Journal: Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
Article Title: Differential Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Agonists on HIV Replication and Inflammatory Activation in Monocyte-Derived Macrophages and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Microglia
doi: 10.1007/s11481-025-10254-x
Figure Lengend Snippet: In iMg, CB 2 -specific agonists impair HIV-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation with a corresponding increase in autophagosome number. (a) Quantification of the number of NLRP3 + /ASC + specks in iMg detected with immunostaining. Average of 2 wells/condition from 3 differentiations in 2 iMg lines, one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s correction for multiple comparisons. * p < 0.05. (b) Autophagic vacuoles measured by an autophagy assay. n = 3 iMg lines, one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s correction for multiple comparisons, * p < 0.05. (c) Caspase 1 activity measured by the Caspase-Glo 1 inflammasome assay, with results normalized to HIV + Veh. n = 3 iMg lines, one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s correction for multiple comparisons, * p < 0.05. (d) Levels of IL-1β in iMg supernatants, measured by AlphaLISA. n = 3 iMg lines, one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s correction for multiple comparisons, ** p < 0.01; ns, not significant
Article Snippet: Custom TaqMan assay plates preloaded with the following human primer/probe pairs (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) were used: GAPDH , Hs02786624_g1; CD4 , Hs01058407_m1, CCR5 , Hs99999149_s1; CXCR4 , Hs00607978_s1; CNR1 , Hs01038522_s1; CNR2 , Hs00361490_m1; GPR55 , Hs00271662_s1; IL1B , Hs01555410_m1; IL18 , Hs01038788_m1; NLRP3 , Hs00918082_m1; PYCARD , Hs01547324_gH; IL6 , Hs00174131_m1; TNFA , Hs00174128_m1; and CASP1 , Hs00354836_m1.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Immunostaining, Activity Assay