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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:23161 Timsit S, et al., Oligodendrocytes originate in a restricted zone of the embryonic ventral neural tube defined by DM-20 mRNA expression. J Neurosci. 1995 Feb;15(2):1012-24
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6201734
Gene symbol: Plp1
Gene name: proteolipid protein (myelin) 1
Probe: Plp/DM20 probe
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with S35 RNA
Visualized with: Autoradiography
Results
Specimen 1A: embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: diencephalon lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 1A Expressed in the lateral basal plate, occupying entire thickness of the germinal layer. Neither the ventral paramedian zone nor the alar plate were labeled.
TS15: trigeminal preganglion Present 1A

Specimen 1B: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon lateral wall mantle layer Present 1B
TS20: trigeminal ganglion Present 1B
TS20: diencephalon lateral wall ventricular layer Absent 1B

Specimen 2A: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: zona limitans intrathalamica Present Regionally restricted 2A A linear transverse domain at the P2/P3 interprosomeric boundary.
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2A Expressed in the anterior entopeduncular area, adjacent to the medial ganglionic eminence in the basal telencephalon.
TS20: cerebellum primordium Present 2A
TS20: trigeminal ganglion Strong 2A Also expressed in its three roots.

Specimen 2B: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: zona limitans intrathalamica Present Regionally restricted 2B A linear transverse domain at the P2/P3 interprosomeric boundary.
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2B Expressed in the anterior entopeduncular area, adjacent to the medial ganglionic eminence in the basal telencephalon.
TS20: facial nerve Present 2B
TS20: olfactory migratory mass Present 2B
TS20: vestibulocochlear nerve Present 2B
TS20: diencephalon lateral wall Strong Regionally restricted 2B Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS20: hypothalamus Strong Regionally restricted 2B Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS20: mammillary area Strong 2B
TS20: trigeminal ganglion Strong 2B Also expressed in its three roots.

Specimen 2C: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: zona limitans intrathalamica Present Regionally restricted 2C A linear transverse domain at the P2/P3 interprosomeric boundary.
TS20: olfactory migratory mass Present 2C
TS20: spinal nerve Present 2C
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 2C Expressed in the ventral paramedian zone.

Specimen 2D: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2D Expressed in the anterior entopeduncular area, adjacent to the medial ganglionic eminence in the basal telencephalon.
TS20: diencephalon lateral wall Strong Regionally restricted 2D Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS20: hypothalamus Strong Regionally restricted 2D Expressed in the lateral basal plate.
TS20: mammillary area Strong 2D

Specimen 2E: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2E Expressed in the anterior entopeduncular area, adjacent to the medial ganglionic eminence in the basal telencephalon.
TS20: spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 2E Expressed in the sensory and motor roots.
TS20: spinal ganglion Present Regionally restricted 2E In some cells.
TS20: sympathetic ganglion Present Regionally restricted 2E Expressed in the prevertebral and perivascular ganglia.

Specimen 2F: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 2F Expressed in the sensory and motor roots.
TS20: spinal nerve Present 2F
TS20: spinal ganglion Present Regionally restricted 2F In some cells.
TS20: sympathetic ganglion Present Regionally restricted 2F Expressed in the prevertebral and perivascular ganglia.
TS20: peripheral nerve Present Regionally restricted 2F Expressed along the pathways of the peripheral nerves in the limb buds and the tail.

Specimen 3A: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: diencephalon lateral wall Strong Regionally restricted 3A Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS22: hypothalamus lateral zone Strong Regionally restricted 3A Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS22: mammillary area Strong 3A
TS22: amygdala Present Regionally restricted 3A Expressed in a restricted zone in the medial amygdala.
TS22: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 3A Expressed in the ventral hypothalamus.
TS22: trigeminal ganglion Present 3A

Specimen 3B: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: diencephalon lateral wall ventricular layer Trace 3B Expression had largely disappeared.
TS22: diencephalon lateral wall mantle layer Present 3B
TS22: diencephalon subventricular zone Present 3B
TS22: diencephalon lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 3B Expressed at the posterior part of the basal diencephalon outside a halo of densely packed cells surrounding the third ventricle.

Specimen 3C: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: diencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 3C Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS27: hypothalamus lateral zone Strong Regionally restricted 3C Expressed in a second axis extended rostrally from the lateral basal plate of the diencephalon, along the basal plate of the hypothalamus (mammillary and tuberal regions).
TS27: hypothalamus medial zone tuberal area Strong 3C
TS27: mammillary area Strong 3C
TS27: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 3C Expressed in the ventral hypothalamus.
TS27: amygdala Present 3C

Specimen 3D: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 3D Expressed in the eminentia media at the level of the third ventricle and in tracts such as the medial forebrain bundle.

Specimen 3E: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: cerebral internal capsule Present 3E Expressed in the telencephalic internal capsule.
TS27: cerebral hemisphere white matter Present Regionally restricted 3E Expressed in subcortical white matter.
TS27: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 3E Expressed in the supralenticular internal capsule and the subcortical white matter, extending dorsomedially toward the corpus callosum and ventrolaterally along the capsula extrema, deep into the piriform cortex.

Specimen 4A: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 4A Expressed in a more internal and dorsal position than the Tubb3+ neuronal cell bodies. The most ventral and external portion of the Plp1+ group of cells overlapped with the most dorsally and internally localized neurons.

Specimen 4D: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: pons Present 4D Did not colocalize with Tubb3-positive neuronal cell bodies.

Specimen 6A: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: diencephalon lateral wall mantle layer Present 6A
TS22: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted 6A Expressed in the caudal rhombencephalon.
TS22: pons Present Regionally restricted 6A Formed two sparse columns on either side of the central canal.

Specimen 6B: embryonic day 17.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: spinal cord gray matter Present Scattered 6B
TS25: spinal cord white matter Present Scattered 6B
TS25: brainstem Present Scattered 6B Scattered throughout the white and gray matter.
TS25: pons Present Scattered 6B Scattered throughout the white and gray matter.

Specimen 6C: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: medulla oblongata Present Regionally restricted 6C Formed two sparse columns on either side of the central canal at or near the basal plate. Cells were more numerous, and some were located at a short distance from the ventricular zone.

Specimen 6D: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: pons Present 6D
TS27: ventral tegmental area Present 6D
TS27: cerebellum white matter Present Regionally restricted 6D Expressed in the deep white matter tract.
TS27: trigeminal nerve Present Regionally restricted 6D Expressed in the descending trigeminal nerves.

Specimen 7A: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 7A Expressed in the ependymal layer in contact with the lumen, restricted to the ventral basal region. Formed two sparse columns of a single layer of cells on either side of the central canal.
TS22: spinal cord floor plate Absent 7A

Specimen 7B: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 7B Expressed in the ependymal layer in contact with the lumen, restricted to the ventral basal region. Formed two sparse columns on either side of the central canal.
TS22: spinal cord floor plate Absent 7B

Specimen 7D: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: spinal cord marginal layer Strong Regionally restricted 7D Expressed in the ventral marginal layer.
TS27: nerve fiber tract Strong Regionally restricted 7D Expressed in the superficial ventral tracts.
TS27: spinal cord Strong Regionally restricted 7D Expressed in the ventral marginal layer. No expression in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn.

Specimen 8A: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: olfactory epithelium Present Regionally restricted 8A Expressed in cells associated with the superficial axonal layers of the olfactory bulb.
TS22: main olfactory bulb olfactory nerve layer Present 8A
TS22: vomeronasal organ Absent 8A

Specimen 8B: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: main olfactory bulb olfactory nerve layer Present 8B
TS27: vomeronasal organ Absent 8B

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 8.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS13: embryo Absent

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted Expressed in the caudal rhombencephalon.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: main olfactory bulb ventricular layer Absent No expression in the secondary olfactory neurons.
TS22: spinal cord Present Did not colocalize with Tubb3- or Adgre1-positive cells.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 17.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: diencephalon mantle layer Present Regionally restricted Increased expression along the external layer of the mantle zone. Some positive cells were already seen inside, or in the close vicinity, of the major fiber bundles.
TS25: main olfactory bulb olfactory nerve layer Present
TS25: vomeronasal organ Absent

Specimen not shown: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: more rostral sections at the level of the lateral ventricles
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: telencephalon subventricular zone Present


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