Figure 2
Abundance of pparγ mRNA within whole zebrafish embryos from 0.75 to 96 hpf (A). Confirmation of knockdown by 24 hpf following injection of splice-blocking pparγ-MOs. Lanes 1–3: 6-hpf embryos injected with nc-MO; lanes 4–6: 6-hpf embryos injected with pparγ-MO; lanes 7–9: 24-hpf embryos injected with nc-MO; and lanes 10–12: 24-hpf embryos injected with pparγ-MO (B). Representative images of water-, nc-MO-, or pparγ-MO-injected embryos from 6 to 96 hpf before and after staining with Oil Red O (ORO) (C–FF). Arrows point to mild dorsoventral patterning defects (ventralization), whereas arrowheads point to cardiac edema and cardiac looping defects.