Journal: Stem Cells (Dayton, Ohio)
Article Title: Thyroid Hormone‐Induced Activation of Notch Signaling is Required for Adult Intestinal Stem Cell Development During Xenopus Laevis Metamorphosis
doi: 10.1002/stem.2544
Figure Lengend Snippet: Correlation of the expression patterns of Notch pathway components with that of a stem/progenitor marker in the metamorphosing intestine. Cross‐sections of the intestine from tadpoles at stages 60 ( A, D ) and 61 ( B, E, G, I ), and stage‐54 tadpoles treated with 10 nM T3 for 3 ( C, F ) and 5 days ( H, J ) were hybridized with antisense Hairy1 ( A‐C ) or Hairy2b ( G, H ) probes. The corresponding serial sections were hybridized with antisense LGR5 probe ( D–F, I, J ) for comparison. Hairy1 is expressed in the adult epithelial stem (AE)/progenitor cells (A, arrowhead) when they first appear as the small islets expressing LGR5 ( D , arrow) at stage 60. These islets grew in size as metamorphosis proceeded and continued to co‐express Hairy1 ( B , arrowheads) and LGR5 ( E , arrows). During T3‐induced metamorphosis, Hairy1 ( C , arrowhead) is also expressed in the AE/progenitor cells expressing LGR5 ( F , arrow) after 3 days of T3 treatment. Some, although not all, cells expressing Hairy2b were in the connective tissue (CT) ( G , arrowheads) underlying the AE/progenitor cells expressing LGR5 ( I , arrows). Hairy2b is also expressed in the CT after 5 days of T3 treatment ( H , arrowheads), again, with some underlying the AE/progenitor cells ( J , arrows). Cross‐sections of the intestine from tadpoles at stage 62 were double‐immunostained with anti‐CK19 to detect the islet of AE/progenitor cells ( K–M , red) and anti‐DLL1 ( K , green), anti‐Jag1 ( L , green), or anti‐Notch1 ( M , green) followed by counterstaining with DAPI ( K–M , blue). DLL1 ( K , arrowheads) and Notch1 ( M , arrowheads) are expressed in the islets (arrows). The cells expressing Jag1 are scattered in both the larval Ep and CT with some just beneath the islet, but not in the islets ( L , arrowheads). The dashed‐lines indicate the boundary of the Ep and the CT. Scale bars = 20 μm. Abbreviations: AE, adult epithelial stem/progenitor cells, CT, connective tissue, Ep, epithelium.
Article Snippet: The sections of the intestine from stage‐62 tadpoles were double‐immunostained with a mixture of the mouse anti‐human cytokeratin 19 (CK19) (1:100; Novocastra), which is a predominant cytokeratin in the adult Ep including the stem cells , and the rabbit anti‐human DLL1 (1:100; Abcam, Tokyo, Japan), the rabbit anti‐human Jag1 (1:50; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX), or the rabbit anti‐human Notch1 (1:500; Rockland Inc., Gilbertsville, PA).
Techniques: Expressing, Marker, Comparison