Fig. 10. `Transdifferentiation' of ZII-negative to ZII-positive PCs.
Transverse 40 µm cryostat sections of the paramedian lobule (PM) from the
adult Ebf2 null mouse cerebellum were double immunofluorescence
stained, as labeled. (A-C) Low-definition images of the paramedian
lobule (PM) of the hemisphere reveal a high number of transdifferentiated
ZII-positive/beta-gal-positive PCs. Higher magnification images (D-F)
confirm colocalization (arrows) of beta-gal and ZII expression in the null
mutant PM lobule. (G) Conversely, at the same paramedian level in the
heterozygous cerebellum, the distributions of ZII (brown, arrows) and lacZ
(blue, arrowheads) are strictly non-overlapping and mutually exclusive. Scale
bars: in C, 150 µm for A-C; in F, 50 µm for D-F; in G, 100 µm.