Journal: Biology
Article Title: Construction and Performance Evaluation of an Astaxanthin–Chitosan/Chitooligosaccharide Hydrogel System for Ex Vivo Culture of Murine Spermatogonial Stem Cells
doi: 10.3390/biology14121664
Figure Lengend Snippet: Immunofluorescence profiling of molecular markers in mouse SSCs after 7 days on AST-CO/COS hydrogels. ( A , B ) OCT4 and MYC lines, immunofluorescence co-staining (white scale bar = 200 μm, in the lower-left corner of the image), and quantitative analysis of mean fluorescence intensity for stemness transcription factors OCT4 and MYC in CHAG, COAG, and CG groups (clone number = 20). ( C , D ) VASA and PLZF lines, immunofluorescence co-staining (white scale bar = 200 μm, in the lower-left corner of the image), and quantitative analysis of mean fluorescence intensity for SSC-specific markers VASA and PLZF in CHAG, COAG, and CG groups (clone number = 20, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001). ( E , F ) CASP3 and P16 lines, immunofluorescence co-staining (white scale bar = 200 μm, in the lower-left corner of the image) and quantitative analysis of mean fluorescence intensity for senescence-related genes Caspase-3 and P16 in CHAG, COAG, and CG groups (clone number = 20, ** p < 0.01).
Article Snippet: The samples were then incubated with primary antibodies (OCT4, c-MYC, PLZF, VASA, PCNA, Ki67, Caspase-3, P16; Boster, Beijing, China, cat. MA00174, BM0238, PB0199, A02448, BM1592, PB9026, M00125-3, and PB9188, dilution 1:200) for 45 min at 37 °C, followed by corresponding Alexa Fluor 488- or 555-conjugated secondary antibodies (Boster, Beijing, China, cat. BA1127 and BA1141, dilution 1:500) for 30 min at 37 °C.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Staining, Fluorescence