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. 2021 Jan 21;11:2061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-81548-2

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Knockdown of Dα1 or Dβ2 disrupted the day/night remodelling and PDF cycling of the s-LNv dorsal terminals. (a) Representative confocal images of the s-LNv dorsal terminals of control flies (PDF-Gal4/ +) and flies with Dα1 (PDF-Gal4 > uas-nAChR-Dα1-RNAi) and Dβ2 (PDF-Gal4 > uas-nAChR-Dβ2-RNAi) knocked down in LNv clock neurons taken in the day (ZT2) and night (ZT14). (b) The s-LNv dorsal terminals of control flies showed greater branching complexity in the day than at night (t17 = 2.3, p = 0.036), this day/night difference in terminal complexity was removed in PDF > Dα1-RNAi (t19 = 1.4, p = 0.183) and PDF > Dβ2-RNAi (t13 = -0.7, p = 0.515) flies. (c) PDF accumulation in the s-LNv dorsal terminals was greater in the day than at night for control flies (t17 = 2.9, p = 0.010), but not in PDF > Dα1-RNAi flies (t19 = 1.8, p = 0.089) and PDF > Dβ2-RNAi flies (t14 = 1.3, p = 0.218). Each data point represents a single brain, n = 6–15 brains.