Journal: Journal of Neuroinflammation
Article Title: Biologic TNF-α inhibitors reduce microgliosis, neuronal loss, and tau phosphorylation in a transgenic mouse model of tauopathy
doi: 10.1186/s12974-021-02332-7
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of TNF-α inhibitors on neuronal health. Representative images of H&E-stained hippocampal granule cell layer of the dentate gyrus (DG) in the PS19 mice ( A ). Scale bar = 200 μm. The thumbnail images showing the DG regions that were imaged are taken and adapted from the Allen Institute. The DG granule cell layer area, as measured using ImageJ, was significantly greater in the WT-Saline, PS19-TfRMAb-TNFR, and PS19-Etanercept mice compared to PS19-Saline controls ( B ). Scatter plot showing that AT8-positive area (%) was negatively correlated with the total hippocampal neuronal cell area ( C ; Pearson r = -0.42, p < 0.05). PSD95 (synaptic/neuronal health marker) protein level in the whole-brain homogenates detected by Western blotting was significantly increased in the PS19-TfRMAb-TNFR and PS19-Etanercept mice compared to PS19-Saline controls ( D ). Data are presented as mean ± SEM of 6–11 mice per treatment group (3–7 per sex per group). For H&E staining, n = 6 mice per treatment group. For the PSD95 Western, n = 7–11 mice per treatment group. Male and female mice were combined due to a lack of sex-related effects. One-way ANOVA with Holm–Sidak’s post hoc test was used to compare to PS19-Saline controls. * p < 0.05, *** p < 0.001, and **** p < 0.0001
Article Snippet: Membranes were sequentially subjected to blocking in Tris-buffered saline (TBS) containing 5% non-fat milk for 1 h at room temperature and probed with the mouse anti-PSD95 primary antibody (a marker of synaptic/neuronal health) (1:1000 in 3% non-fat milk, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, TX, USA) overnight at 4 °C followed by washing with TBS with 0.1% Tween-20 (TBST).
Techniques: Staining, Saline, Marker, Western Blot