Fig. 6
Endothelial tip cell selection and ectopic sprouting occur in the absence of filopodia. (A-F) Tg(Kdr-l:ras-Cherry)s916 zebrafish embryos injected with 15 ng control or Dll4 morpholino, treated with either 0.4% DMSO or 0.08 μg/ml Lat. B from 30 hpf and imaged at 49 hpf. (G-O) Tg(Kdr-l:ras-Cherry)s916 embryos injected with HSP:Vegfa165-IRES-nlsEGFP plasmid. (G-I′,M) Uninjected and injected embryos were heat shocked at 24 hpf, treated with 0.4% DMSO or 0.08 μg/ml Lat. B from 29 hpf, and examined at 47 hpf. (J-L′,N,O) Uninjected and injected embryos were heat shocked at 51 hpf, treated with 0.4% DMSO or 0.1 μg/ml Lat. B at 52 hpf, and examined at 76 hpf. Arrowheads indicate cells expressing nuclear EGFP and Vegfa165. Arrows highlight filopodia. Yellow arrows indicate ectopic sprout from the dorsal aorta. Asterisk indicates a cell expressing high levels of Vegfa165. DA, dorsal aorta; CV, caudal vein; ISV, intersomitic vessel. Scale bars: 20 μm. |