Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Lymphocyte Antigen 6G Mediates Vagotomy‐Associated Reduction in Body Weight
doi: 10.1096/fj.202600151RR
Figure Lengend Snippet: Temporary extracellular Ly6G depletion effect on VX‐associated reduction of eWAT weight. (A) Flow cytometry analysis of the frequency of extracellular Ly6G and CD11b double positive cells following one intraperitoneal injection of either anti‐Ly6G or vehicle (PBS). Bars show the % ± SEM of CD11b + Ly6G + in vehicle ( n = 4–5) and at 1 ( n = 2), 2 ( n = 4), 5 ( n = 4), and 9 ( n = 3) days following injection in eWAT, blood, and bone marrow (one‐way ANOVA, Šídák's multiple comparisons test). (B) Schematic diagram depicting the experimental setup: Wild‐type mice were intraperitoneally injected once with anti‐Ly6G antibody or IgG2a antibody 2 days before sham or VX surgery, and tissue was collected 7 days following surgery. (C) Flow cytometry analysis of CD11b + Ly6G + cells in eWAT ( n = 3) following VX or sham. Bars show the proportion of cells from CD45 + (one‐way ANOVA, uncorrected Fisher's LSD). (D) Correlation between extracellular and intracellular expression of Ly6G in flow cytometry analysis. Circles represent each sample stained for both extracellular and intracellular Ly6G in separate fluorescent channels (Pearson r correlation). (E) The mice were weighed daily. The graph shows the difference in body weight (g) of the mice from day 0 (before surgery) of each experimental group ( n = 3) in g ± SEM (two‐way ANOVA, Tukey's multiple comparisons test—Significant differences between experimental groups at each time point are indicated with a, b, and c, and the detailed description can be found in Table ). (F) eWAT weight ( n = 3) was recorded at 7 days following VX or sham surgery. The bars show the relative eWAT weight to sham eWAT weight in % ± SEM (one‐way ANOVA, uncorrected Fisher's LSD). (G) Mice were kept in separate cages according to experimental groups: Sham+IgG2a, VX + IgG2a, sham+anti‐Ly6G, VX + anti‐Ly6G ( n = 3). The food for each cage was weighed at the same time point daily. The curve shows the grams of food consumed per day per cage in g. ns = not significant, * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001. VX, Vagotomy; eWAT, epididymal white adipose tissue.
Article Snippet: To ligate Ly6G surface epitopes, male C57BL/6 mice were intraperitoneally injected with InVivo Mab anti‐mouse Ly6G (100 ug/100 uL) (Bioxcell, #BE0075) or for control InVivoMAb rat IgG2a (anti‐trinitrophenol) isotype (100 ug/100 uL) (Bioxcell, #BE0089) antibodies 2 days before the sham or VX surgery.
Techniques: Flow Cytometry, Injection, Expressing, Staining