Exposure to copper reveals distinct classes of macrophages. (A-A‴) 5-dpf Tg(mpeg1:mCh);Tg(mpx:GFP);Tg(OMP:YFP) olfactory organ (OO) and imaging continued at times indicated (see Supplementary Video 3 for sequence taken every minute). (A) Imaging was initiated at time 0′. (A′) Larvae were exposed to 10 μM of CuSO4 at 30′. Individual cell tracking reveals the presence of (B) fixed and (C) wandering macrophages. (D) Before copper exposure (from boxed are in A), macrophages (red) are found associated with OSNs (green) in the ventral OO. (D′) After exposure to copper (from boxed are in Figure 6A‴), macrophages (mpeg1:mCh+, red) accumulate at the ventral–basal OO, in close association with degenerating OSNs (green, OMP:YFP+). Arrowheads indicate places where macrophages appeared to engulf degenerating OSNs (mpeg1:mCh+ and OMP:YFP+). Scale bars: A-A‴ = 75 μm, D = 25 μm.
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