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Development, Vol 106, Issue 4 649-656, Copyright © 1989 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Prepupal differentiation in Drosophila: distinct cell types elaborate a shared structure, the pupal cuticle, but accumulate transcripts in unique patterns

K Fechtel, DK Fristrom and JW Fristrom
Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley 94720.

The components of the pupal cuticle are the main differentiation products synthesized by both the larval and adult epidermis during the prepupal period of Drosophila development. The pupal cuticle is formed in vitro by imaginal discs in response to a 6 h pulse of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE). We previously described the isolation and initial characterization of four ecdysone-dependent genes (EDGs) whose expression in imaginal discs occurs only in response to a pulse of 20-HE. In this report, we demonstrate that the pattern of temporal and tissue-specific expression of these EDGs in vivo is like that expected for genes that encode pupal cuticle proteins. Transcripts of these genes are detected in prepupae only in the epidermis and only when cuticle components are synthesized and secreted. Nonetheless, their temporal and spatial patterns of accumulation differ. EDG-84A-1 transcripts accumulate only in prepupae and only in imaginal cells. EDG-78E and EDG-64CD transcripts accumulate at the same time in both larval and imaginal cells. EDG42-A transcripts appear first in prepupae in imaginal cells and then, after a 2-4 h lag, in larval cells. It is evident that some genes are not restricted in their expression to only larval or imaginal epidermis.
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