Table 1. Distribution of Gb3 in organs from C57Bl/6 mouse obtained after staining with Alexa568-conjuguated 3E2.
| Tissue | Gb3 | Isotypic control |
| Abdominal fat | − | − |
| Brain | − | − |
| Colon | −* | −* |
| Duodenum | − | − |
| Esophagus | − | − |
| Eyes | + | − |
| Heart | − | − |
| Kidney | + | − |
| Liver | # | # |
| Lung | − | − |
| Muscles | − | − |
| Ovaries | − | − |
| Pancreas | − | − |
| Pleura | − | − |
| Skin | + | − |
| Spleen | − | − |
| Stomach | − | − |
| Testis | + | − |
| Thyroid | − | − |
| Uterus | − | − |
Frozen healthy organs sections of 5 µm were hybridized with biotinylated 3E2 or its isotypic control, revealed by an Alexa 568-conjugated streptavidin and counterstained with DAPI. Pictures were observed under a confocal microscope (n = 3).
#
: High background.
*
: Lipofuscin autofluorescence.