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From: Medaka villin 1-like protein (VILL) is associated with the formation of microvilli induced by decreasing salinities in the absorptive ionocytes

Figure 6

The morphological effects of VILL gene knockdown with MO were investigated in the trunk epithelia of the FW-incubated embryos at 6 dpf. Morphologies of the VILL-MO- (A and C) and SC-injected (B and D) embryos at 6 dpf were compared by SEM. The observed region is indicated by white boxes (A and B) in the embryonic trunks. SEM micrographs showed the morphological differences in the apical surfaces of trunk epithelial cells between a VILL-MO-injected embryo (C) and a SC embryo (D). The apical surfaces had abnormal morphology, with impaired microvilli, in the trunk ionocytes of the VILL-MO-injected embryo compared to the SC embryo. The apical surfaces of pavement cells (PVC) lacked microridges in the VILL-MO-injected embryo.

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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994