Journal: ASN NEURO
Article Title: Analysis of Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cell Progression with Cre-Mediated RiboTag Reporter Lines
doi: 10.1080/17590914.2025.2513885
Figure Lengend Snippet: Generation of constitutive NG2 Cre :Rpl22 HA mice to investigate oligodendrocyte lineage cells. a) Schematic outlining the genetic strategy for crossing RiboTag (RPL22 HA ) mice with constitutive NG2 Cre mice, where Cre recombinase expression is under the control of the Cspg4 promoter. Mice expressing both RPL22 HA and Cre express an HA tag on cells expressing Cspg4 (NG2), including oligodendrocyte lineage cells (OLCs). b) PCR products using oligonucleotides that amplify the Cre-containing sequence (left) and the loxp-containing intron in the Rpl22 gene (right). The Cre-positive control band is 300 bp, while the mutant Cre product is 100 bp. The WT Rpl22 product is 260 bp, while the mutant product is 290 bp. c) Western analysis of wild-type RPL22 protein or RPL22 HA in control Cre, littermate control, and double mutant HA-expressing mice. Blots were probed with anti-HA antibodies. RPL22 HA results in a 23 kDa protein, while the native RPL22 is a 15 kDa protein. d) Western blots after immunoprecipitation of spinal cord homogenates using anti-HA or control IgG antibodies, demonstrating specific immunoprecipitation of RPL22 HA protein in double mutant HA-expressing mice. e) Immunofluorescence reporter studies demonstrate that HA-labeling is only displayed in NG2 Cre+ :Rpl22 HA mice (right), while there is no labeling in NG2 Cre+ :Rpl22 WT (left) or NG2 Cre- :Rpl22 HA mice (center). Scale bar = 50 µm, 25 µm sections . f) Visualization of co-labeling of the HA-tag and OLIG2+ OLCs in the corpus callosum (top) and spinal cord white matter (bottom). Quantification of the co-labeling (including the cerebellum, Supplementary Fig. 1a ) demonstrates 93.4% of OLIG2+ cells are HA+ (bottom right). N = 2, 12.5 µm sections, scale bar = 50 µm (top), 20 µm (bottom). g) Visualization demonstrating co-labeling of the HA-tag with PDGFRA+, NG2+ oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) in the cerebral cortex (left) and spinal cord (right). Scale bar = 20 µm, arrows denote co-labeling. h) Visualization demonstrating co-labeling of the HA-tag with PDGFRA+ OPCs and CC1+ mature oligodendrocytes (mOLs). i–j ) Quantification of the co-labeling demonstrates 75.36% of PDGFRA+ OPCs and 82.71% of CC1+ mOLs are also HA+ ( i ), while 88.79% of HA+ cells are either PDGFRA+ or CC1+ ( j ). N = 2, scale bar = 20 µm, white arrows denote PDGFRA+/HA+ co-labeling and yellow arrows denote CC1+/HA+ co-labeling, SCWM = spinal cord white matter. All quantifications are presented as mean +/− SEM.
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Techniques: Expressing, Control, Sequencing, Positive Control, Mutagenesis, Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Immunofluorescence, Labeling