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    Novus Biologicals mouse anti human vcam1 antibody
    (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45− BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package61). (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b−CD45− cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including <t>Vcam1.</t> n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Bars represent mean. Error bars derived from SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package (*q=0.0015). See and Source Data for details. (e) FPKM values of tight junction genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. q=0.16, *q=0.0013, **q=0.0015, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (f) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs). n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. *q=0.0015, **q=0.021, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (g) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG-DL488 isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (h) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 conjugated isotype control as depicted in (g). (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per age group, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per age group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0015. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (j) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p=0.0031,Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Quantification shown in . Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 8 mice in the Young isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments; representative images are shown. (l) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (n=272 BECs total). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (m) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (n) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1− gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (o) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). (p) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (bars represent mean and error bars = SD). (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). *p=0.017. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. (q) Violin plots of mRNA expression levels of Icam1 in all isolated BECs (bottom) and specifically in VCAM1+ enriched BECs (top). Other adhesion molecules, namely Psele and Sele were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. (All BECs: n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group; VCAM1+ enriched BECs: n=56 Vcam1+ young BECs, n=44 Vcam1+ Aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (r) Violin plots of tight junction markers in all isolated young and aged BECs. (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in .
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    1) Product Images from "Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1"

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    Journal: Nature medicine

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45− BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package61). (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b−CD45− cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Bars represent mean. Error bars derived from SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package (*q=0.0015). See and Source Data for details. (e) FPKM values of tight junction genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. q=0.16, *q=0.0013, **q=0.0015, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (f) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs). n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. *q=0.0015, **q=0.021, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (g) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG-DL488 isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (h) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 conjugated isotype control as depicted in (g). (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per age group, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per age group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0015. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (j) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p=0.0031,Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Quantification shown in . Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 8 mice in the Young isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments; representative images are shown. (l) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (n=272 BECs total). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (m) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (n) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1− gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (o) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). (p) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (bars represent mean and error bars = SD). (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). *p=0.017. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. (q) Violin plots of mRNA expression levels of Icam1 in all isolated BECs (bottom) and specifically in VCAM1+ enriched BECs (top). Other adhesion molecules, namely Psele and Sele were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. (All BECs: n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group; VCAM1+ enriched BECs: n=56 Vcam1+ young BECs, n=44 Vcam1+ Aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (r) Violin plots of tight junction markers in all isolated young and aged BECs. (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in .
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45− BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package61). (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b−CD45− cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Bars represent mean. Error bars derived from SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package (*q=0.0015). See and Source Data for details. (e) FPKM values of tight junction genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. q=0.16, *q=0.0013, **q=0.0015, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (f) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs). n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. *q=0.0015, **q=0.021, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (g) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG-DL488 isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (h) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 conjugated isotype control as depicted in (g). (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per age group, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per age group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0015. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (j) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p=0.0031,Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Quantification shown in . Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 8 mice in the Young isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments; representative images are shown. (l) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (n=272 BECs total). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (m) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (n) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1− gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (o) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). (p) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (bars represent mean and error bars = SD). (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). *p=0.017. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. (q) Violin plots of mRNA expression levels of Icam1 in all isolated BECs (bottom) and specifically in VCAM1+ enriched BECs (top). Other adhesion molecules, namely Psele and Sele were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. (All BECs: n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group; VCAM1+ enriched BECs: n=56 Vcam1+ young BECs, n=44 Vcam1+ Aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (r) Violin plots of tight junction markers in all isolated young and aged BECs. (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in .

    Techniques Used: Binding Assay, Derivative Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Injection, Control, In Vivo, Staining, Isolation, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Expressing, Biomarker Discovery, Fluorescence, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY

    (a) Heat map displaying up or down-regulated genes in young versus aged BECs based on bulk RNAseq (n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample). There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package ). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.47; p=7.7e-08; q=5.72 × 10 −6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from individual healthy donors. **p=0.0033, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (19-month-old; n=8) mice. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0001 ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 µm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 µm. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3-4-month-old), 5 middle (12-month-old), 11 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0002, ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative images shown in . **p=0.0071, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. n= 8 mice in the Young Isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Heat map displaying up or down-regulated genes in young versus aged BECs based on bulk RNAseq (n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample). There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package ). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.47; p=7.7e-08; q=5.72 × 10 −6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from individual healthy donors. **p=0.0033, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (19-month-old; n=8) mice. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0001 ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 µm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 µm. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3-4-month-old), 5 middle (12-month-old), 11 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0002, ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative images shown in . **p=0.0071, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. n= 8 mice in the Young Isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments.

    Techniques Used: Activation Assay, Derivative Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Multiplex Assay, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Staining

    (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterial BECs (arteries and arterioles), which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of BECs that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venous cells (venules and veins) the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (c) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (d) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, Notch signaling, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1 -negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1 -pos, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -pos). (e) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p<0.05, Mann-Whitney test, two-sided) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (f) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity. (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (g) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)- Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1−positive venous and arteriolar hippocampal BEC clusters. The top 10 pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched and the score assigned to each pathway. (h) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. To note, age-related chemokine Ccl11 and its receptor, Ccr3, were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (i) Violin plots of cytokine receptors enriched in the Vcam1−positive venous cluster. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (j) Young (2.5-month-old) mice were injected with PBS control (n=5 mice high dose, 3 mice low dose), TNF-α (n=3 mice at high dose, 4 mice at low dose), IL-1β (n=4 mice low dose, 4 mice high dose), or IL-6 r.o. (n=4 mice low dose) daily over 5 days (2 µg per injection; low dose) or acutely (10 µg; high dose). Representative confocal images (bottom) and quantification (top) of VCAM1+ staining in the DG. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.027, **p=0.041, ***p=0.028, ***p=0.006. 1-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparison’s test.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterial BECs (arteries and arterioles), which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of BECs that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venous cells (venules and veins) the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (c) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (d) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, Notch signaling, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1 -negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1 -pos, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -pos). (e) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p<0.05, Mann-Whitney test, two-sided) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (f) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity. (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (g) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)- Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1−positive venous and arteriolar hippocampal BEC clusters. The top 10 pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched and the score assigned to each pathway. (h) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. To note, age-related chemokine Ccl11 and its receptor, Ccr3, were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (i) Violin plots of cytokine receptors enriched in the Vcam1−positive venous cluster. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (j) Young (2.5-month-old) mice were injected with PBS control (n=5 mice high dose, 3 mice low dose), TNF-α (n=3 mice at high dose, 4 mice at low dose), IL-1β (n=4 mice low dose, 4 mice high dose), or IL-6 r.o. (n=4 mice low dose) daily over 5 days (2 µg per injection; low dose) or acutely (10 µg; high dose). Representative confocal images (bottom) and quantification (top) of VCAM1+ staining in the DG. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.027, **p=0.041, ***p=0.028, ***p=0.006. 1-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparison’s test.

    Techniques Used: Membrane, Expressing, MANN-WHITNEY, Functional Assay, Isolation, Injection, Control, Staining

    (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1 + vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (c) Top: Histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month-old) wildtype mice injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 isotype control 2 hours before sacrifice. This was done to set the gating for VCAM1+CD31+BECs. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice. To label VCAM1+BECs, mice were injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb 2 hours before sacrifice. (d) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per plasma treatment, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per plasma treatment group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.017. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG and SGZ of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 µm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. **p=0.009, *p=0.028. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the GCL of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0047, **p=0.0011, *p=0.031. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1 + vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (c) Top: Histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month-old) wildtype mice injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 isotype control 2 hours before sacrifice. This was done to set the gating for VCAM1+CD31+BECs. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice. To label VCAM1+BECs, mice were injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb 2 hours before sacrifice. (d) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per plasma treatment, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per plasma treatment group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.017. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG and SGZ of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 µm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. **p=0.009, *p=0.028. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the GCL of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0047, **p=0.0011, *p=0.031. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP.

    Techniques Used: Two Tailed Test, Isolation, Injection, Control, Clinical Proteomics

    (a) Violin plots of classical arterial (top) or venous (bottom) markers in each cluster. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Jag1 and Efnb2. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (b) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Vegfc. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (c) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. All Bend.3 cells and primary BECs are validated with these markers prior to experimentation; confirmed independently >10 experiments. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31+ VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (e) CD31+VCAM1+ Quantification (left) and histogram (right) of Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with recombinant mouse TNF-α, IL-1β, or IL-6 followed by flow cytometry to measure VCAM1. n=3 biologically independent samples per condition. ****p<0.0001, One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM; experiment repeated four times independently with similar results. (f) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VCAM1 to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. Each plasma treatment experiment in Primary BECs or Bend.3 cells with mouse or human plasma repeated at least three times independently with similar results. (g) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. Primary BECs treated with YMP or AMP: n=7 YMP, 9 AMP biologically independent replicates pooled from two experiments. *p=0.0343. Bend.3 cells with YMP or AMP: n=4 biologically independent replicates per group derived from different cell flasks. ***p=0.0003. Bend.3 cells with YHP or AHP: n=6 biologically independent replicates derived from different cell flasks per group. ****p<0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. Mean +/− SEM. (h) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram of Bend.3 cells. **p= 0.0082. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of %CD31+ Bend.3 cells treated with young or aged mouse plasma and co-stained with CD31 and ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group for ICAM1; n=6 biologically independent replicates per group for E- and P- selectin. Mean +/− SEM. Histogram plots shown to the right of quantifications. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.2355 (ICAM1), p=0.1959 (E-Selectin), p=0.0825 (P-Selectin). (j) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 month) or aged (18 month) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Quantification (k) on the right using n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.5222. (l-m) Quantification in the DG of total BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in young (3-month-old) mice injected r.o. daily over 5 days (2 μg per injection) with TNF-α (n=4 mice/group) or with 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion (n= 8 mice per group). In each experiment, mice were pulsed with BrdU every 8 hours for 3 injections prior to perfusion. *p=0.0194 (TNF-α *p= 0.0122 (LPS). Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Violin plots of classical arterial (top) or venous (bottom) markers in each cluster. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Jag1 and Efnb2. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (b) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Vegfc. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (c) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. All Bend.3 cells and primary BECs are validated with these markers prior to experimentation; confirmed independently >10 experiments. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31+ VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (e) CD31+VCAM1+ Quantification (left) and histogram (right) of Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with recombinant mouse TNF-α, IL-1β, or IL-6 followed by flow cytometry to measure VCAM1. n=3 biologically independent samples per condition. ****p<0.0001, One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM; experiment repeated four times independently with similar results. (f) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VCAM1 to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. Each plasma treatment experiment in Primary BECs or Bend.3 cells with mouse or human plasma repeated at least three times independently with similar results. (g) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. Primary BECs treated with YMP or AMP: n=7 YMP, 9 AMP biologically independent replicates pooled from two experiments. *p=0.0343. Bend.3 cells with YMP or AMP: n=4 biologically independent replicates per group derived from different cell flasks. ***p=0.0003. Bend.3 cells with YHP or AHP: n=6 biologically independent replicates derived from different cell flasks per group. ****p<0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. Mean +/− SEM. (h) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram of Bend.3 cells. **p= 0.0082. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of %CD31+ Bend.3 cells treated with young or aged mouse plasma and co-stained with CD31 and ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group for ICAM1; n=6 biologically independent replicates per group for E- and P- selectin. Mean +/− SEM. Histogram plots shown to the right of quantifications. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.2355 (ICAM1), p=0.1959 (E-Selectin), p=0.0825 (P-Selectin). (j) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 month) or aged (18 month) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Quantification (k) on the right using n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.5222. (l-m) Quantification in the DG of total BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in young (3-month-old) mice injected r.o. daily over 5 days (2 μg per injection) with TNF-α (n=4 mice/group) or with 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion (n= 8 mice per group). In each experiment, mice were pulsed with BrdU every 8 hours for 3 injections prior to perfusion. *p=0.0194 (TNF-α *p= 0.0122 (LPS). Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test.

    Techniques Used: Cell Culture, Recombinant, Flow Cytometry, Clinical Proteomics, Staining, Derivative Assay, Two Tailed Test, Injection

    (a) Schematic. n= 5 mice/group. (b) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 from immunostained confocal images. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0451. (c) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ NPCs and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.007, **p=0.0227, *p=0.0038. (d) Quantification in the DG of Iba1 and CD68 from confocal images of immunostained sections. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p= 0.0454. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 6 Cre− and 5 Cre+ mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and (h) average # DCX+ imature neurons per section in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. *p=0.0012, **p=0021, ***p=0.0028. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. Bars represent mean. Error bar represents SEM. Stain experiment repeated twice with similar results; Similar mouse experiments using these validated transgenic mice repeated 4 times with similar results (see ). (j) Confocal images of brain sections of Cre+ or Cre− aged Slco1c1-CreERT2-Vcam1fl/fl mice treated with tamoxifen in young adulthood (age 2 months) and aged to 18 months stained for anti-VCAM1 or IgG isotype control, Aqp4, and GFAP. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Aged (18-month-old) brain sections were treated with Sudan Black B to remove lipofuscin background in the granular and hilus layers of the DG. SBB treatment removes the majority of lipid-based artifacts typically seen in aged tissues without suppressing immunofluorescent labeling. Scale bar = 100 μm. Experiment repeated three times with similar results. (k) Aged (18-month-old) Cre+ and Cre− brain sections were immunostained using the regular protocol, without Sudan Black B treatment. Heavy lipofuscin background is present in the Cy3 fluorescence channel. Experiment repeated three times with similar results.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Schematic. n= 5 mice/group. (b) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 from immunostained confocal images. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0451. (c) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ NPCs and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.007, **p=0.0227, *p=0.0038. (d) Quantification in the DG of Iba1 and CD68 from confocal images of immunostained sections. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p= 0.0454. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 6 Cre− and 5 Cre+ mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and (h) average # DCX+ imature neurons per section in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. *p=0.0012, **p=0021, ***p=0.0028. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. Bars represent mean. Error bar represents SEM. Stain experiment repeated twice with similar results; Similar mouse experiments using these validated transgenic mice repeated 4 times with similar results (see ). (j) Confocal images of brain sections of Cre+ or Cre− aged Slco1c1-CreERT2-Vcam1fl/fl mice treated with tamoxifen in young adulthood (age 2 months) and aged to 18 months stained for anti-VCAM1 or IgG isotype control, Aqp4, and GFAP. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Aged (18-month-old) brain sections were treated with Sudan Black B to remove lipofuscin background in the granular and hilus layers of the DG. SBB treatment removes the majority of lipid-based artifacts typically seen in aged tissues without suppressing immunofluorescent labeling. Scale bar = 100 μm. Experiment repeated three times with similar results. (k) Aged (18-month-old) Cre+ and Cre− brain sections were immunostained using the regular protocol, without Sudan Black B treatment. Heavy lipofuscin background is present in the Cy3 fluorescence channel. Experiment repeated three times with similar results.

    Techniques Used: Two Tailed Test, Labeling, Staining, Transgenic Assay, Control, Fluorescence

    (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Quantification of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of EAE (multiple sclerosis), Npc1−/− (Niemann Pick Disease Type C), and Grn−/− (Frontotemporal Dementia) disease models. EAE: n=4 naïve, 8 EAE induced, *p=0.006, **p=0.0125; Npc1: n=6 mice per group, ***p=0.0274, ****p<0.0001; Grn: n=4 mice per group, *****p=0.0004. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (c) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in te granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilus GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (d) Vcam1fl/flSlco1c1-CreERT2+/− (Cre+) or CreERT2−/− (Cre−) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28, 22, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. FACS gating strategy to analyze single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (e) Quantification of (f) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre− mice treated as described in (d). n=3 Cre+ or Cre− mice received LPS, while one Cre− mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre− mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. **p=0.0011; Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test; Mean +/− SEM. (g) Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei in LPS stimulated mice as descrbed in (d). Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre−, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. Scale bar = 100 μm.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Quantification of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of EAE (multiple sclerosis), Npc1−/− (Niemann Pick Disease Type C), and Grn−/− (Frontotemporal Dementia) disease models. EAE: n=4 naïve, 8 EAE induced, *p=0.006, **p=0.0125; Npc1: n=6 mice per group, ***p=0.0274, ****p<0.0001; Grn: n=4 mice per group, *****p=0.0004. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (c) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in te granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilus GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (d) Vcam1fl/flSlco1c1-CreERT2+/− (Cre+) or CreERT2−/− (Cre−) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28, 22, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. FACS gating strategy to analyze single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (e) Quantification of (f) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre− mice treated as described in (d). n=3 Cre+ or Cre− mice received LPS, while one Cre− mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre− mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. **p=0.0011; Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test; Mean +/− SEM. (g) Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei in LPS stimulated mice as descrbed in (d). Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre−, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Techniques Used: Clinical Proteomics, Staining, Labeling, Two Tailed Test, Injection, Flow Cytometry, Isolation, Control

    (a) Experimental design. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. Plasma administration in these transgenic mice was performed 1 additional time in a long-term paradigm with similar results . Plasma administration was performed in 8 independent experiments with similar results . (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 µm for merged images and scale bar= 50 µm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. Tissue was stained and VCAM1 was measured in all 31 mice in this study. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p=0.0031. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (d) Mouse sVCAsM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p=0.022. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 µm. *p=0.02, **p=0.017. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the GCL. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. **p=0.0015. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0008, ***p=0.0061, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. Plasma administration in these transgenic mice was performed 1 additional time in a long-term paradigm with similar results . Plasma administration was performed in 8 independent experiments with similar results . (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 µm for merged images and scale bar= 50 µm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. Tissue was stained and VCAM1 was measured in all 31 mice in this study. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p=0.0031. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (d) Mouse sVCAsM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p=0.022. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 µm. *p=0.02, **p=0.017. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the GCL. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. **p=0.0015. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0008, ***p=0.0061, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP.

    Techniques Used: Clinical Proteomics, Transgenic Assay, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

    (a) Experimental design. n=7 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAM1 (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion by anti-human VCAM1 antibody but not IgG. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. Full blots shown in Source Data. (d) Human sVCAM1 ELISA of depleted plasma. n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm for merged images and scale bar= 20 μm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. ***p=0.0004, **p= 0.0025. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. *p=0.0237, **p= 0.0123, ***p=0.0320, ****p=0.0094. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. **p=0.0017, *p=0.0385. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=7 mice/group. *p= 0.0156, **p=0.0242, ***p=0.0034, ****p= 0.0237, p=0.0546 PBS compared to anti-VCAM1 activated microglia counts. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Experiment schematic. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. (l) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 in lectin+ blood vessels using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 7 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice analyzed. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. **p=0.006. (m) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0006, **p=0.0067. (n) Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons (o) from confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.018, **p=0.0386, ***p=0.0344, ****p=0.0167. (p) Quantification of the total numbers of EdU+ surviving cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0009, ****p=0.0002.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAM1 (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion by anti-human VCAM1 antibody but not IgG. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. Full blots shown in Source Data. (d) Human sVCAM1 ELISA of depleted plasma. n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm for merged images and scale bar= 20 μm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. ***p=0.0004, **p= 0.0025. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. *p=0.0237, **p= 0.0123, ***p=0.0320, ****p=0.0094. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. **p=0.0017, *p=0.0385. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=7 mice/group. *p= 0.0156, **p=0.0242, ***p=0.0034, ****p= 0.0237, p=0.0546 PBS compared to anti-VCAM1 activated microglia counts. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Experiment schematic. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. (l) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 in lectin+ blood vessels using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 7 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice analyzed. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. **p=0.006. (m) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0006, **p=0.0067. (n) Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons (o) from confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.018, **p=0.0386, ***p=0.0344, ****p=0.0167. (p) Quantification of the total numbers of EdU+ surviving cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0009, ****p=0.0002.

    Techniques Used: Staining, Clinical Proteomics, Western Blot, Immunodepletion, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Labeling

    (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (n=4 mice/group analyzed). 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM.***p=0.0002. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0193, **p=0.0283, ***p=0.0015. (g-h) Quantification of the total number of surviving EdU+DCX+ immature neurons and EdU+NeuN+ neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0181. (i-j) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM.****p<0.0001 for both. (k) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. (l) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=3 mice brain sections stained and quantified per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0128, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (m) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0325, ***p=0.0003. (n) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. **p=0.0008, *p= 0.0427. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (o) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (18-month-old) female mice. n=6 mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaird two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (n=4 mice/group analyzed). 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM.***p=0.0002. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0193, **p=0.0283, ***p=0.0015. (g-h) Quantification of the total number of surviving EdU+DCX+ immature neurons and EdU+NeuN+ neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0181. (i-j) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM.****p<0.0001 for both. (k) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. (l) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=3 mice brain sections stained and quantified per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0128, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (m) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0325, ***p=0.0003. (n) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. **p=0.0008, *p= 0.0427. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (o) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (18-month-old) female mice. n=6 mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaird two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM.

    Techniques Used: Control, Injection, Staining, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Clinical Proteomics

    (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p=0.0013, p=0.06 (PBS vs. AHP in mice treated with anti-VCAM1 mAb). (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0154. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p<0.0001, ***p=0.0001, *p=0.0407. (h) Experimental design. n=8 mice injected with PBS (r.o.), 8 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and IgG (i.p.), and 7 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and anti-VCAM1 mAb (i.p.) (i) Quantification and (j) representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.0056, *p=0.0253, ***p=0.0041, ****p=0.019. (k) Quantification in the DG of total number of surviving EdU+ cells, EdU+GFAP+ astrocytes, and EdU+Sox2+GFAP+ radial glia-like NSCs in the SGZ based on confocal images of immunostained brain sections for EdU, Sox2, and GFAP. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.011, **p=0.0057, ***p=0.0083, ****p=0.049, *****p=0.022. (l) Representative confocal images and quantification (m) in the GCL of EdU, DCX, and NeuN. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. *p=0.0399 and p=0.0643(AMP+IgG vs. AMP+ anti-VCAM1 mAb). (n) Cell fate based on co-labeling of surviving EdU+ cells 4 weeks after EdU labeling of mice. Each bar represents 100% of EdU+ cells.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p=0.0013, p=0.06 (PBS vs. AHP in mice treated with anti-VCAM1 mAb). (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0154. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p<0.0001, ***p=0.0001, *p=0.0407. (h) Experimental design. n=8 mice injected with PBS (r.o.), 8 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and IgG (i.p.), and 7 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and anti-VCAM1 mAb (i.p.) (i) Quantification and (j) representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.0056, *p=0.0253, ***p=0.0041, ****p=0.019. (k) Quantification in the DG of total number of surviving EdU+ cells, EdU+GFAP+ astrocytes, and EdU+Sox2+GFAP+ radial glia-like NSCs in the SGZ based on confocal images of immunostained brain sections for EdU, Sox2, and GFAP. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.011, **p=0.0057, ***p=0.0083, ****p=0.049, *****p=0.022. (l) Representative confocal images and quantification (m) in the GCL of EdU, DCX, and NeuN. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. *p=0.0399 and p=0.0643(AMP+IgG vs. AMP+ anti-VCAM1 mAb). (n) Cell fate based on co-labeling of surviving EdU+ cells 4 weeks after EdU labeling of mice. Each bar represents 100% of EdU+ cells.

    Techniques Used: Injection, Labeling

    (a) Quantification of fluorescent signal measured with a microplate reader from homogenized brain tissues samples from mice that were injected with Texas Red labeled 70kDa dextran r.o. and perfused with FITC labeled 2MDa dextran 3 hours after injection. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-;fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. n= 3 Young Cre− (5-month-old), 5 aged Cre− (19-month-old), 2 young Cre− mice that underwent TBI as a positive control, 3 young Cre− control mice not injected with dextran, and 3 aged Cre− control mice not injected with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. (b) Quantification of fluorescent signal from homogenized brain tissues samples measured with a microplate reader. Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 3 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, or 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” (19-month-old), which are Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated for 4 days, 2 months prior to sacrifice, and that were infused with dextran prior to sacrifice as described in (a). Mean +/− SEM. (c-d) Quantification of Mean Fluorescence Intensity from confocal images of tissue sections from mice injected as in (a-b). Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 4 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated and that were infused with dextran as described in (a-b), 1 young and 1 aged Cre− control mice not infused with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. p=0.895 (Young vs. Aged), 0.9097 (Aged vs. Aged Vcam1-ST). (e) Schematic of flow cytometric analysis of various immune cell populations from mouse cortex and hippocampi. (f) Flow cytometry gating strategy of individual hippocampal immune cell populations labeled with various immune cell markers, anti-alpha4 and anti-beta1 integrins (VLA-4). n-1 was used to gate fir VLA-4+ cell populations.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Quantification of fluorescent signal measured with a microplate reader from homogenized brain tissues samples from mice that were injected with Texas Red labeled 70kDa dextran r.o. and perfused with FITC labeled 2MDa dextran 3 hours after injection. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-;fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. n= 3 Young Cre− (5-month-old), 5 aged Cre− (19-month-old), 2 young Cre− mice that underwent TBI as a positive control, 3 young Cre− control mice not injected with dextran, and 3 aged Cre− control mice not injected with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. (b) Quantification of fluorescent signal from homogenized brain tissues samples measured with a microplate reader. Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 3 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, or 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” (19-month-old), which are Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated for 4 days, 2 months prior to sacrifice, and that were infused with dextran prior to sacrifice as described in (a). Mean +/− SEM. (c-d) Quantification of Mean Fluorescence Intensity from confocal images of tissue sections from mice injected as in (a-b). Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 4 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated and that were infused with dextran as described in (a-b), 1 young and 1 aged Cre− control mice not infused with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. p=0.895 (Young vs. Aged), 0.9097 (Aged vs. Aged Vcam1-ST). (e) Schematic of flow cytometric analysis of various immune cell populations from mouse cortex and hippocampi. (f) Flow cytometry gating strategy of individual hippocampal immune cell populations labeled with various immune cell markers, anti-alpha4 and anti-beta1 integrins (VLA-4). n-1 was used to gate fir VLA-4+ cell populations.

    Techniques Used: Injection, Labeling, Positive Control, Control, Fluorescence, Flow Cytometry

    (a) Mouse model and experimental groups. n= 5 Young Cre− mice, 9 Aged Cre− mice, 4 “Vcam1− (LT)” mice, and 4 “Vcam1-(ST)” mice. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. Tamoxifen treatment paradigm described in schematic. (b) Gating plots of CD31+VCAM1+ hippocampal and cortex cells isolated from 1 LPS stimulated aged (19-month-old) Cre+ (Vcam1−deletion ST) mouse and 1 Cre− mouse injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice to confirm VCAM1 on BECs was reduced. 1 additional Cre− mouse was treated with LPS and injected with IgG-DL488 isotype control prior to sacrifice to serve as a control for VCAM1 gating. (c-j) Quantification of various cell populations present in Young Cre− (n=5), Aged Cre− (n=9), Aged Vcam1-deleted LT (n=4), and Aged Vcam1-deleted ST (n=4) mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0413, **p=0.0245, ***p=0.0429, ****p=0.0023. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Mouse model and experimental groups. n= 5 Young Cre− mice, 9 Aged Cre− mice, 4 “Vcam1− (LT)” mice, and 4 “Vcam1-(ST)” mice. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. Tamoxifen treatment paradigm described in schematic. (b) Gating plots of CD31+VCAM1+ hippocampal and cortex cells isolated from 1 LPS stimulated aged (19-month-old) Cre+ (Vcam1−deletion ST) mouse and 1 Cre− mouse injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice to confirm VCAM1 on BECs was reduced. 1 additional Cre− mouse was treated with LPS and injected with IgG-DL488 isotype control prior to sacrifice to serve as a control for VCAM1 gating. (c-j) Quantification of various cell populations present in Young Cre− (n=5), Aged Cre− (n=9), Aged Vcam1-deleted LT (n=4), and Aged Vcam1-deleted ST (n=4) mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0413, **p=0.0245, ***p=0.0429, ****p=0.0023. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test.

    Techniques Used: Isolation, Injection, Control

    (a) Experimental design for anti-VLA-4. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) of VCAM1, Lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=3 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/−SEM. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. *p=0.0436, **p=0.0175. (e) Quantification of confocal images of the DG of NPCs co-labeled with BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (g-h) Quantification of Iba1+ and Iba1+CD68+ Microglia in the DG from the experiment described in . n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (i-k) 13-month-old NSG mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent novel object recognition or fear conditioning during the last week (n=11 mice per group). Quantification of percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task is shown in (i) while %Freezing observed during the Training (j) phase is shown. The average of Trials 3-5 for Contextual are quantified in (k). Mean +/−SEM. 2-way Anova with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0485. There were no significant differences between groups for contextual freezing (Two-tailed Student’s t-test; p=0.2722). (l-n) 23-month-old C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent fear conditioning during the last week (n=7 PBS, 12 IgG, and 13 anti-Vcam1-treated mice per group). %Freezing observed during the Training (l), Cued (m), and Contextual (n) tests are shown. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way Anova with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test between groups at each timepoint. *p=0.0493. Individual data point distribution shown in Source Data.
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    Techniques Used: Two Tailed Test, Labeling, Injection

    (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images of BrdU and Sox2 from the experiment described in . Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (c) Representative confocal images of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst from the experiment described in . Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (d) Quantification in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0341, **p=0.0027. (e) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1 from confocal images. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. ***p=0.0005, **p=0.0026, *p=0.0354. (f) Experimental design for conditional deletion of Vcam1 in young (2-month-old) mice followed by aging them to 18 months. n=8 mice/group. (g) Quantification of total BrdU+ proliferating cells, and BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0263. (h) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0068, *p=0.0169. (i) Days 1–5 escape latency from Barnes Maze and (j) percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task of IgG treated young adult C57BL6 mice (5-month-old; n=15) and IgG-treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15) or anti-VCAM1 mAb treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15). All mice received intraperitoneal injections every 3 days for 3 weeks prior to initiating behavior studies and throughout the duration of the studies; two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc test for time × group comparisons; One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; *p=0.0217, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; Mean +/− SEM. (k) Quantification of freezing behavior in Fear Conditioning Contextual trial with 23-month-old C57BL6 mice injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month. Average of trials 3–5 shown. n=7 PBS, n=12 IgG, n= 13 anti-Vcam1−treated mice per group. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0265. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM.
    Figure Legend Snippet: (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images of BrdU and Sox2 from the experiment described in . Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (c) Representative confocal images of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst from the experiment described in . Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (d) Quantification in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0341, **p=0.0027. (e) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1 from confocal images. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. ***p=0.0005, **p=0.0026, *p=0.0354. (f) Experimental design for conditional deletion of Vcam1 in young (2-month-old) mice followed by aging them to 18 months. n=8 mice/group. (g) Quantification of total BrdU+ proliferating cells, and BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0263. (h) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0068, *p=0.0169. (i) Days 1–5 escape latency from Barnes Maze and (j) percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task of IgG treated young adult C57BL6 mice (5-month-old; n=15) and IgG-treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15) or anti-VCAM1 mAb treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15). All mice received intraperitoneal injections every 3 days for 3 weeks prior to initiating behavior studies and throughout the duration of the studies; two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc test for time × group comparisons; One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; *p=0.0217, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; Mean +/− SEM. (k) Quantification of freezing behavior in Fear Conditioning Contextual trial with 23-month-old C57BL6 mice injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month. Average of trials 3–5 shown. n=7 PBS, n=12 IgG, n= 13 anti-Vcam1−treated mice per group. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0265. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM.

    Techniques Used: Two Tailed Test, Injection

    In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis with neural stem cells (NSCs) differentiating into NPCs (NPCs), immature neurons and mature neurons, and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Inflammatory factors in aged plasma (IL-1β, TNF-α, among others) induce arterial and venous BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1 through their cytokine receptors Tnfrsf1a and Il1r1. 2) Venous VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed and activated venous and arterial VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in NPC activity and chronic activation of microglia. 4) anti-VCAM1 mAb protects young brains from the detrimental effects of aged plasma by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation. 5) anti-VCAM1 mAb rejuvenates aged brains by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation and VCAM1+ BEC-mediated reduction in NPC proliferation.
    Figure Legend Snippet: In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis with neural stem cells (NSCs) differentiating into NPCs (NPCs), immature neurons and mature neurons, and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Inflammatory factors in aged plasma (IL-1β, TNF-α, among others) induce arterial and venous BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1 through their cytokine receptors Tnfrsf1a and Il1r1. 2) Venous VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed and activated venous and arterial VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in NPC activity and chronic activation of microglia. 4) anti-VCAM1 mAb protects young brains from the detrimental effects of aged plasma by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation. 5) anti-VCAM1 mAb rejuvenates aged brains by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation and VCAM1+ BEC-mediated reduction in NPC proliferation.

    Techniques Used: Expressing, Clinical Proteomics, Activation Assay, Transmigration Assay, Activity Assay

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    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier
    Article Snippet: For quantification of the number of BrdU+, EdU+, Sox2+, DCX+, NeuN+, and GFAP+ cells in mice, confocal Z-stacks of six coronal brain sections spanning the hippocampus (40 mm thick, 200 mm apart) were captured on a Zeiss confocal microscope, and cells within the dentate granule cell layer were counted.

    Immunoprecipitation:

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Clinical Proteomics:

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Control:

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1
    Article Snippet: .. Soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) was immunoprecipitated from pooled aged human plasma (65–74 years of age, n=5) using superparamagnetic microbeads conjugated to a mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals) (or monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems) as a control). .. In order to first conjugate the dynabeads to the anti-IgG or anti-VCAM1 antibodies, 500 μl of (0.5 mg/ml) antibody was added to 25 mg of dynabeads and incubated on a rotator overnight at 37°C and prepared according to manual instructions (14311D, Thermo Scientific].

    Imaging:

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1
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    Characterization of altered proximal tubule cells (A) UMAP representation of the PT compartment from AKI and control patients. (B) Relative abundance of PT1 and PT2 clusters in AKI and control patients. (C) Expression of known injury marker genes in PT1 and PT2 clusters. (D and E) Gene-weighted density of HAVCR1 and VCAM1. (F) Enrichment score calculated by gene set enrichment analysis using Reactome pathway database (positive enrichment means an enrichment in PT2 cluster). (G) Pathway activity in PT1 and PT2 clusters (inferred from PROGENy). (H) Collagen, extracellular matrix (ecm) proteoglycan (pg) and glycoprotein (gp) scores in PT1 and PT2 clusters. (I) Potential of heat-diffusion for affinity-based trajectory embedding (PHATE) dimension reduction projecting pathway enrichment estimated by GSVA for each cell type. (J and K) Representative immunostainings of HAVCR1 (J) and VCAM-1 (K) proteins in fibrotic area. ∗∗∗p < 0.001 ∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001.

    Journal: iScience

    Article Title: A transfer learning framework to elucidate the clinical relevance of altered proximal tubule cell states in kidney disease

    doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109271

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of altered proximal tubule cells (A) UMAP representation of the PT compartment from AKI and control patients. (B) Relative abundance of PT1 and PT2 clusters in AKI and control patients. (C) Expression of known injury marker genes in PT1 and PT2 clusters. (D and E) Gene-weighted density of HAVCR1 and VCAM1. (F) Enrichment score calculated by gene set enrichment analysis using Reactome pathway database (positive enrichment means an enrichment in PT2 cluster). (G) Pathway activity in PT1 and PT2 clusters (inferred from PROGENy). (H) Collagen, extracellular matrix (ecm) proteoglycan (pg) and glycoprotein (gp) scores in PT1 and PT2 clusters. (I) Potential of heat-diffusion for affinity-based trajectory embedding (PHATE) dimension reduction projecting pathway enrichment estimated by GSVA for each cell type. (J and K) Representative immunostainings of HAVCR1 (J) and VCAM-1 (K) proteins in fibrotic area. ∗∗∗p < 0.001 ∗∗∗∗p < 0.0001.

    Article Snippet: Immunochemistry staining were performed as followed: after antigen retrieval with pressurized heating chamber in citrate buffer pH7 or tris-EDTA pH9, 5μm tissue sections were incubated with antibodies mouse monoclonal anti-human HAVCR1 (dilution 1:250, clone 219211, RD Systems) and mouse monoclonal anti-human VCAM1 (dilution 1:25, clone 1.4C3, Invitrogen) for 1h at room temperature.

    Techniques: Expressing, Marker, Activity Assay, Diffusion-based Assay

    Journal: iScience

    Article Title: A transfer learning framework to elucidate the clinical relevance of altered proximal tubule cell states in kidney disease

    doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109271

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    Article Snippet: Immunochemistry staining were performed as followed: after antigen retrieval with pressurized heating chamber in citrate buffer pH7 or tris-EDTA pH9, 5μm tissue sections were incubated with antibodies mouse monoclonal anti-human HAVCR1 (dilution 1:250, clone 219211, RD Systems) and mouse monoclonal anti-human VCAM1 (dilution 1:25, clone 1.4C3, Invitrogen) for 1h at room temperature.

    Techniques: Software

    Anti-inflammatory effect of NAC/LA/Br on ECs: analysis of VCAM1 expression. Five different populations of endometriotic endothelial cells (EECs) and 5 different populations of uterine microvascular endothelial cell (UtMECs) were isolated, as described by Bulla et al. with some modifications. ECs were grown to confluence in a 96-well plate and then incubated with NAC 10 μ g/mL, AL 9 μ g/mL, and Br 2 μ g/mL, alone or in association (MIX). Successively the cells were stimulated overnight with TNF- α (100 ng/mL) and incubated with anti-human VCAM1. The binding of primary antibody was revealed incubating the cells with a goat anti-mouse IgG conjugated with alkaline phosphatase. The 100% of VCAM1 expression is referred to the TNF- α -treated cells. Data are expressed as mean ± SE of results from five experiments each performed in triplicate. * P < 0.05 with respect to the untreated (Mann-Whitney test).

    Journal: Mediators of Inflammation

    Article Title: The Combination of N-Acetyl Cysteine, Alpha-Lipoic Acid, and Bromelain Shows High Anti-Inflammatory Properties in Novel In Vivo and In Vitro Models of Endometriosis

    doi: 10.1155/2015/918089

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Anti-inflammatory effect of NAC/LA/Br on ECs: analysis of VCAM1 expression. Five different populations of endometriotic endothelial cells (EECs) and 5 different populations of uterine microvascular endothelial cell (UtMECs) were isolated, as described by Bulla et al. with some modifications. ECs were grown to confluence in a 96-well plate and then incubated with NAC 10 μ g/mL, AL 9 μ g/mL, and Br 2 μ g/mL, alone or in association (MIX). Successively the cells were stimulated overnight with TNF- α (100 ng/mL) and incubated with anti-human VCAM1. The binding of primary antibody was revealed incubating the cells with a goat anti-mouse IgG conjugated with alkaline phosphatase. The 100% of VCAM1 expression is referred to the TNF- α -treated cells. Data are expressed as mean ± SE of results from five experiments each performed in triplicate. * P < 0.05 with respect to the untreated (Mann-Whitney test).

    Article Snippet: Successively the cells were stimulated overnight with TNF- α (100 ng/mL), washed with Dulbecco's PBS added with 2% BSA (Bovine Serum Albumine, fraction V, Sigma-Aldrich) and CaCl 2 -MgCl 2 0,7 mM (Sigma-Aldrich), and then incubated with mouse mAb anti-human VCAM1 (Sigma-Aldrich) 5 μ g/mL for 90 min at RT.

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    (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45− BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package61). (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b−CD45− cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Bars represent mean. Error bars derived from SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package (*q=0.0015). See and Source Data for details. (e) FPKM values of tight junction genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. q=0.16, *q=0.0013, **q=0.0015, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (f) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs). n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. *q=0.0015, **q=0.021, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (g) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG-DL488 isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (h) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 conjugated isotype control as depicted in (g). (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per age group, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per age group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0015. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (j) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p=0.0031,Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Quantification shown in . Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 8 mice in the Young isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments; representative images are shown. (l) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (n=272 BECs total). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (m) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (n) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1− gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (o) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). (p) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (bars represent mean and error bars = SD). (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). *p=0.017. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. (q) Violin plots of mRNA expression levels of Icam1 in all isolated BECs (bottom) and specifically in VCAM1+ enriched BECs (top). Other adhesion molecules, namely Psele and Sele were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. (All BECs: n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group; VCAM1+ enriched BECs: n=56 Vcam1+ young BECs, n=44 Vcam1+ Aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (r) Violin plots of tight junction markers in all isolated young and aged BECs. (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in .

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45− BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package61). (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b−CD45− cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Bars represent mean. Error bars derived from SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package (*q=0.0015). See and Source Data for details. (e) FPKM values of tight junction genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. q=0.16, *q=0.0013, **q=0.0015, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (f) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs). n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. *q=0.0015, **q=0.021, Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (g) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG-DL488 isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (h) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 conjugated isotype control as depicted in (g). (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per age group, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per age group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0015. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (j) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p=0.0031,Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Quantification shown in . Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 8 mice in the Young isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments; representative images are shown. (l) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (n=272 BECs total). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (m) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (n) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1− gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (o) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). (p) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (bars represent mean and error bars = SD). (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). *p=0.017. Two-tailed Mann-Whitney test. (q) Violin plots of mRNA expression levels of Icam1 in all isolated BECs (bottom) and specifically in VCAM1+ enriched BECs (top). Other adhesion molecules, namely Psele and Sele were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. (All BECs: n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group; VCAM1+ enriched BECs: n=56 Vcam1+ young BECs, n=44 Vcam1+ Aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (r) Violin plots of tight junction markers in all isolated young and aged BECs. (n=160 young BECs, n=112 aged BECs pooled from 4 mice hippocampi per age group). Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in .

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Binding Assay, Derivative Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Injection, Control, In Vivo, Staining, Isolation, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Expressing, Biomarker Discovery, Fluorescence, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY

    (a) Heat map displaying up or down-regulated genes in young versus aged BECs based on bulk RNAseq (n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample). There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package ). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.47; p=7.7e-08; q=5.72 × 10 −6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from individual healthy donors. **p=0.0033, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (19-month-old; n=8) mice. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0001 ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 µm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 µm. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3-4-month-old), 5 middle (12-month-old), 11 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0002, ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative images shown in . **p=0.0071, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. n= 8 mice in the Young Isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Heat map displaying up or down-regulated genes in young versus aged BECs based on bulk RNAseq (n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples; each sample= 2 biologically independent mice cortex/hippocampi pooled as one sample). There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05, Cuffdiff Statistical Package ). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. n=6 young and 6 aged biologically independent samples. Mean +/− SEM. Specific q values shown are derived from Cuffdiff Statistical Package. See and Source Data for details. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.47; p=7.7e-08; q=5.72 × 10 −6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from individual healthy donors. **p=0.0033, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (19-month-old; n=8) mice. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0001 ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 µm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 µm. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3-4-month-old), 5 middle (12-month-old), 11 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. VCAM1 quantified in 4 separate cohorts of mice spaced 6 months or more apart. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0002, ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative images shown in . **p=0.0071, Student’s t-test . Two-tailed. Mean +/− SEM. n= 8 mice in the Young Isochronic group and 13 mice in Young heterochronic group from two independent experiments.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Activation Assay, Derivative Assay, Clinical Proteomics, Multiplex Assay, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Staining

    (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterial BECs (arteries and arterioles), which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of BECs that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venous cells (venules and veins) the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (c) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (d) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, Notch signaling, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1 -negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1 -pos, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -pos). (e) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p<0.05, Mann-Whitney test, two-sided) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (f) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity. (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (g) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)- Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1−positive venous and arteriolar hippocampal BEC clusters. The top 10 pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched and the score assigned to each pathway. (h) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. To note, age-related chemokine Ccl11 and its receptor, Ccr3, were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (i) Violin plots of cytokine receptors enriched in the Vcam1−positive venous cluster. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (j) Young (2.5-month-old) mice were injected with PBS control (n=5 mice high dose, 3 mice low dose), TNF-α (n=3 mice at high dose, 4 mice at low dose), IL-1β (n=4 mice low dose, 4 mice high dose), or IL-6 r.o. (n=4 mice low dose) daily over 5 days (2 µg per injection; low dose) or acutely (10 µg; high dose). Representative confocal images (bottom) and quantification (top) of VCAM1+ staining in the DG. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.027, **p=0.041, ***p=0.028, ***p=0.006. 1-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparison’s test.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterial BECs (arteries and arterioles), which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of BECs that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venous cells (venules and veins) the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (c) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (d) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, Notch signaling, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1 -negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1 -pos, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -pos). (e) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p<0.05, Mann-Whitney test, two-sided) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (f) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity. (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (g) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)- Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1−positive venous and arteriolar hippocampal BEC clusters. The top 10 pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched and the score assigned to each pathway. (h) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. To note, age-related chemokine Ccl11 and its receptor, Ccr3, were not found to be expressed in isolated CD31+ BECs. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (i) Violin plots of cytokine receptors enriched in the Vcam1−positive venous cluster. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (j) Young (2.5-month-old) mice were injected with PBS control (n=5 mice high dose, 3 mice low dose), TNF-α (n=3 mice at high dose, 4 mice at low dose), IL-1β (n=4 mice low dose, 4 mice high dose), or IL-6 r.o. (n=4 mice low dose) daily over 5 days (2 µg per injection; low dose) or acutely (10 µg; high dose). Representative confocal images (bottom) and quantification (top) of VCAM1+ staining in the DG. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.027, **p=0.041, ***p=0.028, ***p=0.006. 1-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s multiple comparison’s test.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Membrane, Expressing, MANN-WHITNEY, Functional Assay, Isolation, Injection, Control, Staining

    (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1 + vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (c) Top: Histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month-old) wildtype mice injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 isotype control 2 hours before sacrifice. This was done to set the gating for VCAM1+CD31+BECs. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice. To label VCAM1+BECs, mice were injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb 2 hours before sacrifice. (d) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per plasma treatment, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per plasma treatment group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.017. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG and SGZ of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 µm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. **p=0.009, *p=0.028. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the GCL of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0047, **p=0.0011, *p=0.031. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1 + vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (c) Top: Histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month-old) wildtype mice injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG-DL488 isotype control 2 hours before sacrifice. This was done to set the gating for VCAM1+CD31+BECs. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice. To label VCAM1+BECs, mice were injected (r.o.) with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb 2 hours before sacrifice. (d) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from (left) healthy cortex (n=4 mice per plasma treatment, individually measured) and (right) 4 technical replicates of hippocampi that are pooled from 4 mice per plasma treatment group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.017. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG and SGZ of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 µm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. **p=0.009, *p=0.028. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the GCL of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 µm. ***p=0.0047, **p=0.0011, *p=0.031. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Isolation, Injection, Control, Clinical Proteomics

    (a) Violin plots of classical arterial (top) or venous (bottom) markers in each cluster. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Jag1 and Efnb2. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (b) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Vegfc. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (c) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. All Bend.3 cells and primary BECs are validated with these markers prior to experimentation; confirmed independently >10 experiments. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31+ VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (e) CD31+VCAM1+ Quantification (left) and histogram (right) of Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with recombinant mouse TNF-α, IL-1β, or IL-6 followed by flow cytometry to measure VCAM1. n=3 biologically independent samples per condition. ****p<0.0001, One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM; experiment repeated four times independently with similar results. (f) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VCAM1 to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. Each plasma treatment experiment in Primary BECs or Bend.3 cells with mouse or human plasma repeated at least three times independently with similar results. (g) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. Primary BECs treated with YMP or AMP: n=7 YMP, 9 AMP biologically independent replicates pooled from two experiments. *p=0.0343. Bend.3 cells with YMP or AMP: n=4 biologically independent replicates per group derived from different cell flasks. ***p=0.0003. Bend.3 cells with YHP or AHP: n=6 biologically independent replicates derived from different cell flasks per group. ****p<0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. Mean +/− SEM. (h) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram of Bend.3 cells. **p= 0.0082. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of %CD31+ Bend.3 cells treated with young or aged mouse plasma and co-stained with CD31 and ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group for ICAM1; n=6 biologically independent replicates per group for E- and P- selectin. Mean +/− SEM. Histogram plots shown to the right of quantifications. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.2355 (ICAM1), p=0.1959 (E-Selectin), p=0.0825 (P-Selectin). (j) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 month) or aged (18 month) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Quantification (k) on the right using n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.5222. (l-m) Quantification in the DG of total BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in young (3-month-old) mice injected r.o. daily over 5 days (2 μg per injection) with TNF-α (n=4 mice/group) or with 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion (n= 8 mice per group). In each experiment, mice were pulsed with BrdU every 8 hours for 3 injections prior to perfusion. *p=0.0194 (TNF-α *p= 0.0122 (LPS). Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Violin plots of classical arterial (top) or venous (bottom) markers in each cluster. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Jag1 and Efnb2. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (b) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. Putative neurogenic secreted factors include Vegfc. Minima, maxima, median, and percentiles are listed in . (n=146 Capillary BECs, n=59 Venous BECs, n=67 Arterial BECs pooled from 8 mice hippocampi). (c) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. All Bend.3 cells and primary BECs are validated with these markers prior to experimentation; confirmed independently >10 experiments. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31+ VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (e) CD31+VCAM1+ Quantification (left) and histogram (right) of Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with recombinant mouse TNF-α, IL-1β, or IL-6 followed by flow cytometry to measure VCAM1. n=3 biologically independent samples per condition. ****p<0.0001, One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM; experiment repeated four times independently with similar results. (f) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VCAM1 to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. Each plasma treatment experiment in Primary BECs or Bend.3 cells with mouse or human plasma repeated at least three times independently with similar results. (g) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. Primary BECs treated with YMP or AMP: n=7 YMP, 9 AMP biologically independent replicates pooled from two experiments. *p=0.0343. Bend.3 cells with YMP or AMP: n=4 biologically independent replicates per group derived from different cell flasks. ***p=0.0003. Bend.3 cells with YHP or AHP: n=6 biologically independent replicates derived from different cell flasks per group. ****p<0.0001. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. Mean +/− SEM. (h) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram of Bend.3 cells. **p= 0.0082. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of %CD31+ Bend.3 cells treated with young or aged mouse plasma and co-stained with CD31 and ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=5 biologically independent replicates per group for ICAM1; n=6 biologically independent replicates per group for E- and P- selectin. Mean +/− SEM. Histogram plots shown to the right of quantifications. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.2355 (ICAM1), p=0.1959 (E-Selectin), p=0.0825 (P-Selectin). (j) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 month) or aged (18 month) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. n=10 mice treated with YMP,11 mice treated with AMP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Quantification (k) on the right using n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Not significant; p=0.5222. (l-m) Quantification in the DG of total BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in young (3-month-old) mice injected r.o. daily over 5 days (2 μg per injection) with TNF-α (n=4 mice/group) or with 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion (n= 8 mice per group). In each experiment, mice were pulsed with BrdU every 8 hours for 3 injections prior to perfusion. *p=0.0194 (TNF-α *p= 0.0122 (LPS). Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Cell Culture, Recombinant, Flow Cytometry, Clinical Proteomics, Staining, Derivative Assay, Two Tailed Test, Injection

    (a) Schematic. n= 5 mice/group. (b) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 from immunostained confocal images. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0451. (c) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ NPCs and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.007, **p=0.0227, *p=0.0038. (d) Quantification in the DG of Iba1 and CD68 from confocal images of immunostained sections. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p= 0.0454. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 6 Cre− and 5 Cre+ mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and (h) average # DCX+ imature neurons per section in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. *p=0.0012, **p=0021, ***p=0.0028. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. Bars represent mean. Error bar represents SEM. Stain experiment repeated twice with similar results; Similar mouse experiments using these validated transgenic mice repeated 4 times with similar results (see ). (j) Confocal images of brain sections of Cre+ or Cre− aged Slco1c1-CreERT2-Vcam1fl/fl mice treated with tamoxifen in young adulthood (age 2 months) and aged to 18 months stained for anti-VCAM1 or IgG isotype control, Aqp4, and GFAP. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Aged (18-month-old) brain sections were treated with Sudan Black B to remove lipofuscin background in the granular and hilus layers of the DG. SBB treatment removes the majority of lipid-based artifacts typically seen in aged tissues without suppressing immunofluorescent labeling. Scale bar = 100 μm. Experiment repeated three times with similar results. (k) Aged (18-month-old) Cre+ and Cre− brain sections were immunostained using the regular protocol, without Sudan Black B treatment. Heavy lipofuscin background is present in the Cy3 fluorescence channel. Experiment repeated three times with similar results.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic. n= 5 mice/group. (b) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 from immunostained confocal images. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0451. (c) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ NPCs and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.007, **p=0.0227, *p=0.0038. (d) Quantification in the DG of Iba1 and CD68 from confocal images of immunostained sections. n= 5 mice/group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p= 0.0454. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 6 Cre− and 5 Cre+ mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and (h) average # DCX+ imature neurons per section in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. *p=0.0012, **p=0021, ***p=0.0028. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (i) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=6 Cre− and 7 Cre+ mice per group. Bars represent mean. Error bar represents SEM. Stain experiment repeated twice with similar results; Similar mouse experiments using these validated transgenic mice repeated 4 times with similar results (see ). (j) Confocal images of brain sections of Cre+ or Cre− aged Slco1c1-CreERT2-Vcam1fl/fl mice treated with tamoxifen in young adulthood (age 2 months) and aged to 18 months stained for anti-VCAM1 or IgG isotype control, Aqp4, and GFAP. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Aged (18-month-old) brain sections were treated with Sudan Black B to remove lipofuscin background in the granular and hilus layers of the DG. SBB treatment removes the majority of lipid-based artifacts typically seen in aged tissues without suppressing immunofluorescent labeling. Scale bar = 100 μm. Experiment repeated three times with similar results. (k) Aged (18-month-old) Cre+ and Cre− brain sections were immunostained using the regular protocol, without Sudan Black B treatment. Heavy lipofuscin background is present in the Cy3 fluorescence channel. Experiment repeated three times with similar results.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Labeling, Staining, Transgenic Assay, Control, Fluorescence

    (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Quantification of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of EAE (multiple sclerosis), Npc1−/− (Niemann Pick Disease Type C), and Grn−/− (Frontotemporal Dementia) disease models. EAE: n=4 naïve, 8 EAE induced, *p=0.006, **p=0.0125; Npc1: n=6 mice per group, ***p=0.0274, ****p<0.0001; Grn: n=4 mice per group, *****p=0.0004. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (c) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in te granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilus GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (d) Vcam1fl/flSlco1c1-CreERT2+/− (Cre+) or CreERT2−/− (Cre−) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28, 22, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. FACS gating strategy to analyze single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (e) Quantification of (f) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre− mice treated as described in (d). n=3 Cre+ or Cre− mice received LPS, while one Cre− mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre− mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. **p=0.0011; Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test; Mean +/− SEM. (g) Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei in LPS stimulated mice as descrbed in (d). Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre−, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Quantification of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of EAE (multiple sclerosis), Npc1−/− (Niemann Pick Disease Type C), and Grn−/− (Frontotemporal Dementia) disease models. EAE: n=4 naïve, 8 EAE induced, *p=0.006, **p=0.0125; Npc1: n=6 mice per group, ***p=0.0274, ****p<0.0001; Grn: n=4 mice per group, *****p=0.0004. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (c) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in te granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilus GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (d) Vcam1fl/flSlco1c1-CreERT2+/− (Cre+) or CreERT2−/− (Cre−) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28, 22, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. FACS gating strategy to analyze single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (e) Quantification of (f) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre− mice treated as described in (d). n=3 Cre+ or Cre− mice received LPS, while one Cre− mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre− mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. **p=0.0011; Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test; Mean +/− SEM. (g) Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei in LPS stimulated mice as descrbed in (d). Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre−, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Experiment repeated 3 times independently with similar results. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Staining, Labeling, Two Tailed Test, Injection, Flow Cytometry, Isolation, Control

    (a) Experimental design. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. Plasma administration in these transgenic mice was performed 1 additional time in a long-term paradigm with similar results . Plasma administration was performed in 8 independent experiments with similar results . (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 µm for merged images and scale bar= 50 µm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. Tissue was stained and VCAM1 was measured in all 31 mice in this study. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p=0.0031. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (d) Mouse sVCAsM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p=0.022. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 µm. *p=0.02, **p=0.017. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the GCL. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. **p=0.0015. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0008, ***p=0.0061, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. Plasma administration in these transgenic mice was performed 1 additional time in a long-term paradigm with similar results . Plasma administration was performed in 8 independent experiments with similar results . (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 µm for merged images and scale bar= 50 µm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. Tissue was stained and VCAM1 was measured in all 31 mice in this study. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p=0.0031. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (d) Mouse sVCAsM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p=0.022. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 µm. *p=0.02, **p=0.017. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the GCL. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. **p=0.0015. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. ****p=0.0008, ***p=0.0061, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. n=7 Cre− mice administered YMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered YMP, 8 Cre− mice administered AMP, 8 Cre+ mice administered AMP.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Clinical Proteomics, Transgenic Assay, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

    (a) Experimental design. n=7 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAM1 (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion by anti-human VCAM1 antibody but not IgG. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. Full blots shown in Source Data. (d) Human sVCAM1 ELISA of depleted plasma. n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm for merged images and scale bar= 20 μm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. ***p=0.0004, **p= 0.0025. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. *p=0.0237, **p= 0.0123, ***p=0.0320, ****p=0.0094. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. **p=0.0017, *p=0.0385. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=7 mice/group. *p= 0.0156, **p=0.0242, ***p=0.0034, ****p= 0.0237, p=0.0546 PBS compared to anti-VCAM1 activated microglia counts. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Experiment schematic. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. (l) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 in lectin+ blood vessels using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 7 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice analyzed. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. **p=0.006. (m) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0006, **p=0.0067. (n) Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons (o) from confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.018, **p=0.0386, ***p=0.0344, ****p=0.0167. (p) Quantification of the total numbers of EdU+ surviving cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0009, ****p=0.0002.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAM1 (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion by anti-human VCAM1 antibody but not IgG. Experiment repeated 3 times with similar results. Full blots shown in Source Data. (d) Human sVCAM1 ELISA of depleted plasma. n=4 mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm for merged images and scale bar= 20 μm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. ***p=0.0004, **p= 0.0025. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. *p=0.0237, **p= 0.0123, ***p=0.0320, ****p=0.0094. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. **p=0.0017, *p=0.0385. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=7 mice/group. *p= 0.0156, **p=0.0242, ***p=0.0034, ****p= 0.0237, p=0.0546 PBS compared to anti-VCAM1 activated microglia counts. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. (k) Experiment schematic. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. (l) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1 in lectin+ blood vessels using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 7 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice analyzed. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. **p=0.006. (m) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia using immunostained confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0006, **p=0.0067. (n) Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons (o) from confocal images. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.018, **p=0.0386, ***p=0.0344, ****p=0.0167. (p) Quantification of the total numbers of EdU+ surviving cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=9 PBS-treated, 8 AHP + IgG-treated, and 8 AHP + anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM. ***p=0.0009, ****p=0.0002.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Staining, Clinical Proteomics, Western Blot, Immunodepletion, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Labeling

    (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (n=4 mice/group analyzed). 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM.***p=0.0002. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0193, **p=0.0283, ***p=0.0015. (g-h) Quantification of the total number of surviving EdU+DCX+ immature neurons and EdU+NeuN+ neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0181. (i-j) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM.****p<0.0001 for both. (k) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. (l) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=3 mice brain sections stained and quantified per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0128, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (m) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0325, ***p=0.0003. (n) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. **p=0.0008, *p= 0.0427. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (o) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (18-month-old) female mice. n=6 mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaird two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (n=4 mice/group analyzed). 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM.***p=0.0002. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0193, **p=0.0283, ***p=0.0015. (g-h) Quantification of the total number of surviving EdU+DCX+ immature neurons and EdU+NeuN+ neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0181. (i-j) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice per group. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Mean +/− SEM.****p<0.0001 for both. (k) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. (l) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=3 mice brain sections stained and quantified per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0128, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (m) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0325, ***p=0.0003. (n) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. n=9 IgG- treated and 10 anti-VCAM1 mAb-treated mice per group. **p=0.0008, *p= 0.0427. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. (o) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (18-month-old) female mice. n=6 mice/group. ****p<0.0001. Unpaird two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Control, Injection, Staining, Two Tailed Test, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Clinical Proteomics

    (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p=0.0013, p=0.06 (PBS vs. AHP in mice treated with anti-VCAM1 mAb). (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0154. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p<0.0001, ***p=0.0001, *p=0.0407. (h) Experimental design. n=8 mice injected with PBS (r.o.), 8 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and IgG (i.p.), and 7 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and anti-VCAM1 mAb (i.p.) (i) Quantification and (j) representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.0056, *p=0.0253, ***p=0.0041, ****p=0.019. (k) Quantification in the DG of total number of surviving EdU+ cells, EdU+GFAP+ astrocytes, and EdU+Sox2+GFAP+ radial glia-like NSCs in the SGZ based on confocal images of immunostained brain sections for EdU, Sox2, and GFAP. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.011, **p=0.0057, ***p=0.0083, ****p=0.049, *****p=0.022. (l) Representative confocal images and quantification (m) in the GCL of EdU, DCX, and NeuN. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. *p=0.0399 and p=0.0643(AMP+IgG vs. AMP+ anti-VCAM1 mAb). (n) Cell fate based on co-labeling of surviving EdU+ cells 4 weeks after EdU labeling of mice. Each bar represents 100% of EdU+ cells.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice per group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 µm. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p=0.0013, p=0.06 (PBS vs. AHP in mice treated with anti-VCAM1 mAb). (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0154. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=10 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test. ****p<0.0001, ***p=0.0001, *p=0.0407. (h) Experimental design. n=8 mice injected with PBS (r.o.), 8 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and IgG (i.p.), and 7 mice injected with AHP (r.o.) and anti-VCAM1 mAb (i.p.) (i) Quantification and (j) representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.0056, *p=0.0253, ***p=0.0041, ****p=0.019. (k) Quantification in the DG of total number of surviving EdU+ cells, EdU+GFAP+ astrocytes, and EdU+Sox2+GFAP+ radial glia-like NSCs in the SGZ based on confocal images of immunostained brain sections for EdU, Sox2, and GFAP. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. **p=0.011, **p=0.0057, ***p=0.0083, ****p=0.049, *****p=0.022. (l) Representative confocal images and quantification (m) in the GCL of EdU, DCX, and NeuN. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=8 mice injected with PBS, 8 mice injected with AHP and IgG, and 7 mice injected with AHP and anti-VCAM1 mAb. Mean +/− SEM. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons. *p=0.0399 and p=0.0643(AMP+IgG vs. AMP+ anti-VCAM1 mAb). (n) Cell fate based on co-labeling of surviving EdU+ cells 4 weeks after EdU labeling of mice. Each bar represents 100% of EdU+ cells.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Injection, Labeling

    (a) Quantification of fluorescent signal measured with a microplate reader from homogenized brain tissues samples from mice that were injected with Texas Red labeled 70kDa dextran r.o. and perfused with FITC labeled 2MDa dextran 3 hours after injection. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-;fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. n= 3 Young Cre− (5-month-old), 5 aged Cre− (19-month-old), 2 young Cre− mice that underwent TBI as a positive control, 3 young Cre− control mice not injected with dextran, and 3 aged Cre− control mice not injected with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. (b) Quantification of fluorescent signal from homogenized brain tissues samples measured with a microplate reader. Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 3 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, or 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” (19-month-old), which are Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated for 4 days, 2 months prior to sacrifice, and that were infused with dextran prior to sacrifice as described in (a). Mean +/− SEM. (c-d) Quantification of Mean Fluorescence Intensity from confocal images of tissue sections from mice injected as in (a-b). Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 4 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated and that were infused with dextran as described in (a-b), 1 young and 1 aged Cre− control mice not infused with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. p=0.895 (Young vs. Aged), 0.9097 (Aged vs. Aged Vcam1-ST). (e) Schematic of flow cytometric analysis of various immune cell populations from mouse cortex and hippocampi. (f) Flow cytometry gating strategy of individual hippocampal immune cell populations labeled with various immune cell markers, anti-alpha4 and anti-beta1 integrins (VLA-4). n-1 was used to gate fir VLA-4+ cell populations.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Quantification of fluorescent signal measured with a microplate reader from homogenized brain tissues samples from mice that were injected with Texas Red labeled 70kDa dextran r.o. and perfused with FITC labeled 2MDa dextran 3 hours after injection. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-;fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. n= 3 Young Cre− (5-month-old), 5 aged Cre− (19-month-old), 2 young Cre− mice that underwent TBI as a positive control, 3 young Cre− control mice not injected with dextran, and 3 aged Cre− control mice not injected with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. (b) Quantification of fluorescent signal from homogenized brain tissues samples measured with a microplate reader. Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 3 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, or 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” (19-month-old), which are Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated for 4 days, 2 months prior to sacrifice, and that were infused with dextran prior to sacrifice as described in (a). Mean +/− SEM. (c-d) Quantification of Mean Fluorescence Intensity from confocal images of tissue sections from mice injected as in (a-b). Cre− or Cre+ mice were used as described in (a). n= 4 Young Cre−, 5 aged Cre−, 5 “Aged Vcam1-ST” Cre+ mice that were tamoxifen treated and that were infused with dextran as described in (a-b), 1 young and 1 aged Cre− control mice not infused with dextran. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. p=0.895 (Young vs. Aged), 0.9097 (Aged vs. Aged Vcam1-ST). (e) Schematic of flow cytometric analysis of various immune cell populations from mouse cortex and hippocampi. (f) Flow cytometry gating strategy of individual hippocampal immune cell populations labeled with various immune cell markers, anti-alpha4 and anti-beta1 integrins (VLA-4). n-1 was used to gate fir VLA-4+ cell populations.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Injection, Labeling, Positive Control, Control, Fluorescence, Flow Cytometry

    (a) Mouse model and experimental groups. n= 5 Young Cre− mice, 9 Aged Cre− mice, 4 “Vcam1− (LT)” mice, and 4 “Vcam1-(ST)” mice. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. Tamoxifen treatment paradigm described in schematic. (b) Gating plots of CD31+VCAM1+ hippocampal and cortex cells isolated from 1 LPS stimulated aged (19-month-old) Cre+ (Vcam1−deletion ST) mouse and 1 Cre− mouse injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice to confirm VCAM1 on BECs was reduced. 1 additional Cre− mouse was treated with LPS and injected with IgG-DL488 isotype control prior to sacrifice to serve as a control for VCAM1 gating. (c-j) Quantification of various cell populations present in Young Cre− (n=5), Aged Cre− (n=9), Aged Vcam1-deleted LT (n=4), and Aged Vcam1-deleted ST (n=4) mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0413, **p=0.0245, ***p=0.0429, ****p=0.0023. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Mouse model and experimental groups. n= 5 Young Cre− mice, 9 Aged Cre− mice, 4 “Vcam1− (LT)” mice, and 4 “Vcam1-(ST)” mice. Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/− (Cre−) or Vcam1-fl/fl Slco1c1-CreERT2−/+ (Cre+) mice were used. Tamoxifen treatment paradigm described in schematic. (b) Gating plots of CD31+VCAM1+ hippocampal and cortex cells isolated from 1 LPS stimulated aged (19-month-old) Cre+ (Vcam1−deletion ST) mouse and 1 Cre− mouse injected with fluorescently tagged DL488 anti-VCAM1 mAb (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice to confirm VCAM1 on BECs was reduced. 1 additional Cre− mouse was treated with LPS and injected with IgG-DL488 isotype control prior to sacrifice to serve as a control for VCAM1 gating. (c-j) Quantification of various cell populations present in Young Cre− (n=5), Aged Cre− (n=9), Aged Vcam1-deleted LT (n=4), and Aged Vcam1-deleted ST (n=4) mice per group. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0413, **p=0.0245, ***p=0.0429, ****p=0.0023. Mean +/− SEM. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Isolation, Injection, Control

    (a) Experimental design for anti-VLA-4. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) of VCAM1, Lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=3 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/−SEM. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. *p=0.0436, **p=0.0175. (e) Quantification of confocal images of the DG of NPCs co-labeled with BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (g-h) Quantification of Iba1+ and Iba1+CD68+ Microglia in the DG from the experiment described in . n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (i-k) 13-month-old NSG mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent novel object recognition or fear conditioning during the last week (n=11 mice per group). Quantification of percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task is shown in (i) while %Freezing observed during the Training (j) phase is shown. The average of Trials 3-5 for Contextual are quantified in (k). Mean +/−SEM. 2-way Anova with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0485. There were no significant differences between groups for contextual freezing (Two-tailed Student’s t-test; p=0.2722). (l-n) 23-month-old C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent fear conditioning during the last week (n=7 PBS, 12 IgG, and 13 anti-Vcam1-treated mice per group). %Freezing observed during the Training (l), Cued (m), and Contextual (n) tests are shown. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way Anova with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test between groups at each timepoint. *p=0.0493. Individual data point distribution shown in Source Data.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design for anti-VLA-4. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) of VCAM1, Lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=3 mice/group analyzed. Mean +/−SEM. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. *p=0.0436, **p=0.0175. (e) Quantification of confocal images of the DG of NPCs co-labeled with BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (g-h) Quantification of Iba1+ and Iba1+CD68+ Microglia in the DG from the experiment described in . n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. (i-k) 13-month-old NSG mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent novel object recognition or fear conditioning during the last week (n=11 mice per group). Quantification of percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task is shown in (i) while %Freezing observed during the Training (j) phase is shown. The average of Trials 3-5 for Contextual are quantified in (k). Mean +/−SEM. 2-way Anova with Sidak’s multiple comparisons test. *p=0.0485. There were no significant differences between groups for contextual freezing (Two-tailed Student’s t-test; p=0.2722). (l-n) 23-month-old C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1 or IgG every 3 days for one month and underwent fear conditioning during the last week (n=7 PBS, 12 IgG, and 13 anti-Vcam1-treated mice per group). %Freezing observed during the Training (l), Cued (m), and Contextual (n) tests are shown. Mean +/− SEM. 2-way Anova with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test between groups at each timepoint. *p=0.0493. Individual data point distribution shown in Source Data.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Labeling, Injection

    (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images of BrdU and Sox2 from the experiment described in . Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (c) Representative confocal images of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst from the experiment described in . Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (d) Quantification in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0341, **p=0.0027. (e) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1 from confocal images. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. ***p=0.0005, **p=0.0026, *p=0.0354. (f) Experimental design for conditional deletion of Vcam1 in young (2-month-old) mice followed by aging them to 18 months. n=8 mice/group. (g) Quantification of total BrdU+ proliferating cells, and BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0263. (h) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0068, *p=0.0169. (i) Days 1–5 escape latency from Barnes Maze and (j) percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task of IgG treated young adult C57BL6 mice (5-month-old; n=15) and IgG-treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15) or anti-VCAM1 mAb treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15). All mice received intraperitoneal injections every 3 days for 3 weeks prior to initiating behavior studies and throughout the duration of the studies; two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc test for time × group comparisons; One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; *p=0.0217, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; Mean +/− SEM. (k) Quantification of freezing behavior in Fear Conditioning Contextual trial with 23-month-old C57BL6 mice injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month. Average of trials 3–5 shown. n=7 PBS, n=12 IgG, n= 13 anti-Vcam1−treated mice per group. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0265. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images of BrdU and Sox2 from the experiment described in . Arrows indicate proliferating NPCs. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (c) Representative confocal images of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst from the experiment described in . Scale bar = 100 µm. n=7 mice/group. (d) Quantification in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. n=7 mice/group. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. Mean +/− SEM. *p=0.0341, **p=0.0027. (e) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1 from confocal images. n=7 mice/group. Mean +/− SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. ***p=0.0005, **p=0.0026, *p=0.0354. (f) Experimental design for conditional deletion of Vcam1 in young (2-month-old) mice followed by aging them to 18 months. n=8 mice/group. (g) Quantification of total BrdU+ proliferating cells, and BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0263. (h) Quantification in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. n=8 mice/group. Mean +/−SEM. Two-tailed Student’s t-test. **p=0.0068, *p=0.0169. (i) Days 1–5 escape latency from Barnes Maze and (j) percent time spent exploring objects in novel object placement task of IgG treated young adult C57BL6 mice (5-month-old; n=15) and IgG-treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15) or anti-VCAM1 mAb treated aged mice (17-month-old; n=15). All mice received intraperitoneal injections every 3 days for 3 weeks prior to initiating behavior studies and throughout the duration of the studies; two-way repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni’s post hoc test for time × group comparisons; One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; *p=0.0217, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001; ****p<0.0001; Mean +/− SEM. (k) Quantification of freezing behavior in Fear Conditioning Contextual trial with 23-month-old C57BL6 mice injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG every 3 days for one month. Average of trials 3–5 shown. n=7 PBS, n=12 IgG, n= 13 anti-Vcam1−treated mice per group. **p=0.0075, *p=0.0265. One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test for group comparisons; Mean +/− SEM.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Two Tailed Test, Injection

    In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis with neural stem cells (NSCs) differentiating into NPCs (NPCs), immature neurons and mature neurons, and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Inflammatory factors in aged plasma (IL-1β, TNF-α, among others) induce arterial and venous BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1 through their cytokine receptors Tnfrsf1a and Il1r1. 2) Venous VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed and activated venous and arterial VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in NPC activity and chronic activation of microglia. 4) anti-VCAM1 mAb protects young brains from the detrimental effects of aged plasma by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation. 5) anti-VCAM1 mAb rejuvenates aged brains by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation and VCAM1+ BEC-mediated reduction in NPC proliferation.

    Journal: Nature medicine

    Article Title: Aged blood impairs hippocampal neural precursor activity and activates microglia via brain endothelial cell VCAM1

    doi: 10.1038/s41591-019-0440-4

    Figure Lengend Snippet: In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic soluble VCAM1 (sVCAM1) and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis with neural stem cells (NSCs) differentiating into NPCs (NPCs), immature neurons and mature neurons, and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Inflammatory factors in aged plasma (IL-1β, TNF-α, among others) induce arterial and venous BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1 through their cytokine receptors Tnfrsf1a and Il1r1. 2) Venous VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed and activated venous and arterial VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in NPC activity and chronic activation of microglia. 4) anti-VCAM1 mAb protects young brains from the detrimental effects of aged plasma by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation. 5) anti-VCAM1 mAb rejuvenates aged brains by reducing BEC-mediated inflammation and VCAM1+ BEC-mediated reduction in NPC proliferation.

    Article Snippet: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326, clone BU1/75[ICR1]) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569, clone M/K-2) Goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-17320, clone Y-17) Goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc-8066, clone C-18) Goat polyclonal VE-Cadherin (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-6458, clone C-19) Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C-10637) Mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI, clone GA5) DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174) Rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218, clone) Rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957, clone FA-11) Rabbit polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904–1-AP) Mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (Novus Biologicals, BBA5, clone BBIG-V1) Mouse monoclonal anti-human IgG antibody (R&D Systems, MAB002 clone 11711) Rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (BioxCell, BE0027, clone M/K-2.7) Rat IgG1 Isotype antibody (BioxCell, BE0088, clone HRPN)

    Techniques: Expressing, Clinical Proteomics, Activation Assay, Transmigration Assay, Activity Assay

    Related to (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45-BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. Each isolated RNA sample is a pool of BECs from 2 mouse brains. (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b-CD45-cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1 . (e) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs) (f) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (g) Gating and histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells sorted from the hippocampi of LPS stimulated aged (19-month old) wildtype mice injected with fluorescently tagged anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype (h) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from healthy cortex (n=5 single mice/age group). **p<0.002 (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from 4 pooled hippocampi (technical replicates shown). **p<0.005 (j) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice also injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb. (k) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p<0.004, Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM. (l) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Schematic of flow sorting of CD31+CD45-BECs from mouse cortex and hippocampi. Each isolated RNA sample is a pool of BECs from 2 mouse brains. (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11b+ and CD45+ cells were gated to exclude monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD31+Cd11b-CD45-cells were defined as the BEC population. (c) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of CNS cell-type specific markers. (d) FPKM values of leukocyte binding adhesion molecules including Vcam1 . (e) FPKM values of the gene transcripts in murine young and aged CD31+BECs of human plasma proteins that change with age (see for list of human plasma proteins expressed in murine BECs) (f) C57BL6 mice were injected with anti-VCAM1-DL488 or IgG isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before perfusion to label BECs in vivo prior to brain dissociation, staining and FACS. (g) Gating and histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells sorted from the hippocampi of LPS stimulated aged (19-month old) wildtype mice injected with fluorescently tagged anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype (h) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from healthy cortex (n=5 single mice/age group). **p<0.002 (i) Quantification of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from 4 pooled hippocampi (technical replicates shown). **p<0.005 (j) Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/ age group), young or aged hippocampi isolated from healthy mice also injected with anti-VCAM1 mAb. (k) sVCAM1 ELISA in plasma from young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts following 5 weeks of parabiosis. n=11 mice/group pooled from two independent experiments. **p<0.004, Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM. (l) Confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4 of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Isolation, Binding Assay, Injection, In Vivo, Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

    (a) Heat map displaying up or down-differentially regulated genes in young versus aged BECs. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). VCAM1 was the top factor (spearman’s correlation coefficient=0.47, p=7.7e-08). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age with a significant inflection point around age 65 (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.047; q< 6×10 -6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from healthy donors. **p<0.005, Student’s t-test . (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (18-month-old; n=8) mice. ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 μm. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3–4-month-old), 6 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative Images shown in . **p<0.0006, 1-way ANOVA. n= 8-13 mice/group from two independent experiments.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Heat map displaying up or down-differentially regulated genes in young versus aged BECs. There were 1006 significant differentially expressed genes (*q<0.05). (b) Fragments Per Kilobase of transcript per Million mapped reads (FPKM) of BEC cell-type specific markers. (c) FPKM values of inflammation and activation related genes. (d) Heat map showing changes in 31 out of 74 human plasma factors with aging (p<0.05, Spearman’s correlation coefficient). Multiplex assay used (n=118 healthy humans). VCAM1 was the top factor (spearman’s correlation coefficient=0.47, p=7.7e-08). (e) Spearman correlation of VCAM1 levels and age with a significant inflection point around age 65 (Spearman’s correlation coefficient = 0.047; q< 6×10 -6 ). (f) Human sVCAM1 ELISAs in 11 young (<25 years old) or 11 aged (>65 years old) plasma from healthy donors. **p<0.005, Student’s t-test . (g) ELISA for mouse sVCAM1 in plasma from young (3-month-old; n=8), middle-aged (8–10-month-old; n=10), and aged (18-month-old; n=8) mice. ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA. (h) Representative confocal images in the DG of young (3-month-old) or aged (18-month-old) mice given retro-orbital (r.o.) injections of fluorescently conjugated anti-VCAM1 and anti-Meca99 2 hours before perfusion. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 μm. 3D rendering of the 2D images are displayed. 3D Scale bar = 50 μm. (i) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature in young, middle, and aged hippocampi. n=12 young (3–4-month-old), 6 aged (18-month-old), and 6 very aged (24-month-old) mice. ****p<0.0001, 1-way ANOVA. (j) Quantification in the DG of VCAM1+Lectin+ stained brain vasculature of young isochronic or heterochronic parabionts 5 weeks after surgery. Representative Images shown in . **p<0.0006, 1-way ANOVA. n= 8-13 mice/group from two independent experiments.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Activation Assay, Multiplex Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Staining

    (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterioles which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of brain endothelial cells that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venules, the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (c) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1- gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (d) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (e) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (f) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (error bars = SD) (g) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. (h) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, pro-angiogenic, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1-negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1-high, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -low). (i) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p>0.05, Mann-Whitney test) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (j) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)-Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1-high cluster. The top 11 GO pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched in this BEC cluster and the score assigned to the pathways. (k) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)-Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1-low cluster. The top 11 GO pathways are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched in this BEC cluster and the score assigned to the pathways. (l) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB). Nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood is pumped into the brain through cerebral arterioles which are protected and supported by smooth muscle cells (SMCs) that cover the endothelium and form a basement membrane layered by astrocytic end-feet of the brain parenchyma. The blood is transferred to highly specialized capillaries, which are comprised of brain endothelial cells that form unique tight junctions and are wrapped by pericytes (Peric.) within the endothelial basement membrane, which is then covered by astrocytic end-feet. BBB capillaries are the site of controlled transport of fluids and solutes into the CNS. Immuno-surveillance and occasional extravasation of leukocytes (Leuk.) into the CNS parenchyma occurs at the level of postcapillary venules, the vascular segments into which blood flows after passing through the capillaries. Postcapillary Venules contain enlarged perivascular space between the endothelial and astrocytic basement membranes where occasional immune cells can reside. , (b) Boxplot of expression levels of classical pan-endothelial and BBB-specific transcripts (c) Validation of the correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.704) between protein and mRNA levels of 77 single BECs sorted from both Vcam1+ and Vcam1- gates. Scatterplot of Vcam1 fluorescence intensity as measured by FACs and corresponding transcript counts (per million). (d) Unbiased clustering of 112 aged and 160 young hippocampal BECs using whole transcriptome and visualization with tSNE reveals 3 molecularly distinct BEC populations. (e) tSNE visualization colored by cell identity (aged vs. young) (f) Comparison of Vcam1 expression levels in young and aged hippocampal CD31+ BECs collected from the VCAM1+ gate during FACs sorting (error bars = SD) (g) Violin plots of Vcam1 reveal differing levels of the transcript in each of the cell clusters. (h) Dotplot comparing the expression (scaled transcript counts and percent of population expressing) of various classical inflammatory, pro-angiogenic, arteriolar, venular and capillary markers between the three clusters (Cluster 0: Vcam1-negative, Cluster 1: Vcam1-high, Cluster 2: Vcam1 -low). (i) Heatmap of the scaled expression of the top 10 enriched genes (differentially expressed with p>0.05, Mann-Whitney test) in each cluster. Genes are ranked by highest log-fold change when compared to all other cells. (j) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)-Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1-high cluster. The top 11 GO pathways containing Vcam1 are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched in this BEC cluster and the score assigned to the pathways. (k) GeneAnalytics (GSEA Package)-Brain Endothelial Cell Pathway analysis of the Vcam1-low cluster. The top 11 GO pathways are highlighted here, along with the number of genes in each pathway enriched in this BEC cluster and the score assigned to the pathways. (l) tSNE visualization colored by Vcam1 expression levels. Clusters are further annotated by their putative functional-phenotype and vessel segmental identity.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Membrane, Expressing, Fluorescence, Comparison, MANN-WHITNEY, Functional Assay

    Related to (a) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (b) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. (c) Violin plots of classical arteriolar markers in each cluster. (d) Violin plots of classical venular markers in each cluster. (e) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. (f) Volcano plots of differentially expressed genes when directly compared between Vcam1-high, low and negative clusters. Outlier genes with an adjusted p-value of >0.05 and a log2 fold change of > 1.2 are labeled for visualization.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Overlay of Vcam1 mRNA levels on corresponding coordinate on the Cd31 vs Vcam1 fluorescent intensity plots obtained during FACs sorting. (b) Violin plots of various inflammation-related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. (c) Violin plots of classical arteriolar markers in each cluster. (d) Violin plots of classical venular markers in each cluster. (e) Violin plots of various angiogenesis and Notch-signaling related genes in each of the 3 distinct clusters. (f) Volcano plots of differentially expressed genes when directly compared between Vcam1-high, low and negative clusters. Outlier genes with an adjusted p-value of >0.05 and a log2 fold change of > 1.2 are labeled for visualization.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Labeling

    Related to (a) Representative confocal images and quantification (b) of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of an EAE (multiple sclerosis) model. Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0007, *p<0.02. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) of VCAM1, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of a Npc1-/- (Niemann Pick Disease Type C) model. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0001, *p<0.03. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) of VCAM1, Lectin, Aqp4, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the Grn-/- (Frontotemporal Dementia) model. Scale bar = 100 μm.***p<0.0005. Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Representative confocal images and quantification (b) of VCAM1, Aqp4, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of an EAE (multiple sclerosis) model. Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0007, *p<0.02. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) of VCAM1, Lectin, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the hippocampus and cerebellum of a Npc1-/- (Niemann Pick Disease Type C) model. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0001, *p<0.03. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) of VCAM1, Lectin, Aqp4, with Hoechst labeling cell nuclei in the Grn-/- (Frontotemporal Dementia) model. Scale bar = 100 μm.***p<0.0005. Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Labeling

    Related to (a) Vcam1 fl/fl Slco1c1-Cre ERT2+/- (Cre+) or Cre ERT2-/- (Cre-) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre-, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (c) Quantification of (d) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre-mice treated as described in (a). n=3 Cre+ or Cre-mice received LPS, while one Cre-mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre-mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. ***p<0.0007; Unpaired Student’s t-test ; Error bar represents SEM. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6-7 mice/group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 5–6 mice/group. ****p<0.0007; Student’s t-test . (g-i) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. **p<0.003, Student’s t-test . (j-m) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Vcam1 fl/fl Slco1c1-Cre ERT2+/- (Cre+) or Cre ERT2-/- (Cre-) littermates (3-month-old) were treated daily with tamoxifen (i.p. 150 mg/kg) for 5 days followed by 4 days of rest. Mice received 3 LPS injections (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) at 28 hours, 22 hours, and 2 hours prior to perfusion. Mice also received a retro-orbital injection of fluorescently conjugated mouse anti-VCAM1 mAb (100μg) 2 hours prior to perfusion. Representative confocal images of cortex and DG for VCAM1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Loss of Vcam1 in Cre+ mice, but not Cre-, in BBB endothelium, but not in meninges is shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. (b) FACS gating strategy to isolate single BECs. PI+ dead cells were excluded. CD11a/b, CD45, and Ter-119 negative cells were gated to exclude erythrocytes, monocytes/macrophages and microglia. CD13 and ACSA-2 staining was applied to exclude pericytes and astrocytes, respectively. CD31+MECA99+ cells were defined the BEC population. (c) Quantification of (d) flow cytometry that was performed on primary BECs isolated from Cre+ or Cre-mice treated as described in (a). n=3 Cre+ or Cre-mice received LPS, while one Cre-mouse was given PBS vehicle control instead. The VCAM1 gate was set based on a Cre-mice injected with fluorescently conjugated IgG. ***p<0.0007; Unpaired Student’s t-test ; Error bar represents SEM. (e) Experimental Design. n= 6-7 mice/group. (f) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections from 5–6 mice/group. ****p<0.0007; Student’s t-test . (g-i) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. **p<0.003, Student’s t-test . (j-m) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Injection, Staining, Flow Cytometry, Isolation, Labeling

    Related to and (a) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (b) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31 + VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (c) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VE-Cadherin, VCAM1, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. *p<0.04, ***p<0.0004, ****p<0.0001 n=4-6/group, student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM. (e) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram and flow cytometry gating of Bend.3 cells. **p<0.005, student’s t-test . (f) Quantification of %CD31+ cells colabeled with ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=6 replicates/group. All error bars indicate SEM. Histogram plots shown in (g). (h) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 mo) or aged (18 mo) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. Quantification on the right. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to and (a) Representative images of Bend.3 cells immunostained for BBB specific markers of adherens junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), specifically ß-catenin, Claudin-5, and VE-Cadherin. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (b) Dose response graph depicting cultured Bend.3 cells stimulated overnight with increasing concentrations of recombinant mouse TNF-α followed by flow cytometry to quantify %CD31 + VCAM1+ cells. n=2 pooled samples per condition. (c) Primary BECs and Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP: 3-month old; AMP: 18-month-old) or young or aged human plasma (<25 years or >65 years, YHP/AHP) for 16 hours then stained for VE-Cadherin, VCAM1, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Representative images are shown. Scale bar = 100 μm. (d) Quantification of VCAM1 %area staining. *p<0.04, ***p<0.0004, ****p<0.0001 n=4-6/group, student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM. (e) Bend.3 cells cultured in 10% young or aged mouse plasma (YMP/AMP) for 16 hours followed by flow cytometry of CD31 and VCAM1. Graph of %CD31+VCAM1+ quantification shown with histogram and flow cytometry gating of Bend.3 cells. **p<0.005, student’s t-test . (f) Quantification of %CD31+ cells colabeled with ICAM1, E-Selectin, or P-Selectin. n=6 replicates/group. All error bars indicate SEM. Histogram plots shown in (g). (h) Representative images of ICAM1, Meca99, lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei of young (3-month-old) mice which received 7 r.o. injections of young (3 mo) or aged (18 mo) pooled plasma over 4 days as described in schematic. Quantification on the right. Scale bar = 100 μm.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Cell Culture, Recombinant, Flow Cytometry, Staining

    (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10-11 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0002. (c) Top: Gating and histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month old) wildtype mice injected with fluorescently tagged anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young or aged hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice administered anti-VCAM1 mAb prior to sacrifice. Quantification (d) of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from healthy cortex (n=4 single mice/plasma treatment) and of 4 technical replicates of pooled hippocampi. **p<0.004., *p<0.02. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. **p<0.01, *p<0.03. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the DG of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0002. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.005, *p<0.04 Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Schematic of experimental design. n=10-11 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images (left) and quantification (right) of VCAM1+lectin+ in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0002. (c) Top: Gating and histogram plots of CD31+VCAM1+ cells isolated from LPS stimulated young (3-month old) wildtype mice injected with fluorescently tagged anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (r.o.) 2 hours before sacrifice. Bottom: Flow gating and histogram plots of pooled (n=4 mice/plasma treatment), young or aged hippocampi isolated from plasma-injected young mice administered anti-VCAM1 mAb prior to sacrifice. Quantification (d) of CD31+VCAM1+cells isolated from healthy cortex (n=4 single mice/plasma treatment) and of 4 technical replicates of pooled hippocampi. **p<0.004., *p<0.02. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of BrdU+, Sox2+, and GFAP. Scale bar = 100 μm. Purple lines outline the SGZ and arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. **p<0.01, *p<0.03. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (h) in the DG of DCX (white). Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0002. (i) Representative confocal images and quantification (j) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.005, *p<0.04 Student’s t-test . All error bars indicate SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Isolation, Injection

    Related to (a) Experimental design. n=5 mice/group (b) Quantification of %VCAM1+Lectin+ staining. *p<0.03. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) in the DG of EdU+ proliferating cells and EdU+ and Sox2+ colabeled proliferating neural progenitor cells. GFAP labels astrocytes and neural stem cells. Scale bar = 50 μm. *p<0.05. (e) Representative confocal images and (f) quantification in the DG of CD68, Iba1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. p=0.08; **p<0.05. Student’s t-test . All error bars represent SEM. (g) Schematic. n= 6-7 mice/group. (h) Representative confocal images and (i) quantification in the DG of VCAM1 (arrows). Hoechst labels cell nuclei. *p<0.05. Student’s t-test . Scale bar = 100 μm. (j) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ neural precursor cells and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.02, **p<0.05. (k) Representative confocal images and quantification (l) in the DG of Iba1, CD68, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.05. Student’s t-test . Error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Experimental design. n=5 mice/group (b) Quantification of %VCAM1+Lectin+ staining. *p<0.03. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) in the DG of EdU+ proliferating cells and EdU+ and Sox2+ colabeled proliferating neural progenitor cells. GFAP labels astrocytes and neural stem cells. Scale bar = 50 μm. *p<0.05. (e) Representative confocal images and (f) quantification in the DG of CD68, Iba1 and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. p=0.08; **p<0.05. Student’s t-test . All error bars represent SEM. (g) Schematic. n= 6-7 mice/group. (h) Representative confocal images and (i) quantification in the DG of VCAM1 (arrows). Hoechst labels cell nuclei. *p<0.05. Student’s t-test . Scale bar = 100 μm. (j) Quantification in the DG of BrdU+ and Sox2+ neural precursor cells and triple labeled GFAP+ neural stem cells from confocal images of immunostained sections. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.02, **p<0.05. (k) Representative confocal images and quantification (l) in the DG of Iba1, CD68, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.05. Student’s t-test . Error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Staining, Labeling

    Related to (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed with 180°rotations. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilur GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed with 180°rotation. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus of a young (3-month-old) NSG mouse acutely treated with Aged Human Plasma (AHP). Brain sections were co-stained with DCX and NeuN to label immature and mature granule neurons, respectively. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed with 180°rotations. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm. (b) Representative 2D and 3D Z-stacked high magnification confocal images (51 slices with an interval of 0.4 um) of VCAM1 in the granular layer of the DG of the hippocampus co-stained with Sox2 and GFAP to label neural stem and progenitor cells (Sox2+GFAP+) and hilur GFAP+ astrocytes. VCAM1 is not expressed in these cell types in the DG. Light blue lines outline the granule layer. 2D Scale bar = 50 μm. Two 3D renderings of the 2D images are displayed with 180°rotation. 3D Scale bar = 20 μm.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Staining

    (a) Experimental design. n=7-8 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 pm for merged images and scale bar= 100 pm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p<0.004. (d) Mouse sVCAM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p<0.03. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 μm. *p<0.03, **p<0.02. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.002. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0009, **p<0.007, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7-8 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 200 pm for merged images and scale bar= 100 pm for the zoomed VCAM1 and MECA-99 merged images outlined with white squares. (c) Quantification of VCAM1+ lectin+ vasculature ***p<0.004. (d) Mouse sVCAM1 ELISA of plasma samples. *p<0.03. (e) BrdU quantification and representative confocal images (f) and BrdU+Sox2+ quantification (g) in the DG of brain sections immunostained for BrdU and Sox2. White dotted lines outline the SGZ; Scale bar = 200 μm. *p<0.03, **p<0.02. (h) DCX+ quantification and representative confocal images (i) in the DG. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.002. (j) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) from the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. ***p<0.0009, **p<0.007, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay

    Brain endothelial and epithelial-specific Vcam1 deletion in young mice mitigates the negative effects of 3 weeks of aged plasma administration. Related to (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (4 mice/group analyzed). ***p<0.0009. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. *p<0.02, **p<0.007. (g-h) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Brain endothelial and epithelial-specific Vcam1 deletion in young mice mitigates the negative effects of 3 weeks of aged plasma administration. Related to (a) Experimental Design. n=8 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and (c) quantification in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. Arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. (4 mice/group analyzed). ***p<0.0009. (d-f) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ cells, BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells, and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. *p<0.02, **p<0.007. (g-h) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001, 2-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques:

    Related to (a) Experimental Design. n=6 isochronic young pairs (3-month-old C57BL6/J mice and 3.5-month-old Cre+ mice) and 9 heterochronic pairs (18-month-old C57BL6 mice and 3.5-month-old Cre+ mice). (b) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections. **p<0.0001. (c-d) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001. (e) Quantification of the total number of EdU+NeuN+ mature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001. (f-g) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. ***p<0.0001. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to (a) Experimental Design. n=6 isochronic young pairs (3-month-old C57BL6/J mice and 3.5-month-old Cre+ mice) and 9 heterochronic pairs (18-month-old C57BL6 mice and 3.5-month-old Cre+ mice). (b) Quantification of VCAM1+ percent area in lectin+ vasculature of immunostained sections. **p<0.0001. (c-d) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+Sox2+ neural progenitor cells and DCX+ immature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001. (e) Quantification of the total number of EdU+NeuN+ mature neurons in the DG of immunostained sections. ****p<0.0001. (f-g) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 in the DG of immunostained sections. ***p<0.0001. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques:

    (a) Experimental design. n=7-8 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAMI (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion. (d) Human sVCAMI ELISA of depleted plasma. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 pm for merged images and scale bar= 20 pm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group. ***p<0.001. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. *p<0.009. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group **p<0.003. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.004. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=7-8 mice/group. (b) Ponceau S stain showing total protein pull-down from plasma by both IgG and anti-VCAM1 mAb conjugated beads. (c) Western blot showing human sVCAMI (93 kDa) pulled down during immunodepletion. (d) Human sVCAMI ELISA of depleted plasma. (e) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of VCAM1, MECA-99, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 50 pm for merged images and scale bar= 20 pm for the 4x zoomed single channel VCAM1 images outlined with white squares. Arrows indicate VCAM1+ vessels. n=5 mice/group. ***p<0.001. (g) Quantification of the total number of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ co-labeled neural progenitor cells in the DG of immunostained sections. *p<0.009. (h) Quantification and representative confocal images (i) of the DG for DCX and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. n= 5 mice/group **p<0.003. (j) Quantification of the Iba1+ and CD68+ staining from confocal images in the DG. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.004. 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Staining, Western Blot, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Labeling

    (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0001, 2-way ANOVA. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 μm. *p<0.02, 2-way ANOVA. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0007, ***p<0.002, *p<0.04, 2-way ANOVA.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design. n=10 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) (n= 5 mice/group) in the DG of VCAM1, lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. White arrows point to VCAM1+ vessels. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0001, 2-way ANOVA. (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (f) in the DG of EdU and Sox2. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. The SGZ is outlined with white lines. Scale bar = 50 μm. *p<0.02, 2-way ANOVA. (d) Representative confocal images and quantification (g) in the DG of CD68 and Iba1. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. ****p<0.0007, ***p<0.002, *p<0.04, 2-way ANOVA.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques:

    Related to - (a) Schematic. n=10, 3-month-old NSG mice per group. (b) Quantification and (c) representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1 (arrows), lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.009. (d) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia. ***p<0.0007, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Error bars represent SEM. (e) Representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+, Sox2+ and GFAP+ neural precursor cells. Boxed areas in the SGZ of images in low magnification (scale bar = 100 pm) are shown in right panels in high magnification (scale bar = 50 pm). Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells (f) and DCX+ immature neurons (g) from confocal images. *p<0.02. (h) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (19-month-old) female mice. ****p<0.0001. (i) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9–10 mice/group. (j) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. *p<0.02, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (k) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. ***p<0.0004, *p<0.04. (l) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. **p<0.001, *p<0.05, Student’s t-test unless otherwise noted. All error bars represent SEM.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: Related to - (a) Schematic. n=10, 3-month-old NSG mice per group. (b) Quantification and (c) representative confocal images in the DG of VCAM1 (arrows), lectin, and Aqp4. Hoechst labels cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. **p<0.009. (d) Quantification in the DG of CD68 in Iba1+ stained microglia. ***p<0.0007, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc test. Error bars represent SEM. (e) Representative confocal images in the DG of BrdU+, Sox2+ and GFAP+ neural precursor cells. Boxed areas in the SGZ of images in low magnification (scale bar = 100 pm) are shown in right panels in high magnification (scale bar = 50 pm). Quantification of BrdU+Sox2+ progenitor cells (f) and DCX+ immature neurons (g) from confocal images. *p<0.02. (h) sVCAM1 ELISA of the plasma of young (4-month-old) and aged (19-month-old) female mice. ****p<0.0001. (i) Schematic. Aged (18-month-old) C57BL6/J female mice received i.p. injections of a mouse specific anti-VCAM1 mAb or IgG isotype control (9 mg/kg) every 3 days for a total of 7 injections. Mice also received BrdU daily (100 mg/kg i.p.) for 6 consecutive days followed by perfusion 2 days after the last injection. n=9–10 mice/group. (j) Quantification of VCAM1+Lectin+ staining from confocal images in the DG. *p<0.02, 1-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons post-hoc test. (k) Quantification of BrdU+ and BrdU+Sox2+ staining from confocal images in the DG. ***p<0.0004, *p<0.04. (l) Quantification of Iba1 and CD68 staining from confocal images in the DG. **p<0.001, *p<0.05, Student’s t-test unless otherwise noted. All error bars represent SEM.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Staining, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Injection

    (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. Arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.04, **p<0.003, Student’s t-test . (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. p***<0006, **p<0.02, *p<0.04, Student’s t-test . All error bars represent SEM. (f) Experimental design for anti-VLA-4. n=7 mice/group. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (I) of VCAM1, Lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (h) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.02, 1-way ANOVA. All error bars represent SEM. (j) Quantification of confocal images of the DG of NPCs co-labeled with BrdU and Sox2.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: (a) Experimental design for anti-VCAM1. n=7 mice/group. (b) Representative confocal images and quantification (d) in the DG of BrdU and Sox2. Arrows indicate proliferating neural precursor cells. The white lines outline the SGZ. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.04, **p<0.003, Student’s t-test . (c) Representative confocal images and quantification (e) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. p***<0006, **p<0.02, *p<0.04, Student’s t-test . All error bars represent SEM. (f) Experimental design for anti-VLA-4. n=7 mice/group. (g) Representative confocal images and quantification (I) of VCAM1, Lectin, and Hoechst to label cell nuclei. Scale bar = 100 μm. (h) Representative confocal images and quantification (k) in the DG of CD68, Iba1, and Hoechst. Scale bar = 100 μm. *p<0.02, 1-way ANOVA. All error bars represent SEM. (j) Quantification of confocal images of the DG of NPCs co-labeled with BrdU and Sox2.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Labeling

    In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Factors in aged plasma induce BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1. 2) VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in neurogenesis and chronic activation of microglia.

    Journal: bioRxiv

    Article Title: Aged blood inhibits hippocampal neurogenesis and activates microglia through VCAM1 at the blood-brain barrier

    doi: 10.1101/242198

    Figure Lengend Snippet: In young healthy mice, neurovascular homeostasis is maintained with low expression levels of systemic and BBB-specific VCAM1, active neurogenesis and nonreactive microglia in a low inflammation environment. During aging or exposure to aged plasma, we propose: 1) Factors in aged plasma induce BEC activation and upregulation of VCAM1. 2) VCAM1 facilitates tethering, but not transmigration, of leukocytes which sustain BEC inflammation. 3) Inflamed VCAM1+ brain endothelium relay (unknown) signals to the parenchyma leading to a loss of homeostasis, decline in neurogenesis and chronic activation of microglia.

    Article Snippet: Primary: Rat monoclonal anti-BrdU (1:500, Abcam, ab6326), Click-iT® Plus EdU Alexa Fluor® 488 Imaging Kit (Thermo/Life Technologies, C10637), goat monoclonal anti-Sox2 (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc17320), mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (1:1000, Chemicon/Fisher, MAB360MI), rat monoclonal anti-VCAM1 (1:125, Abcam, ab19569), DyLight 488 Lectin (1:200, Vector, DL-1174), rabbit monoclonal anti-Aquaporin 4 (1:500, Millipore, AB2218), rat monoclonal anti-CD68 (1:600, Serotec, MCA1957), goat polyclonal anti-Iba1 (1:250, ProteinTech, 10904-1-AP), goat polyclonal anti-doublecortin (DCX) (1:100, Santa Cruz, sc8066), mouse anti-human-VCAM1 antibody (BBA5, Novus Biologicals), monoclonal mouse anti-human IgG antibody (MAB002, R&D Systems); rat monoclonal anti-VCAM-1 (clone M/K-2.7, Bioxell, BE0027); Rat IgG 1 Isotype antibody (Clone HRPN, Bioxell, BE0088), VE-Cadherin (sc-6458, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), FC blocking antibody (553142, BD Pharmigen), rat anti-CD31 antibody (CD31-APC) (551262, BD Pharmigen), Dylight 488 Conjugation Kit (53024, Thermo Scientific), Anti-Mouse CD45 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:1000, eBioscience, 45-0451-80), PerCP/Cy5.5 anti-mouse CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) (1:100, Biolegend, 141007), Anti-Mouse CD11b PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-0112-80), Anti-Mouse TER-119 PerCP-Cyanine5.5 (1:100, eBioscience, 45-5921-80), CD13 Antibody (ER-BMDM1) APC (1:50, NOVUS Biologicals, NB100-64843), Anti-ACSA-2-PE mouse (clone: IH3-18A3) (1:100, Miltenyi Biotec Inc., 130-102-365), Anti-Mouse CD31 (PECAM-1) PE-Cyanine7 (1:100, eBioscience, 25-0311-81), Anti-mouse MECA-99 antibody was a gift of the Butcher lab and labeled with fluorophores using DyLight™ Antibody Labeling Kit (DyLight™488, Thermo Scientific, 53025), CD31-APC (1:100, BD 551262), CD45-FITC (1:100, BD Pharmingen Clone 30-F11 553080), and Cd11b-BV421 (1:100, Biolegend Clone M1/70 101236) Secondary: Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Thermo/Life Technologies, A-11055), Alexa Fluor® 488 donkey anti-rat IgG (Invitrogen/Life Technologies, A21208), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31570), Alexa Fluor® 555 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A21432), Cy3 AffiniPure donkey anti-rat IgG (1:250, Jackson Immunoresearch, 712-165-153), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A31571), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:250, Life Technologies, A-31573), Alexa Fluor® 647 donkey anti-goat IgG (1:250, Invitrogen, A-21447), Alexa Fluor 488 Azide (A10266, Life Technologies); Alexa Fluor 647 Azide (A10277, Life Technologies); Hoechst 33342 (1:2000, Sigma, 14533-100MG)

    Techniques: Expressing, Activation Assay, Transmigration Assay