Extended Data Fig. 2. Intravital 2-photon imaging does not affect proliferation or lineage commitment of Gli1-targeted NSCs.
a, Explanatory scheme of the different parameters extracted from lineage data of the imaged clones. b, Comparison of cell proliferation in contralateral and ipsilateral side in Gli1 mice after 2 months of 2-photon imaging (dorsal DG, horizontal sections). c, Quantification of Ki67+ cells and Ki67+ tdTom+ cells in contra- and ipsilateral side. Horizontal sections, first 360 μm of DG are considered (Ki67+ ipsilateral: 1345 ± 235.7, n = 3 mice; Ki67+ contralateral: 1278 ± 252.2, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.2631; df = 2; p = 0.817, two-tailed. Ki67+/tdTom+ ipsilateral: 28 ± 11.06, n = 3 mice; Ki67+/tdTom+ contralateral: 68.33 ± 26.1, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 2.678; df = 2; p = 0.116, two-tailed). d, Percentage of Ki67+ tdTom+/tdTom+ cells in contra- and ipsilateral side (ipsilateral: 7.26 ± 1.84, n = 4 mice; contralateral: 8.58 ± 0.63, n = 4 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.895; df = 3; p = 0.436, two-tailed). e, Percentage of tdTom+ Hopx+ Ki67+/tdTom+ Hopx+ cells in contra- and ipsilateral side (ipsilateral: 9.0 ± 1.83, n = 3 mice; contralateral: 9.63 ± 1.91, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.392; df = 2; p = 0.733, two-tailed). f, Comparison of the number and identity of tdTom+ cells in contralateral and ipsilateral side in Gli1 mice after 2 months of 2-photon imaging (dorsal DG, horizontal sections). g, Quantification of tdTom+ neurons and Sox2+ tdTom+ glial cells in contra- and ipsilateral side. Horizontal sections, first 360 μm of DG are considered (tdTom+ ipsilateral: 475.3 ± 45.16, n = 3 mice; tdTom+ contralateral: 424.7 ± 128.2, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.475; df = 2; p = 0.681, two-tailed. tdTom+ SOX2+ ipsilateral: 279.3 ± 36.5, n=3 mice; tdTom+ Sox2+ contralateral: 293 ± 75.5, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.345; df = 2; p = 0.762, two-tailed). h, Percentage of Sox2+ tdTom+/tdTom+ in contra- and ipsilateral side (ipsilateral: 36.93 ± 3.78, n = 3 mice; contralateral: 41.49 ± 2.49, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 1.347; df = 2; p = 0.31, two-tailed). i, Quantification of the DG area covered by GFAP+ cells/area tot in Gli1 contra- and ipsilateral side at 2 weeks after surgery (ipsilateral: 0.77 ± 0.03, n = 3 mice; contralateral: 0.73 ± 0.01, n = 3 mice; Paired t -test: t = 2.004; df = 2; p = 0.183, two-tailed). j, Quantification of the DG area covered by Iba1+ cells/area tot in Gli1 contra- and ipsilateral side at 2 weeks after surgery (ipsilateral: 0.51 ± 0.05, n = 3 mice; contralateral: 0.5 ± 0.04, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 0.677; df = 2; p = 0.568, two-tailed). k, Quantification of the DG area covered by GFAP+ cells/area tot in Gli1 contra- and ipsilateral side at 2.5 months after surgery (ipsilateral: 0.79 ± 0.03, n = 3 mice; contralateral: 0.83 ± 0.02, n = 3 mice; Paired t-test: t = 1.654; df = 2; p = 0.24, two-tailed). Values are shown as mean ± s.e.m. Scale bars represent 100 μm (b, f). For detailed statistics, see Supplementary Table 5.1