Fig. 3. Analysis of cell proliferation and apoptosis in the neural tube of E10.5
embryos. Coronal sections through the rostral ventral neural tube of wild-type
(A-C) and megalin knockout embryos (D-F) stained with H+E (A,D), or analyzed
for cell proliferation (B,E) (anti-phosphohistone H3 immunofluorescence) or
apoptosis (C,F) (TUNEL assay). The number of mitotic cells is reduced in the
rostroventral neural tube of the megalin/
embryo (E, arrowheads) compared with the control (B, arrowheads). No
difference is seen in the number of apoptotic nuclei in both genotypes (C,F;
arrowheads).