Fig. 5. Pros expression in LG depends on Dl-N signaling through neuron-glial
interactions. All panels (except C and H) show three segments of a stage
15-16 VNC with the axon tracts shown in green (anti-HRP) and Pros in magenta.
(A) Misexpression of UAS-fng with htl-Gal4
leads to ectopic expression of Pros in posterior LG, labeled 7 and 8.
(B,C) Ectopic Pros is also observed upon misexpression of either
Dl (B) or Ser (not shown) in postmitotic neurons using
elavC155-Gal4. (C) Co-labeling for Pros (green) and the LG
marker Distal-less (magenta) shows that the ectopic Prospositive cells are
indeed posterior LG. (D) By contrast, Pros is inhibited upon
misexpression of Dl in LG with htl-Gal4. (E) Pros expression
in fng mutants is further reduced in embryos also heterozygous for
Dlrev10 (compare with
Fig. 2D). (F) Pros
expression is unaffected in Serrev2-11/SerRx82
mutants. (G) Fewer cells express Pros in embryos in which misexpression
of UAS-Tom is driven by scrt11-6-Gal4 in
neuronal lineages. (H) Three segments of a stage 16-17 embryo with
scrt11-6-Gal4 driving UAS-Tom. Anti-Eve
immunochemistry revealed no transformations of cell fate of RP2 (arrows) or
other Eve-positive neurons. (I) Pros expression is unaffected by Tom
misexpression in LG.