Figure 4. NO signaling affects zebrafish HSC formation independent of heartbeat.
(A-I) WT and sih-/- mutants were exposed to DMSO and SNAP (10 μM) from 10 somites to 36hpf.
(A-D) In situ hybridization for runx1/cmyb. SNAP rescues HSC formation in sih-/- mutants. (B) runx1/cmyb+ cells are highlighted by arrowheads.
(E) qPCR for runx1.
(F-I) Effect of heartbeat and SNAP on ephrinB2 expression, highlighted by arrowheads.
(J-U) Effect of L-NAME on HSC formation in embryos concurrently treated with blood flow modifying agents. L-NAME inhibits the effects of doxazosin (M, 7 inc/36 observed), metoprolol (O, 3 inc/31) and nifedipine (Q, 4 inc/28), but not of digoxin (S, 16 inc/29) and todralazine (U, 20 inc/33).