Adult zebrafish ventricles were isolated and fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (4°C overnight on shaker). The next day, the hearts were washed three times, 10 min each wash, in 4% sucrose phosphate buffer, after which they were incubated at room temperature for at least 5 h in 30% sucrose phosphate buffer until the hearts sank. Then, they were embedded in cryo-medium (OCT). The hearts were cryosectioned at 10 μm thickness using a Thermo Scientific Cryostar NX70 cryostat. Primary antibodies used were: anti-PCNA (Dako, M0879; 1:800), anti-Mef2c (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, SC313 or Biorbyt, orb256682; both 1:1000), anti-tropomyosin (Sigma-Aldrich, 122M4822; 1:400), Living Colors anti-DsRed (Clontech, 632496; 1:100), anti-RFP (Novus Biologicals, 42649; 1:100), anti-Prrx1 (gift from the Tenaka lab; Gerber et al., 2018; Oliveira et al., 2017; 1:200), mouse IgG2b anti-Dendra2 [Origene, TA180094, clone OTI1G6 (for Wt1b H2B dendra); 1:400], chicken polyclonal anti-GFP [Abcam, ab13970 (for Tbx18 myr GFP); 1:200]. Secondary antibodies were: anti-chicken Alexa 488 (Thermo Fisher, A21133; 1:500), anti-rabbit Alexa 555 (Thermo Fisher, A21127; 1:500), anti-mouse Cy5 (Jackson ImmunoResearch, 118090; 1:500), anti-mouse IgG2b Alexa 647 (Jackson ImmunoResearch, 102371; 1:100). Nuclei were stained using 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) or Hoechst 405 staining. Images of immunofluorescence staining are single optical planes acquired with a Leica SP8 confocal microscope.
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