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. 2022 Aug 25;610(7930):143–153. doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05246-3

Fig. 2. ETiX embryoids develop anterior brain and patterned neural tube.

Fig. 2

a,b, Ventral view (main image) of day 7 ETiX embryoids after static culture (a) and E8.0 natural embryo (b) showing SOX1-positive neural folds and neural tube extending from the anterior towards the Brachyury-positive posterior. Optical yz (bottom) and xz (right) sections show notochord lying below the neural tube (n = 11 day 7 ETiX embryoids from 4 experiments, n = 3 E8.0 embryos). Scale bars, 100 μm c, Dot plot showing average levels and proportion of cells expressing indicated genes in selected tissues of natural embryos and ETiX embryoids (from inDrops scRNA-seq data). Epi, epiblast. d,e, Lateral view of day 8 ETiX embryoid (d) and E8.5 natural embryo (e) showing FOXG1 in telencephalon and OTX2 in forebrain and midbrain (n = 4 ETiX8 from 3 experiments; n = 2 E8.5 embryos). Scale bars, 100 μm. f, Coronal view of neural tube sections showing dorso–ventral patterning in day 8 ETiX embryoids. Sections reveal pan-neural markers (SOX1 and SOX2), dorsal markers (PAX6 and PAX3), ventral markers (FOXA2, OLIG2 and NKX2-2) and neural crest markers (SOX10 and PAX3). Scale bars, 50 μm. n = 3 ETiX8 from 3 experiments. g, Subclustered UMAP of neural progenitors highlighting neural subtypes from tiny-sci-RNA-seq. h, Individual UMAPs showing the contribution of each timepoint to global UMAP in g. i, The proportion of cell types in g in each individual day 8 ETiX embryoid sequenced by tiny-sci-RNA-seq. MHB, midbrain–hindbrain boundary.

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