Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Satellite glial cells modulate cholinergic transmission between sympathetic neurons
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218643
Figure Lengend Snippet: Satellite glial cells partly prevent sympathetic neuronal death upon NGF deprivation. (a-b) Establishment of sympathetic neuron-satellite glia co-cultures. Neurons (N) were cultured alone (a) or in the presence of satellite glia (b) in the presence of 5 ng/ml NGF in serum-containing medium. Cultures were fixed at 12 days in vitro (div) and stained for Tuj-1 (neuronal marker, in red), S100β (glial cell marker, in green) and DAPI (nuclear staining, in blue). Scale bar represents 50 μm. Under these growth conditions, glia did not alter the number of sympathetic neurons (c). (d) Neurons alone (N), (e) Neurons and glia (N+G), and (f) N+G with anti-NGF antibody (1:1000, final concentration 1 μg/ml). (g) Quantification of cell survival upon NGF deprivation. Data are shown as percent neuronal survival compared to comparable cultures (neurons alone or neurons + glia) grown in the presence of 5 ng/ml NGF in serum-free medium (n = 3 independent cell culture experiments, One-way ANOVA, ***p<0.001). All data are represented as mean ± s.e.m.
Article Snippet: They were then incubated overnight with primary antibodies at the following concentrations: chicken anti-Microtubule Associated Protein 2 (MAP2) polyclonal antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, EMD Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany, AB5543, 1:1000) and rabbit anti-S100 calcium-binding protein B β-subunit (S100-β) polyclonal antibody (Agilent Dako, Santa Clara, CA, USA Z0311, 1:400).
Techniques: Cell Culture, In Vitro, Staining, Marker, Concentration Assay