Fig. 7. Shh and Twhh regulate the progression of ath5 expression. (A,B)
ath5 expression in 33-hpf wild-type (A) and Hh-MO-injected (B)
retinas. ath5 expression fails to progress from the ventronasal
retina injected with Hh-MO (arrowhead). (C,D) islet1 expression in
48-hpf wild-type (C) and Hh-MO-injected (D) retinas. islet1
expression fails to progress from the ventronasal retina injected with Hh-MO
(arrowhead). (E,F) Labelling of 48-hpf wild-type (E) and Hh-MO injected (F)
retinas with an anti-BrdU antibody (brown). Because BrdU is incorporated from
36 to 48 hpf, the RGC layer is BrdU negative in the wild-type retina. By
contrast, almost all retinal cells are labelled with the anti-BrdU antibody in
the Hh-MO-injected retina. (G) Quantitative assessment of ath5
expression in Hh-MO-injected (blue) and non-injected control (orange) embryos.
The defect in ath5 expression in Hh-MO-injected embryos shows a
similar profile to that in Gli-MO-injected embryos (blue bars in
Fig. 4M). Numbers of
Hh-MO-injected and non-injected embryos examined were 33 and 11, respectively.
(H) Hh-MO-injected cells were incorporated into 36-hpf wild-type peripheral
retina. ath5:GFP expression (green) does not progress towards the
Hh-MO-positive area (magenta), although double-positive cells (white
arrowheads) are observed at the interface between wild-type and Hh-MO areas.
(I) Hh-MO-injected cells were incorporated into 36 hpf wild-type central
retina. Hh-MO (magenta) and ath5:GFP (green) are segregated. (J) Three
adjacent sections are shown along the axis from the nasal to temporal regions.
ath5:GFP expression (green) does not occur in retinal columns derived from
Hh-MO-injected donor embryos (magenta). GFP is not expressed even in wild-type
retinal columns (white asterisk in right panel) located adjacent to the
temporal side of Hh-MO-derived retinal columns (white arrow in middle panel).
inl, inner nuclear layer; n, nose; nr, neural retina; rgc, retinal ganglion
cell layer.