Figure 5.

Wnd protein is transported in axons. (A) Wnd protein accumulates in segmental nerves when axonal transport is disrupted. Segmental nerves from third instar larvae are stained for axonal membrane (anti-HRP) in red and Wnd (anti-Wnd) in green. (right) Wnd staining alone is shown. (B) Wnd protein (top, green; bottom, alone) accumulates at the ligation (injury) site (blue rectangle). (C) Live imaging indicates that Wnd particles rapidly translocate both anterogradely and retrogradely in axons (Video 1). The GFP-wndKD transgene was expressed in motoneurons using the OK6-Gal4 driver. (top) A single 0.5-s exposure is shown. (bottom) A representative kymograph from a single axon is shown. Bars, 10 µm.

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