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Pioneering axons establish regenerative path for follower axons. ae Images from time lapse movie showing early regeneration of wild-type motor nerve with all axons expressing GFP. a Pre-lesion image; yellow box marks transection site. b A pioneering axon (magenta arrowhead and ‘P’) crosses the injury gap ~800 min post-injury and extends ventrally. c, d, e Follower axons fasciculate with pioneering axon (numbered green arrowheads). fj Still images from time lapse movie showing early regeneration of 5 dpf wild-type motor nerve; all axons express GFP, single-axon expresses mKate (magenta). f Pre-lesion image; yellow box marks transection site. Scale bar is 10 µm. g Axon sprouts in proximal nerve stump start extending and retracting ~400 min post transection. h Single-pioneering axon (magenta) crosses the injury gap and extends ventrally along distal nerve by 800 min post transection. Magenta arrowheads mark pioneer axon, which grows at a rate of 0.27 µm/min. i Follower axon extends and grows along pioneering axon; green arrowheads mark follower path, which grows at a rate of 0.36 µm/min. j By the end of imaging, the magenta pioneer axon has extended ventrally, as shown via a maximum projection image across time (magenta arrowheads). ko Still images from time lapse movie showing early regeneration of lrp4 mutant motor nerve labeled with GFP. k Pre-lesion image; yellow box marks transection site. l Early growth cones sprout from proximal stump (open blue arrowheads) and pioneer axon extends ventrally ~600 min post transection (magenta arrowhead and ‘P’). mo Throughout imaging, only the pioneer axon extends to ventral myotome; follower axons explore transection site but do not traverse injury gap (open blue arrowheads). p Quantification of pioneer axon growth rate and follower axon growth rate in wild-type siblings. Pioneer axon average rate of regrowth is 0.24 µm/min (n = 12 nerves in 8 larvae); follower axon average rate of regrowth is 0.47 µm/min (n = 7 nerves in 4 larvae; unpaired t-test p = 0.0055; t = 3.181, df = 17; error bars show mean and SEM). q Quantification of pioneer axon rate of regrowth in siblings and lrp4 mutants. Pioneer axons grow at equivalent rates: sibling average rate of regrowth = 0.24 µm/min (n = 12 nerves in 8 larvae); lrp4−/− average rate of regrowth = 0.21 µm/min (n = 10 nerves in 4 larvae; unpaired two-tailed t-test p = 0.4702, t = 0.7361, df = 20; error bars show mean and SEM). r Number of follower axons in siblings and lrp4 mutants. In siblings, multiple follower axons extend (average number of follower axons = 2.2, n = 6 nerves in 2 larvae) while in lrp4 mutants, follower axons fail to extend ventrally (lrp4 mutant average number of follower axons = 0.7, n = 7 nerves in 2 larvae). Number of follower axons in siblings versus mutants is significantly different (two-tailed t-test p = 0.0206, t = 2.703, df = 11; error bars show mean and SEM)

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