Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Neurturin overexpression in dopaminergic neurons induces presynaptic and postsynaptic structural changes in rats with chronic 6-hydroxydopamine lesion
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188239
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Representative micrographs of double immunofluorescence staining against NTSR1 and TH. 24WLUT = Untransfected rats with 24 weeks of 6-OHDA lesion. 12WL4WT = 12 weeks after lesion and 4 weeks after transfection, 12WL12WT = 12 weeks after lesion and 12 weeks after transfection. The scale is common for all micrographs. B. immunofluorescence area density (IFAD) for NTSR1 and TH was determined using ImageJ software v.1.46r (National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, MD). NRTN4WT and NRTN412WT = 4 and 12 weeks after transfection. UT = untransfected rats. The transfections of pGreenLantern-1 (GFP) and pTracer-mNRTN-His (NRTN) plasmids were made at week 12 after lesion. All values are the mean ± SEM ( n = 3 independent rats for each experimental condition). Two-way ANOVA and Bonferroni post-test. ns = no statistical significance.
Article Snippet: Full NRTN sequence and correct Tag addition were confirmed by automatic sequencing (BigDye v3.1; Applied Biosystems; Foster City, CA, USA). pGreenLantern-1 (5,030 bp) coding for GFP under the control of CMV promoter (Gibco BRL; Grand Island, NY, USA) was used as a negative control.
Techniques: Double Immunofluorescence Staining, Transfection, Immunofluorescence, Software