Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Motor neurons control blood vessel patterning in the developing spinal cord
doi: 10.1038/ncomms14583
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a , b , e , f , i , j ) Representative images of immunostaining for Flt1 (mFlt1+sFlt1) combined with blood vessel staining (IB4 + ) at E10.5 ( a , b ), E11.5 ( e , f ) and E12.5 ( i , j ). ( c , d , g , h , k , l ). Representative images of immunostaining for Flt1 (mFlt1+sFlt1) and for Isl1/2 + (post-mitotic MNs) at E10.5 ( c , d ), E11.5 ( g , h ) and E12.5 ( k , l ). Note Flt1 can be detected in blood vessels (white arrowheads), radial glia (blue arrowheads, identified by its typical morphology), as well as in MN columns (yellow dotted outlines). ( m – p ) Representative images of RNAscope Multiplex Fluorescent Assay using specific probes to detect mFlt1 and sFlt1 combined with staining for nuclei (DAPI + ) and either staining for blood vessels (IB4 + ) ( m , o ) or immunostaining for MNs (Isl1/2 + ) ( n , p ) at E11.5 ( m , n ) and E12.5 ( o , p ). Scale bars 100 μm. Right panels: higher magnifications of insets. Scale bars of insets 10 μm.
Article Snippet: As negative control a RNAscope probe detecting dapb (bacterial gene) was used, and as positive control we used the 3-Plex-positive control RNAscope probe, targeting Polr2a , Ppib and Ubc , both provided by the manufacturer (Advanced Cell Diagnostics).
Techniques: Immunostaining, Staining, RNAscope, Multiplex Assay, Fluorescence