A. IF images of Porcupine (red) in wild type uninjured and repairing airway epithelia. ICZ = Intercartilaginous zone.
B. Experimental schematic outlining tamoxifen administration, oropharyngeal aspiration (o.a.) of polidocanol injury, BrdU administration, and euthanasia of Porcnfl/fl and K5-CreER;Porcnfl/fl transgenic mice.
C. Quantification of percentage of K5+ GFP+ double-positive cells that are from K5-CreER;Porcnfl/fl transgenic mice treated with tamoxifen as outlined in Figure 3B.
D. IF images of uninjured and 48hpi mouse airway epithelia of Porcnfl/fl and K5-CreER;Porcnfl/fl transgenic mice assessing BrdU incorporation. Bottom images of a given timepoint are magnifications of outlined white box in top images.
E. Quantification of percentage of BrdU+ K5+ mABSCs at 48hpi of Porcnfl/fl and K5-CreER;Porcnfl/fl transgenic mice. n.s. = not significant.
F. IF images of uninjured, 48hpi, 72hpi, and 96hpi mouse airway epithelia of Porcnfl/fl and K5-CreER;Porcnfm transgenic mice assessing emergence K8+ early progenitors.
G. Quantification of percentage of K8+ early progenitors from uninjured, 48hpi, 72hpi, and 96hpi mouse airway epithelia of Porcnfl/fl and K5-CreER;Porcnfl/f transgenic mice.
Bar graph represents SEM, n = 3–6. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 by Student’s t test.