FIGURE 6
Motor neuron development under ferroptosis inducer and ferroptosis inhibitor treatment. (A) Representative confocal images of motor nerves at 24 and 48 hpf upon different drugs treatment. White scale bar: 20 μm. (B,C) Quantification of average length of motor nerves showed significant decline of axonal length in embryos upon ferroptosis inducer Erastin treatment. The ferroptosis inhibitor Ferrostatin can reverse the impaired motor neuron development in Erastin and acrolein (ACR) treated embryos at 24 and 48 hpf. n = 9–16. For statistical analysis one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparisons test was applied. ****p < 0.0001. ns, not significant; hpf, hour post fertilization.