Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Astrocytic activation of EMMPRIN contributes to their pathological phenotype in ALS
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.23.639749
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative western blot and relative quantification of the high-glycosylated (50kDa) (B) and the low-glycosylated (37kDa) (C) forms of EMMPRIN (EMN) in the ventral horns of the lumbar spinal cord of Ntg (black dots) and SOD1 G93A (red dots) mice. Two-Way Anova: HG-EMN (interaction, p=0.084; age, p<0.0001; genotype, p<0.0001) followed by T-test for genotype comparison: HG-EMN (PS, p=0.4986; ON, **, p=0.0064; SY, ***, p=0.0005; ES, **, p=0.0052); LG-EMN (interaction, p=0.6868; age, p=0.825; genotype, p=0.831). One-Way Anova for linear trend: HG-EMN, p<0.0001; LG-EMN, p=0.0636. Target protein intensity was normalized on total transferred proteins (TTP). Data are mean±SEM of n=5 mice/stage. (D) Representative image of EMMPRIN (EMN, gray) expression in neuronal cells (NeuN, green) in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord of NTg and SOD1 G93A mice at the onset of the disease. Large neurons, i.e motoneurons, are labeled by anti-EMMPRIN antibody. Experiments have been performed in n=3 mice/group. (E) Representative image of EMMPRIN (EMN, gray) expression in astrocytes (GFAP, green) in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord of NTg and SOD1 G93A mice at an advanced symptomatic stage. (F) Representative image of EMMPRIN (EMN, gray) expression in microglia (Iba1, red) in the ventral horn of the lumbar spinal cord of NTg and SOD1 G93A mice at an advanced symptomatic stage. Of note, E and F are the same image but with split channels and performed appropriate merge. (G) Relative quantification of the percentage of astrocytes (GFAP) or microglia (Iba1) expressing EMMPRIN. Two-Way Anova (interaction, p=0.0003; age, p<0.0001; cell type, p<0.0001) followed by Bonferroni multiple comparison test for cell type comparison (***PS, p=0.0001; ON, SY, ES ****, p<0.0001). One-Way Anova for linear trend: GFAP, p<0.0001; Iba1, p<0.0001. Data are mean±SEM of n=4-5 mice/stage. For all experiment: PS, presymptomatic; ON, onset; SY, symptomatic; ES, end-stage. For D-F scale bar = 100μm.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used for immunoblot, (western/dot blot) (IB), immunofluorescence (IF) are as follows: rat monoclonal anti-EMMPRIN antibody (1:1000 for IB; 1:500 for IF; Bio-Rad, #MCA2283), rabbit polyclonal anti-EMMPRIN antibody (1:1000 for IB; ProteinTech, #11989-1-AP), rabbit polyclonal anti-PPIA antibody (1:5000 for IB; ProteinTech, #10720-1-AP), rabbit polyclonal anti-NF-kB p65 subunit antibody (1:1000 for IB; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, #sc-8008), rabbit polyclonal anti-phospo-NF-kB p65 (Ser536) antibody (1:1000 for IB; Cell Signaling Technology, #3033), mouse monoclonal anti-phospo-NF-kB p65 (Ser536) antibody (1:1000 for IB; Cell Signaling Technology, #3036), rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba-1 antibody (1:500 for IF; Wako, #019-19741), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP antibody (1:500 for IF; Cell Signaling Technology, #3670), mouse monoclonal anti-PPIA antibody (1:500 for IF; Invitrogen, #39-1100), rabbit monoclonal anti-NeuN antibody (1:500 for IF; Cell Signaling Technology, #12943), goat polyclonal anti-choline acetyltransferase antibody (1:500 for IF; Millipore, #AB114P), goat anti-mouse, anti-rabbit or anti-rat peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (1:5000 for IB; Jackson Immunoresearch Lab), goat Alexa Fluor 647 or 555 or 488 anti-mouse or anti-rabbit or anti-rat or anti-goat fluorophore-conjugated secondary antibodies (1:500 for IF; Invitrogen).
Techniques: Western Blot, Quantitative Proteomics, Comparison, Expressing, Labeling