Figure 4.
Transcription dynamics of major satellites in peri-implantation embryos assessed by RNA-FISH. (a, b) left panels show the Z-projection of whole embryos processed for immuno-RNA-FISH at E3.5 (a) and E4.0 (b). Scale bar represents 20 µm. EPI cells are either identified with NANOG staining (lower left panels, a and b) or morphologically (c). Lower right panels show zoomed-in nuclei of both embryonic or extra-embryonic lineages, with DAPI (blue) and major satellite (red) signals. Scale bar is 5 µm. (d) Proportion of cells in EPI or Extra-embryonic lineages exhibiting 0, 1–2, 3–4 and 5 or more (5 +) RNA-FISH foci per cell at the different indicated blastocyst stages (3400 nuclei analysed). Graphs were generated using ggplot256 (v3.3.5) in R and figures were arranged with FigureJ55 in Fiji54 (v1.53c).