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oxIs363 [unc-122p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Wild type. Very dim GFP expression in the coelomycytes. Only visible on compound microscope. Plasmid pBN04 inserted by MosSCI into cxTi10882 site.

dpy-13(ox495::Cbr-unc-119(+) + myo-2p::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP) IV. Dpy, mCherry pharyngeal muscle, dim GFP+ in coelomycytes. Insertion/deletion into cxTi10882 MosSCI site on Chr. IV. Can be used as balancer.

krIs14 [hsp-16.48p::MosTransposase + lin-15B + unc-122p::GFP]. GFP expression in coelomocytes. Derived by integration of oxEx166. Reference: Toraason E, et al. STAR Protoc. 2021 Sep 8;2(3):100801. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100801. PMID: 34527958.

Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate arrested nT1 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm2036 homozygotes. tm2036 homozygotes are temperature sensitive lethal, and can be maintained as homozygotes at 15C. tm2036 homozygotes have endocytosis defects in oocytes and coelomocytes at 25C. Attribution: This strain was generated by the National Bioresource Project at the Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, which is part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Egl Lon, and tm246 homozygotes (temperature sensitive lethal which can be maintained as homozygotes at 15C). tm246 homozygotes have endocytosis defects in oocytes and coelomocytes at 25C. Attribution: This strain was generated by the National Bioresource Project at the Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, which is part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

pgIs2 [gcy-8p::TU#813 + gcy-8p::TU#814 + unc-122p::GFP + gcy-8p::mCherry + gcy-8p::GFP + ttx-3p::GFP]. TU#813 and TU#814 are split caspase vectors (Chalfie Lab) subcloned downstream of the gcy-8 promoter. Expression of GFP in coelomocytes and AIY neuron, and mCherry in AFD neuron when caspase activity is lost. Reference: Glauser DA, et al. Genetics. 2011 May;188(1):91-103.

arIs36 [(pJF43) hsp::ssGFP + dpy-20(+) + pBluescript SK+]. GFP is secreted into the pseudocoelom upon heat shock and is taken up by coelomocytes. Not known where arIs36 is attached. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-5 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-8 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-9 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-11 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Coelomocyte endocytosis defect. GFP accumulates in body cavity. MTM-9=Y39H10A.3 mtm-9 pka cup-10. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. mca-3 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. mca-3 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-3 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-2 is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cup-5(ar465) is defective in endocytosis by coelomocytes. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

kyIs140 [str-2::GFP + lin-15(+)] I. vyEx1462 (die-1(fosmid)::Venus + odr-1::DsRed + ofm-1::DsRed). Pick animals with DsRed+ coelomocytes to maintain. Animals with vyEx1462 show 2AWC(OFF) phenotype. Extrachromosomal array rescues die-1(w34).

kyIs140 [str-2::GFP + lin-15(+)] I. vyEx1510 (ceh-36p::die-1(cDNA) + odr-1::DsRed + ofm-1::DsRed). Pick animals with DsRed+ coelomocytes to maintain. Animals with vyEx1510 show 2AWC(OFF) phenotype.

vxEx282 [WRM0621dC07 + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. GFP expression in coelomocytes. Fosmid rescues ok415. Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx540 [tax-4(fosmid) + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes to maintain array. This strain rescues tax-4 function with fosmid WRM069cE04 that includes full tax-4 genomic DNA. Reference: Russell J, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Jun 3;111(22):8269-74.

vxEx725 [egl-1p::mCherry::egl-1(G55E, F65D)::egl-1 3'UTR + gcy-32p::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes to maintain. mCherry-tagged EGL-1 visible in URX adult neurons and apoptotic cells. G55E and F65D mutations in the BH3-only region to abolish mCherry::EGL-1 function in inducing cell death. Reference: Wu Z, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jan 14;122(2):e2407909122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2407909122. PMID: 39786930.

Nrf, Peg, accumulates yolk in pseudo-coelomic space, slow growing, partial embryonic lethality.

Nrf, Peg, accumulates yolk in pseudo-coelomic space, slow growing, partial embryonic lethality.

Moderate Nrf. Produces pale eggs (Peg) but does not accumulate yolk in pseudo-coelomic space.

ceIs201 [unc-17p::ins-22::Venus + unc-17p::RFP + unc-17p::ssmCherry + myo-2p::RFP]; integration site maps to I:0.77. Expresses INS-22::Venus to mark Dense Core Vesicles in the cholinergic nervous system, including the ventral cord cholinergic motor neurons. Also expresses mCherry in the same neurons to help identify the boundaries of the somas, axons, and dendrites. ssmCherry is mCherry with a secretion signal on its N-terminus, which is constitutively secreted and taken up by coelomoctyes in the pseuodcoelomic space, making it a useful marker for those coelomocytes. The INS-22::Venus also gets secreted by DCVs and taken up by coelomocytes. The myo-2::RFP is a co-tranformation marker that lights up the pharyngeal muscle cells and is useful for crossing the integrant into various mutant backgrounds. Reference: Hoover CM, et al. Genetics. 2014 Mar;196(3):745-65.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Small body size and 6 coelomocytes. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes. Reference: Tian et al. (2010) Development 137(14):2375-84.

Missing M-derived coelomocytes and 1-3 body wall muscles. Cells transformed to sex myoblast-like fates.

sma-4(jj278) worms are small, and the mutation can suppress the sma-9(0) loss of M-derived coelomocyte defect. sma-4(jj278) is a true molecular null allele of sma-4; the 3,556 bp deletion (position: Chromosome III: 5,816,203….5,819,759) removes almost the entire coding region of sma-4. Reference: McKillop AN, et al. (2018). A new deletion allele of sma-4. microPublication Biology. https://doi.org/10.17912/Z4Z9-CE10.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Missing M-derived coelomocytes and 1-3 body wall muscles. Cells transformed to sex myoblast-like fates. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that it taken up by coelomocytes.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Small body size and 6 coelomocytes. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes.

etyEx106 [sra-6p::Cx36::YFP + flp-18p::Cx36::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ coelomocytes to maintain. Artificial gap-junction between ASH and AVA. Reference: Pechuk V., et al. 2022, Current Biology 32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038

mirIs110 [odr-7p::TeNL + unc-122p::GFP *oxTi553 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]] V. GFP expression in coelomycetes. Integration of the calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) into tdTomato in the oxTi553 insertion. Expression of TeNL transgene in AWA by the odr-7 promoter. Reference: Porta-de-la-Riva M, et al. Nat Methods. 2023 May;20(5):761-769. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01836-9. PMID: 37024651.

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirIs110 [odr-7p::TeNL + unc-122p::GFP *oxTi553 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]] V. mirIs107 [gpa:14p::CRE + npr-9p::ChR-HRDC::YFP::SL2::jRGECO1a + rps-0p::hygroR]. Blue fluorescence in flp-18 expressing neurons. Green coelomycetes segregates with calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in AWA. ChR2-HRDC and jRGECO1a in AVA (instead of BFP) and ChR2-HRDC::YFP and jRGECO1a in AIB. HygroR. Reference: Porta-de-la-Riva M, et al. Nat Methods. 2023 May;20(5):761-769. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01836-9. PMID: 37024651.

mirEx96 [flp-22p::CRE + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red fluorescence in coelomocytes to maintain the array. SMD-specific CRE driver. Superficially wild-type. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirIs76 [sra-6p::ChRmine::wrmScarlet::let-858 3UTR + sra-6p::TeNL]. mirEx69 [gpa:14p::CRE + unc-122p::mCherry]. Mantain by picking animals with mCherry+ coelomycetes. Blue in flp-18 expressing neurons. Expression of ChRmine, wrmScarlet and calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in ASH and PVQ. Expression of ChR2-HRDC and jRGECO1a expression in AVA (instead of BFP). Reference: Porta-de-la-Riva M, et al. Nat Methods. 2023 May;20(5):761-769. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01836-9. PMID: 37024651.

n2835 animals show enlarged vacuoles in intestine, epidermis, coelomocytes and pharynx.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Sterile Dpys, and Mel Uncs. cup-5(n3194) is a Q139 ochre allele with a maternal effect lethal phenotype including accumulation of refractile bodies resembling apoptotic cells in some regards. cup-5 homozygotes are also defective in coelomocyte uptake.

vlcEx1292 [srh-142p::mCherry::SL2::GCaMP3 + unc-122p::RFP]. Maintain at or below 20C; sterile at 25C. Pick animals with RFP+ coelomocytes to maintain. ADF-specific expression of GCaMP3. Reference: Maicas et al. PLOS Biology 2021; 19(7): e3001334. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001334

jsIs1072 [vha-6p::aex-5::Venus + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Wild type strain that expresses AEX-5::VENUS fusion in intestine under the control of the vha-6 promoter. AEX-5::VENUS is secreted and also detectable in the coelomocytes. Created by ballistic transformation. Plasmid sequence and description of the transgene found in PMID 18852466.

cdIs97 [pcc1::mCherry::cup-5 + ttx-3::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. mCherry::CUP-5 expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

cdIs113 [pcc1::mCherry::rab-5 + ttx-3::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. mCherry::RAB-5 expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

cdIs131 [pcc1::GFP::rab-5 + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. GFP::RAB-5 expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

cdIs141[pcc1::mCherry::rab-7 + ttx-3::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. mCherry::RAB-7 expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes. Reference: Gee, K et al. (2017) G3 7: 991.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cdIs32 [unc-122p::DT-A(E148D) + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. A diphtheria toxin A fragment DT-A (E148D) is expressed under a coelomocyte-specific promoter leading to the absence of coelomocytes. Worms are slightly uncoordinated, slightly dumpy and slow growing. References: Fares H & Greenwald I. Genetics. 2001 Sep;159(1):133-45. doi: 10.1093/genetics/159.1.133. PMID: 11560892. Schwartz MS, et al. PLoS One. 2010 Mar 5;5(3):e9564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009564. PMID: 20221439.

cdIs36 [pcc1::C31E10.7::GFP + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. C31E10.7::GFP (smooth ER marker) expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

cdIs40 [pcc1::GFP::cup-5 + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. cup-5::GFP expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.

cdIs54 [pcc1::MANS::GFP + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Ballistic transformation. Mannosidasell::GFP (Golgi marker) expressed in front coelomocyte promoter.