Localized cell death in Drosophila imaginal wing disc epithelium caused by the mutation apterous-blot |
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Authors: | B J Sedlak R Manzo M Stevens |
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Institution: | 1. Developmental Biology Center, University of California, Irvine, California 92717 USA;2. Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10013 USA |
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Abstract: | Drosophila melanogaster carrying the mutation apterous-blot have blistered wings. Trypan blue stains a patch of dead cells localized to the wing pouch of imaginal discs and the same area shows acid phosphatase (AcPase) activity suggesting that the cell death is lysosomal. Autophagic vacuoles and other secondary lysosomes show AcPase activity within the disc epithelium and enzyme activity is found in fragments of dead cells which have been extruded basally. The cell death, although extensive and confined to the presumptive wing region, does not result in loss of adult structures. |
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