title: Live-imaging of the Drosophila pupal eye.
abstract: Inherent processes of Drosophila pupal development can shift and distort the eye epithelium in ways that make individual cell behavior difficult to track during live cell imaging. These processes include: retinal rotation, cell growth and organismal movement. Additionally, irregularities in the topology of the epithelium, including subtle bumps and folds often introduced as the pupa is prepared for imaging, make it challenging to acquire in-focus images of more than a few ommatidia in a single focal plane. The workflow outlined here remedies these issues, allowing easy analysis of cellular processes during Drosophila pupal eye development. Appropriately-staged pupae are arranged in an imaging rig that can be easily assembled in most laboratories. Ubiquitin-DE-Cadherin:GFP and GMR-GAL4-driven UAS-α-catenin:GFP are used to visualize cell boundaries in the eye epithelium (1-3). After deconvolution is applied to fluorescent images captured at multiple focal planes, maximum projection images are generated for each time point and enhanced using image editing software. Alignment algorithms are used to quickly stabilize superfluous motion, making individual cell behavior easier to track.
authors: Biology Department, Wesleyan University.
authors: Mark B
authors: MB
authors: Hellerman
authors: Biology Department, Wesleyan University.
authors: Richard H
authors: RH
authors: Choe
authors: Biology Department, Wesleyan University; rijohnson@wesleyan.edu.
authors: Ruth I
authors: RI
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004848:Epithelium; D005260:Female; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D011679:Pupa / Q000166:cytology; D012160:Retina / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins
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