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. 2010 May 26;5(5):e10841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010841

Figure 4. Cholera toxin promotes NSC expansion in vitro.

Figure 4

(a) ChAB increases total cell and DCX+ cell number in a dose-dependent manner, in fetal NSC cultures, in the presence of FGF2 (4-d treatment), as well as (b) following FGF2 withdrawal (6-d FGF2 followed by FGF2 withdrawal and addition of ChAB, for 2-days). (c) Confocal projections of fetal NSC cultures described in (b). (d) Fetal NSC cultures expanded in FGF2 (4-days) and then switched to FGF2+/- CholAB – containing medium exhibit expansion of DCX+ early neurons. (e) Fetal NSC cultures expanded in FGF2 (6-days) and then switched to +/- CholAB conditions, in the absence of FGF2 (for 2-days) exhibit expansion of DCX+ early neurons. [Size bars: 100 µm].