Kismet Controls Proliferation by Regulating EGFR Pathway Activity
(A–D′) Wild-type (A, A′, C, and C′) and kis10D26 (B, B′, D, and D′), 9 days AHS MARCM clones. EGFR signaling, detected by dpERK (A–B′) and EGFR target CycE-LacZ (C–D′), was increased in kis10D26 clones.
(E–F′) Wild-type (E and E′), and kis10D26 (F and F′), 3 days AHS MARCM clones expressing CycE-LacZ.
(G) Proportion of ISCs expressing CycE-lacZ from (E) and (F′).
(H and I) ISC-specific expression of GFP (H) or kis RNAi (BL34908) (I), 3 days at 29°C.
(J) Quantification of proportion of ISCs showing strong, weak, or no dpERK from (H)–(I′).
(K–N) 12-day AHS clones: wild-type (K), kis10D26 mutant (L), expressing UAS-EGFRDN (M), and kis10D26 mutant expressing UAS-EGFRDN (N).
(O) Clone size, number of Delta+ cells/clone, and % of Delta+ cells/clone from (K)–(N).
(P and Q) 10-day AHS clones: wild-type expressing cic (P) and kis10D26 mutant expressing cic (Q).
(R) Clone size, number of Delta+ cells/clone, and % of Delta+ cells/clone from (P) and (Q).
Results compared using a chi-square test in (G) and (J) and a two-tailed Mann-Whitney test in (O) and (R). Mean values in red; error bars, SEM; ns = non-significant, **p < 0.01, ****p > 0.0001. Arrows highlight ISCs. Scale bars, 20 μm.