Journal: NPJ Parkinson's Disease
Article Title: IC100 blocks inflammasome activation induced by α-synuclein aggregates and ASC specks
doi: 10.1038/s41531-025-00963-8
Figure Lengend Snippet: ASC expression and accumulation vary in different morphologies of Lewy body formation. PD sections presented with different forms of Lewy body pathologies; irregular-shaped ( A ), Lewy bodies ( B ), pale bodies ( C ; black asterisk) and free neuromelanin ( C ; black arrowhead) were stained with human anti-ASC antibody (IC100, black asterisks) in the SN of PD donors and controls ( D and E ). A significant reduction of SN granular was seen in PD donors compared to controls ( F ). In ( G ), IC100 immunostaining is present as granular/widespread in dopaminergic neurons (blue arrow) or within the intracellular Lewy body formation (white asterisk). Mouse anti-α-synuclein (Clone 42) is present in Lewy body fragments ( Gi–Giii ); white (red) asterisk marks where the Lewy body formed in neuron seen in image ( G ) in neurons and in ameboid-shaped microglia ( Gii , green; yellow arrow). H IC100 (red) distribution in control dopaminergic neurons in the SN. α-Synuclein staining in white matter tracts ( Hi ; white) but not in microglia ( Hii ; green) or neurons that show granular IC100 immunostaining ( Hiii ; green). NLRP1 is present in Lewy body clusters ( I ) in donors with PD pathology, but not in controls ( K ). IC100 colocalized with NLRP1 ( J ; Blue arrow and Ji ) in neurons that were positive for pSer129 α-synuclein ( Jii ). L , Li , and Lii correspond to controls that present few neurons with cytoplasmic IC100. mm = millimeter; ** p < 0.01; α-Syn = alpha synuclein; Adapter protein apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain (ASC); Substantia nigra (SN). Scale bars = 10 μm ( A – E , Gi – Giii , Hi – Hiii , I , Ji , Jii , K , Li , and Lii ) and 20 μm ( G , H , J , and L ).
Article Snippet: Sections were then blocked in 5% goat serum (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, Calif., USA) for 20 min before being incubated overnight at 4 °C in a solution of rabbit anti-Phospho-α-Synuclein (Ser129) (D1R1R) antibody (D1R1R; 0.3 μg/mL; Cell Signaling Technologies Danvers, MA, USA), rabbit anti-NLRP3 (3.0 μg/mL; MilliporeSigma, St. Louis, MO, USA), mouse anti-NLRP1 (1.0 μg/mL; Enzo Life Sciences, Farmingdale, NY., USA), or human anti-ASC (IC100, 2 μg/mL; as described in refs. , ) in PBS.
Techniques: Expressing, Staining, Immunostaining, Control