Fig. 4. Complementary distribution of DE- and DN-cadherins during ommatidial
rotation. All panels show confocal microscopy images of 3rd instar eye
discs (anterior is leftwards, dorsal is upwards). (A) DE-cad (green)
and Arm (red). Enriched staining is found in morphogenetic furrow (MF, white
arrowhead) and within precluster cells (see also D and E for
high-magnification images). Arm and DE-cad overlap, except at R3/R4 border,
where DE-cad is almost absent (examples indicated by arrows). (B) Arm
(red), DN-cad1 (blue). (C) Enriched DN-cad staining is present at the
R3/R4 cell border (arrows in B,C; see also E for high magnification.)
(D,E) High magnification of preclusters stained for DE-cad
(green) and Arm (red) in D-D'', and DE-cadGFP (green), DN-cad (blue) and
Fmi (red) in E-E''. DE-cad and DN-cad1 distribution is largely
non-overlapping (E''). (F-I) DE-cad and Arm localization analyses
in mutant backgrounds. (F) Arm (red) localization in
N-cad
14 clones (marked by absence of LacZ). Arm is
reduced only at the R3/R4 border membrane (examples marked by arrowheads;
compare with wild type marked by arrow). (G) Arm (red) and DN-cad (blue and
G') in shgP34-1 mutant tissue. Arm is almost
completely lost from apicolateral membranes, except where it co-localizes with
DN-cad (which is not affected). (H). Example of DN-cad1 distribution in
shgP34-1 clone (wild type marked by GFP: green):
accumulation at R3/R4 border is unchanged (see arrowheads). (I-I'')
Overexpression of DN-cad1 (marked by GFP; green) reduces DE-cad (blue and
I'), but not Fmi (red and I'') levels.