Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Full‐Length Cryptochrome 1 in the Outer Segments of the Retinal Blue Cone Photoreceptors in Humans and Great Apes Suggests a Role Beyond Transcriptional Repression
doi: 10.1096/fj.202402614r
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 1 | Full-length CRY1 label (detected with the gp-α-CRY1 serum) in the SWS1 (blue) cones of human, gorilla, bonobo, and orangutan retina. Transverse section (top row) and flatmounted piece (second row) of human retina, flatmounted retinal pieces of the other species with focus on the photoreceptor layer. Left column: CRY1 immunofluorescence (green). Middle column: SWS1 opsin immunofluorescence located in the blue cone outer segments and to a lesser extent in the larger blue cone inner segments (magenta). Right column: Merged images, showing that CRY1 and SWS1 opsin colocalize in all blue cone outer segments. The bonobo field is from the central retina, the gorilla and orangutan fields are from the pe- ripheral retina, and the human field is from an unknown location. GCL, ganglion cell layer; INL, inner nuclear layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; OS, IS, photoreceptor outer and inner segments, respectively. Scale bar in the top left image is 50 μm and applies to all images.
Article Snippet: Antibody name Species and antibody clonality Immunization peptide Dilution Source gp- α- CRY1 Guinea pig polyclonal RPNPEEETQSVGPKVQRQST hCRY1 sequence 566–585 IHC: 1:100 WB: 1:500 Genovac GmbH, Freiburg, Germany [32] rb- α- CRY1 PA1- 527 Rabbit polyclonal QSVGPKVQRQSSN hCRY1 sequence 574–586 IHC: 1:500 WB: 1:1000 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA rt- α- CRY1 3E12 Rat monoclonal RPNPEEETQSVGPKVQRQST hCRY1 sequence 566–585 IHC: undiluted Monoclonal Antibody Core Facility, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany [33] rt- α- CRY1 17A2 Rat monoclonal TTPVSDDHDEKYG hCRY1 sequence 179–191 IHC: 1:2 WB 1:1000 This study; Monoclonal Antibody Core Facility, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany rb- α- CRY1 ARP59758_P050 Rabbit polyclonal hCRY1 sequence 151–200 IHC: 1:200 Aviva Systems Biology, San Diego, CA, USA Note: Identical amino acids to human CRY1 are shown in red.
Techniques: Immunofluorescence