granddaughters of P5.p and P7.p, the L cells, but is undetected in their progeny. Expression is always detected in the other two granddaughters of P5.p and P7.p, the N and T cells. There is no staining in the T descendants of P6.p cells. The N cells do not divide and staining is detected in both N cells throughout vulval morphogenesis in the L4 stage and in young adults. Staining can be detected in the T daughters in the L4 stage and in young adults. The parents of the SM/bm precursor cells; M.vlp and M.vrp and their dorsal equivalents, M.dlp and M.drp all express lin-12 reporter gene. After division of the parent cells, the SM/bm precursor cells and their dorsal equivalents also express the reporter gene as do the sisters of these cells. Expression is detected in both the SM and bm cells on the left and right sides of the animal. Staining persists in these cells on the ventral side even after it is no longer detectable in the cells of the dorsal side. [M.vrpa, M.vlpa, M.vrpp, M.vlpp, M.drpa, M.dla, M.drpp and M.dlpp]. Expression is detected in a discrete subset of cells during embryogenesis. Staining was only observed in pairs or groups of cells from the 28-cell stage to about the 400-cell stage. Two of the cells that express the gene in the >300-cell embryo may be the intestinal valve cells. Expression is seen in a discrete subset of cells in the ventral nerve cord of L1 larvae. There are three small nuclei that stain in the head region that may be G2, W, the excretory duct cell, G1 or the neuroblast that is the equipotent equivalent of the excretory cell. Staining was observed in the excretory cell. |
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Expr9638
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nhr-67::gfp was expressed at all postembryonic stages in neurons of the head. nhr-67::gfp expression was not observed in uterine or vulval precursor in embryos or L1 larvae. In the L2 stage, nhr-67::gfp expression was observed in the 4 pre-VU precursor cells (Z1.ppa, Z1.ppp, Z4.aaa, Z4.aap) that become the AC and the three VU cells that give rise to the ventral uterus. Expression of nhr-67::gfp in the 4 pre-VU precursor cells appeared at or shortly after their birth. In the mid- to late-L2 stage, expression of nhr-67::gfp in the three VU cells decreased, while remaining at high levels (or possibly increasing) in the AC. During the L3 and early L4 stages, consistent and continual bright nhr-67::gfp expression was observed in the AC and more variable weak levels of expression were found in the six adjacent pi cells. nhr-67::gfp expression was very rarely detected in all 12 pi cells after their dorsal-ventral division. From early L4 through adulthood, weak expression of nhr-67::gfp was observed in all 8 UTSE cells or syncytium, suggesting that expression is turned off in all pi cells after their division and then re-expressed later in UTSE. Expression of nhr-67::gfp was observed in the UTSE before AC fusion. Bright expression of nhr-67::gfp in the AC nucleus was not observed after mid-L4, indicating that it is reduced after fusion of the AC with the UTSE syncytium. |
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A translational reporter, HA-HLH-2, under the control of identical regulatory sequences as hlh-2::lacZ was examed for comparison. Transgenic lines were generated at the same concentrations and in a smg-1 background, as for hlh-2 lacZ. HA-HLH-2 showed the same pattern of accumulation as endogenous HLH-2 protein. There were two categories of animals, those with accumulation in neither Z1.ppp nor Z4.aaa (younger animals), and those with accumulation in one cell (older animals). The similar patterns of accumulation of HA-HLH-2 and endogenous HLH-2 indicate that the difference in expression between the hlh-2::lacZ transcriptional reporter and the endogenous HLH-2 protein is real. The observation that the transcriptional reporter is expressed in the presumptive VU, in which HLH-2 protein accumulation is not detected, suggests that HLH-2 protein accumulation may be post-transcriptionally regulated. No detailed description on expression patterns in other tissues. |
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Expr2824
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hlh-2 appears to be transcribed in both Z1.ppp and Z4.aaa, even though HLH-2 protein is never detected in more than the presumptive AC (see Expr1470). HLH-2 does not accumulate in two other cells in which hlh-2 is transcribed, Z1.ppa and Z4.aap, the sisters of Z1.ppp and Z4.aaa. These cells have the potential to become ACs, but in wild-type hermaphrodites, invariably become VUs. |
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