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. 2022 May 2;25(5):596–606. doi: 10.1038/s41593-022-01052-2

Extended Data Fig. 6. Increased callosal oligodendroglial cell density and equivalent callosal axon density in Scn8a+/mut mice.

Extended Data Fig. 6

(a) Callosal volumes for Scn8a+/+ and Scn8a+/mut mice. P21: Scn8a+/+=4 mice; Scn8a+/mut=4 mice. P45: Scn8a+/+=8 mice, Scn8a+/mut=8 mice. One-way ANOVA: F(3,20)=8.443; p=0.0008. Sidak’s post-hoc test, Scn8a+/mut vs Scn8a+/+ at P45, p=0.0027. At P21, p=0.94. (b) Oligodendrocytes in the body of the corpus callosum in P45 mice, normalized to callosal volume (Scn8a+/+ n=8 mice; Scn8a+/mut n=6 mice). Two-tailed t-test, p=0.017. Apoptotic OPCs (c) and apoptotic mature oligodendrocytes (d) in P45 Scn8a+/+ and Scn8a+/mut were labeled with TUNEL staining. (c) Scn8a+/+ n=4 mice, Scn8a+/mut n=4 mice, two-tailed t-test: p=0.3471. (d) Scn8a+/+ n=4 mice, Scn8a+/mut n=4 mice, two-tailed t-test: p=0.3625. (e) Total number of callosal axons (myelinated and unmyelinated) per electron micrograph (field) in Scn8a+/+ and Scn8a+/mut mice. P21: Scn8a+/+=3 mice; Scn8a+/mut=3 mice. P45: Scn8a+/+=4 mice; Scn8a+/mut=4 mice. One-way ANOVA revealed no significant variance in total axon number among the four groups, F(3, 10)=4.047, p=0.04. Sidak’s post-hoc test, Scn8a+/mut vs Scn8a+/+ at P45, p=0.37. At P21, p=0.13. Scn8a+/+ mice are indicated by black dots and Scn8a+/mut mice are indicated by red dots. Data are shown with group means ± SEM. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, n.s.=nonsignificant (p>0.05).

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