Fig. 2. PAT-related transporters phenocopy the effects of TOR on growth and cell
number in the wing. (A-H) Expressing transgenes under the control of
MS1096-GAL4, which drives transcription predominantly on the dorsal
surface of the wing, resulted in an overall increase in wing size for
CG1139GS10666 (D), but a reduction for
pathGS13857(C), Tor (E) and UAS-CG1139
(F). Overexpression of slif had no significant effect (B) relative to
control wings (A). Both pathGS13857 (G) and
CG1139GS10666 (H) significantly enhanced the phenotype
produced by overexpressing Tor. Co-expression of two CG1139
GS insertions (CG1139GS10666 and
CG1139GS7120) inhibited growth (I) and
CG1139GS10666 enhanced the growth inhibitory effect of
UAS-CG1139 (J). (K-M) Histograms showing measurements of posterior
compartment size (ratio of a specific wing area expressing the transgene and a
non-expressing region=P/A) (K), cell size (L) and cell number (M) taken from
adult female wings expressing transgenes under en-GAL4 control.
Expression of each PAT-related transporter (two GS insertions and a
UAS-transgene), TOR or a dominant-negative form of TOR (TOR-TED), but not
Slif, produced highly significant changes in wing and cell size
(P<0.001). Cell number was significantly reduced upon
overexpression of TOR, TOR-TED and those PAT-related transporter constructs
that have the greatest effects on growth (*P<0.01;
**P<0.001).