Fig. 8. At bud stage, lens and pituitary precursor cells do not upregulate
ptc1 in response to shh mRNA. (A-D) Bud stage embryos
labeled with probes for (A,B) hgg1 (red) and ptc1 (black),
(C,D) dlx3b (red) and ptc1 (black). (E) At the 18-somite
stage, dnPKA mRNA and rhodamine-biotin injected, transplanted cells
are ptc1 positive (arrowheads) in ectoderm of eye vesicle in
unlabeled host (n=11). (F) At prim-5 stage, transplanted cells (rho,
red) contribute to lens (n=27). (A-D) Dorsal view of prospective head
region, ventral towards the top. (E) Dorsal view, anterior towards the top,
midline towards the right. (F) Side view, anterior towards the left, dorsal
towards the top; confocal fluorescence micrograph reconstructed from 90
optical sections (optical slice 1.6 µm; 0.25 µm overlap between
consecutive sections). Scale bars: 100 µm in C,D; 50 µm in A,B,F; 12.5
µm in E.