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. 2022 Mar 4;13:1185. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28587-z

Fig. 8. Cytoneme-mediated FGF-specific organizations in ectopic niches.

Fig. 8

AF Asymmetric FGF signaling and ligand-specific organization of DFM-specific (αCut, blue) and IFM-specific (αVg, blue) AMPs when dpp-Gal4 ectopically expressed either Pyr:GFP or Ths:GFP (dpp-Gal4>UAS-Pyr:GFP or Ths:GFP,>UAS-mCherryCAAX) in the wing disc pouch as illustrated in A; A Drawing depicting the experiments and results in BF; dashed line, AMP-disc junctions; B’ XZ section from ROI in B; dashed and solid arrows, Cut and Vg expressing AMPs, respectively; double-sided arrow (D), proximal zone of Pyr:GFP expressing niche lacking Vg-positive AMPs. G, G”’ Wing disc pouch expressing Ths:GFP under dpp-Gal4 and showing mCherryCAAX-marked AMP and AMP cytonemes; *, proximal AMPs with orthogonal polarity and cytonemes; G”, G”, single optical sections showing Ths:GFP on cytonemes (arrowheads); dashed lines, disc epithelium. H, H’ Wing disc pouch expressing Pyr:GFP under dpp-Gal4 and showing mCherryCAAX-marked AMP and AMP cytonemes; arrowhead, Pyr:GFP on cytonemes. I, J Models for the niche-specific asymmetric signaling and organization via cytonemes-mediated Pyr and Ths signaling (I) and signaling feedbacks reinforcing the cytoneme polarity and adhesion (J). Scale bars: 20 μm.