Table 3.

Shock reactivity and olfactory acuity of flies expressing RNAi-Nep(A) under the control of the MB-Gal80;c316 driver

GenotypeShock reactivityOlfactory acuity
OctanolMethylcyclohexanol
MB-Gal80;c316/+60.80 ± 3.40560.63 ± 6.21960.90 ± 6.667
MB-Gal80;c316/Nep1A58.30 ± 1.80867.10 ± 7.11458.70 ± 5.173
+/Nep1A64.10 ± 4.92762.10 ± 5.28859.50 ± 5.300
MB-Gal80;c316/+63.25 ± 4.36652.36 ± 7.89065.25 ± 7.345
MB-Gal80;c316/Nep2A62.83 ± 3.94647.17 ± 5.45573.13 ± 4.155
+/Nep2A77.67 ± 3.53060.15 ± 4.65069.13 ± 8.532
MB-Gal80;c316/+58.43 ± 5.14949.00 ± 4.47254.56 ± 3.986
MB-Gal80;c316/Nep3A52.50 ± 4.05654.75 ± 6.64853.42 ± 4.763
+/Nep3A73.70 ± 4.26151.17 ± 6.45754.33 ± 3.945
MB-Gal80;c316/+58.57 ± 4.96152.33 ± 4.33058.56 ± 4.628
MB-Gal80;c316/Nep4A56.90 ± 8.84952.00 ± 4.42462.00 ± 4.149
+/Nep4A58.30 ± 5.86353.08 ± 5.01652.08 ± 3.718
  • Data are shown as means ± SEM. All genotypes tested exhibit normal shock reactivity (Nep1A: F(2,29) = 0.6487, p = 0.5307, n = 10; Nep2A: F(2,35) = 4.544, p = 0.0181, n = 12, post-hoc Newman–Keuls test, MB-Gal80;c316/Nep2A vs +/Nep2A *p < 0.05; Nep3A: F(2,26) = 6.699, p = 0.0049, n ≥ 7, post hoc Newman–Keuls test, MB-Gal80:c316/Nep3A vs +/Nep3A **p < 0.01; Nep4A: F(2,26) = 0.01578, p = 0.9844, n ≥ 7) and normal olfactory acuity for octanol (Nep1A: F(2,27) = 0.2913, p = 0.7498, n ≥ 8; Nep2A: F(2,35) = 1.249, p = 0.3000, n ≥ 11; Nep3A: F(2,32) = 0.2108, p = 0.8111, n ≥ 9; Nep4A: F(2,32) = 0.01515, p = 0.9850, n ≥ 9) and methylcyclohexanol (Nep1A: F(2,29) = 0.03746, p = 0.9633, n = 10; Nep2A: F(2,23) = 0.3230, p = 0.7275, n = 8; Nep3A: F(2,32) = 0.01955, p = 0.9807, n ≥ 9; Nep4A: F(2,32) = 1.609, p = 0.2168, n ≥ 9).