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. 2021 Jun 15;12:3646. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23934-y

Fig. 5. TSSC4 downregulation increases the accumulation of U4, U5, and U6 snRNAs in Cajal bodies.

Fig. 5

a Knockdown of TSSC4 by RNAi increased the accumulation of U4, U5, and U6 snRNAs in Cajal bodies. snRNAs detected by in situ hybridization (turquoise), Cajal bodies visualized by immunodetection of their marker coilin (red). Cajal bodies marked by arrows are enlarged 3 times in insets. Scale bars represent 10 μm. b Quantification of Cajal body accumulation. The fluorescence signal of in situ hybridization probes in Cajal bodies was normalized to signal in the nucleoplasm and shown in a box plot (center line—median; box limits—1st and 3rd quartiles; whiskers—5th and 95th percentile or 2.5th and 97.5th percentile for U2, U4 snRNAs, or U5, U6 snRNAs, respectively). Two lowest and two highest values are depicted as separate dots in each box plot. The number of analyzed cells is shown at the bottom of the diagram. Data for U2 and U4 snRNAs were measured in one experiment, data for U5 and U6 snRNAs were obtained in two biologically independent experiments. Statistical significance was determined by the two-tailed T test, and all P values lower than 0.0001 are indicated by ****. Original values for box plots are provided in the Source Data file.