Figure 6.
Quantification of neural and vascular markers by flow cytometry and histology images of late stage hybrid spheroids. Flow cytometry histograms for day 21 iEC spheroids, iNPC spheroids, or tri-cultured spheroids for (A) β-tubulin III; and (B) CD31. Black line: negative control; red line: marker of interest. The percentage indicates the positive cells versus total cells. (C) Flow cytometry quantification of β-tubulin III (β-tub III, n = 3) and (D) CD31 (n = 3). *Indicates p < 0.05 for the different test conditions. (E) Images of histological sections of late stage spheroids (total day 47) showed the expression of cortical layer markers: TBR1 (red)/SATB2 (green), BRN2 (red)/SATB2 (green). SATB2: cortical superficial layer II-IV. Hoechst: blue. The dashed lines indicate the locations of spheroids and the cortical layers. Scale bar: 100 μm. (F) Confocal images of histological sections of spheroids (total day 47) for β-tubulin III (green) and vascular marker CD31 (red). Scale bar: 50 μm.