Fig. 4. upd has only minimal effect on hindgut patterning. Spatially
localized patterns of gene expression in distinct domains of the stage 14
hindgut and posterior midgut are summarized in A; points of renal tubule
attachment are indicated by `V'. Gene expression patterns in A are shown in
wholemounts of wild-type (wt), upd loss-of-function
(updos1A) and upd gain-of-function
(byn-GAL4; UAS-upd) embryos (B). In the absence of upd
activity (updos1A), expression of Wg at the most
anterior of the small intestine is reduced (white arrowhead), while expression
patterns of hh and Ser in small intestine, En in large
intestine, dri in boundary cells and hh, Ser and Wg in
rectum are not affected. When upd is expressed uniformly throughout
the hindgut (byn-GAL4; UAS-upd), expression of Wg in the anterior
small intestine is slightly upregulated (black arrowhead), while all other
spatially localized gene expression patterns examined appear normal.
Expression of hh, Ser and dri was detected by in situ
hybridization, that of Wg and En by antibody staining.