Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Type I Interferon Signaling Drives Microglial Dysfunction and Senescence in Human iPSC Models of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease
doi: 10.1101/2021.12.22.473858
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative images of Iba + /hN + human microglia in Cont tau and DSAD tau groups. Arrows indicate Iba + /hN + human microglia. Asterisks indicate fragmented processes. Scale bars: 50 and 10 μm. (B) Representative images showing colocalization of hCD45 + and Ferritin + staining in Cont and DSAD tau groups. Arrows indicate Ferritin + and/or hCD45 + staining. Scale bar: 50 μm. (C) Quantification of the percentage of hN + in Iba-1 + cells in Cont and DSAD tau groups (n = 7 mice/group). Student’s t test, NS , not significant. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. (D) Quantification of the process length, soma size, soma size/process length cells (n=7 mice per group). Student’s t test, * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, NS , not significant. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. (E) Quantification of the percentage of Ferritin in hCD45 + cells (n = 6-7 mice per group). Student’s t test, ** P < 0.01. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. (F) A Dot plot representing the expression of the inflammation-related genes IL1β , CCL2 , CCL4, CHI3L1, KLF2, NFKBIA identified from scRNA-seq. (G) qPCR analysis of IL-1B and TNFA mRNA expression (n = 4 mice per group). Student’s t test, * P < 0.05. Data represented as mean ± SEM. (H) qPCR analysis of IFNA1 and IFNB1 mRNA expression (n = 4 mice per group). Student’s t test, *** P < 0.001. Data represented as mean ± SEM. (I) Flow cytometry analysis showing the expression of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2 in Cont tau and DSAD tau group (n=2 mice per group). (J) Representative images of human microglia (Iba + hN + ) in DS+Cont shRNA +DSAD tau and DS+IFNAR1/2 shRNA +DSAD tau chimeric mice. Arrows indicate Iba + /hN + human microglia. Asterisks indicate fragmented processes. Scale bar: 50 and 10 μm. (K) Representative image showing colocalization of hCD45 + and Ferritin + staining in DS+Cont shRNA +DSAD tau and DS+IFNAR1/2 shRNA +DSAD tau chimeric mice. Arrows indicate Ferritin + and/or hCD45 + staining. Scale bar: 50 μm. (L) Quantification of the process length, soma size, soma size/process length (n = 4 mice per group). One-way ANOVA test, ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001, NS , not significant. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. (M) Quantification of the percentage of Ferritin in hCD45 + cells (n = 5 mice per group). One-way ANOVA test, * P < 0.05, NS , not significant. Data are presented as mean ± SEM.
Article Snippet: IFNAR1 shRNA (sc-35637-V), IFNAR2 shRNA (sc-40091-V), and non-targeting control shRNA (sc-108080) lentiviral particles were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology.
Techniques: Staining, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, shRNA