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Fig. 5. TBX5 depletion leads to a disruption in cardiac myofibril structure. Cardiomyocyte structure in transverse sections through the hearts of (A,C,E,G) CMO or (B,D,F,H) T5MO stage 37 embryos, as detected by immunostaining for (A,B) cardiac troponin T (cTNT), (C,D) MHC, (E,F) actin or (G,H) Tmy. (I,K,M) Stage 37 CMO or (J,L,N) T5MO embryos double-immunostained for tropomyosin (green) and (I,J) fibronectin, (K,L) fibrillin or (M,N) β-catenin, all shown in red. Note increase in fibrillin staining on the walls of the chamber of T5MO hearts relative to CMO (compare panel K to L, white arrows) and ectoptic expression of fibronectin, shown by white arrow, in the dorsal portion of the heart in panel J relative to panel I. (O,P) High magnification confocal images of hearts from (O) CMO or (P) T5MO stage 37 embryos. Note that formation of organized cardiac muscle bundles in T5MO hearts is limited to a single cluster adjacent to the cardiac lumen. (Q-S) Representative transmission electron micrographs of transverse images of stage 37 embryos taken from (Q) CMO cardiac tissue or (R) T5MO cardiac tissue adjacent to the pericardial cavity and (S) T5MO cardiac tissue adjacent to the cardiac lumen. Cardiac muscle fibrils are shown pseudo-colored in yellow. Note that sarcomeres in T5MO hearts can only be identified adjacent to the cardiac lumen (compare R with S) and only found in concentric arrays. By contrast, CMO-derived hearts show both longitudinal and concentric arrays (compare Q with S). High-magnification TEM images reveal the ultrastructures of (T) CMO and (U) T5MO cardiac sarcomeres. Arrows denote A-bands. Note the smaller, non-continuous A-bands in the T5MO-derived sarcomeres (U). (V) Traces of the heart sections from CMO and T5MO embryos imaged by TEM are depicted schematically. Yellow circles represent the location of TEM imaging. Scale bars: 50 μm in A-N; 2 μm in Q-S; 0.2 μm in T,U. Image published in: Goetz SC et al. (2006) Copyright © 2006. Image reproduced with permission of the Publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Gene Synonyms Species Stage(s) Tissue fn1.S fibronectin, gene C, LOC121393057, MGC97508 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 heart fbn1.L fibrillin, xf X. laevis Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 heart tpm1.L alpha-tm, alpha-tropomyosin, CH1, LOC397944 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 myocardium heart tnni3 cardiac tropin T, cardiac troponin I, cTnI, ctnIc, cTNT, c-troponin, TIc, TnIc, tnnic, troponin-ic, XcTnI, XTnIc Xenopus Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 myocardium heart myh1 E19 Xenopus Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 myocardium heart actc1 actc, actna1, cardiac actin, cardiac alpha actin, muscle actin Xenopus Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 myocardium heart ctnnb1.S B-catenin, beta catenin, beta-catenin, ctnnb1-a, ctnnb1-b, β-catenin X. laevis Throughout NF stage 37 and 38 heart Image source: Published Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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