Fig. 1. Pcdh-
genes are broadly expressed in the retina.
(A-D) Retinas from Pcdh-
fusg/fusg
mice, expressing a Pcdh-
-GFP fusion protein, were stained with antibody
to GFP (green in A) and DAPI (blue in A). Pcdh-
-GFP fusion proteins are
concentrated in the process-rich outer plexiform layer (OPL), inner plexiform
layer (IPL) and retinal fiber layer (arrow), as well as in outer segments (OS)
of photoreceptors, outer and inner nuclear layers (ONL, INL) and the ganglion
cell layer (GCL). (B-D) High-magnification images of areas labeled in
A'. (E) In situ hybridization to P21 retina using a probe against
the Pcdh-
common intracellular domain. (F-K) Dissociated
Pcdh-
fusg/fusg retinal cells
immunolabeled with cell-type-specific antibodies (red), anti-GFP (green) and
DAPI (blue). Pcdh-
-GFP-positive cells are labeled with the
photoreceptor (PR) marker recoverin, the horizontal cell (HZ) marker
calbindin, the amacrine (AC) marker syntaxin, the RGC marker Brn3a, and the
Müller Glia (MG) markers glutamine synthetase (H) and Sox9 (K). Scale
bars: 50 µm in A,E; 10 µm in B-D.