Fig. 6. Regulation of the Otp protein by PACAP/PAC1 signaling pathway.
(A-H) Embryos were injected with either a control pac1
missense morpholino (Control, A,B), or with antisense morpholinos
directed against pac1 (pac1MO, C,D), otpa
(otpaMO, E,F) or combination of pac1+otpa
(pac1MO+otpaMO, G,H) and were thereafter (52 hpf) subjected
to either in situ hybridization with an otpb-directed probe
(A,C,E,G), or to immunohistochemistry with an anti-Otp antibody (B,D,F,H).
Inset in panel D shows western blot analysis of nuclear-enriched protein
extracts from control and pac1MO-injected embryos using antibodies
directed to either Otp or the nuclear protein Rcc1 (internal protein loading
control). The activity of each morpholino was evaluated by anti-tyrosine
hydroxylase (TH) immunostaining. Scale bars: 100 µm in A,C,E,F; 50 µm in
B,D,F,H.