Journal: iScience
Article Title: Cerebral organoid exosomes reversed behavioral deficits by repressing NLRP3-mediated neuroinflammation in stress models
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115069
Figure Lengend Snippet: OExo alleviates LPS-induced microglia activation by suppressing NLRP3 expression (A) Representative images of IBA-1 immunostaining reveal the uptake of PKH26-labeled OExo by IBA-1-positive BV-2 microglia after 48 h of incubation. The white arrows highlight the presence of PKH26-labeled OExo surrounding the nuclei of microglia. (B) Representative images of immunostaining for CD206 (top) and iNOS (bottom) demonstrating BV-2 microglia treated with CON (PBS), OExo (50 μg/mL), LPS (100 ng/mL), and LPS combined with OExo (LPS+OExo) for 24 h. (C and D) Quantitative analysis of the fluorescence intensity of CD206 (C) and iNOS (D). n = 6. (E) q-PCR analysis of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-1β, and TNF-α in BV-2 microglia treated with CON, OExo, LPS, and LPS+OExo, with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) as the internal reference gene. n = 9. (F) Representative WB images displaying the expression of CD206, Arg-1, and iNOS in BV-2 cells treated with CON, OExo, LPS, and LPS+OExo, with β-actin as the internal control. Full-length blots are presented in . (G) Statistical analysis of CD206, Arg-1, and iNOS expression levels from WB. n = 6. (H) Representative WB images illustrating the NLRP3, Casp-1, and IL-1β expression levels in BV-2 cells treated with CON, OExo, LPS, LPS+OExo, nigericin, and nigericin+LPS+OExo. nigericin, a NLRP3 activator, was utilized to inhibit the rescuing effects of OExo on LPS-induced NLRP3 activation. β-actin was used as the internal control. Full-length blots are presented in . (I) Statistical analysis of NLRP3, Casp-1, and IL-1β expression levels by WB. n = 4. (J) Representative WB images showing NLRP3 levels in BV-2 cells treated with CON, MExo, OExo, LPS, LPS+MExo and LPS+OExo. β-actin was used as the internal control. Full-length blots are presented in . (K) Statistical analysis of NLRP3 expression levels in (J). n = 4. All western blot quantifications are based on at least three biological replicates, with two to three technical replicates per experiment. Scale bars, 50 μm. DAPI was used for nuclear counterstaining in all images. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. Data are subjected to one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey’s test. ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: IBA-1 , Protein tech; Wako , Cat# 10904-1-AP; Cat# 019-19741.
Techniques: Activation Assay, Expressing, Immunostaining, Labeling, Incubation, Fluorescence, Control, Western Blot