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The Journal of Neuroscience, May 1, 2000, 20(9):3425-3433

The Genetic Variant Voila1 Causes Gustatory Defects during Drosophila Development

Maria Balakireva1, Nanaë Gendre2, Reinhard F. Stocker2, and Jean-François Ferveur3

1 Centre des Sciences du Goût, 21 000 Dijon, France, 2 Department of Biology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland, and 3 Unité de Recherche 5548 Associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Bourgogne, 21 000 Dijon, France

Voila1, an enhancer-trap strain in Drosophila melanogaster, expresses GAL4 in most gustatory neurons, both before and after metamorphosis. Voila1 expression starts at embryonic stage 10. In the periphery, it labels larval gustatory sensilla in the antennomaxillary complex as well as in the pharynx. GAL4 is also expressed in the CNS in a manner that prefigures expression in adult flies. Most Voila1/1 homozygotes die between second larval instar and early adulthood. Moreover, escaping Voila1/1 larvae do not show gustatory responses to NaCl and sucrose. The simultaneous rescue of normal larval gustation together with adult viability after removal of the transposable PGAL4 element suggests that both these phenotypes are caused by the same inserted element.

Key words: Drosophila; taste; gustatory nervous system; development; larval behavior; enhancer-trap PGAL4 strain

Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience  0270-6474/00/2093425-09$05.00/0




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