Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: The differentiation and integration of the hippocampal dorsoventral axis are controlled by two nuclear receptor genes
doi: 10.1101/2023.02.17.528915
Figure Lengend Snippet: A , The expression of COUP-TFI ( a, d, g, j, m ) and COUP-TFII ( b, e, h, k, n ) in coronal sections ( a-f ) and sagittal sections ( g-o ) of the hippocampus at postnatal month 1 (1M); representative Western blots and quantitative densitometry data for the expression of COUP-TFI and COUP-TFII in the dorsal and ventral hippocampus at 1M ( p-q ). B , In coronal sections along the rostrocaudal axis ( a-f ) and sagittal sections along the lateral-medial axis ( g-l ) of the hippocampus in mutant mice, compared with that in control mice ( a-c, g-i ), the ectopic CA-like structure, indicated by the star, was observed in the ventral region in COUP-TFII gene mutant ( RXCre/+ ; CII F/F ) mice at 1M ( d-f, j-l ). C , The expression of HuB and Ctip2 in the corresponding inserted area in a-f under a high magnification objective lens at 1M ( g-r ); compared with those of control mice ( a-c, g-i, m-o ), the duplicated HuB-positive CA3 domain, indicated by the star, and Ctip2-positive domains, indicated by the arrowhead, were specifically observed in the ventral hippocampus ( d-f, p-r ) but not in the dorsal hippocampus ( d-f, j-l ) of COUP-TFII mutant mice at 1M; Ctip2 positive AHi and MePD amygdaloid nuclei were barely observed in the COUP-TFII mutant mice, indicated by the arrows, instead of the ectopic CA domains at the prospected amygdaloid regions ( e-f, q-r ). Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM. Student’s t test , * P <0.05, ** P <0.01. dCA1, dorsal CA1; dCA3, dorsal CA3; dDG, dorsal dentate gyrus; vCA1, ventral CA1; vCA3, ventral CA3; vDG, ventral dentate gyrus; PMCo, posteromedial cortical amygdaloid nucleus; AHi, amygdalohippocampal area; dHPC, dorsal hippocampus; vHPC, ventral hippocampus; AMY, amygdala nuclei; CTX, cortex; MePD, posterodorsal part of the medial amygdaloid nucleus. Scale bars, Aa-c, Ad-f, Aj-o, Cg-r , 100 μ m; Ag-i, Ba-l, Ca-f , 200 μ m.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used in the study: mouse anti-COUP-TFI (1:1000, R&D), mouse anti-COUP-TFII (1:2000, R&D), rabbit anti-HuB (1:500, Abcam), rat anti-Ctip2 (1:500, Abcam), rabbit anti-Wfs1 (1:500, ProteinTech), goat anti-Prox1 (1:500, R&D), rabbit anti-Calretinin (1:500, Sigma), rabbit anti-Calbindin (1:500, Swant), mouse anti-SMI312(1:200, Covance), rabbit anti-Sox2 (1:500, Affinity BioReagents), rat anti-Tbr2 (1:500,Thermo Fisher), goat anti-NeuroD1 (1:200, Santa Cruz), goat anti-Lhx2 (1:200, Santa Cruz), rabbit anti-Lhx5 (1:200, Millipore), mouse anti-GFAP(1:500, Sigma), rabbit anti-Nestin (1:200, Santa Cruz), goat anti-Dcx (1:500, Santa Cruz).
Techniques: Expressing, Western Blot, Mutagenesis