Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Improved Development of Somatic Cell Cloned Mouse Embryos by Vitamin C and Latrunculin A
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120033
Figure Lengend Snippet: ICSI embryos and cloned embryos non-treated (NT) and treated with 100 μM vitamin C (VitC), 10 μM psammaplin A (PsA) or the combination of both (VitC-PsA) during 16 h were immunostained for 5meC and 5hmeC detection. A) Representative images of 5meC and 5hmeC staining. Scale bar = 20 μm. B) Average intensity of 5hmeC/5meC signal ratio (+SEM) relative to ICSI embryos.
Article Snippet: The immunofluorescence detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmeC) was also performed, by incubating previously fixed, permeabilized, blocked and 4N HCl-treated embryos first with a 1:500 dilution of rabbit polyclonal anti-5hmeC primary antibody (Active motif, La Hulpe, Belgium) overnight at 4°C, and then with 6 μg/mL goat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 594 secondary antibody (Molecular probes, Life technologies, Alcobendas, Spain) for 1h at room temperature.
Techniques: Clone Assay, Staining