Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation
Article Title: Early immune responses to systemic inflammation in the postnatal mouse brain initiated by migrating macrophages and leptomeningeal fibroblasts
doi: 10.1186/s12974-025-03559-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: RT-qPCR data showing fold changes in Saa3 , Cxcl9 , Irg1 , and Lcn2 transcript expression levels of brain cells in response to systemic inflammation. The transcript expression of Saa3 in brain CD11b(+) cells of mice with systemic inflammation shows very marked upregulation compared with saline control mice from 4 to 72 h after LPS administration ( A ). Furthermore, Saa3 expression in brain CD11b(−) cells of mice with systemic inflammation shows a marked increase from 4 to 72 h after LPS administration ( B ). Systemic inflammation-activated changes in Cxcl9 transcript expression in CD11b(−) cells are extremely upregulated compared with saline control mice at 4 and 12 h, and thereafter they decrease gradually, but they are still significantly elevated up to 72 h after LPS administration ( D ). The degree of Cxcl9 upregulation in CD11b(+) cells of mice with systemic inflammation is much lower than in CD11b(-) cells, but still significantly elevated up to 72 h after LPS administration ( C ). The transcript expression of Irg1 in CD11b(+) cells of mice with systemic inflammation shows the greatest increase compared with saline control mice 4 h and 12 h after LPS administration. Thereafter, expression decreases gradually, but it remains significantly elevated up to 48 h after LPS administration ( E ). Irg1 expression in CD11b(−) cells of mice with systemic inflammation also shows marked upregulation 4 and 12 h after LPS treatment, followed by a gradual decrease ( F ). Systemic inflammation-activated changes in Lcn2 transcript expression levels in CD11b(−) cells are highly upregulated compared with saline control from 4 to 24 h after LPS administration and decrease gradually thereafter ( H ). The degree of Lcn2 upregulation is much lower in CD11b(+) cells than in CD11b(-) cells ( G ). Mean ± SEM. p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.01 (see Methods-Statistical analysis), compared with saline control
Article Snippet: The pellets were resuspended in cold D-PBS (+) containing 0.5% BSA and incubated with R-phycoerythrin (PE)-conjugated primary human/mouse CD11b monoclonal antibody (130–113–235, Miltenyi Biotec) and Fc receptor blocking reagent (130–092–575, Miltenyi Biotec), followed by incubation with MicroBeads UltraPure conjugated to anti-PE monoclonal antibody (130–105–639, Miltenyi Biotec).
Techniques: Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Saline, Control