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. 2022 Mar 24;13:1594. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29244-1

Fig. 5. PDF-specific poe knockdown alters PDF trafficking and damps dPER expression in fly clock neurons.

Fig. 5

a PDF immunoreactivity (red) in the whole fly brain, optic lobe (OL), dorsal projections (DP), dorsal terminals (DT), posterior optic tract (POT), and large (l-LNv) and small (s-LNv) ventral lateral neurons at CT 2 and CT 14. Scale bar, 60 μm (whole brain), 30 μm (OL, POT, DP, DT), and 10 μm (l-LNv, s-LNv). bg PDF-IR intensity in the OL (b), POT (c), DP (d), DT (e), and the soma of l-LNvs (f) or s-LNvs (g). n = 15 (be), 14 (f), or 11 (g) for +>poeRNAi (CT 2); n = 10 (be) or 4 (f, g) for +>poeRNAi (CT 14). n = 13 (b, c), 12 (d, e), or 10 (f, g) for Pdf>Dcr2 (CT 2); n = 7 (b, g), 8 (ce), or 6 (f) for Pdf>Dcr2 (CT 14). n = 16 (b), 15 (ce), or 11 (f, g) for Pdf>Dcr2; poeRNAi (CT 2); n = 8 (b, c, eg) or 7 (d) for Pdf>Dcr2; poeRNAi (CT 14). ***p < 0.0001 (b, d, e); *p = 0.0385, ***p < 0.0001 (CT 2), ***p = 0.0006 (CT 14) (c); *p = 0.0211, **p = 0.0058, ***p = 0.0001 (CT 2), ***p = 0.0005 (CT 14) (g). h, i dPER (magenta) and PDF (green) immunoreactivity in s-LNvs (h) and l-LNvs (i) under DD. Scale bar, 10 μm. j, k d-PER-IR intensity in s-LNvs (j) and l-LNvs (k) as a function of CT. In ascending order of CT: n = 6, 10, 10, 8, 4, 7, 6, 8 for +>poeRNAi (j); n = 6, 11, 8, 8, 4, 7, 5, 9 for +>poeRNAi (k); n = 5, 9, 5, 9, 4, 8, 5, 9 for Pdf>Dcr2 (j, k); n = 7, 11, 10, 8, 4, 7, 6, 7 for Pdf>Dcr2; poeRNAi (j); n = 7, 11, 10, 9, 3, 7, 7, 7 for Pdf>Dcr2; poeRNAi (k). *p = 0.0485, **p = 0.0017 (CT 8), **p = 0.0054 (CT 17), ***p < 0.0001 (j). Values represent mean ± SEM. “n” represents number of flies. Two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc. A.U. arbitrary units.