Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S1A,B: Statistics determined for total area of hypoxic regions in normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 1D). Twoway ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have a significant interaction effect on hypoxic area size (p=0.014, F-value=5.4) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=212.8) and Hif1a genotypes (p<0.001, F-value=1599.2). Displayed are Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.018 0.071 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S2A,B: Statistics determined for vessel density in normal and Hif1a conditional knockout (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 1E). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have a significant interaction effect on vessel density (p=0.04, F-value=3.9) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=24.5) and Hif1a genotypes (p<0.001, F-value=1092.9). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 0.035 < 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.005 0.002 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 1.000 0.102 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S3A,B: Statistics determined for brain volume of normal and Hif1a conditional knockout (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 1G). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effect on brain volume (p=0.75, F-value=0.3) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=72.2) and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.003, F-value=10.7). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.07 0.187 0.023 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.028 0.297 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S4: Statistics determined for the amount of Sox2+ cells in the VZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 2B). Twoway ANOVA with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effects on the amount of Sox2+ cells in the VZ (p=0.863, F-value=0.1) and no significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p=0.06, F-value=3.7), and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.375, F-value=0.8). (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.804 0.349 0.718 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 1.000 0.689 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.916 1.000 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.396 0.139 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S5A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of Tbr2+ cells in the SVZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 2C). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effect on amount of Tbr2+ cells in the SVZ (p=0.24, F-value=1.6) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=31.0) and no significant differences among Hif1a genotypes (p=0.774, F-value=0.1). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.114 0.375 0.897 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 0.130 1.000 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 0.003 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.007 0.002 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S6A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of Sox2+ cells in regions basal of the VZ (SVZ/IZ) of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 2D). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effect on amount of Sox2+ cells in regions basal of the VZ (p=0.118, F-value=2.6) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=16.5) and Hif1a genotypes (p<0.001, F-value=37.1). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.002 1.07 < 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 1.000 0.49 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.004 0.021 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.001 0.31 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S7A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of Sox2+/Tbr2+ cells in the IZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 2E). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have significant interaction effect on amount of Sox2+/Tbr2+ cells in the IZ (p=0.002, F-value=10.4) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=49.9) and Hif1a genotypes (p<0.001, F-value=45.3). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted P-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 < 0.001 0.587 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 1.000 < 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.001 0.716 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S8: Statistics determined for the amount of mitotic cells in VZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 4B). Twoway ANOVA with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effects on the amount of apical mitotic cells (p=0.723, F-value=0.3) and no significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p=0.184, F-value=1.8), and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.725, F-value=0.4). (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.264 0.899 0.850 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 1.000 0.238 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 1.000 0.585 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 1.000 1.000 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S9A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of mitotic cells in SVZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 4C). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have significant interaction effect on the amount of mitotic cells in SVZ (p=0.001, F-value=9.7) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=41.9) and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.013, F-value=7.0). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted P-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.160 0.160 < 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 < 0.001 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.005 < 0.001 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.005 0.058 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S10A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of mitotic cells in IZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Figure 4D). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have significant interaction effect on the amount of mitotic cells in IZ (p<0.001, F-value=20.0) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=26.1) and Hif1a genotypes (p<0.001, F-value=37.5). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted P-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.303 0.407 < 0.001 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 0.144 0.094 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 0.658 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 0.909 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S11A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of TUNEL+ cells in the VZ/SVZ/IZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain after different oxygen exposures (Supplementary Figure S2B). Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc t-test and Bonferroni adjustment with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have significant interaction effect on amount of TUNEL+ cells in the VZ/SVZ/IZ (p=0.156, F-value=2.1) and significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p<0.001, F-value=345.3) and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.073, F-value=3.6). Displayed are the Bonferroni-adjusted p-values. (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 10% O2 21% O2 75% O2 0.063 0.587 0.077 B normal Hif1a CKO 10% O2 vs. 21% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 10% O2 vs. 75% O2 < 0.001 < 0.001 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 0.517 0.97 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S12A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of intermediate cells in the SVZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain at E12 after different oxygen exposures (Supplementary Figure S4C). Two-way ANOVA with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effect on the amount of intermediate cells in the SVZ at E12 (p=0.234, F-value=1.6) and no significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p=0.096, F-value=3.6) and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.183, F-value=2.1). (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 21% O2 75% O2 0.906 0.088 B 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 normal Hif1a CKO 0.682 0.06 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Table S13A,B: Statistics determined for the amount of mitotic intermediate cells in the SVZ of normal and Hif1a conditional knock-out (CKO) forebrain at E12 after different oxygen exposures (Supplementary Figure S4D). Two-way ANOVA with atmospheric oxygen concentrations and Hif1a genotype as fixed factors revealed that atmospheric oxygen concentration and Hif1a genotype have no significant interaction effect on the amount of mitotic intermediate cells in the SVZ (p=0.633, F-value=0.24) and no significant differences among atmospheric oxygen concentrations (p=0.633, F-value=0.24) and Hif1a genotypes (p=0.074, F-value=3.8). (A) Significances among the different genotypes. (B) Significances among the different atmospheric oxygen concentrations. Bold values indicate significant differences. A normal vs. Hif1a CKO 21% O2 75% O2 0.319 0.109 B 21% O2 vs. 75% O2 normal Hif1a CKO 1.000 0.502 Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Supplementary Materials and Methods Animals and genotyping For experiments, we crossed Hif1aflox/flox mice with Hif1aflox/flox Nestin-Cre+/- conditional knockout mice. The embryos were distinguished by genotyping for the corresponding allele using PCR (Fig. 1B). For identification of the mutation, genomic DNA from the tails of E16 embryos was isolated according to the manual (DNeasy Blood & Tissue Kit, Qiagen). DNA was then used for genotyping using standard PCR as described (Tomita et al., 2003). Hif1a αflox/flox mice were a kind gift from Shuhei Tomita, MD, PhD. All adult mice types showed no identifiable phenotypes and had a normal lifespan. Oxygen treatment Animal cages were placed into an oxygen chamber (InerTec AG) and oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations were measured and controlled using integrated probes in the same chamber. Both oxygen concentrations were non-lethal for the animals and no behavioural abnormalities were observed during the intervention. To assess the tissue oxygen tension within the prenatal brain, we injected the chemical reagent pimonidazole hydrochloride (hypoxyprobe, hpi) 1h before sacrifice (Fig. 1A). Pimonidiazole is reductively activated in hypoxic cells with an oxygen level of less than 1.1% O2 and form a stable adduct which is detectable by a specific antibody (Raleigh et al., 1987). To screen the oxygen supply to the brains of the offspring, pregnant mice were intravenously injected with hypoxyprobe at 60 mg/kg body weight. After 1 hour incubation, embryonic brains were dissected, fixed overnight in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) in phosphate buffered salin (PBS) and then appropriate placed in 30% sucrose/1x PBS mix for cryoprotection. Brains were snap-frozen and sectioned coronally at 20 µm (Leica) and collected on Superfrost Ultra Plus coated glass slides (Menzel) for immunhistochemical analysis. To investigate the role of brain tissue oxygen tension on earlier stages of cortical neurogenesis (SVZ development), brains of normal and Hif1a knockout litters were examined after exposing pregnant mice to normoxic (21%) or hyperoxic (75%) conditions from E10 to E12 similar as described above. Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Birth-dating study and immunohistochemistry For BrdU immunostaining, sections were washed in TBS, permeabilized in 1.5 N HCl at 37°C for 30 min, washed 3 times with TBS, blocked in 0.2% TritonX-100 (ThermoSCIENTIFIC) containing 8% donkey serum (Jackson ImmunoResearch) (TBS+), then incubated in rat antiBrdU (1:200, Abcam, ab6326) overnight at 4°C in 3% donkey serum (TBS+). For immunohistochemistry, staining was performed on 20 µm thick sections. After antigen retrieval using heating procedure in 0,01M sodium citrate at PH6.0 (Dako REAL) in a standard microwave, sections were washed in TBS and blocked for 30 minutes at room temperature. Then they were incubated overnight with primary antibodies at 4°C. The following primary antibodies were used in this study: rabbit anti-NeuN (Rbfox3) (1:800, Millipore, ABN78), rabbit anti-Tbr1 (1:100, Millipore, AB10554), rat anti-Ctip2 (1:250, Abcam, ab18465), goat anti-Sox2 (1:200, Santa Cruz, sc-17319), mouse anti-phospho-H3 (1:150, Cell Signaling TECHNOLOGY, 9706S) and rabbit anti-Tbr2 (1:100, Abcam, ab23345), p-Vimentin (1:500, Abcam, ab22651), Cux1 (Bcl11b) (1:350, Santa Cruz, sc13024). Afterwards sections were washed, blocked and incubated for 1 h in secondary antibodies blocking solution at room temperature. Secondary antibodies were Alexa488conjugated donkey anti-rat IgG, Alexa488-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG, Alexa555conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG, Alexa555-conjugated donkey anti-goat IgG, Alexa647conjugated donkey anti-mouse IgG, Alexa647-conjugated donkey anti-rat IgG (1:500, all from Molecular Probes). Sections were then washed again and mounted with Fluoromount G mounting medium (BIOZOL). Nuclei were stained using bisbenzimide H33258 fluorochrome trihydrochloride (Hoechst; Invitrogen, H3570). To identify fragmented DNA of apoptotic cells, embryonic frozen forebrain sections were labelled using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated UTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay (Roche), for 1h at 37°C. TUNEL positive cells were detected by fluorescence (FITC, 520 nm) and imaged using Spinning disc microscope and ZEN blue software (Carl Zeiss Microscopy). For Hypoxyprobe/von Willebrand factor (vWF) immunofluorescence, unspecific binding sites were blocked by 30 min incubation with TBS+. Sections were subsequently incubated for 2 hours with Hypoxyprobe-FITC (1:150, hpi) and von Willebrand factor (1:100, Chemicon, AB7356) from rabbit in TBS+. Afterwards, 90 min incubation with the secondary antibody Alexa Fluor anti-rabbit 555 (Molecular probes, A31572) diluted 1:500 in TBS+ was performed. Again, cell nuclei were stained with Hoechst staining (Invitrogen, H3570) and Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material sections were mounted with Fluoromount mounting medium (BIOZOL) and stored at 4o C before imaging. For all stainings, a minimum of four control and mutant samples were analysed for each marker. Image Acquisition and quantitative measurements NeuN immunostained images taken with a 20× objective were used for the calculation of the radial thickness of the cortical plate. To that end, the distance from the subplate/ cortical plate boundary to pia were measured at approximately 5 positions on the medial sections of the embryonic telencephalon (100 µm intervals), beginning at the rostral side of the dorsal lateral ventricles to the caudal side. The percentage of the several cortical layers was determined in a 250 µm-wide columns using specific markers. Mitotic (pH3+) cells were separately counted at the ventricular surface (apical progenitors), in the SVZ and OSVZ at 20× magnification. TUNEL+ cells were separately counted in the neurogenic regions and cortical plate in both Hif1α genotypes in the various oxygen conditions. Quantification of BrdU+/NeuN+ cells within the cortical plate was performed on 250 µm wide-fields. Coronal forebrain sections were immunolabeled using antibodies to BrdU and NeuN. The numbers of BrdU+/Ctip2+ and BrdU+/Ctip2- cells were determined within the subplate and deeper layers of the cortical plate and BrdU+/Cux1+ cells in the upper layer on 250 µm wide-columns of the cortical plate. Multiple z-stack images were acquired from the dorsal telencephalon and analysed using Fiji software (NIH). Cell counts occurred from three to eight age-matched embryos per oxygen condition. All double stainings were confirmed by parallel viewing of the two different optic channels and/or using the orthogonal view plug-in using the Fiji software (NIH). For analysis of the various progenitor populations, Sox2 and Tbr2 expressing cells in the VZ and SVZ and more basal of these zones were counted in 250 µm wide-columns. The quantification of Tbr2+ intermediate progenitor cells and their mitosis in the E12 forebrain was performed on 200-μm-wide fields. Tbr2/pH3 double-immunofluorescence images were used to determine the number of mitotic cells in the embryonic telencephalon located at the basal side of the ventricle. Vessel density per area was quantified from E12, E14 and E16 embryonic medial telencephalon sections stained with the vessel marker von Willebrand factor (vWF). For each Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material image, the percentage of vWF stained blood vessels was counted and offset to the estimated area (excluding the ventricular volume) using Fiji software (NIH). For hypoxic tissue measurement, the area of positive pixels for pimonidazole was quantified using the Fiji-plugin “3D cell counter” and defined threshold criteria. The whole brain volume of E12, E14 and E16 brains was analysed using a computer coupled to a Zeiss Axioplan 2 with StereoInvestigator software (NIH). In this study we used one series of sections and stained with hematoxylin/eosin. For the measurement of the brain size, every twelfth section was taken, starting from the rostral part of the telencephalon throughout the beginning of the hindbrain. The outline of every brain section was carried out at 5× magnification. The volume was estimated by the product of the total volume of all tissue slice profiles and section thickness. Development | Supplementary Material Development 142: doi:10.1242/dev.121939: Supplementary Material Supplementary References Raleigh, J. A., Miller, G. G., Franko, A. J., Koch, C. J., Fuciarelli, A. F. and Kelly, D. A. (1987). Fluorescence immunohistochemical detection of hypoxic cells in spheroids and tumours. British journal of cancer 56, 395-400. Tomita, S., Ueno, M., Sakamoto, M., Kitahama, Y., Ueki, M., Maekawa, N., Sakamoto, H., Gassmann, M., Kageyama, R., Ueda, N., et al. (2003). Defective brain development in mice lacking the Hif-1alpha gene in neural cells. Molecular and cellular biology 23, 6739-6749. Development | Supplementary Material
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