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. 2019 Feb 7;9(4):999–1008. doi: 10.1534/g3.119.400028

Table 5. Human channelopathies with Drosophila orthologs identified in screen.

Drosophila Gene Drosophila Line Screened Observed wing phenotype Human Ortholog Associated Channelopathy Human channelopathy lesion type Human morphological phenotypes
Task6 Mi(MIC) insertion (BL59167) PCV bifurcation KCNK9 Birk-Barel Syndrome Heterozygous missense mutation causing channel loss-of-function (Barel et al., 2008) Facial dysmorphism
Nanchung Wing-specific RNAi knockdown (MS1096 driver with BL31295) L5 incomplete, L5 bifurcation TRPV4 TRPV4 skeletal dysplasias Variety of heterozygous missense mutations causing channel gain-of-function or loss-of-function (Nilius & Voets 2013) Wide variety of skeletal dysplasias (see Nilius & Voets, 2013 for phenotype summaries)
unc80 Mi(MIC) insertion (BL42469) PCV bifurcation, ectopic vein, pigment defect UNC80 IHPRF2 Homozygous missense and truncating mutations causing channel loss-of-function (Stray-Pedersen et al., 2016) Facial dysmorphism, small hands and feet (Stray-Pedersen et al., 2016)
narrow abdomen Hypomorphic allele (BL74) Bristle defects, ectopic vein NALCN IHPRF1 Homozygous missense and nonsense mutations causing channel loss-of-function (Al-Sayed et al., 2013) Facial dysmorphism (Al-Sayed et al., 2013)
narrow abdomen Hypomorphic allele (BL74) Bristle defects, ectopic vein NALCN CLIFAHDD Heterozygous missense mutations in the pore-forming domain, suspected to have a dominant-negative effect (Chong et al., 2015) Severe facial dysmorphism, limb and digit deformities (Chong et al., 2015)
nAChRα5 Mi(MIC) insertion (BL41424) PCV bifurcation CHRNA7 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome Heterozygous or homozygous deletion of CHRNA7 (Hoppman-Chaney et al., 2013) Facial dysmorphism (Hoppman-Chaney et al., 2013)
nAChRα6 P-element insertion (BL20783) PCV bifurcation
nAChRα7 Antimorphic allele (BL24880) PCV bifurcation

PCV, posterior cross vein, L, longitudinal vein, BL, Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center number.