HCAR1 positive cells in dentate gyrus, CA3 and cerebellum. Analysis of
brain tissue from reporter mouse line expressing mRFP under the HCAR1
promoter revealed scattered mRFP-positive cells in several regions of
the brain. (a) Using a 2-photon microscope, endogenous mRFP signal on
fresh 300 µm acute slice was found in the GC layer and the hilus of the
DG, in the CA3, and in the Purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum. (b)
Using anti-mRFP immunohistochemistry to reveal HCAR1-mRFP positive
cells, mRFP expression was found in the hilus of the DG as well as in
the inner molecular layer, in the CA3, and in the Purkinje, molecular,
and granular cell layer of the cerebellum. Alexa 680 secondary antibody
staining is shown in red and nuclei (Hoechst) in blue. (c) Using in situ
hybridization (RNAscope™), HCAR1 mRNA transcript was found in the hilus
and in the GC layer of the DG, in the CA3, and mainly in the granule and
Purkinje cell layer. HCAR1 transcript is shown in red and nuclei (DAPI)
in blue. GC = granule cell layer, H = hilus, ML = molecular layer,
PC = Purkinje cell.