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The insc-GAL4 driver marks distinct cell types in Drosophila midgut
Akanksha Pandey1, Jagat Kumar Roy1
1Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Drosophila geneticists frequently employ the binary GAL4-UAS system of conditional gene expression to direct expression of the desired transgene in tissues of interest. The inscuteable -GAL4 driver (insc-GAL4) expresses in the type 1 and type 2 neuroblasts of Drosophila larval brain, a frequent target tissue in many investigations. This GAL4 line additionally displayed its expression in the midgut. In this study, we examined the expression of the UAS-mCD8GFP reporter under the command of the insc-GAL4 driver and observed that this driver expresses exclusively to intestinal stem cells (ISCs) of the Drosophila adult midgut as well as adult midgut precursors (AMPs) of the larval midgut besides its expression in larval brain. Additionally, using the G-TRACE method, it was observed that AMPs in the larval midgut consistently expressed insc-GAL4 in real-time, and the lineage expression of this GAL4 was observed in the enterocyte cells. This study reveals for the first time that insc-GAL4 is specific to larval AMPs and adult ISCs of the midgut.
