Figure 1

Atg7 Is Downstream of Hsp27 in the Regulation of Drosophila Eye Phenotype. (A-A”) The GMR-Gal4/+ control fly has a normal eye phenotype and normal shape of individual ommatidia. (B-B’, D-D”) Overexpression of Hsp27 or Atg7 also results in a normal eye phenotype and regular ommatidia. (C-C”, E-E”) Knockdown of Hsp27 or Atg7 displays similar rough eye phenotype and enlarged and fused ommatidia. (F-F”) Overexpression of Atg7 rescues the rough eye and irregular shape of ommatidia by knockdown of Hsp27. (G-G”) Overexpression of Hsp27 cannot revert the rough eye and abnormal shape of ommatidia resulting from the knockdown of Atg7. (H-H”) Co-overexpression of Hsp27 and Atg7 still leads to normal eye phenotype and ommaditia. (I-I”) Co-knockdown of Hsp27 and Atg7 causes a similar phenotype: rough eyes and irregular shape of ommatidia like that of the individual knockdowns of Hsp27 or Atg7. Optical micrograph (A-I) and scanning electron micrograph (A’-I’: 300X; A”-I”:1500X). Genotypes: GMR-Gal4 in trans to the alleles indicated.