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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Neurosci. 2021 Nov 4;24(12):1721–1732. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00939-w

Extended Data Fig. 3. Controls for transsynaptic tracing experiments.

Extended Data Fig. 3

(A) Experimental strategy to confirm Cre-dependent expression of AAVs-FLEX encoding rabies glycoprotein and TVA.mCherry in DLS, as well as dependence of EnVA-N2cΔG-tdTomato infection on expression of TVA. The AAVs were injected into wild type mice, followed by injection of rabies. (B-D) Photomicrographs illustrating the absence of any mCherry or tdTomato labeling in the brain. Representative of N=3. (E) Experimental strategy to confirm Cre-dependent expression of AAVs-FLEX encoding rabies glycoprotein and TVA.mCherry in the spinal cord, as well as dependence of EnVA-N2cΔG-FlpO.mCherry infection on expression of TVA. (F-G) Photomicrographs illustrating the absence of any mCherry or tdTomato labeling in the spinal cord or brain. Representative of N=3. (H) Experimental strategy to confirm dependency of transsynaptic spread on rabies glycoprotein, in the DLS. AAV-FLEX-TVA.mCherry was injected into DLS of D1-Cre mice. AAV-FLEX-N2cG was omitted from the injection. (I-K) Injecting EnVA-N2cΔG-tdTomato led to local tdTomato expression, but no expression in presynaptic inputs to DLS. Representative of N=1. (L) Experimental strategy to confirm dependency of transsynaptic spread on rabies glycoprotein, in the spinal cord. AAV-FLEX-TVA.mCherry was injected into spinal cord of GAD2-Cre mice. (M-O) Injecting EnVA-N2cΔG-FlpO.mCherry led to local mCherry expression, but no expression in presynaptic inputs to spinal cord. Representative of N=3.