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. 2021 Oct 22;10:e67292. doi: 10.7554/eLife.67292

Figure 1. Goblet cell associated antigen passage (GAP) formation is an active endocytic process dependent on actin polymerization, microtubule transport, and phosphoinositide three kinase (PI3K).

(A) Intravital two-photon imaging, (B) wide-field fluorescent imaging, and (C) super-resolution structured illumination microscopy (SIM) imaging of the small intestine (SI) of CX3CR1GFP (green) or ItgaxYFP (green) reporter mice following luminal administration of 10 kDa tetramethylrodamine (TRITC)-dextran (red) or Texas Red-Ovalbumin (OVA; red). (D) Quantification of GAPs per SI villus cross section in mice treated with vehicle (n = 6), Dyngo 4a (n = 5), dynasore (n = 4), LY294002 (n = 5), cytochalasin D (Cyt D, n = 5), colchicine (n = 6), ciliobrevin D (Cil D, n = 5), or dimethylenastron (DMEA, n = 5) followed by intraluminal administration of 10 kDa TRITC-dextran. (E) Wide-field fluorescent imaging of the SI following intraluminal administration of FM 1–43FX (green) for 1 hr. Goblet cells are visualized by wheat germ agglutinin (WGA-Texas Red) (red). (F) Confocal fluorescent imaging of the SI following intraluminal administration of FM 1–43FX (green) and dextran-Alexa647 (red). (G) Wide-field fluorescent imaging of the SI following intraluminal administration of FM 1–43FX (green) and dextran-Alexa647 (red). Asterisk denotes goblet cell, arrow denotes enterocyte, arrows in zoomed in pictures denotes endosomal structures double positive for FM 1–43FX and dextran-Alexa647 in enterocytes. (H) Wide-field fluorescent imaging of the SI following intraluminal administration of TRITC-dextran (red) stained for early endosome protein 1 (EEA1) (green). Arrows denote endosomal structures double positive for TRITC-dextran and EEA1 in enterocytes. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 as compared to vehicle treated mice. Scale bar: (A) 50 µm, (B) 25 µm, (C) 10 µm, (E–H) 25 µm. (C and F) represent 3D projections of obtained z-stacks. Statistical analysis was performed using a one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnet’s post-hoc test. A–B, E, G–H n = 6, C, F n = 4. Each point in panel D represents the average number of GAPs from 25 villi in one mouse.

Figure 1.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1. Effect of goblet cell-associated antigen passage (GAP) inhibition on tissue integrity.

Figure 1—figure supplement 1.

Wide-field fluorescent imaging of small intestine tissues treated with (A) vehicle, (B) Dyngo 4a, (C) dynasore, (D) LY294002, (E) cytochalasin D, (F) colchicine, (G) ciliobrevin D, (H) dimethylenastron (DMEA) followed by intraluminal injection of 10 kDa tetramethylrodamine (TRITC)-dextran. Scale bar 50 µm. n = 6 in A and F, n = 5 in B, D, E, G, n = 4 in C. Arrows denote GAPs.