Fig. 5. DN-cad1 and DN-cad2 are required for normal ommatidial
rotation. (A,B) N-cad
14 double
mutant clones in adult eyes (A) and eye discs (B-B''). (A) A mosaic eye
containing N-cad
14 clones (owing to the nature of
the allele, the clone cannot be marked). Several clusters with rotation
defects are present (dots in schematic indicate ommatidia with photoreceptor
loss that cannot be scored for rotation). (B-B") Ventral part of eye
disc with N-cad
14 clone marked by absence of
ßGal (green), stained for Elav (blue) and Bar (red); in semi-schematic
(B''), the rotation angles are indicated with white (wild-type clusters)
or yellow (mutant or mosaic clusters) bars. Most mutant clusters are
over-rotated relative to their stage. (C) sev>DN-cad1 eye
disc, Bar staining highlights random rotation throughout the disc (D,
Bar-staining in wild-type disc for comparison). (E) Clone of cells
overexpressing DN-cad1 (GFP). Localization of Arm (red and E') to plasma
membranes and cytoplasmic membrane compartments is increased in the clone.
(F-H) sev>DN-cad1 is suppressed by gene dose reduction in
arm (sev>DN-cad1/arm4; compare G with F). Gaps
between ommatidia resulting from decreased adhesion (although rotation defects
are not enhanced by Arm decrease) and enhanced by Arm co-overexpression
(sev>DN-cad1;>ArmS2; H).