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Assay
Reference: J:347773 Kim HY, et al., Expression patterns of Piezo1 in the developing mouse forebrain. Brain Struct Funct. 2024 Apr;229(3):759-773
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7639678
Gene symbol: Piezo1
Gene name: piezo-type mechanosensitive ion channel component 1
Probe: Mm-Piezo1 probe1
Probe preparation: Antisense DNA
Visualized with: Fluorescence
Results
Specimen 1a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: skin Strong 1a Prominent expression in skin.
TS20: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 1a Expression in most layers, including ventricular zone, subventricular zone and neuronal layer

Specimen 1b: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: skin Strong 1b Prominent expression in skin.
TS20: brain meninges Strong 1b
TS20: brain blood vessel Strong 1b Strong expression in vasculature.
TS20: neocortex Absent 1b

Specimen 1c: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: brain blood vessel Strong 1c Strong expression in vasculature.
TS20: medial ganglionic eminence Present Regionally restricted 1c Expression distinctively located in cells expressing Pdgfra in ventral medial ganglionic eminence (vMGE).
TS20: preoptic area Present Regionally restricted 1c Expression distinctively located in cells expressing Pdgfra in and dorsal preoptic area (dPOA).

Specimen 1d: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 1d Co-expressed with Pdgfra confined to ganglionic emininence and ventral cortical regions.

Specimen 1e: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: brain blood vessel Present 1e
TS22: cerebral cortex Present Regionally restricted 1e Expression in ventral cortical regions.

Specimen 1f: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: brain blood vessel Strong 1f Strong expression in vasculature.
TS22: ganglionic eminence Present 1f

Specimen 2a: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 2a

Specimen 2b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebral cortex Present 2b

Specimen 2c: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: piriform cortex Present Regionally restricted 2c More highly expressed in piriform cortex than in dorsal part.

Specimen 2d: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: caudate-putamen Present Clusters 2d Expression in caudate putamen highly clustered in a linear pattern.

Specimen 2e: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 2e

Specimen 2f: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: cerebral cortex Present 2f

Specimen 2g: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: piriform cortex Present Regionally restricted 2g More highly expressed in piriform cortex than in dorsal part.

Specimen 2h: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Pdgfra (assay MGI:7639679).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: caudate-putamen Present Clusters 2h Expression in caudate putamen highly clustered in a linear pattern.

Specimen 3a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: forebrain Strong Regionally restricted 3a Abundant expression in Nestin-expressing cells.

Specimen 3b: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Present Regionally restricted 3b Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in cortex.
TS20: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 3b Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in cortex.

Specimen 3c: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: ganglionic eminence Present Regionally restricted 3c Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in cganglionic eminence.

Specimen 3d: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: forebrain Strong Regionally restricted 3d Abundant expression in Nestin-expressing cells.

Specimen 3e: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Present Regionally restricted 3e Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in cortex.
TS22: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 3e Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in cortex.

Specimen 3f: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: ganglionic eminence Present Regionally restricted 3f Expression in Nes expressing zones, relatively dispersed throughout ventricular zone and subventricular zone in ganglionic eminence.

Specimen 4a: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: forebrain Weak Regionally restricted 4a Expression decreased as brain developed.

Specimen 4b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebral cortex Weak 4b

Specimen 4c: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: ganglionic eminence Weak 4c

Specimen 4d: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: forebrain Weak Regionally restricted 4d Expression decreased as brain developed.

Specimen 4e: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: cerebral cortex Weak 4e

Specimen 4f: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Nes (assay MGI:7639680).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: ganglionic eminence Weak 4f

Specimen 5a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: forebrain Trace Regionally restricted 5a Expression barely detected in Eomes-expressing cells of ventricular zone and subventricular zone at all stages.

Specimen 5b: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Trace 5b
TS20: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Trace 5b

Specimen 5c: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebral cortex Trace Regionally restricted 5c Expression barely detected in Eomes-expressing cells of ventricular zone and subventricular zone at all stages.

Specimen 5d: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Trace 5d
TS22: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Trace 5d

Specimen 6a: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: forebrain Trace Regionally restricted 6a Expression barely detected in Eomes-expressing cells of ventricular zone and subventricular zone at all stages.

Specimen 6b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Trace 6b
TS24: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Trace 6b

Specimen 6c: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: forebrain Trace Regionally restricted 6c Expression barely detected in Eomes-expressing cells of ventricular zone and subventricular zone at all stages.

Specimen 6d: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Eomes (assay MGI:7639681).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Trace 6d
TS26: cerebral cortex ventricular zone Trace 6d

Specimen 7a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: forebrain Trace Regionally restricted 7a Minimal expression in Dcx-expressing cells. at E12.5.

Specimen 7b: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: cerebral cortex Trace 7b

Specimen 7c: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: ganglionic eminence Trace 7c

Specimen 7d: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: forebrain Trace Regionally restricted 7d Minimal expression in Dcx-expressing cells. at E14.5.

Specimen 7e: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebral cortex subventricular zone Trace 7e

Specimen 7f: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: ganglionic eminence Trace 7f

Specimen 8a: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 8a

Specimen 8b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebral cortex Present Regionally restricted 8b

Specimen 8c: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: piriform cortex Strong Widespread 8c Expression markedly increased and widely expressed throughout piriform cortex at E14.5, overlapping with Dcx-expressing cells.

Specimen 8d: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: caudate-putamen Present 8d

Specimen 8e: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: forebrain Present Regionally restricted 8e

Specimen 8f: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: cerebral cortex Present Regionally restricted 8f

Specimen 8g: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: piriform cortex Strong Widespread 8g Expression markedly increased and widely expressed throughout piriform cortex at E16.5, overlapping with Dcx-expressing cells.

Specimen 8h: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Piezo1; green - Dcx (assay MGI:7639682).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: caudate-putamen Present 8h


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