Fig. 5. GFP-RabDQ67L rings primarily enlarged lysosomes but not
post-lysosomes. Both wild-type cells expressing GFP-RabDwt and
cells expressing GFP-RabDQ67L (A-F) and RabDQ67L (G-L)
cells were pulsed with Texas Red dextran for 5 minutes and chased for 0
minutes to view macropinosomes (A,B,G,H); chased for 15 minutes to view
lysosomes (C,D,I,J); and 60 minutes to view post-lysosomes (E,F,K,L). Cells
were gently fixed and viewed using a fluorescence microscope using GFP and
rhodamine filter sets. GFP-RabD(WT) is normally predominately localized to the
contractile vacuole (B,D,F), whereas GFP-RabDQ67L rings large
vesicles (H,J,L) that accumulate fluid with the kinetics of lysosomes. Bar, 2
µm. The arrows in G and H reveals a macropinosome, whereas the arrows in I
and J reveal enlarged lysosomes.