Journal: Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
Article Title: SIRT2 Inhibition Rescues Neurodegenerative Pathology but Increases Systemic Inflammation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
doi: 10.1007/s11481-023-10084-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: Peripheral SIRT2 inhibition impairs memory and increases systemic inflammation. ( a ) Habituation phase of the MWM. ( b ) Escape latency in the acquisition phase of the MWM and corresponding area under the curve (AUC) of the acquisition curve (F = 6.716, *p < 0.05 main effect of treatment; F = 6.580, #p < 0.05 main effect of genotype, two-way ANOVA, n = 6–8 animals per group). Note that AGK-2 treatment worsened learning capacities in both WT and APP/PS1 mice. ( c ) Representation of the percentage of time spent in the correct quadrant in the retention phase of the MWM (5 th Day: F = 4.474 *p < 0.05, main effect of treatment; 8 th Day: F = 4.854, #p < 0.05, main effect of genotype, two-way ANOVA). ( d ) Representative hippocampal sections of β-amyloid plaques stained with 6E10 antibody in brain slices (left) and amyloid burden quantification (right) in 8 months-old APP/PS1 mice treated for two months with vehicle or AGK-2 (n = 3 animals per group, 2 sections including hippocampus and frontal cortex per animal) Scale bar = 500 µm. Glucose ( e ) and Insulin ( f ) tolerance tests. No significant differences were observed between vehicle or AGK-2 treated animals (n = 5–9 mice per group). Peripheral protein expression of ( g ) IL-1β (F = 5.951, *p < 0.05, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA) and gene expression of ( h ) Il-1β (F = 16.33, ***p < 0.001, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA), ( i ) Tnf-α (F = 19.60, ***p < 0.001, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA) and ( j ) Tgf-β (F = 11.49, **p < 0.01, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA) (n = 6 animals per group). 36b4 was used as an internal control. Serum levels of the cytokines ( k ) IL-6 (F = 10.80, ***p < 0.001, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA), ( l ) MCP-1 and ( m ) TNF (F = 5.926, *p < 0.05, main effect of treatment, two-way ANOVA) (n = 5–8 mice per group). Results are shown as mean ± SEM
Article Snippet: The trans-blots were blocked in TBS-Tween containing 5% powder milk for 1 h. Membranes were probed overnight at 4 °C with rabbit polyclonal antibody anti-SIRT2 (1:1000; cat# S8447, Sigma-Aldrich).
Techniques: Inhibition, Staining, Expressing