Journal: Aging Cell
Article Title: Periodic Therapeutic Phlebotomy Mitigates Systemic Aging Phenotypes by Promoting Bone Marrow Function
doi: 10.1111/acel.70400
Figure Lengend Snippet: PTP intervention mitigates the decline in neurogenesis and excitability of neurons. (A) Representative immunofluorescence staining of DCX in hippocampus coronal DG of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of DCX + cells, n = 3/group. (B) Representative immunofluorescence staining of SOX2 in hippocampus coronal DG of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (C) Representative immunofluorescence staining of Ki67 and SOX2 in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of Ki67 + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (D) Representative immunofluorescence staining of ASCL1 and SOX2 in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of ASCL1 + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (E) Representative immunofluorescence staining of IL‐6 and SOX2 in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of IL‐6 + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (F) Representative immunofluorescence staining of CDKN2A and SOX2 + in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of CDKN2A + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (G) Representative immunofluorescence staining of CDKN2B and SOX2 in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of CDKN2B + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (H) Representative immunofluorescence staining of p‐γH2A.X and SOX2 in hippocampus coronal SGZ of rats (scale bars, 100 μm), and quantification of p‐γH2A.X + SOX2 + cells, n = 3/group. (I) Normalized fEPSP slope before and after the HFS protocol in the Young (blue), D‐gal (green), and PTP/2w (red) groups of mice. (J) The summary data measured 35–45 min after LTP induction (Young: 194.6% ± 46.94%, n = 13 slices from 4 mice; D‐gal: 119.6% ± 23.75%, n = 13 slices from 5 mice; PTP/2w: 175.1% ± 55.23%, n = 13 slices from 5 mice). (K, L) Cumulative distribution plots and summary of mEPSC amplitude and frequency in the Young (blue), D‐gal (green), and PTP/2w (red) groups of mice in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells (Frequency: 3.85 ± 1.8 Hz of Young, n = 17 slices from 4 mice; 1.34 ± 1.11 Hz of D‐gal, n = 16 slices from 5 mice; 2.84 ± 2.02 Hz of PTP/2w, n = 19 slices from 5 mice; Amplitude: 10.50 ± 2.49 pA of Young, n = 17 slices from 4 mice; 10.41 ± 3.26 of D‐gal, n = 16 slices from 5 mice; 10.28 ± 2.12 of PTP/2w, n = 19 slices from 5 mice). (M) Upper: Superimposed representative averaged fEPSCs recorded 10 min before (1) and 35–45 min after (2) LTP induction in the Young (blue), D‐gal (green), and PTP/2w (red) groups of mice. Below: Example traces of mEPSCs measured in CA1 hippocampal pyramidal cells from the Young (blue), D‐gal (green), and PTP/2w (red) groups of mice. (N) Number of intersections by radial distance from soma at hippocampus, 15 neurons from 3 samples. (O) Number of intersections by radial distance from soma at cortex, 15 neurons from 3 samples. Statistical analysis: One‐way ANOVA and Bonferroni post‐test for (I–L) and Tukey post‐test for the others. Data are mean ± SD; error bars denote 95% CI; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The slides were then incubated overnight at 4°C with primary antibodies, specifically targeting DCX (RD, ab207175), SOX‐2 (RD, AF2018), Ki67 (Novus, NBP2‐22112SS), ACSL1 (Affinity, DF8504), GFAP (Affinity, DF6040), p‐γH2A.X (Abclonal, AP0687), CDKN2A (Santa Cruz, Sc‐1661), and CDKN2B (Invitrogen, PA5‐49749) and IL‐6 (Abclonal A21264).
Techniques: Immunofluorescence, Staining