Fig. 5. Trapping of GrkDC protein at the plasma membrane through
inactivation of the Drosophila Dynamin homologue Shibire requires Cni
function. (A) shiTS;
grkDC/CyO egg chamber incubated at the permissive
temperature (25°C). Grk staining at the membrane is limited to the
vicinity of the nucleus. Ovaries preincubated in Schneider's medium exhibit
higher than usual background, irrespective of their genotype. (B)
shiTS; cniAR55/CyO egg
chamber incubated at 25°C. Grk is distributed in the wild-type pattern.
(C) shiTS;
cniAR55/grkDC Df(2L)H60 egg
chamber incubated at 25°C. Grk is diffusely distributed throughout the
oocyte. (D) Incubation at 32°C blocks endocytosis in
shiTS; grkDC /CyO oocytes.
Membrane tethered GrkDC protein accumulates at the oolemma.
(E) Blocking endocytosis in shiTS;
cniAR55/CyO ovaries has no effect on the
wild-type Grk protein not anchored to the oocyte plasma membrane. (F)
shiTS;
cniAR55/grkDC Df(2L)H60 egg
chamber incubated at the restrictive temperature. In the absence of
cni, GrkDC protein cannot be trapped at the plasma
membrane but remains mislocalized to the interior of the oocyte.