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. 2018 Oct 23;8:15647. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34092-5

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Knockdown of Rap1B counteracts the induction of supernumerary axons by dominant-negative Plexin-A1. (a) Hippocampal neurons from E18 rat embryos were transfected with vectors for GFP (green, control), an shRNA against Rap1B or pSHAG-1 (control) and Plexin-A1Δcyt (PlxnA1-DN) or pBK-CMV (control). The establishment of neuronal polarity was analyzed at 3 d.i.v. by staining with an anti-MAP2 (red, dendrites) and the Tau-1 antibody (blue, axons). Representative images of transfected neurons are shown. The scale bar is 25 μm. (b) The percentage of unpolarized neurons without an axon (0, red), polarized neurons with a single axon (1, blue) and neurons with multiple axons (>1, green) is shown (Student’s t-test and two-way ANOVA; n = 3, independent experiments with >150 neurons per experiment for; values are means ± s.e.m, **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 compared to control and as indicated.