Journal: Development (Cambridge, England)
Article Title: CSF1R ligands promote microglial proliferation but are not the sole regulators of developmental microglial proliferation
doi: 10.1242/dev.204610
Figure Lengend Snippet: CSF1 and IL34 protein increase throughout development and display distinct spatiotemporal transcriptional expression patterns. (A,B) IL34 (A) and CSF1 (B) protein levels in whole-brain homogenates as measured by ELISA. (C) Representative brain microscopy image with regions of interest outlined in red. Scale bar: 100 µm. (D,F) Representative images of Il34 transcript visualized with RNAscope™ in CA1 (D) and somatosensory cortex (F). Scale bars: 40 µm. (E,G) Plots of the mean percentage of total cells of CA1 (E) and somatosensory cortex (G) that are Il34 + across development. (H,J) Representative images of Csf1 transcript visualized with RNAscope™ in CA1 (H) and somatosensory cortex (J). Scale bars: 40 µm. (I,K) Plots of the mean percentage of total cells of CA1 (I) and somatosensory cortex (K) that are Csf1 + across development. (L) Density maps depicting the spatiotemporal expression patterns of Il34 and Csf1 transcripts in RNAscope™ across development. Warmer colours indicate greater, while cooler colours indicate lower, transcript density. Bars represent mean±s.e.m.; A,B: n =5 mice per time point; E: n =3-5 mice per time point, G: n =4-5 mice per time point, I,K: n =2-3 mice per time point. * P <0.05, **** P <0.0001 (one-way ANOVA, Tukey post-hoc).
Article Snippet: Both IL34 (R&D Systems, M3400) and CSF1 (R&D Systems, MMC00B) ELISAs were conducted as per the manufacturer's instructions.
Techniques: Expressing, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Microscopy, RNAscope