Journal: Cell reports
Article Title: RHOX10 drives mouse spermatogonial stem cell establishment through a transcription factor signaling cascade
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109423
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Luciferase analysis of constructs harboring promoters from the indicated genes ligated upstream of the Firefly luciferase gene. All promoter constructs contain between 1 to 2 kb of sequence upstream of the TSS (see ). These reporter constructs were transiently co-transfected with an Rhox10 -expression vector into GC1 cells, which only express trace levels of endogenous Rhox10 . Data are represented as mean ± SD (n = 4). Staistical significance was determined using the two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test. *p < 0.05. (B) Left, IF analysis of testis sections from P3 Rhox10 -null (KO) or control (WT) mice co-stained with antisera against DNMT3L and GCNA1, which mark T1-ProSG and all germ cells, respectively. Cell nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 30 μm. Right, quantification of the percentage of all germ cells (GCNA1 + cells) that express either high (Bright), low (Dim), or no detectable (Neg) DNMT3L. The analysis was done blind to genotype. Statistical significance was determined using the chi-square test. Data are represented as mean ± SD (n = 3). *p < 0.05. (C) Left, IF analysis of testis sections from P3 Rhox10 -null (KO) or control (WT) mice co-stained with antisera against ETV4 and GCNA1, which stain emergent SSCs and all germ cells, respectively. Cell nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 30 μm. Right, quantification of ETV4-positive germ cells, determined as in (B). Data representation and statistical significance (n = 3) as in (B). (D) Quantification of germ cells with the indicated levels of DNMT3L-signal intensity in primary Rhox10 -null and control testicular cell cultures, analyzed as in (B), at the indicated time points after initiation of culture. Data representation and statistical significance (n = 3) as in (B). See also .
Article Snippet: Mouse: GC1 cells , ATCC , CRL-2053.
Techniques: Luciferase, Construct, Sequencing, Transfection, Expressing, Plasmid Preparation, Two Tailed Test, Control, Staining