Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Neuronal APOE4 drives damaging lipid accumulation via contact-dependent neuron-oligodendrocyte-microglia interaction in Alzheimer’s disease
doi: 10.64898/2025.12.04.692390
Figure Lengend Snippet: a, Representative immunofluorescent images of PLIN2 + lipid droplets (green), NeuN + neurons (white), and Iba1 + microglia (red) in the hippocampal DG of 10-month-old PS19/E4, PS19/E4/Syn1-Cre, and PS19/NSE-E4 mice. Scale bars, 40μm. b, Quantification of percent PLIN2 + area coverage in NeuN + neurons. c, Quantification of percent PLIN2 + area coverage in Iba1 + microglia. d, Representative immunofluorescent images of BODIPY + neutral lipids (green), DAPI + nuclei (white), and Iba1 + microglia (red) in the hippocampal DG of 10-month-old PS19/E4, PS19/E4/Syn1-Cre, and PS19/NSE-E4 mice. Scale bars, 40μm. e, Quantification of percent BODIPY + area coverage in the hippocampal DG mask. Quantified data in b-e represented as mean ± s.e.m., unpaired two-sided t-test. f-i, Correlations between BODIPY + % area in DG and Iba1 + % area ( f ), AT8 + % area ( g ), NeuN + % area ( h ), and hippocampal volume ( i ) in PS19/NSE-E4 mice. j, Representative immunofluorescent images of BODIPY-C11 + peroxidized lipids (green), BODIPY-C11 + non-peroxidized lipids (red), Iba1 + microglia (blue), and GFAP + astrocytes (white) in PS19/E4 mice. Scale bars, 20μm. k, Quantifications of BODIPY-C11 + peroxidized lipids in Iba1 + microglia and GFAP + astrocytes in PS19/NSE-E4 mice. l, Quantifications of BODIPY-C11 + non-peroxidized lipids in Iba1 + microglia and GFAP + astrocytes in PS19/NSE-E4 mice. Quantified data in k and l are represented as mean ± s.e.m., one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Tukey’s post hoc multiple comparisons test. For all experiments, PS19/E4, n = 35; PS19/E3 n = 42; PS19/E4/Syn1-Cre n = 29; and PS19/NSE-E4 n = 18. Pearson’s correlation analysis (two-sided) used for f-i .
Article Snippet: Coverslips were mounted to microscope slides with VECTASHIELD Prolong Gold with DAPI (H-1200-10, Vectors Labs) or without DAPI if the 405 channel was occupies (P36930, Vector Labs).
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