Fig. S4
Rescue of cardiac defects induced by miR-218a over-expression was accomplished by co-injecting MO-218a. A, qRT-PCR analysis of miR-218a relative expression in 24 hpf embryos microinjected with 12 ng of control morpholino (MO-Ct) or MOD-218a and with 260 pg of miR-Ct or miR-218a mimic. miR-218a relative expression was calculated as the ratio between the expression of injected and the expression of non injected embryos. B, representative transgenic Tg(cmlc2:eGFP) embryos at 72 hpf showing heart morphological defects induced by the injection of 260 pg of miR-218a mimic in the absence (a,b) or in the presence (c,d) of MOD-218a (12 ng). Labels: a, atrium, v, ventricle. Black scale bars: 100 μm, red scale bars 25 μm. |