Figure 5. YAP/TAZ are required for Krox20 upregulation in differentiating Schwann cells.
(A) Identification of Oct6+ SC nuclei at P4 and P60 in WT and Yap/Taz cDKO, as determined by co-staining for Oct6 (red), Sox10 (SC nuclei; green) and DAPI (all cell nuclei; blue). (B) Identification of Krox20+ SC nuclei at P4 and P60 in WT and Yap/Taz cDKO, as determined by co-staining for Krox20 (red), Sox10 (SC nuclei, green) and DAPI (all cell nuclei). (C) Quantification of Oct6 expression in SC nuclei. n = 4 mice per genotype (WT and cDKO P4) or n = 3 mice per genotype (WT and cDKO P0, (P18 and P60). **p<0.01 (P0), ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001, 2-way ANOVA with Sidak’s multiple comparison test. (D) Quantification of Krox20 expression in SC nuclei. n = 3 mice per genotype (WT P0, WT P4, mutant P18) or n = 2 mice per genotype (mutant P0, mutant P4, WT P18, WT and mutant P60). ****p<0.0001, n.s. = non-significant, 2-way ANOVA, with Sidak’s multiple comparison test. (E) Western blotting of P4 and P60 WT and Yap/Taz cDKO sciatic nerve lysates, using the indicated antibodies and anti-βactin as a loading control. n = 3 experiments. (F) Quantitative RT-PCR using Krox20 and β-actin-specific primers and total RNA isolated from WT and Yap/Taz cDKO P60 sciatic nerves. Expression of Krox20 is normalized to that of β-actin as an internal control, and WT expression is arbitrarily given the value 1. n = 3 mice per genotype. **p<0.01, unpaired Student’s t-test.