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Since utse aff-1 expression and AC-utse fusion occur almost simultaneously, it is possible that aff-1 expression detected in the utse is actually a contribution from the AC cytoplasm after the fusion event. To test this, authors examined utse aff-1 expression in lin-29(n482) mutant worms where AC-utse fusion does not occur. aff-1 expression in the utse in these mutants indicated that aff-1 is specifically expressed in the utse cells and is not a consequence of AC to utse cytoplasmic GFP diffusion after fusion. |
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Expr4654
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Specific and continuous expression was detected in the AC from the invasion of the vulval primordium at mid-L3 until its fusion with the utse cells. As the vulva completes its invagination in the L4, the utse syncytium starts to express aff-1, resulting in coexpression of aff-1 in both cells prior to their fusion. Thus, AFF-1 is dynamically expressed in a specific group of cells that undergo cell fusion during normal development. aff-1 expression is first detected in the embryonic hyp5 cell and later during larval development in various cell types, including pharyngeal muscles (Pm3 and Pm5), uterine rings (Ut2 and Ut4), head and tail neurons, sheath cells of chemosensory neurons, and male tail neurons). aff-1 is also expressed in vulval vulD and the seam cells shortly before these cells fuse. In general, the myoepithelial cells of the pharynx and the epithelial cells in the uterus, vulva, and hypodermis that express aff-1 undergo fusion. Thus, AFF-1 is dynamically expressed in a specific group of cells that undergo cell fusion during normal development. |
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Expr1164
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Transgenic animals that carry this construct show GFP expression in a variety of tissue types. GFP expression is observed in the intestine, and the posterior cells express GFP more intensely than the remaining intestinal cells. Other cells include the rectal epithelial cells, the pharynx, the somatic gonad, and vulval hypodermal cells. In addition, the IP3 receptor is expressed in hypodermal cells of the tail, rectum, and head. Pharyngeal expression is restricted to the muscles of the metacorpus, isthmus, and the anterior portion of the terminal bulb (m4, m5, and m6). This construct was only expressed in neurons LUA and PDA. GFP is expressed in the gonad sheath cells, spermatheca, spermathecal valve, and uterine sheath cells. GFP is expressed in the vulval hypodermal cells. |
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Reporter gene fusion type not specified. |
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Expr1614
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At the beginning of embryonic morphogenesis, all ten pairs of lateral epidermal cells, the seam cells, express cdh-3::lacZ. cdh-3::GFP expression in these cells is observed at hatching and throughout subsequent postembryonic development. During the last larval stage (L4) the 15 pairs of seam cells generated during larval development fuse to form two continuous lateral syncytia, surrounded by hyp7. cdh-3::GFP expression correlates with seam cell identity during these postembryonic divisions; it is not observed in daughters that fuse with hyp7 or adopt other fates. In embryos undergoing morphogenesis, lacZ is expressed in a single large nucleus, whose size and position is consistent with that of the excretory cell. This identification is reinforced by the observation that in many newly hatched L1 larvae, low levels of GFP expression are visible in the excretory cell. This expression of cdh-3-reporter genes was observed only during late embryogenesis and in some newly hatched L1s (the latter may be due to perdurance of the GFP fusion protein), but not at later stages. Several other cells expressed the cdh-3 reporter constructs during embryonic morphogenesis; as in the seam cells this expression continued upon hatching. In the tail two cells, hyp10 and hyp11, show strong GFP expression that persists only during the first larval stage. Strong expression was observed in cells that form interfacial epithelia between the intestinal epithelium and the epidermis. Two cells that form part of the rectal epithelium, designated F and U, express cdh-3::GFP during embryonic morphogenesis and throughout larval development. In the anterior of embryos undergoing morphogenesis there were several cells expressing cdh-3::lacZ, and in larvae and adults, GFP expression is seen in nine cell bodies located just anterior to the first bulb of the pharynx. Processes extend anteriorly from these cell bodies and terminate at the level of the buccal capsule. Based upon the location of the cell bodies and the morphology of the processes, these cells were identified as the anterior and posterior arcade cells. Expression pattern of the pJP#38 construct in males indicated expression in the male tail and several male-specific neurons, however the expression pattern is complicated and the cell identity were not determined. cdh-3::GFP expressed in the developing hermaphrodite vulva. GFP first expressed in the anchor cell in L3 larvae. A little later expression were seen in those vulval cells that are closest to the anchor cell and are beginning to invaginate. As vulval morphogenesis continues all of the cells that invaginate to form the vulva are expressing GFP. During this period, the uterine epithelium closest to the invaginating vulval cells begins to express cdh-3::GFP and the anchor cell fuses with the multinucleate uterine seam cell (utse), which also begins to express cdh-3::GFP. Expression continues in these cells into the adult stage, though at somewhat reduced levels, which may perhaps be due to perdurance of the fusion protein, since older adults show much reduced fluorescence compared with younger ones. During the time that the vulva is forming, cdh-3::GFP expressed in the six VC neurons located in the ventral nerve cord and the two HSNs located just posterior and dorsal to the developing vulva. These cells begin to extend processes at about this time, and GFP expression continues in these cells and their processes throughout the remainder of larval development and into adulthood. |
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Expr1816
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All three reporter constructs were expressed in all major contractile tissues, starting during embryogenesis and continuing until adulthood. Fluorescence was particularly pronounced in striated muscle (body wall muscles used for locomotion), non-striated muscle (pharyngeal muscles used for pharyngeal pumping, vulval and uterine muscles used for egg laying, the sphincter muscle and anal depressor used for defecation), and in myoepithelial cells (gonadal sheath cells used for ovulation). Furthermore, all three constructs showed expression in the intestine. Some cells expressed CeSERCAb::GFP but not CeSERCAa::GFP. These include the somatic cells of the spermatheca and the excretory canal and the uterine sheath cells. No cells were found that expressed CeSERCAa::GFP but not CeSERCAb::GFP. |
Fluorescence from Psca-1::GFP was evenly distributed over the cytosol. However, both CeSERCAa::GFP and CeSERCAb::GFP showed specific subcellular localization. Both fusion proteins were found in a tubular meshwork that was most distinct in the body wall muscle cells. This staining was continuous with staining at or near the dense bodies, structures functionally analogous to vertebrate Z-lines. In body wall muscle cells and other cells, staining was also often localized in internal vesicles and membrane-like structures, including the nuclear envelope. |
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To cite this work: Ghosh, Srimoyee; Inoue, Takao; Sternberg, Paul (2015): ina-1::gfp expression. WormBase. Dataset. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17912/W2159J . Reviewed by Bhagwati Gupta. Funding: National Institutes of Health USPHS training grant GM07616. |
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Expr12292
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ina-1 is expressed throughout uterine toroids. At mid L4, expression is seen in uterine toroid 1 and 4 (ut1, ut4) and in the anterior uterine toroids 2 and 3 (ut2, ut3). In addition, ina-1::GFP is detected in the spermathecal-uterine junction and spermatheca. At the L4 lethargus stage, bright expression is observed in uterine toroids 1 and 4, the spermathecal-uterine junction, and spermatheca. Dimmer expression is present in uterine toroid 2 and posterior toroid 3. Fluorescence is also detected in vulE. |
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