Journal: eLife
Article Title: Mesenchyme instructs growth while epithelium directs branching in the mouse mammary gland
doi: 10.7554/eLife.93326
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Representative images of E16.5 Krt14-Cre;Rosa26 mTmG/+ mammary glands cultured ex vivo for three days in the presence of 150 ng/ml recombinant IGF-1 or vehicle (BSA). Scale bar, 200 µm. ( B ) Quantification of the number of branching tips in vehicle (n=33) and IGF-1 treated (n=40) mammary gland explants. Data are pooled from five independent experiments and presented as mean ± SD. ( C ) Body weight of Igf1r +/+ , Igf1r +/- and Igf1r -/- embryos at E16.5 (n Igf1r+/+ =10, n Igf1r+/- =16, n Igf1r-/- =7), and E18.5 (n Igf1r+/+ =20, n Igf1r+/- =20, n Igf1r-/- =17). ( D ) Representative images of EpCAM-stained ventral skin including mammary glands (MG) 1–5 from Igf1r +/+ , Igf1r +/- and Igf1r -/- female embryos at E16.5, and E18.5. Note absence of MG3 in Igf1r -/- embryos. Magnifications show mammary gland 2. Scale bars, 500 µm. ( E, F ) Quantification of mammary gland area ( E ) and number of branch tips ( F ) normalized to body weight in Igf1r +/+ , Igf1r +/- and Igf1r -/- embryos at E18.5. MG5 was often lost during dissection and therefore was not included in the analysis. n.d, not detected. ( G ) Representative 3D surface rendering images of EpCAM-stained mammary gland 2 from Igf1r +/+ and Igf1r -/- embryos at E13.5 (n Igf1r+/+ =7, n Igf1r-/- =6), E16.5 (n Igf1r+/+ =6, n Igf1r-/- =7), and E18.5 (n Igf1r+/+ =9, n Igf1r-/- =11), based on 3D confocal imaging. Scale bar, 100 µm. ( H–I ), Quantification of epithelial mammary gland volume ( H ) and volume normalized with body weight ( I ). Data are presented as mean ± SD. ( J, K ) Representative images ( J ) showing the growth of E16.5 mammary epithelia isolated from control ( Igf1r +/+ or Igf1r +/- ) or Igf1r -/- embryos recombined with E16.5 mammary mesenchyme from control or Igf1r -/- embryos, as indicated in each figure. Explants were cultured for 4 days and the epithelium visualized with EpCAM staining. Quantifications are shown in ( K ). Scale bar, 100 µm. Data are pooled from 6 independent experiments and presented as mean ± SD. n is indicated in the right corner of each image in ( J ). Statistical significances were assessed using unpaired two-tailed Student’s t -test for ( A ) or unpaired two-tailed Student’s t -test with Bonferroni correction for ( C, E, F, H, I and K ). ns, non-significant; *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01; ***, p<0.001; ****, p<0.0001. Figure 7—source data 1. Source data of quantifications represented as graphs in .
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used in this study: rat anti-mouse CD326 (EpCAM, 552370, BD Pharmingen, 1:500), rabbit anti-mouse Krt14 (RB-9020-P, Thermo Fisher Scientific, 1:500), rabbit anti-cleaved Caspase-3 (9661, Cell Signaling Technology, 1:500), Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated Donkey anti-Rat secondary antibody (A21208, Invitrogen, 1:500) and Alexa Fluor 647-conjugated Donkey anti-Rat secondary antibody (A48272, Invitrogen, 1:500).
Techniques: Cell Culture, Ex Vivo, Recombinant, Staining, Dissection, Imaging, Isolation, Control, Two Tailed Test