Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Intramuscular adipose tissue physically restricts functional muscle recovery
doi: 10.1101/2024.12.17.628009
Figure Lengend Snippet: A) Experimental design. B) Immunofluorescence of cross-sections of tibialis anterior (TA) muscles from WT and FAP no Pparγ female mice 7 days post GLY injury stained for fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs; PDGFRα, magenta) and nuclei (visualized through DAPI; white). Yellow arrowheads indicate FAPs. Scale bar: 100µm. Quantification of total FAPs per 20x field in WT (n=8-14 TAs) and FAP no Pparγ (n= 8-14 TAs) female mice at 3-, 5-, 7- and 21-days post GLY injury. C) Immunofluorescence of TAs of WT and FAP no Pparγ female mice 3 days post GLY injury, stained for FAPs (PDGFRa, magenta) and the proliferation marker, Ki67 (green). Yellow arrowheads indicate proliferating FAPs. Scale bar: 100µm. Quantification of percent of proliferating FAPs at 3- and 5-days post injury of WT (n=8 TAs) and FAP no Pparγ (n=8 TAs). D) Immunofluorescence of cross-sections of TAs of WT and FAP no Pparγ female mice 5 days post GLY injury, stained for FAPs (PDGFRa, magenta) and the canonical apoptosis marker, cleaved caspase 3 (cC3, green) 5 days post injury. Yellow arrowheads indicate FAPs that are undergoing apoptosis. Scale bar: 100µm. Quantification of percent of FAPs undergoing apoptosis in WT (n= 7-11 TAs) and FAP no Pparγ (n= 8-13 TAs) mice 5- and 7-days post GLY injury. All data are represented as mean ± SEM. A multiple unpaired two-tailed t test followed by a Holm-Šídák post hoc test was used.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies used were rabbit anti-Perilipin (1:1000; Cell Signaling, 9349 S), rabbit anti-MyoG (1:250; Proteintech Group 14688-1-AP), rabbit anti-cleaved Caspse 3 (1:500, Millipore Sigma AB3623), and goat anti-PDGFRα (1:250, R&D Systems #AF1062), rabbit anti-Ki67 (Abcam ab15580), chicken anti-GFP (1:1000, Avis lab).
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Muscles, Staining, Marker, Two Tailed Test