Table 1.

Tetracycline feeding rescues toxic effects of overexpression of activated CaMKII

GAL4 UAS-tTAtet0-T287D −tc phenotype +tc rescue
C155 220 7.1 Lethal Yes
C155 220 9.3 Lethal Yes
29BD 220 7.1 Lethal Yes
29BD 220 9.3 Lethal Yes
29BD 221 3.4 Infantile Yes
29BD 29 3.4 Infantile Yes
MJ85b 220 7.1 Lethal Yes
MJ85b 221 3.4 Small Yes
MJ85b 221 3.3 Small Yes
MJ85b 29 3.4 Small Yes
  • Lethality of T287D CaMKII is rescued by tetracycline suppression of expression during development. Females of each GAL4 line were crossed to flies carrying UAS-tTA and tet0-T287D transgenes and grown with or without tetracycline in the larval medium. Adult progeny were counted, and the percentage viability and/or display of infantile characteristics of triple-transgenic progeny was recorded. All tetracycline-fed crosses completely rescued lethality or infantile characteristics, producing flies with wild type-like appearance. Data are shown for three different GAL4 lines, three different UAS-tTA insertions, and four different tet0-T287D insertions. −tc phenotype, Flies crossed without tc medium; +tc rescue, flies crossed with tc medium.