Journal: Cells
Article Title: Early Synapse-Specific Alterations of Photoreceptor Mitochondria in the EAE Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis
doi: 10.3390/cells14030206
Figure Lengend Snippet: Decreased MIC60 immunosignals in the OPL of MOG/CFA-injected mice in comparison to CFA-injected mice at day 9 post-injection. The 0.5 µm- thin retina sections from MOG/CFA-injected EAE mice ( B1 – B3 , D1 – D3 , F1 – F3 ) and CFA-injected control mice ( A1 – A3 , C1 – C3 , E1 – E3 ) double-immunolabelled with rabbit polyclonal MIC60 antibody (green channel) and mouse monoclonal RIBEYE antibody (red channel). Signals from the green ( A1 , B1 , C1 , D1 , E1 , F1 ) channels and red channels ( A2 , B2 , C2 , D2 , E2 , F2 ) were merged in ( A3 , B3 , C3 , D3 , E3 , F3 ). ( A1 – B3 ) Representative low-magnification images. Low-magnification micrographs show MIC60-labelled mitochondria in the OPL and in the photoreceptor inner segments in the same section. ( C1 – D3 ) MIC60-positive mitochondria in the OPL close to the synaptic ribbon at intermediate magnification. ( E1 – F3 ) High-magnification confocal images of single immunolabelled synaptic mitochondria in the OPL. Ring-like MIC60 immunosignals of individual presynaptic mitochondria are visible close to the synaptic ribbons (arrows). Ribbons appear as single horseshoe-labelled structures (arrowheads). ( G1 , G2 , H1 , H2 ) MIC60 immunosignals from the OPL and IS were quantified as integrated density. ( G1 , H1 ) Bar graphs depict normalized arithmetic means ± S.E.Ms. MOG/CFA integrated density immunofluorescence values were normalized to the mean of the CFA control values (set to 100%). In ( G2 , H2 ), the same data as in ( G1 , H1 ) are depicted as box-and-whisker plots to show the individual datapoints and their distribution. ( G2 , H2 ) Boxes represent 25th–75th percentiles of the data points, mean and median values are indicated by thin and thick horizontal lines, respectively, and whiskers are equal to 1.5 times the interquartile range (IQR). Mann–Whitney U-test was conducted to determine if there were significant differences in MIC60 immunosignals in the OPL between CFA and MOG/CFA groups. The distributions significantly differed between both groups (effect size d = 1.0751; power = 0.9999). MIC60 immunosignals in the inner segments did not differ between both groups (effect size d = 0.1497; power: 0.1517). p -values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Abbreviations: CFA, complete Freund’s adjuvant; MOG, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein; EAE, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; IF, immunofluorescence; OS, outer segment; IS, inner segment; OPL, outer plexiform layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; S.E.M., standard error of the mean; N = number of independent experiments; n = number of images analyzed from retinal sections; n.s., non-significant; ****, p < 0.0001. Scale bars: 5 μm.
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Techniques: Injection, Comparison, Control, Immunofluorescence, Whisker Assay, MANN-WHITNEY, Adjuvant