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. 2017 Nov 9;7:15136. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15427-0

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Development of E3.5 ICMs. (A) ICM immediately after IS, and (B) 24 hrs after IS. Blue: Oct4, green: Gata4, white: nuclei; right panel shows merged pictures, (C) Time-lapse imaging of E3.5 ICM immediately after isolation, after 12 hrs and after 24 hrs of in vitro culture (single optical sections), (D) The scheme of the ultimate PE origin: (a) Pdgfrα H2B-GFP-expressing cells localised on the surface of isolated ICM from the beginning of in vitro culture, (b) Pdgfrα H2B-GFP-expressing cells which translocated from inside to outside, (c) PdgfrαH2B-GFP-negative cells which up-regulated Pdgfrα H2B-GFP during in vitro culture and migrated outside, (d) PdgfrαH2B-GFP-negative cells which up-regulated Pdgfrα on the surface of ICM and maintained this position, (E) The scheme of the fate of all Pdgfrα H2B-GFP-expressing cells: (a’) cells which were localised on the surface of ICM, contributing to PE, (b’) cells which were initially placed inside and translocated outside, contributing to PE, (c’) cells localised inside, which down-regulated Pdgfrα H2B-GFP during culture, (d’) cells which underwent apoptosis. Scale: 20 μm.