Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Altered expression of Presenilin2 impacts endolysosomal homeostasis and synapse function in Alzheimer’s disease-relevant brain circuits
doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54777-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Representative images of DIV14 hippocampal neurons immunostained for full length APP, APPCTF/Aβ (82e1) and LAMP1. Arrowheads in zoomed insets highlight co-localization. b Western blot of DIV14 neuronal lysates showing increased APP-CTF levels. c Quantification of a for triple overlap between LAMP1 and APP/82e1 positive puncta. d Quantification of ratio APP: APP-CTF ratio of blots from ( b ). e Representative images of immunolabeling of early (EEA1) and recycling endosomes (VPS35), and LE/Lys (LAMP1). White arrowheads in zoomed insets show overlap between three compartments. f – h Quantification of total area of ( f ) LAMP1, ( g ) EEA1 and ( h ) VPS35 as percentage of total neuronal soma area. i Representative images of lysosomal Ca 2+ measured through feeding cells with dextran coupled Alexa488 and Ca 2+ sensitive Rhodamine-coupled dextran, and quantified in ( j ) as a Rhodamine/Alexa488 ratio. k LAMP1 surface labelling combined with Phalloidin staining, quantified in ( l ). m Schematic of the dual labelled mCherry-GFP-LC3: in autophagosomes both mCherry and GFP give yellow fluorescence; whereas in lysosomes, GFP is quenched resulting in red fluorescence. Created in BioRender. Vrancx, C. (2024) https://BioRender.com/j26q595 . n Representative images of DIV14 hippocampal neurons transfected with mCherry-GFP-LC3, quantified in ( o ) as total number of mCherry+ LC3 puncta normalized to APPKI neurons and in ( p ) as total number of mCherry + /GFP + LC3 puncta. Graphs ( c – f – g – h – j – l – o – p ) were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s correction for multiple testing compared to APPKI. All graphs are represented as mean ± SEM, with triangles and circles representing the average per neuronal culture and individual cells, respectively. Scale bars are indicated in the figure.
Article Snippet: Mouse anti-human Aβ (82e1, 10323, Tecan, 1:100 for IF, 1:500 for WB), anti-human Aβ fibrils (AB2287, Sigma Aldrich, 1:200 for IF), rat anti-Lamp1 (1D4B, sc19992 Santa Cruz, 1:200 for IF, 1:1000 for WB), rabbit anti-APP (Y188, Ab32136, Abcam, 1:500 for IF), rabbit anti-APP (B63.3, home-made, 1:10 000 for WB), rabbit anti-presenilin 2 (ab51249, abcam, 1:500 for IF, 1:10 000 for WB), rabbit anti-presenilin 1 (B19, home-made, 1:20 000 for WB), mouse anti-nicastrin (9C3, home-made, 1:8000 for WB), mouse anti- actin (A5441, Sigma Aldrich, 1:10 000 for WB), chicken anti-Map2 (PA1-10005, Thermo Fisher, 1:5000 for IF), rabbit anti-EEA1 (07-1820, Sigma Aldrich, 1:250 for IF), goat anti-VPS35 (ab10099, Abcam, 1:200 for IF), mouse anti-GLUA1 (MA5-27694, Invitrogen, 1:500 for IF, 1:1000 for WB), rabbit anti-pGLUA1 (p1160-845, Phosphosolutions, 1:100 for IF), guinea-pig anti-vGLUT1 (135,304, Synaptic Systems, 1:500 for IF, 1:5000 for WB), PSD 95 nanobody-647 (N3702-AF647-L, Synaptic Systems, 1: 500 for IF), mouse anti- synaptobrevin2 (104 211, Synaptic Systems, 1:500 for IF), mouse anti-ankyrin-G coupled to FL550 (75-146-FL550, NeuroMab, 1:500).
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunolabeling, Staining, Fluorescence, Transfection