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Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:244466 Karpanen T, et al., An Evolutionarily Conserved Role for Polydom/Svep1 During Lymphatic Vessel Formation. Circ Res. 2017 Apr 14;120(8):1263-1275
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7595500
Gene symbol: Flt4
Gene name: FMS-like tyrosine kinase 4
Results
Specimen 7A: embryonic day 11.0 (more )
Note: Triple labeled: blue - Flt4; red - Pecam1 (assay MGI:7595501); green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS18: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7A Expression in venous and lymphatic cells.
TS18: venous system Present Regionally restricted 7A Expression in venous and lymphatic cells.

Specimen 7B: embryonic day 11.0; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Triple labeled: blue - Flt4; red - Pecam1 (assay MGI:7595501); green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS18: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7B No difference in formation of first lymphatic structures between wild-type and mutant.

Specimen 7C: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7C Expression in venous and lymphatic cells.

Specimen 7D: embryonic day 12.5; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7D No difference in formation of first lymphatic structures between wild-type and mutant.

Specimen 7E: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7E Accumulation of expressing cells at site of lymphovenous connection site.

Specimen 7F: embryonic day 12.5; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7F Typical clustering of cells did not occur in mutant.

Specimen 7G: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7G Tight association of lymphatic and venous endothelium.

Specimen 7H: embryonic day 12.5; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7H Tight association of lymphatic and venous endothelium not observed in mutant.

Specimen 7I: embryonic day 13.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS21: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7I Tight association of lymphatic and venous endothelium.

Specimen 7J: embryonic day 13.5; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Double labeled: blue - Flt4; green - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS21: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 7J Tight association of lymphatic and venous endothelium not observed in mutant..

Specimen 8A,B,C: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Flt4; red - Pecam1 (assay MGI:7595501); blue - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 8A , 8B , 8C Remodeling of lymphatic vessels was apparent, including formation of lymphatic valve structures expressing all 3 markers. Expression downregulated in collecting lymphatic vessels.

Specimen 8F,G,H: embryonic day 18.5; Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Svep1tm1a(EUCOMM)Hmgu (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Flt4; red - Pecam1 (assay MGI:7595501); blue - Prox1 (assay MGI:7595504).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: lymphatic system Present Regionally restricted 8G , 8H , 8F Lymphatic valve structures were absent in mesentery. Lymphatic vessels were considerably smaller and retained higher levels of expression than wild-type, and were not lumenized.


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