Journal: Science advances
Article Title: A genetic variant of the Wnt receptor LRP6 accelerates synapse degeneration during aging and in Alzheimer's disease.
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo7421
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. Neurons from Lrp6-val mice fail to respond to Wnt7a and the presence of LRP6-Val affects the formation of the Wnt receptor complex and downstream signaling. (A) Diagram depicting hippocampal neuron isolation from WT and Lrp6-val mice. (B) Images of WT and Lrp6-val neurons treated with recombinant Wnt7a. vGlut1 (green), Homer1 (red), and MAP2 (Blue). Scale bar, 5 μm. (C) Wnt7a (200 ng/ml) increased synapse number in WT neurons but not in Lrp6-val neurons. N = 4 independent cultures. Two-way ANOVA with Games-Howell post hoc test. (D) Schematic of proximity ligation assay (PLA) to detect LRP6 and Fz5-HA interaction in close proximity (<40 nm). (E) Confocal images of HeLa cells expressing GFP (control), Fz5-HA, and WT LRP6 or LRP6-Val treated with control vehicle (Veh) or Wnt7a. GFP, green; PLA, red; and DAPI, blue. Scale bar, 10 μm. (F) The PLA signal intensity per cell was increased in cells expressing Fz5-HA and WT LRP6 or LRP6-Val compared to cells expressing GFP. N = 3 independent experiments. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test. (G) Wnt7a increased the PLA signal in cells expressing WT LRP6 and Fz5-HA but not in cells expressing LRP6-Val and Fz5-HA. N = 3 independent experiments. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test. (H) Wnt7a increased pLRP6 when normalized to total LRP6 in HeLa cells expressing WT LRP6 and Fz5-HA but not in cells expressing LRP6-Val and Fz5-HA. WT LRP6 + Fz5-HA Veh, N = 50 cells; WT LRP6 + Fz5-HAWnt7a, N = 53 cells; LRP6-Val + Fz5-HAVeh, N = 71 cells; and LRP6-Val + Fz5-HAWnt7a, N = 61 cells from three independent experiments. Kruskal-Wallis with Dunn’s post hoc test. Data are represented as means ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, and ***P < 0.001. A.U. arbitrary units.
Article Snippet: 9, eabo7421 (2023) 13 January 2023 11 of 15 SC I ENCE ADVANCES | R E S EARCH ART I C L E D ow nloaded from https://w w w .science.org on January 23, 2024 (Roche, 11867423001, RRID:AB_390918), Homer1, (Synaptic Systems, 160002, RRID:AB_2120990), Homer1, (Synaptic Systems, 160003, RRID:AB_887730), Homer1, (Synaptic Systems, 160006, RRID:AB_263122), LRP6 (Abcam, ab134146, RRID:AB_2895164), LRP6 (R&D Systems, AF1505, RRID:AB_2266025), LRP6 (Cell Signaling Technology, 2560, RRID:AB_2139329), LRP6 (Cell Signaling Technology, 3395, RRID:AB_1950408), pLRP6 (Cell Signaling Technology, 2568, RRID:AB_2139327), MAP2 (Abcam, ab5392, RRID:AB_2138153), MAP2 (Abcam, ab92434, RRID:AB_2138147), NeuN, (Cell Signaling Technology, 12943, RRID:AB_2630395), PSD-95 (Millipore, MAB1598, RRID:AB_94278), α-tubulin (Sigma-Aldrich, T9026, RRID:AB_477593), vGlut1 (Millipore, AB5905, RRID:AB_2301751), and vinculin (Sigma-Aldrich, V4505, RRID:AB_477617).
Techniques: Isolation, Recombinant, Proximity Ligation Assay, Expressing, Control