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. 2020 Jun 5;11:2835. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16696-6

Fig. 7. mTORC1 inhibition ameliorates hypermyelination caused by loss of Rab35.

Fig. 7

a Loss of Rab35 protein expression in Schwann cell/DRG neuron co-culture explants from Rab35 WT and cKOSC mouse embryos, One sample two-tailed Student’s t-test with a theoretical mean of 1, p < 0.0001, t = 25, df = 4, n = 3 WT, and n = 5 cKOSC DRG pools of at least 10 explants each. b Representative confocal images of myelin-forming Schwann cell/DRG neuron co-culture explants from Rab35 WT, wild-type (Rab35flox/flox) and cKOSC mouse embryos either left untreated (NT) or treated with Rapamycin (RAPA). DAPI staining shows Schwann cell nuclei; NF-M staining, neurofilament, and Mbp, myelin basic protein to detect myelin segments. c Levels of p-S6 in WT and cKOSC DRG explants following 2 and 5 days of ascorbic acid treatment in differentiating conditions. n = 1 independent experiment. d Quantification of the number of Mbp-positive myelin segments in co-culture explants from Rab35 WT and cKOSC embryos either left untreated (NT) or treated with Rapamycin (RAPA): WT (NT): 27.18 ± 3.22, n = 8 DRG/coverslips; WT (RAPA): 54.51 ± 7.641, n = 9 DRG/coverslips; cKOSC (NT): 15.38 ± 1.2, n = 11 DRG/coverslips; cKOSC (RAPA): 32.79 ± 4.26, n = 9 DRG/coverslips, one-way non-parametric ANOVA followed by Dunn’s Multiple Comparison Test, p < 0.0001. e Representative confocal images and f quantification of the fraction of Mbp-positive fibers carrying myelin abnormalities in Rab35 cKOSC explants either left untreated (NT) or treated with Rapamycin (RAPA). Asterisks mark Mbp-positive fibers carrying abnormalities. cKOSC (NT): 32.62 ± 3.42, n = 330 fibers in n = 11 coverslips/DRG explants; cKOSC (RAPA): 12.73 ± 1.89, n = 311 fibers in n = 9 coverslips/DRG explants, ***p = 0.0004, two-tailed nonparametric Mann–Whitney test. Data represent mean ± SEM. Bar in b is 91 µm and in e 35 µm. See Source Data file for numerical source data and unprocessed blots.