Journal: Theranostics
Article Title: Polycomb repressive complex 1 modulates granulosa cell proliferation in early folliculogenesis to support female reproduction
doi: 10.7150/thno.89878
Figure Lengend Snippet: Crosstalk in dcKO was disrupted with impaired physical connections and signaling pathways. ( A ) Schematic diagram and ( B ) strategy of LCM assays. OO, oocyte. ( C ) Key GO enrichment of all DEGs in GCs. ( D ) TOP15 terms related to ion channels of downregulated DEGs in GCs. ( E ) GSEA of all DEGs in GCs. NES, normalized enrichment score. ( F ) CX43 staining (green) in 3-week-old ovaries. Dotted rectangles mark the areas that are enlarged on the right. ( G ) Phalloidin staining (red) in 3-week-old ovaries. Dotted rectangles mark the areas that are enlarged on the right, which are inverted to black/white to highlight OO-Mv. ( H ) TZPs (dotted lines) in 3-week-old ovaries. ZP, zona pellucida. ( I ) GDF9, SMAD3 and p-SMAD3 protein levels in 3-week-old ovaries. ( J ) RDX staining (green) in 3-week-old ovaries. Arrowheads mark the OO-Mv in the WT group. ( K ) Density of OO-Mv per follicle. n = 8 (WT), n = 6 (dcKO). ( L ) SMAD3 staining (green) in 3-week-old ovaries. Dotted rectangles mark the areas are enlarged on the right. Dotted cycle on the right marks the nucleus of a single GC.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies and dilution rates were as follows: rabbit anti-α-Tubulin (1:1000, Beyotime biotechnology, Cat#AF0001); rabbit anti-H3 (1:1000, Abcam, Cat#ab1791); rabbit anti-GAPDH (1:1000, Proteintech, Cat#10494); rabbit anti-DDX4 (1:1000, Abcam, Cat#13840); goat anti-FOXL2 (1:500, Novus, Cat#NB100-1277); rabbit anti-BMI1 (1:500, Cell Signaling Technology, Cat#6964); rabbit anti-MEL18 (1:1000, provided by Prof. Qun He); rabbit anti-H2AK119ub1 (1:500, Cell Signaling Technology, Cat#8240); rabbit anti-GDF9 (1:500, Abcam, Cat#ab38544); rabbit anti-SMAD3 (1:500, Beyotime biotechnology, Cat#AF1501); rabbit anti-p-SMAD3 (1:500, Cell Signaling Technology, Cat#C25A9); mouse anti-p-RB (1:500, Santa Cruz, Cat#377528); mouse anti-E2F1 (1:500, Santa Cruz, Cat#251); rabbit anti-PCNA (1:500, Beyotime biotechnology, Cat#AF1363); rabbit anti-Caspase-3 (1:500, Cell Signaling Technology, Cat#9662).
Techniques: Staining