Fig. S8
vegfd is not essential for development of the trunk or intestinal lymphatic networks (A) RT-PCR using RNA isolated from 1 dpf embryos injected with either control MO or 1 ρmole of vegfd MO using primers against vegfd (top panel) or ef1α (bottom panel). The vegfd MO causes aberrant splicing of the vegfd mRNA, resulting in deletion of 65 bp. (B-E) Confocal images of the trunk lymphatics in lyve1:egfp embryos at (B,C) 1.5 dpf (D,E) 5 dpf and (F,G) intestinal lymphatics at 6 dpf in lyve1:dsred;kdrl:egfp embryos injected with (B,D,F) control MO or (C,E,G) vegfd MO. (F′,G′) Confocal images of the lyve1:dsred vessels only. lyve1 in green and kdrl in magenta. vegfd morphants display normal secondary sprouting from the PCV (white arrowheads), normal thoracic duct formation (red asterisks), and normal intestinal lymphatic formation (white arrows). Scale bars: 50 μm. |
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