Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: Transcranial Magneto-Acoustic Stimulation Protects Synaptic Rehabilitation from Amyloid-Beta Plaques via Regulation of Microglial Functions
doi: 10.3390/ijms25094651
Figure Lengend Snippet: TUS and TMAS treatments attenuated amyloid burdens and amyloid-induced neurotoxicity. ( A ) Coronal sections of sham-, TUS-, or TMAS-treated 5xFAD mice were stained with DAPI (blue) for nuclei, anti-Aβ (red) for Aβ plaques, and Iba1 (green) for microglia. Representative images of the hippocampal regions are shown. Original magnification ×20; scale bar: 100 μm. ( B ) Statistical analysis of the difference in the Aβ fluorescence areas between sham, TUS, and TMAS groups (6 mice from each group were used for analysis). ( C ) Quantitation of the number of plaque-associated microglia in A (6 mice from each group were used for analysis). ( D ) Quantitation of the area of Lamp1-positive dystrophic neurites in E (6 mice from each group were used for analysis). ( E ) Coronal sections from sham-, TUS-, or TMAS-treated 5xFAD mice were stained with DAPI (blue) for nuclei, anti-Aβ (red) for Aβ, and Lamp1 (green) for dystrophic neurites. Representative images of the hippocampus regions are shown. Original magnification ×40; scale bar: 50 μm. Zoom-in images on the right have a scale bar equal to 20 μm. All data in the results are expressed as mean ± SEM. * p < 0.05; *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used were as follows: anti-Iba1 (Wako; Cat# 016-20001, RRID: AB_839506, 1:500, Osaka, Japan), anti-Iba1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology; Cat# sc-32725, RRID: AB_667733, 1:500, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), anti-Aβ (Abcam; Cat# ab32136, RRID: AB_2289606, 1/500, Cambridge, UK), anti-PSD95 (Cell Signaling Technology; Cat# 3450S, RRID: AB_2292883, 1:2000, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-CD11c (Biolegend; Cat# 117304, RRID: AB_313773, 1:1000, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), anti-Lamp1 (BIOSS; Cat# bs-1970R, 1:100, Beijing, China), and anti-CD68 (Bio-Rad; Cat# MCA1957, RRID: AB_322219, 1:50, Heraklion, CA, USA).
Techniques: Staining, Fluorescence, Quantitation Assay