Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Rubicon modulates neuroimmune responses following traumatic brain injury
doi: 10.64898/2026.03.04.709622
Figure Lengend Snippet: A Immunoblot comparing damage-associated marker (α-fodrin) and autophagy markers (P62, LC3II) in ipsilateral cortices from wild-type and Rubcn-mutant mice at 3 dpi to sham. B Densitometric quantification of immunoblot in A. C Immunoblot of ipsilateral hippocampus at 1 and 3 dpi in wild-type and Rubcn-mutant mice probed with autophagy markers. D Densitometric quantification of immunoblot in C. E Immunoblot of ipsilateral hippocampus at 1 dpi (TBI D1) and 3 dpi (TBI D3) in wild-type and Rubcn-mutant mice probed with damage-associated markers. F Densitometric quantification of immunoblot in E. G Immunofluorescence (IF) images of GFP-LC3 (green) coronal sections from wild-type and Rubcn-mutant sham and injured mice at 3 dpi stained for IBA1 (in yellow) and P62 (in magenta). Scale bar represents 50 μm. H Quantification of mean fluorescence intensity of P62 (left) and percent of P62/SQSTM1+ cells within LC3+/IBA+ cells (right) from G. All bars represent mean ± s.e.m. Sample size (n) for A-B were as follows: WT Sham=6, WT TBI D3=6, Rubcn Mut. Sham=6, Rubcn Mut. D3=6. Sample size (n) for C-F were as follows: WT Sham=6, WT TBI D1=6, WT TBI D3=6, Rubcn Mut. Sham=5, Rubcn Mut. D1=5, Rubcn Mut. D3=5. Sample size (n) for G-H were as follows: WT Sham=4, WT TBI D3=4, Rubcn Mut. Sham=4, Rubcn Mut. D3=4. Statistical analyses for all data: Two-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey’s test and significance is represented by * P-value<0.05, ** P-value<0.005, *** P-value<0.0005, **** P-value<0.0001.
Article Snippet: GFP-LC3 (tg/+) Rubicon mutant mice were generated by crossing GFP-LC3 and Rubicon mutant mice at the UMB animal facility and were genotyped according to the Jackson Laboratory genotyping protocol.
Techniques: Western Blot, Marker, Mutagenesis, Immunofluorescence, Staining, Fluorescence
