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Supplemental Figure 1.
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Supplemental Figure 1. Characterization of the Heg1 gene and predicted HEG1
amino acid sequence. The mouse Heg gene contains 17 exons and is expressed as three
alternatively spliced mRNAs: a full length transcript that encodes a type I transmembrane
receptor with a highly conserved 110 amino acid cytoplasmic tail, a near full length
transcript without exons 3 and 4, and a secreted splice variant encoding the signal peptide
and the first four exons. (a) A schematic of the murine Heg1 locus on chromosome 16 is
shown. Red lines indicate alternative splice variants detected using RT-PCR in mouse
embryos. A cryptic splice site is present in exon 4 that drives splicing to the full length
receptor mRNA. Gray boxes indicate 3’ untranslated regions for the truncated and full
length Heg1 transcripts. (b) Alignment of the predicted mouse and zebrafish HEG1
amino acid sequences. The signal peptide (SP) is indicated by a green line. The
transmembrane domain (TM) is indicated by a red line. The point of truncation for the
HEG1ΔC receptor is marked by a blue line. Note the high level of conservation of the
HEG1 intracellular carboxy tail.
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Supplemental Figure 2.
Supplemental Figure 2. Expression of Heg1 in the developing cerebral mouse
vasculature. (a–d) Digoxigenin in situ hybridization of E14.5 mouse embryos
demonstrates that Heg1 is expressed in the vasculature of the developing brain in a
pattern similar to that of the endothelial marker Pecam1 (asterisks indicate neural tube
expression of Heg1; images courtesy of http://www.genepaint.org/).
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Supplemental Figure 3.
Supplemental Figure 3. Expression of Ccm2 in the developing mouse vasculature.
Ccm2 expression is detected in the neural tube but not the endocardium or endothelium of
developing mice. (a,b) Radioactive in situ hybridization for Ccm2 in E9.5 embryos fails
to show vascular expression. (c–f) Wholemount X-gal staining of Ccm2lacZ/+ E10.5
embryos (c,e) is compared with that of Tie2-Cre; ROSA26R E10.5 embryos (d,f) in
which lacZ is expressed in developing endothelial cells (asterisks indicate endocardial
expression). E10.5 Ccm2lacZ/+ animals revealed strong X-gal staining in the neural tube,
but no staining above background in the developing heart or vessels. Prolonged X-gal
incubation of E10.5 Ccm2lacZ/+ but not control littermate embryos exhibited weak
generalized staining, a result suggestive of ubiquitious low-level Ccm2 expression (data
not shown). h, heart; nt, neural tube; ao, aorta.
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Supplemental Figure 4.
Supplemental Figure 4. Generation of HEG1-deficient mice. (a) Heg1 gene targeting
strategy. Shown is the vector used to target exon 1 of the Heg1 gene. (b) Identification
of targeted ES cell clones by Southern blot analysis using the 3’ probe indicated
following Nsi1 digestion of genomic DNA. (c) Characterization of loss of Heg mRNA in
Heg1+/– and Heg1–/– embryos. Real-time RT-PCR was performed using primers to
amplify the parts of the Heg1 mRNA encoded by the exons indicated in whole E14
embryos. Note the approximately 50% reduction of all parts of the Heg1 mRNA in
Heg1+/– animals, and the complete loss of the Heg1 mRNA in Heg1–/– animals. (d)
Characterization of Heg1 mRNA expression in Heg1+/+, Heg1+/– and Heg1–/– littermate
embryos using radioactive in situ hybridization with a probe encompassing the terminal 5
exons.
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Supplemental Figure 5.
Supplemental Figure 5. HEG1-deficient hearts have normal numbers of
proliferating cardiomyocytes. Antibodies to Ki67 were used to identify proliferating
cardiomyocytes in sections of Heg1+/+ and Heg1–/– littermate E16 embryos. (a)
Quantitation of the percentage of cardiomyocytes that express Ki67 (N = 1000–1200
cells analyzed in five separate sections). P > 0.05. (b) A representative Ki67 stain of
Heg1+/+ and Heg1–/– embryo hearts is shown.
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Supplemental Figure 6.
Supplemental Figure 6. Characterization of Ccm2lacz/lacz embryos. (a) Loss of 3’
Ccm2 mRNA in Ccm2lacz/lacz embryos. Ccm2 and Heg1 expression were measured in E9
embryo littermates from Heg1+/-;Ccm2lacZ/+ intercrosses. Ccm2 mRNA was measured by
real-time RT-PCR using primers in exon 10. (b) Ccm2 lacZ/lacZ embryos fail to establish a
patent blood vascular network. Transverse sections of E9 Ccm2 lacZ/lacZ embryos at three
levels are shown. H-E staining reveals the absence of blood-filled dorsal aortae (DA),
cardinal veins (CV) and branchial arch arteries (BAA) of normal caliber in Ccm2 lacZ/lacZ
embryos (below). Anti-Flk1 staining of adjacent sections at the level of the first two
branchial arch arteries is shown (middle). Flk1+ endothelial cells are present at the sites
of the dorsal aortae, cardinal veins and branchial arch arteries (arrows) in Ccm2 lacZ/lacZ
embryos but these cells do not form vessels of normal caliber with patent lumens. Sinus
venosus, SV. Scale bars, 50 µm.
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Supplemental Figure 7.
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Supplemental Figure 7. Endothelial cells lacking HEG1-CCM signaling exhibit
defects in tube formation but not endothelial vacuolization. (a–d) CCM2-deficient
endothelial cells exhibit a cell autonomous defect in lumen formation. (a) CCM2 mRNA
levels were reduced by >85% in HUVEC expressing CCM2-specific but not scrambled
(control) shRNA. (b) CCM2-deficient HUVEC migrate normally in response to VEGF
in a modified Boyden chamber assay. No significant differences were observed (P values
≥ 0.1). (c) Control shRNA expressing endothelial cells formed tubes with visible lumens
(black arrows), while CCM2-deficient endothelial cells formed cords that often lacked
detectable lumens (red arrows). GFP is co-expressed with lentiviral shRNAs. (d)
CCM2-deficient endothelial cells form more sprouts but fewer lumens. The number of
sprouts per 20 beads and number of visible lumens per sprout for HUVEC stably
expressing CCM2 shRNA or control shRNA are shown. N = 100 beads for each group;
data shown are representative of four independent experiments. (e) Endothelial vacuole
formation is preserved in zebrafish embryos lacking heg or ccm2. Shown are the
intersegmental vessels of 24-26 hpf fli1a:EGFP-cdc42 transgenic zebrafish embryos
treated with scrambled morpholino (control) or morpholinos to block expression of heg
or ccm2. The GFP-cdc42 fusion protein outlines the endothelial cell vacuoles that form
and fuse during lumen formation (white arrows). (f) The intersegmental vessels of
zebrafish embryos lacking heg or ccm2 are patent. Red fluorescent quantum dots injected
into the dorsal aorta of 24-26 hpf fli1a:EGFP-cdc42 morphant embryos reveals patent
intersegmental vessels lacking heg or ccm2. Note the presence of red quantum dots
within the green endothelial lumens (white arrows) of all embryos. b, bead. Scale bars in
c, 5 µm; in e and f, 20 µm.
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Supplemental Figure 8.
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Supplemental Figure 8. HEG1 and CCM2 are required to form normal endothelial
junctions in vivo. (a–c) Endothelial junction length is reduced in the endocardium of
ccm2 morphant zebrafish (mean length of 1314 ± 247 nm for ccm2 morphant junctions
versus 1857 ± 357 nm for control morphant junctions, P = 0.03). (a) The mean and
standard deviation of junction lengths for control and ccm2 morphant endothelial cells are
shown, divided into terciles (1st, shortest third of junctions in each group; 2nd, middle
third of junctions in each group; 3rd, longest third of junctions in each group). N = 88
control junctions and 107 ccm2 morphant junctions. (b) The percent of endothelial
junctions that were less than 1,000 nm (black), 1,000-2,500 nm (grey), and over 2,500 nm
(white) in the indicated groups is shown. (c) Representative low magnification (far left)
and high magnification images of endothelial cells are shown. Arrowheads indicate
endothelial junction limits in each image. Note the presence of a blood cell (bc) in the
space between the endothelial cells (ec) and myocardial cells (myo) in ccm2 morphant
but not control hearts. (d–f) Constricted dorsal aortae in E9 Ccm2lacZ/lacZ embryos also
exhibit shortened endothelial junctions (mean length of 1340 ± 91 nm for Ccm2lacz/lacz
junctions versus 1830 ± 251 nm for Ccm2+/+ junctions, P = 0.03). (d) The mean and
standard deviation of endothelial cell junction lengths from Ccm2+/+ and Ccm2lacZ/lacZ
embryo aortae are shown, divided into terciles (as defined in a). N = 128 Ccm2+/+
junctions and 107 Ccm2lacZ/lacZ junctions. (e) The percent of endothelial junctions that
were less than 1,000 nm (black), 1,000-2,500 nm (grey), and over 2,500 nm (white) in the
indicated groups is shown. (f) Representative low magnification (far left) and high
magnification images of endothelial cells are shown. Note the absence of blood cells in
the Ccm2lacZ/lacZ dorsal aorta.
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Supplemental Figure 9.
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Supplemental Figure 9. HEG1 or CCM2 deficiency does not reduce expression of
endothelial junctional proteins. (a) Immunostaining for VE-cadherin (green) in 48 hpf
kdr:EGFP (red) transgenic zebrafish embryos treated with control morpholinos or
morpholinos directed against heg or ccm2 is shown. (b) Immunostaining for the
lymphatic endothelial marker LYVE1 and junctional proteins beta-catenin and claudin-5
in serial sections of dilated lymphatic vessels from a neonatal HEG1-deficient mouse is
shown. (c) Immunostaining for beta-catenin in CCM2-deficient and control HUVEC
monolayers. (d) Immunoblotting for VE-cadherin, beta-catenin and GAPDH was
performed using cell lysate from control and CCM2-deficient HUVEC. Scale bars in a,
20 µm; in b and c, 100 µm.
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Supplemental Figure 10.
Supplemental Figure 10. HEG1-YFP is localized at cell-cell junctions. HEG1-YFP
and CCM2-CFP expressing CHO cells and HUVEC stained for beta-catenin were
visualized using confocal microscopy. Each horizontal set of images is derived from a
single 0.48 µm thick optical section. (a) HEG1-YFP but not CCM2-CFP co-localizes
with beta-catenin in CHO cells. (b) HEG1-YFP but not CCM2-CFP co-localizes with
beta-catenin in endothelial cells.
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Supplemental Figure 11.
Supplemental Figure 11. FLAG-HEG1 and FLAG-HEG1ΔC receptors are
expressed at equivalent levels on the surface of live HEK293T cells. Boxed regions
indicate the % of live (propidium iodide-negative) FLAG+ cells.
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Supplemental Figure 12.
Supplemental Figure 12. ccm2 but not ccm2 L197R rescues the big heart phenotype
of ccm2-deficient zebrafish embryos. Wild type zebrafish embryos were co-injected
with a control morpholino or a splice morpholino to block expression of endogenous
ccm2 and cRNAs to express either wild type ccm2 or ccm2 L197R. (a) Expression of
ccm2 but not ccm2 L197R rescues the development of the dilated heart and pericardial
edema conferred by the ccm2 morpholino. (b) Quantitation of the rescue shown in a. N
= 198 wild type embryos, 1198 ccm2 morphants, 327 ccm2 morphants plus ccm2 cRNA,
170 ccm2 morphants plus ccm2 L197R cRNA; P < .0001 for rescue with ccm2 cRNA and
P = 0.7 for rescue with ccm2 L197R cRNA. Scale bars, 100 µm.
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Supplemental Movies 1–3. Endothelial vacuole formation is preserved in zebrafish
embryos lacking heg or ccm2. Shown are the intersegmental vessels of 24–26 hpf
fli1a:EGFP-cdc42 transgenic zebrafish embryos following injection of scrambled
morpholino (control, Supp. Movie 1) or morpholinos to block expression of heg (Supp.
Movie 2) or ccm2 (Supp. Movie 3). The GFP-cdc42 fusion protein is expressed in
endothelial cells and outlines the vacuoles that form and fuse during lumen formation.
Supplemental Movies 4–6. The intersegmental vessels of zebrafish embryos lacking
heg or ccm2 are patent. Red fluorescent quantum dots were injected into the dorsal
aorta of 24–26 hpf fli1a:EGFP-cdc42 transgenic zebrafish embryos following injection
of scrambled morpholino (control, Supp. Movie 4) or morpholinos to block expression of
heg (Supp. Movie 5) or ccm2 (Supp. Movie 6). The presence of red fluorescent dots in
the intersegmental vessels indicates vessel patency.
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Supplemental Table 1.
E10.5 (129/B6)
E14.5 (129/B6)
E18.5 (129/B6)
P1 (129/B6)
P21 (129/B6)
P1 (B6)
P21 (B6)
Heg1+/+ 8 10 19 130 164 17 12 Heg1+/– 21 25 27 237 324 25 23 Heg1–/– 7
(1 dead) 11
(2 dead) 10
(6 dead) 90
(20%) P=.009
66 (12%)
P=.0001
9 (18%)
4 (10%)
Supplemental Table 1. Offspring of Heg1+/– X Heg1+/– crosses. Shown are the
offspring of Heg1+/– intercrosses on mixed SV129:C57Bl/6 and >95% C57Bl/6
backgrounds. The expected % of Heg1–/– offspring is 25%. P values were calculated
using Chi Square analysis.
Supplemental Table 2.
Heg1: Heg1+/+ Heg1+/–
Heg1–/– Heg1+/+ Heg1+/–
Heg1–/– Heg1+/+ Heg1+/–
Heg1–/–
Ccm2: Ccm2+/+ Ccm2+/+ Ccm2+/lacZ Ccm2+/lacZ Ccm2lacZ/lacZ Ccm2 lacZ/lacZ E8.5 25 6 39 13 19 5 P1 31 8 60 0 0 0
% observed % expected
30% 19%
9% 6%
61% 38%
0% 12%
P=.0001
0% 19%
P=.0001
0% 6%
P=.0001
Supplemental Table 2. Offspring of Heg1+/–;Ccm2+/lacZ X Heg1+/–;Ccm2+/lacZ crosses. P
values shown were calculated using Chi Square analysis.
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Supplemental Methods
Immunostaining. For whole-mount X-gal staining, embryos were fixed for 1 h in 2%
paraformaldehyde, rinsed in PBS for 2 h and stained with X-gal staining solution for 2-24
h. For fluorescent immunocytochemistry, HEG1-YFP and CCM2-CFP were transfected
into CHO cells with Lipofectamine LTX (Invitrogen) and into HUVEC with FugeneHD
(Roche) or nucleofection (Amaxa), according to manufacturer’s instructions. At 10-12 h,
cells were washed once in PBS, fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 15 min, washed 3 x 5
min in PBS, permeabilized with PBSX (PBS + 0.1% Triton X-100) for 10 min, and
washed 3 x 5 min in PBS. Cells were blocked with 2% BSA in PBS for 15 min and then
incubated with primary antibodies overnight at 4 °C. Cells were washed 5 x 10 min in
PBS, reblocked with 2% BSA in PBS for 15 min, and then incubated with secondary
antibodies for 1 h at room temperature. Finally, cells were washed 3 x 10 min with PBS
and mounted with ProLong Gold (Invitrogen). All steps were performed at 25 °C unless
otherwise specified. The following antibodies were used: mouse monoclonal antibody to
beta-catenin, 1:1000 (BD Transduction); Alexa 568-conjugated goat antibody to mouse
IgG (Invitrogen), 1:1000. Images were taken with a Nikon Eclipse 80i or a Leica SP2
confocal microscope (0.48 µm slice thickness, 63X objective) and processed in ImageJ.
For zebrafish whole mount immunofluorescence, 48 hpf embryos were fixed in 4%
paraformaldehyde for 2 h at room temperature. Embryos were washed 2 x 5 min in
PBST (PBS + 0.1% Tween) and 3 x 1 h in PBSTX 0.5% (PBS + 0.1% Tween + 0.5%
Triton X). Embryos were blocked in PBSTX (PBS + 0.1% Tween + 0.1% Triton X) +
10% BSA + 1% NGS for 2h and then incubated with primary antibodies (in PBSTX +
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1% BSA + 0.1% NGS) overnight at 4 °C. Embryos were washed 6 x 1h in PBSTX + 1%
BSA + 0.1% NGS and then incubated with the secondary antibody (in PBSTX + 1%
BSA + 0.1% NGS) overnight at 4 °C. Embryos were finally washed several times in
PBST. All steps were performed at RT except for antibody incubations. The following
antibodies were used: mouse monoclonal antibody to human ZO-1, 1:200 (Zymed);
rabbit polyclonal antibody to zebrafish CDH5 {Blum, 2008 #129}, 1:200; Alexa 568-
conjugated goat antibody to rabbit IgG (Invitrogen), 1:1000; Alexa 568-conjugated goat
antibody to mouse IgG (Invitrogen), 1:1000. Images were taken with a Leica SP1
confocal microscope.
Real-time PCR analysis. Total RNA was generated by using RNEasy (Qiagen). For
reverse transcriptase reactions, 0.5-1.5 ug total RNA and 100 ng random hexamers were
used to generate cDNA by using the First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Invitrogen). Real-
time quantitative PCR was performed using a commercially available SYBR Green
master-mix reagent (Applied Biosystems). Sequences of real-time PCR primers are
available below.
Zebrafish studies. For angiography of intersegmental vessels, 0.1 µM Qtracker (655)
quantum dots (Invitrogen) were injected in the dorsal aorta of 24-26 hpf Tg(fli1a:EGFP-
cdc42)y48 zebrafish embryos. Embryos were embedded in a drop of 0.7% low melting
agarose containing 0.01% tricaine (Sigma) (pH 7.5) and images were acquired every 5
min using a Leica Sp1 confocal microscope (slice thickness 1 µm, 63X objective) at a
temperature of 28.5 °C. Movies were processed using Imaris (Bitplane) and ImageJ.
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Cell culture. HUVEC (Cambrex) were maintained in EGM2 media (Lonza) and used
between passages 3 and 8. CHO and HEK293T cells were cultured in DMEM with 10%
FBS and 1% pen/strep.
Lentiviral shRNA. pGIPZ lentiviral vectors encoding either human CCM2-specific
shRNA (Open Biosystems Cat No. RHS4430-98485624) or scrambled shRNA were
packaged in HEK293Ts according to the manufacturer’s protocol (Open Biosystems),
concentrated with Centricon Plus-20 centrifugal filters (Millipore), and titered by GFP
positivity in HUVEC (Lonza). Passage 2 HUVEC were infected with lentivirus at an
MOI of 1-2 and GFPhigh HUVEC were sorted by flow cytometry (BD FACSVantage with
DiVa option). CCM2 knockdown was verified by real-time RT-PCR using two different
primer sets. Primer sequences are available in Supplemental Methods.
Endothelial assays. Endothelial tube formation was assessed using a fibrin bead assay,
as previously described{Nakatsu, 2003 #130}. Briefly, HUVEC were cultured with
dextran-coated Cytodex 3 beads (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) at roughly 400
cells/bead. Approximately 100 HUVEC-coated beads were embedded in a fibrin clot in
one well of a 24-well tissue culture plate. 2 x 104 skin fibroblasts were seeded on top of
the clot. Assays were monitored for 10 days. Number of sprouts per bead and number of
lumens per sprout were quantitated on day 10.
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Endothelial migration was assessed using a modified Boyden chamber assay, as
previously described {Shen, 2008 #134}. Briefly, the upper surface of a 6.5mm
Transwell insert (8.0µm pore size) (Corning) was coated with 0.1% gelatin. HUVEC
grown to 80% confluency were starved in EBM2 (Lonza) with 0.2% FBS overnight.
Cells were detached from the plate with 5mM EDTA, rinsed and resuspended in EBM2
with 0.2% FBS. 5x104 cells were added to the insert well and the lower chamber was
filled with 600µl of EBM2 with 0.2% FBS with or without 7.5ng/ml VEGF-165 (R&D
Systems). After 4 hours incubation at 37 °C, non-adherent cells were removed by
aspiration and non-migrated cells on the upper surface of the insert well were wiped off
using a PBS wetted cotton swab. The insert wells were stained with coomassie blue
staining buffer (0.05% coomassie blue in 30% methanol, 10% acetic acid) for 10 min and
rinsed with water. The insert well filter was cut off and mounted. The number of cells in
four 20x fields was counted for each filter. The relative migration was calculated by
normalizing the number of migrated cells in each condition to the number of migrated
cells in the condition of scrambled shRNA HUVEC without VEGF. The chemotactic
index was defined as the number of migrated cells with VEGF divided by the number of
migrated cells without VEGF. Values are the mean and standard deviations from three
independent experiments in triplicate.
Flow cytometry. HEK293T cells were detached with PBS containing 10mM EDTA.
10^5 cells were rinsed and stained in Tyrodes buffer with 1ug of anti-FLAG M2 FITC
(Sigma) at 4 °C for 1 h. Cells were rinsed and resuspended in Tyrodes buffer containing
50µg/ml propidium iodine for flow cytometric analysis (BD FACSort).
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Anti-CCM2 antibody production and characterization. Polyclonal anti-CCM2 #2055
was raised in rabbits against recombinant GST-CCM2 fusion protein containing the C-
terminal 55 amino acids of CCM2, coupled to keyhole-limpet hemocyanin. Polyclonal
anti-CCM2 #2055 antisera was validated by immunoblotting using purified GST-CCM2
and cell lysates from HEK293T cells transfected with FLAG-tagged full-length CCM2.
Primers Genotyping primers: Gene Primer name Primer sequence
Forward 5'-CGGCTCCCACAACTTTTGC-3' Reverse (wildtype) 5'-CTCACGCCTCTGGGGACAC-3'
Heg1
Reverse (mutant) 5'-CCAGGTGACGATGTATTTTTCG-3' Forward 5’-GAAGAGTTGTGCTCCCTGCT-3’ Reverse (wildtype) 5’-CATCCCTGTCTGGGAACCTA-3’
Ccm2{Plummer, 2006 #17}
Reverse (mutant) 5’-TCTAGGACAAGAGGGCGAGA-3’ Forward 5’-GAACCTGATGGACATGTTCAGGGA-3’ Cre Reverse 5’-CAGAGTCATCCTTAGCGCCGTAAA-3’ Forward 5'-TCAATCCGCCGTTTGTTCC-3' R26R LacZ Reverse 5’-ACCATTTTCAATCCGCACCTC-3’
Real-time RT-PCR primers: Gene product Primer name Primer sequence
Forward 5’-ATCGAACACTCCTCCCGGT-3’ mHeg1 Exon 1-2 Reverse 5’-TTCTTTGTGACCTGGAACTGCTGG-3’ Forward 5’-GGAGGAGTTACGCAGAGTCTTCATCT-3’ mHeg1 Exon 4-5 Reverse 5’-ATTGCACCATCTTCCGGAGGAGAA-3’ Forward 5’-GCGTGGCACTCATTGTTACCTGTT-3’ mHeg1 Exon 15-16 Reverse 5’-ACGTCTGTCATCTGCAGGAGGTTT-3’ Forward 5’-AGCCATTGAAATGCACGAGAACGG-3’ mHeg1 Exon 16-17 Reverse 5’-TCTCGTCGCTGATGAAAGATGGGT-3’ Forward 5’-ACCACCTCCACATCCACCATCAAT-3’ mCcm2 Reverse 5’-TCTGAAATCATGCGGTCCCACTC-3’ Forward 5’-CAAAATGGTGAAGGTCGGTGTGAAC-3’ mGapdh Reverse 3’-TTGATGTTAGTGGGGTCTCGCTCC-3’
hCCM2 set 5 Forward 5’-TTCCCTGAATCTGTGGATGTGGGT-3’ Reverse 3’-TGCAAACTGCTGGATCTCCTGTGA-3’ hCCM2 set 12 Forward 5’-ACACTGTGGTGTTGTCATTGCCTG-3’
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Reverse 3’-TGGTGGGCTCTCTTTGCATTGTCT-3’ hGAPDH Forward 5’-GAAGGTGAAGGTCGGAGTC-3’ Reverse 3’-GAAGATGGTGATGGGATTTC-3’ Miscellaneous primers: Gene product Primer name Primer sequence
Forward 5'-GCAATACATCCAGGAGGTGCCTAC-3' Heg1 southern probe Reverse 5'-CCGTTATCTTTCGATGCCTCG-3' Forward 5’-TGTAAGCGGAAGAGTCCAGAATG-3’ Heg1 in situ probe #1 Reverse 5’-GTTGCGTTCAAGTTCAGGGTTC-3’ Forward 5’-GACAGCTTTGGTAGGCATCGTC-3’ Ccm2 in situ probe Reverse 5’-ATATGCTACAGGCATTGCTGAGC-3’
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