Dominant-negative Myosin V prevents apical delivery of Crumbs, revealing apical transport of entire Crumbs-containing Rab11-positive endosomes by Dynein.
A) GFP-tagged MyoV expressed with tj.Gal4 localises primarily to the apical domain of follicle cells (n > 10 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
B) GFP-tagged MyoV GT (dominant-negative) localises to endosomes (n > 10 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
C) Control egg chambers immunostained for Dlg and Crb (n > 12 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
D) Expression of dominant-negative MyoV GT prevents apical localization of Crb, which instead accumulates in endosomes that localise towards the apical pole of the cell (n > 15 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
E) High magnification view of C (n > 15 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
F) Co-expression of Dynein hairpin RNAi with dominant-negative MyoV GT causes accumulation of Crb in endosomes that localise basally (n > 11 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
G) Co-immunostaining for Rab11 and Crb upon expression of dominant-negative MyoV GT reveals co-localization in enlarged apical endosomes, which are also positive for MyoV-GT-GFP (see Fig. S1B) (n > 8 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).
H) Co-immunostaining for Rab11 and Crb upon expression of dominant-negative MyoV GT and dynein-RNAi hairpins reveals co-localization in enlarged basal endosomes (n > 9 stage 7/8 egg chambers; scale bar approximately 10 μm).