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Assay
Reference: J:167409 Grimal S, et al., Collagen XXVIII is a distinctive component of the peripheral nervous system nodes of ranvier and surrounds nonmyelinating glial cells. Glia. 2010 Dec;58(16):1977-87
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6452202
Gene symbol: Col28a1
Gene name: collagen, type XXVIII, alpha 1
Antibody: anti-collagen XXVIII (KR43)
Assay notes: Two antibodies were described, but the one used in this assay was not detailed. Anti-collagen XXVIII antibody MGI:6452149 may have been used in this assay.
Results
Specimen S1B/C: embryonic day 15.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS23: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted S1B , S1C Expression in extracellular matrix of dorsal root ganglia.

Specimen S1E/F: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted S1E , S1F Expression in extracellular matrix of dorsal root ganglia.

Specimen S1H/I: postnatal day 0 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted S1I , S1H Expression in extracellular matrix of dorsal root ganglia.

Specimen 1A: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF160 (Nefm assay MGI:6452204).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Strong Regionally restricted 1A Strong expression in dorsal root ganglion, clearly located outside the neuronal body-satellite glial cell (NB-SGC) unit.

Specimen 1B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF160 (Nefm assay MGI:6452204).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1B Expression both around neural cells and in nerve fibers.

Specimen 1C: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Col28a1; red - GS (Glul assay MGI:6452205); blue - Hoechst.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1C Expression at basal lamina outside neuronal body-satellite glial cell (NB-SGC) unit. Expression around axons emerging from soma of neuron.

Specimen 1D: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; purple - Col16a1 (assay MGI:6452206).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1D Expression located outside neuronal body-satellite glial cell (NB-SGC) unit. No colocaliztion with Col16a1 expression.

Specimen 1F/G: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1F , 1G Partial colocalization with Lamc1 expression. No expression in connective tissue capsule of dorsal root ganglion.

Specimen 1H: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1H Colocalization with Lamc1 expression in dorsal root ganglion extracellular matrix.

Specimen 2A: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; blue - Hoechst.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: lumbar dorsal root ganglion Strong Regionally restricted 2A Strong expression in dorsal root ganglion. Heterogeneous expression within lumbar DRG.
TS28: segmental spinal nerve Strong Regionally restricted 2A Heterogeneous expression associated nerve. Strong expression in in sensory afferent fibers. Weaker expression in motor part of nerves emerging from dorsal root. Mixed expression in distal part of nerve where motor and sensory fibers are not segregated.

Specimen 2B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: spinal nerve dorsal root Strong Punctate 2B Strong expression in sensory afferent fibers. Punctate pattern of expression in purely sensory dorsal roots.

Specimen 2C: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: spinal nerve ventral root Weak Punctate 2C Weaker expression in motor part of nerves. Punctate pattern of expression in motor fibers exiting the spinal cord.

Specimen 2D: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: spinal cord mixed spinal nerve Strong Regionally restricted 2D Strong expression in sensory fibers in part of nerve close to dorsal root ganglion, where sensory and motor fibers are segregated.

Specimen 2E: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: spinal nerve dorsal root Very strong Regionally restricted 2E Strongest expression along sensory fibers of sensory branch more distally, when sensory and motor branches diverge.

Specimen 2F: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: spinal cord mixed spinal nerve Present Regionally restricted 2F Authors report difference between sensory and motor fibers in motor branches when sensory and motor branches diverge.

Specimen 3A/B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Prph (assay MGI:6452209).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Strong Regionally restricted 3B , 3A Strong expression around unmyelinated small caliber sensory neurons. grouped into Remak bundles, in a uniform manner.

Specimen 3C/D: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Strong Regionally restricted 3D , 3C Expression dramatically increased in myelinated fibers concentrated at nodes of Ranvier, partially colocalizing with Lamc1 expression. No expression along basal lamina covering myelinated figers.

Specimen 3C': postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 3C' Expression at center of node of Ranvier.

Specimen 3E/F: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Na channel.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 3E , 3F Expression localized at nodes of Ranvier.

Specimen 3G/H: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Caspr (Cntnap1 assay MGI:6452210).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Strong Regionally restricted 3H , 3G Strong expression in basal lamina above paranodal region, extending beyond to tregion of node.

Specimen 3G': postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Caspr (Cntnap1 assay MGI:6452210).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 3G' Expression at center of node of Ranvier.

Specimen 3I/J: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Rad (Rdx assay MGI:6452211).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 3I , 3J Expression extends close to microvilli and possibly into extracellular space between microvilli.

Specimen 3I': postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Rad (Rdx assay MGI:6452211).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 3I' Expression at center of node of Ranvier, alternating with Rdx expression, suggesting expression infiltrates space between microvilli.

Specimen 4A/B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Lamc1 (assay MGI:6452207).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present 4A , 4B

Specimen 4E/G: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; blue - Luxol.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: sciatic nerve Present Regionally restricted 4E , 4G Expression in zones where myelin is absent.

Specimen 5A: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: metapodial pad Present Regionally restricted 5A In glabrous skin, dense expression in dermis around nerve endings.
TS28: metapodial pad epidermis Present Regionally restricted 5A Fine network of expression near basal layers of epiderms.

Specimen 5B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: metapodial pad epidermis Present Regionally restricted 5B Expression in Schwann cell processes or basal lamina partially covering unmyelinated free nerve endings entering eppidermis.

Specimen 5C: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: metapodial pad Present Regionally restricted 5C Expression around myelinated fibers, known to lose their myelin sheath in their terminal arborization.

Specimen 5E: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; pink - CK20 (Krt20 assay MGI:6452212).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: epidermis basal layer Present Regionally restricted 5E In hairy skin, dense expression in specific regions of basal cell layer of epidermis. Expression around sensory structures representing terminal Schwann cell sheaths surrounding Merkel cells.

Specimen 5F: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: dermis Present Regionally restricted 5F Deeper in the dermis, expression in matrix of Ruffini corpuscle - aggregates of Schwann cells intertwined in extracellular matrix.

Specimen 5G: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF200 (Nefh assay MGI:6452208).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: skin Present Regionally restricted 5G In pilo-neural complexes, expression concentrate at base of lanceolate sensory endings, covering myelinated sensory fibers encircling hair follicle. No expression around palisade-shaped endings.

Specimen 5I: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Col28a1; red - S100b (assay MGI:6452213); blue - Hoechst
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: skin Present Regionally restricted 5I Expression only around type I terminal Schwann cell. No expression around type II.

Specimen 6A: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; red - NF160 (Nefm assay MGI:6452204).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: gastrocnemius muscle Present Regionally restricted 6A Expression around sensory myelinated fibers innervating muscle spindles.

Specimen 6B: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; pink - alpha-bungarotoxin.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: gastrocnemius muscle Present Regionally restricted 6B Expression in basal lamina of neuromuscular junction.

Specimen S3B: postnatal newborn (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; blue - Hoechst.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: main olfactory bulb Present S3B Expression mainly in olfactory mucosa and part of olfactory bulb.
TS27: olfactory segment of nasal mucosa Present S3B Expression mainly in olfactory mucosa and part of olfactory bulb.

Specimen S3C: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Col28a1; red - S100b (assay MGI:6452213); blue - Hoechst
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: olfactory segment of nasal mucosa Present Regionally restricted S3C Expression restricted to neuronal environment of lamina propria.

Specimen S3D: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Col28a1; red - Tuj1 (Tubb3 assay MGI:6452214); blue - Hoechst.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: olfactory segment of nasal mucosa Present Regionally restricted S3D Expression restricted to neuronal environment of lamina propria.

Specimen S3E: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Col28a1; blue - Hoechst.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: main olfactory bulb granule cell layer Present S3E
TS28: main olfactory bulb olfactory nerve layer Present S3E
TS28: main olfactory bulb glomerular layer Absent S3E
TS28: main olfactory bulb mitral cell layer Absent S3E

Specimen S3F: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Triple labeled: green - Col28a1; red - S100b (assay MGI:6452213); blue - Hoechst
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: main olfactory bulb granule cell layer Present S3F
TS28: main olfactory bulb olfactory nerve layer Present S3F
TS28: main olfactory bulb glomerular layer Absent S3F
TS28: main olfactory bulb mitral cell layer Absent S3F


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