Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: SOX17-positive rete testis epithelium is required for Sertoli valve formation and normal spermiogenesis in the male mouse
doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35465-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: a , b Schematic illustration of the experiment and Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) plot of cells isolated from the proximal part of the testis of P14 Sox17- cKO and controls, showing twenty clusters ( a ) and the distribution of cells from each sample ( b ). Control n = 2, Sox17- cKO n = 2. c UMAP plot showing the expression level of Sox9, Pax8, and Sox17 in the control samples. The right two panels show the expression of each gene in the extracted clusters of the RT (cluster 16) and Sertoli cells (clusters 1, 2, 10, 18). d Dot plots representing the expression levels of marker genes for Sertoli cells ( Amh ) and RT epithelial cells ( Krt8, Pax8 ) together with their common marker genes ( Nr5a1, Gata4, Wt1, Sox9 ) in the clusters expressing Sox9 shown in ( c ) (clusters 1, 2, 10, 16, 18). e A violin plot showing the expression level of Sox17 in each cluster, together with Pecam1 (vascular endothelial cell marker) and Pax8 (RT marker). “ n ” represents the number of biological replicates.
Article Snippet: The sections were incubated overnight at 4 °C with the following primary antibodies [format: host anti-protein (company, catalog number, dilution)]: mouse monoclonal anti-ace-TUB (Sigma, T6793, 1:200), mouse monoclonal anti-αSMA/ACTA2 (Sigma, A5228, 1:500), goat polyclonal anti-AMH (Santa Cruz, sc6886, 1:200), mouse monoclonal anti-CDH1 (BD Transduction lab, 610181, 1:400), goad polyclonal anti-c-KIT (R&D systems, AF1356, 1:200), rabbit monoclonal anti-EPCAM (Abcam, ab32392, 1:100), goat polyclonal anti-GATA4 (Santa Cruz, sc1237, 1:200), mouse monoclonal anti-GATA4 (Santa Cruz, sc25310, 1:100), rabbit polyclonal anti-GFP (MBL, 598, 1:200), goat polyclonal GFRα1 (R&D systems, AF560, 1:100), rabbit polyclonal anti-HSP70 (Abcam, ab79852, 1:1000), rabbit polyclonal anti-KI67 (Abcam, ab15580, 1:400), rabbit monoclonal anti-KRT8 (Abcam, ab53280, 1:200), rabbit polyclonal LAMININ (Abcam, ab11575, 1:200), rabbit monoclonal anti-p-AKT (Cell Signaling, 4060, 1:100), mouse monoclonal anti-PAX8 (Abcam, ab53490, 1:100), rat monoclonal PECAM1 (Invitrogen, 14-0311-82, 1:100), rabbit polyclonal anti-PLZF (Santa Cruz, sc22839, 1:200), mouse monoclonal SCP3 (Santa Cruz, sc74569, 1:500), goat polyclonal anti-SOX17 (R&D systems, AF1924, 1:200), rabbit polyclonal anti-SOX9 (Millipore, AB5535, 1:400), rabbit polyclonal anti-STAR (Cell Signaling, 8449, 1:100), rabbit polyclonal anti-VASA/MVH (Abcam, ab13840, 1:10000).
Techniques: Isolation, Expressing, Marker