Figure 4.
Dg and Dys mutants manifest age-dependent muscle degeneration. Light microscopy of histological transverse sections of IFMs stained with H&E. (I–K) The mesoderm-specific RNAi-based reduction of Dg and Dys (dsDys C-term and dsDg30A/24B-Gal4) at 20 days after eclosion, but not at 3 days after eclosion (I) show obvious IFM muscle pathology: the loss of fiber density and vacuolization (asterisks). Reproduced with permission from Ruohola-Baker et al.
