Fig. 6
Acute hyperglycemia affects myelination and Schwann cell count along the motor nerve. A and B: lateral view of the spinal cord of control and metronidazole (MTZ)-treated ins:NTR;Tg(mbp:EGFP-CAAX) fish following the schedule of treatment described in Fig. 1A. NTR, nitroreductase; mbp, myelin basic protein; EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein. C: length of myelinated nerves was significantly shorter in MTZ-treated than control ins:NTR;Tg(mbp:EGFP-CAAX) fish. ****P < 0.0001. D and E: cross sections through ins:NTR zebrafish labeled with an antibody against Sox10 (red) and acetylated α-tubulin (green) in control and MTZ-treated fish. F: treatment of 5-days postfertilization (dpf) ins:NTR fish for 2 days with 10 mM MTZ leads a modest decrease in Sox10+ cells (D′′ and E′′, arrows) along the motor axons (D′ and E′) in MTZ-treated compared with control fish. *P < 0.05. Scale bars = 50 μm.