Journal: eLife
Article Title: A gradient of Wnt activity positions the neurosensory domains of the inner ear
doi: 10.7554/eLife.59540
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a–a” ) Whole-mount (tiled maximum projection) views of an E7 chicken inner ear electroporated at E2 with a control vector (T2-mEGFP) and immunostained for Sox2 ( a’ ) and two hair cell markers, Myo7a and HCA (‘HC’ in all panels). ( a” ) All sensory organs are properly formed: posterior (pc), anterior (ac) and lateral (lc) cristae, saccule (sc), utricle (ut), basilar papilla (bp), and lagena ( l ). ( b–c” ) An inner ear transfected with T2-βcat-GOF. Note the absence of EGFP expression and severe defects in overall morphology of the vestibular system and basilar papilla; the remaining sensory patches are small and abnormally shaped ( b’ ). ( c–c” ) Higher magnification of the vestibular Sox2-positive patches containing Myo7a and HCA-expressing hair cells. ( d–f” ) An inner ear transfected with T2-βcat-LOF. ( d–d’’ ) Whole-mount (tiled maximum projection) views demonstrating the presence of numerous ectopic sensory patches with hair cells, and severe defects in inner ear morphology. ( e-e’ ) Higher magnification of the dorsal region, where transfected cells form ectopic sensory patches positive for Sox2 ( e’ ) and populated with Myo7a and HCA-expressing hair cells (arrowheads). ( f–f” ) In contrast, in ventral domains, EGFP-positive patches are devoid of Sox2 and hair cell markers expression. The only remaining Sox2-expressing patches are not transfected (arrows).
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used: rabbit anti-Jagged 1 (Santa-Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX; sc-8303; 1:200), rabbit anti-Sox2 (Abcam, UK; 97959, 1:500), mouse IgG1 monoclonal anti-Sox2 (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA; 561469, 1:500), mouse IgG1 anti-Islet1 (Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Iowa City, IA; Clone 39.3F7, 1:250), mouse IgG1 anti-HA-tag (Babco Inc, Richmond, CA; MMS-101R, 1:500), mouse IgG1 anti-Myo7a (Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, 1:500), and mouse IgG1 anti-HCA (a kind gift of Guy Richardson, 1:1000).
Techniques: Plasmid Preparation, Transfection, Expressing