Journal: eLife
Article Title: Single-cell lineage tracing identifies hemogenic endothelial cells in the adult mouse bone marrow
doi: 10.7554/eLife.109553
Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to . ( A ) Cdh5-tracking mouse lines. Tamoxifen switches on green fluorescence in cells that express the Cre-recombinase and their cell progeny. Confocal microscopy images of representative BM sections from Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/ZsGreen ( B ) and Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (BAC)/ZsGreen ( C ) adult mice showing tamoxifen-induced ZsGreen fluorescence co-staining of most Endomucin + cells. Control BM sections from representative Cre + mouse treated with peanut oil (no tamoxifen) display occasional ZsGreen + Endomucin + cells but no tamoxifen-independent ZsGreen fluorescence is detected in representative Cre − mice. ( D ) Flow cytometry analysis of adult BM cells from Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/ZsGreen ( n = 6–8) and Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (BAC)/ZsGreen mice ( n = 10) shows that ZsGreen fluorescence identifies most ECs 4 weeks after tamoxifen administration but also tracks a small proportion of EC expressing tamoxifen-independent fluorescence in Cre + but not Cre - mice. ( E ) Percent CD45 + ZsGreen + cells of viable BM cells from Cre − control ( n = 6), Cre + control (peanut oil treated, no tamoxifen; n = 8) and Cre + tamoxifen-treated Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC) /ZsGreen ( n = 6) or Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (BAC)/ZsGreen mice ( n = 9). Mice were 8–12 weeks old at the time of tamoxifen administration. ( F ) Percent ZsGreen + cells of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) from Cre − control, Cre + control (peanut oil treated), and Cre + tamoxifen-treated Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/ZsGreen and Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (BAC)/ZsGreen mice ( n = 9/group). Mice were 8–12 weeks old at the time of tamoxifen administration. Representative flow cytometry gating of CD45 + EGFP + cells from BM and blood of Cdh5-CreERT2/mTmG mice ( G , relates to ), and CD45 + ZsGreen + cells from BM and blood of Cdh5-Cre ERT2 /ZsGreen mice ( H , relates to Figure S1E, F). ( I ) Representative confocal images showing a nucleated (DAPI + ) BM ZsGreen + CD45 + cell in the BM from a Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/ZsGreen mouse treated with tamoxifen. ( J ) Percent ZsGreen + cells of PBMC in individual Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (BAC)/ZsGreen mice before or four weeks after tamoxifen administration. Each dot represents the results from 50 to 250 µl blood/mouse. The lines link results from individual mice ( n = 15, 8–12 weeks old). ( K ) Percent B and T-lymphocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes among EGFP + PBMC of Cre + tamoxifen-treated Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/mTmG mice ( n = 15, 8–12 weeks old). ( L ) Percent EGFP + cells in peripheral blood cell populations of Cre + peanut oil-treated ( n = 9) and tamoxifen-treated ( n = 16) Cdh5-Cre ERT2 (PAC)/mTmG mice (8–12 weeks old). Dots represent individual mice. Data are shown as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 by Student’s t -test.
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Techniques: Fluorescence, Confocal Microscopy, Staining, Control, Flow Cytometry, Expressing