Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Dynamic polarization of heparan sulfate proteoglycans is involved in planar cell polarity and localization of endogenous Wnt11 during vertebrate neural tube formation
doi: 10.1101/2025.08.12.669988
Figure Lengend Snippet: Deacetyl HS and N- sulfo HS can be polarized in the ectopically established PCP directed by exogenous Wnt11. (A) Schematic image of injection. mRNAs of GFP-pk3 mixed with ha-vangl2 and wnt11 or tracer (mRuby2-KRas) were injected into adjacent animal-ventral blastomeres of 32-cell stage embryos. (B and C) Localization of GFP-Pk3, Wnt11, and N -deacetyl HS (B) or N -sulfo HS (C) with (lower panels) or without exogenous Wnt11 (upper panels) (Stage 14). Rabbit anti-Wnt11 antibody was generated and evaluated to visualize Wnt11 . Co-localization of GFP-Pk3, Wnt11, and HS chains are indicated with arrowheads. (D and E) Quantification of correlation coefficients between HS chains and Wnt11 (D) or GFP-PK3 (E) in the ectopically established PCP or Wnt11 or core PCP components-only overexpression (see also Figures S6A and S6B). All data were performed the Shapiro-Wilk test to assess data normality. For pairwise comparison, the Wilcoxon rank-sum test was performed for N -sulfo HS in (D), and for N -acetyl and N -deacetyl HS in (E). For N -acetyl and N -deacetyl HS in (D) and N -sulfo HS in (E), a t -test was performed after the test of homogeneity of variance with an F -test. For multiple comparison in (D) and in (E, core PCP components-only overexpression), the Kruskal-Wallis test for pre-analysis and the Steel-Dwass-Critchlow-Fligner test were performed. For multiple comparison in (E, ectopically established PCP), Tukey’s HSD test was performed. For (D), numbers of embryos (N) and numbers of cell boundaries (n) are as indicated. For (E), numbers of embryos (N) and numbers of cells (n) are as indicated. Amounts of mRNAs: GFP-pk3 , 100 pg/embryo (B - E); ha-vangl2 , 50 pg/embryo (B and C); vangl2 , 50 pg/embryo (D and E); wnt11 , 250 pg/embryo (B and C); wnt11-4ha , 250 pg/embryo (D and E); mRuby2-kras , 100 pg/embryo (B - E); mEGFP-kras , 100 pg/embryo (D and E). Scale bars, 50 μm (B and C).
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies and their dilutions were as follows: anti-Wnt11 (rabbit polyclonal IgG, in-house preparation, 1/2000, or mouse monoclonal IgG2b, in-house preparation, 1/10 ), anti-Vangl2 (HPA027043, Sigma, rabbit polyclonal IgG, 1/200), anti-Fzd7 (ab64636, Abcam, rabbit polyclonal IgG, 1/200), anti-Phospho-Vangl2-T78/S79/S82 (AP1206, ABclonal, rabbit polyclonal IgG, 1/1000), anti-HA (11867423001, Roche, 3F10, rat monoclonal IgG1, Roche, 1/2000), anti-C-Cadherin (6B6, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, mouse monoclonal IgG1, 1/50), anti-ZO1 (33-9100, Invitrogen, ZO1-1A12, mouse monoclonal IgG1, 1/200) anti- N -acetyl HS (in-house preparation, NAH46, mouse monoclonal IgM, 1/50 ), anti- N -sulfo HS (in-house preparation, HepSS-1, mouse monoclonal IgM, 1/400 ), and anti- N -deacetyl HS (370730-1, Amsbio, JM-403, mouse monoclonal IgM, 1/200).
Techniques: Injection, Generated, Over Expression, Comparison