Figure 2. TRAP1 regulates oxidative stress resistance in young and old Drosophila males.
(A–E) Survival curves of young flies (5 days) of indicated genotypes exposed to 20 mM paraquat. (A) Median survival of male w; TRAP1Δ4/ TRAP1Δ4; +/+ (18.5 hrs ± 0.9) is significantly less than that of w1118; +/+; +/+ (28.4 hrs ± 1.6; p<0.0001). (B) Median survival of male w; +/+; UAS-TRAP17M/ActinGal4 (63.2 hrs ± 4.8) is significantly more than that of w; +/+; UAS-TRAP17M/ + (43.9 hrs ± 3.2; p=0.0002), and that of w; +/+; ActinGal4 (36.2 ± 2.8; p<0.0001). (C) Median survival of female w; TRAP 1A4/TRΔP 1Δ4; +/+ (20.3 hrs ± 1.4) is comparable to that of w1118; +/+; +/+ (22.4 hrs ± 1.4; p=0.4). (D) Median survival of female w; +/+; UAS-TRAP17M/ActinGal4 (43.9 hrs ± 3.3) is significantly higher than that of w; +/+; ActinGal4/+ (32.4 hrs ± 2.2; p=0.004) but comparable to that of w; +/+; UAS-TRAP17M/ + (36.9 hrs ± 2.7; p=0.1). (E) Median survival of young w; TRAP 1A4/TRAP 1A4; UAS-TRAP17M/ActinGal4 males (25.26 hrs ± 1.88) is significantly higher than w; TRAP 1Δ4/TRAP 1Δ4; +/+ (15 hrs ± 0.4; p<0.0001). (F) Median survival is increased in old (40 days) w; +/+; UAS-TRAP17M/ GS-tub5Gal4 males maintained on 5 mM RU-486 (41.47 hrs ± 2.99), relative to control flies of the same genotype, sex and age maintained on vehicle (32.88 ± 1.78; p = 0.03). In all cases, errors denote standard deviation. Statistical significance was determined using the standard chi-squared based log-rank test.