Maintenance of determination by cells of imaginal discs of Drosophila after dissociation and culture in vivo

Wild type cells of imaginal wing discs or embryos were dissociated and mixed in different proportions with cells of genetically marked wing and/or leg discs. These latter were X-irradiated to such an extent that their rate of proliferation was drastically lowered. They served as a ldquofeeding layer...

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Autores: García-Bellido, Antonio, Nöthiger, Rolf
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1976
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/47523
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/47523
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Drosophila
Imaginal
Disc
Wing
Descripción
Sumario:Wild type cells of imaginal wing discs or embryos were dissociated and mixed in different proportions with cells of genetically marked wing and/or leg discs. These latter were X-irradiated to such an extent that their rate of proliferation was drastically lowered. They served as a ldquofeeding layerrdquo in which the interspersed wild type cells could be cultured. The reaggregates were allowed to grow in vivo, and fragments of them were tested for recovery of imaginal structures formed by wild-type cells. The experimental conditions for maximal dilution and maximal recovery of wildtype cells were first analysed. Under these conditions the progeny of cells deriving from different fragments of mature wing discs are capable of forming large territories of cuticle. These consisted preferentially of structures located in the region from which their ancestral cells were derived. The proliferating cells remained confined to either the anterior or the posterior wing compartments, but were apparently able to transgress the dorsalventral compartment border. Cells with qualities for distinct imaginal discs and possibly regions could also be recovered from dissociated embryos of 7 h age. The efficiency with which imaginal structures could be recovered as well at the types or qualities of these structures did not depend on the histotype of the feeding layer.