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. 2021 Feb 19;12:1160. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21429-4

Fig. 8. Insulin receptor signaling drives developmental clearance of PDF-Tri neurons.

Fig. 8

a Whole brains (5 DPE) labeled with anti-PDF in the control (w; InRwildtype(HR), right) and the insulin receptor (InR) mutant (w; InRE19(HR), left). The PDF+ adult-persistent ventral lateral neurons (LNvs) within the lateral brain optic lobes serve as valuable internal controls for both brain labeling and orientation. The developmentally transient PDF-Tri neurons along the central brain midline are absent in the matched genetic background controls, but persist when the InR signaling function is eliminated (arrows). Scale bar: 50 μm. b Quantification of anti-PDF area (left) and PDF+ puncta (right) in the two genotypes. Area: two-sided t test, p = 0.0002, 39.84 ± 10.94 n = 19 control, 168.4 ± 28.86 n = 19 InRE19(HR). Puncta: two-sided Mann–Whitney, p < 0.0001, 6.563 ± 1.891 n = 16 control, 41.00 ± 6.841 n = 19 InRE19(HR). Scatter plot graphs show mean ± SEM. Sample size is n = number of animals. Significance: p < 0.001 (***) and p < 0.0001 (****). Source data for this figure are provided in Source Data file.