Fig. 4. Ft regulates cell-cell adhesion and DE-Cad expression.
ft mutant clones (A-C) are marked by loss of GFP (green). Discs are
stained for DE-Cad (red or grey in B-B'',D-E') or
DE-Cad-lacZ (red or grey, C,C'). (A)
ft422 mutant clones display altered cell-cell adhesion
with characteristic smooth clone borders, unlike the `wiggly' borders of their
wild-type (ft+/ft+) twins (arrowheads, brighter
green). (B-B'') In ft422 clones, DE-Cad
is upregulated. Part of this clone (box in B) is shown at a higher
magnification (B'') to reveal higher levels of DE-Cad in the AJs
of cells lacking Ft (ft-/ft-) when compared
with those of the neighboring wild-type
(ft+/ft-) cells; broken green line marks the
clone border. (C,C') ftfd clones display
upregulated expression of DE-Cad-lacZ. (D-E')
Misexpression of Ft (enGal4/UAS-ft) in the posterior (P) wing
compartment (GFP, green) downregulates DE-Cad when compared with that in the
anterior (A) wing compartment. Boxed area in D is shown at higher
magnification in E,E'. The PD gradient is lost in cell shape in the
posterior wing compartment where Ft is overexpressed (see
Fig. 1E); arrowheads mark the
DV boundary.