Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Developmental senescence orchestrates hyaloid vessel regression in the postnatal eye
doi: 10.64898/2026.05.12.724389
Figure Lengend Snippet: a -Transcriptome analyses from P5 hyaloid bulk-RNA sequencing data from R.A. Lang group compared to P5 retina pseudo bulk single-cell RNA sequencing data from S. Blackshaw group. Enrichment analysis was performed on selected mouse gene sets by Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) and coefficient comparison was performed using limma with the difference in GSVA enrichment score (contrast fit coefficient) displayed as bar plot. Blue arrows point senescence-related pathways. b- Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) of SASP-related genes ( Tgf-β1, Il1β, Il6, Serpine1 ) comparing between hyaloids and retina at P0, P4 and P8. β-Actin was used as reference gene. Data are presented as fold change compared to retina at each developmental stage (n=3). Bar graphs are means ± SEM. Represented P values are **<0.01, ***<0.001 and **** < 0.0001 from two-tailed parametric unpaired t -test. c - Bar charts of qRT-PCR from SASP-related genes ( Tgf-β1, Il1β, Il6, Serpine1, Vegf-a ) and d- cell cycle arrest markers ( Cdkn1a, Tp53 ) in hyaloids at P0, P4 and P8. Lmnb1 is used as a negative control. β-Actin was used as a reference gene. Data are presented as fold change compared to P0 ( n ≥3-6). Bar graphs are represented as means ± SEM. Represented P values are *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001 and ****<0.0001 from ordinary one-way ANOVA test followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparisons for Tgf-β1, Il1β, Il6, Serpine1, Vegf-a and Cdkn1a and Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons for Tp53 . e - Immunoblots of hyaloid cell lysates from P0, P4 and P8 for senescence markers (P21, TP53, PAI-1). β-ACTIN was used as a loading control (n = 3). f - Representative confocal immunofluorescence staining of P21 (green) and g - PAI-1 (green) of flat-mounted hyaloid vessels at P0, P4 and P8. Blood vessels were stained with IB4 (red). Scale bars, 100 µm. Non-significant (ns).
Article Snippet: C57BL/6 wild-type and Cdkn1a (p21) ( Cdkn1a tm1Led /J, no. 016565) knock-out ( Cdkn1a -/- ) [ ] mice lines were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory.
Techniques: RNA Sequencing, Single Cell, Comparison, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Quantitative RT-PCR, Two Tailed Test, Negative Control, Western Blot, Control, Immunofluorescence, Staining