Fig. 3. Re-feeding starved larvae promotes cytoophidia disassembly.

(A) 1^st instar larvae were starved for 1 day. Larvae were then transferred to food and the number of neuroblasts with cytoophidia were scored after 1 and 5 hours. (B) Re-feeding induces the dissociation of the cytoophidia in neuroblasts that accumulated during starvation. After 5 hours cytoophidia numbers are comparable with those seen in well fed L2 larvae. (C) Representative pictures CNS from larvae that have been re-fed for 0 hr, 1 hr and 5 hrs. These images are representative of >6 animals imaged. Scale bars: 10 µm.