Fig. 3

ascl1b-expressing cells give rise exclusively to endocrine cells of both dorsal and ventral bud. a–e', h–i' Genetic lineage tracing using the Cre-loxP system. a Schematic representation of the genetic lineage tracing experiments. The transgenic line Tg(ascl1b:eGFP-creER ^T2 ) was crossed with the Tg(ubi:loxP-eGFP-loxP-mCherry) line, abbreviated Tg(ubi:Switch), or with the Tg(ubi:loxP-AmCyan-loxP-ZsYellow) line, abbreviated Tg(ubi:CSY), treated with 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4OHT) at 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 hpf (b–e') or at 13, 14, and 17 dpf (h–i') and fixed for analysis at the indicated times. Black triangles in a represent loxP sites. b–e' Immunodetection of CRE-mediated rec markers (ZsYellow or mCherry, red) and Isl1 (b–b"), Ins (c–c"), Gcg (d–d"), or Nkx6.1 (e, e') in 4OHT-treated embryos (green). The dotted white line delimits the pancreas (e'). Yellow arrows point to cells co-expressing rec marker (ZsYellow or mCherry) and the respective hormones (Ins or Gcg). f–g' Short-term lineage tracing: immunodetection of GFP and the Ins and Gcg hormones in 5-dpf Tg(ascl1b:eGFP-creER ^T2 ) embryos treated from 3 to 5 dpf with DMSO (f, f') or with the Notch signaling inhibitor, LY411575 (g, g'). Yellow arrows in g' point to GFP+/Ins+/Gcg+ secondary endocrine cells found in the IPDs. h–i' Immunodetection at 20 dpf of the CRE-mediated rec marker mCherry together with Ins and Gcg in 4OHT-treated larvae. All views are ventral with the anterior part to the left and represent z-plane confocal images (b–d") or confocal projection images (e–i'). Scale bars = 20 μm