Sns and Kirre mediate uptake of molecules by endocytosis. GCNs from
second-instar larvae were incubated with Cascade Blue dextran 10 kD and either
Alexa Fluor 555 BSA for 30 seconds (A-D), or fluorescein dextran 500 kD
for 5 minutes (E-I). GCNs were genetically sns-GCN-Gal4/+
(A,E,F), sns-GCN-Gal4/+; UAS-sns-IR(1) or
(2)/+ (B,G), sns-GCN-Gal4/UAS-kirre-IR(1)
or (2) (C,H) or sns4.3/sns4.3 (D,I).
Uptake of both dextran 10 kD (green) and BSA (red) are reduced upon knockdown
of Sns or Kirre, or in a hypomorph of sns upon incubation for 30
seconds. After incubation for 5 minutes, however, only uptake of dextran 500
kD is reduced by Sns or Kirre knockdown. (J) Quantitation of
fluorescence intensity per μm2, where n equals the
number of cells analyzed. Bars show mean±s.e.m. Scale bar: 10
μm.