Fig. 6. Unc-GFP localization in spermatogenesis. Confocal images of spermatids
(A-C) and spermatocytes or gonial cells (D-G) expressing UNC-GFP (green).
Anti-ß-tubulin (blue) labels axonemal and cytoplasmic microtubules in all
panels, and propidium iodide (red) stains DNA in B-D. (A) Low-magnification
image of the of the testis tip, showing UNC-GFP in elongated spermatids at the
apical end of the flagella. (B) Round spermatids immediately following meiosis
II show a single GFP-labeled centriole associated with each nucleus. (C)
UNC-GFP is associated with the centriole adjunct (arrowhead) in elongating
spermatids, but is not present in mature spermatids with fully condensed
nuclei (open arrowhead). (D) Primary spermatocytes in meiosis I, showing
paired centrioles at each pole of the meiotic spindle. (E,F) Co-expression of
UNC-GFP and centrosomin (red) in gonial cells (arrow). (G) Colocalization of
UNC-GFP and centrosomin (red) in dividing spermatocytes. Scale bars: 10 µm
in A; 5 µm in B-G.