Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
Article Title: Neurogenesis of medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens continues into adulthood and is enhanced by pathological pain
doi: 10.1038/s41380-020-0823-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Schematic of the experimental protocol. b Quantification of newborn neuroblasts in the NAc 7 days after sham or SNI surgery (left) (unpaired t- test * p = 0.0026, n = 10 mice per group) or after PBS or CFA paw injection (right) (unpaired t- test * p = 0.0131, n = 7 and 8 mice per group, respectively). c , d Representative pictures of coronal brain sections from mice subjected to either sham ( c ) or SNI surgery ( d ), stained with antibodies against BrdU (white) and DCX (red). d1 , d2 High-magnification images of the dashed yellow rectangles are shown on the right. e Experimental schematic to test the effect of chronic pain in the inflammatory model (CFA/PBS injection) or in the neuropathic pain model (SNI/sham) in the NAc after 6 weeks. f Quantification of mature postnatally born neurons (NeuN+/BrdU+) in the NAc, 4 weeks after the last BrdU injection (left: unpaired t- test * p = 0.041, n = 8 mice per group for sham/SNI; right: unpaired t- test **** p < 0.0001, n = 10 mice per group for PBS/CFA injections). g Quantification of mature postnatally born neurons (NeuN+/BrdU+) in the NAc counterstained with the MSNs marker DARPP-32, 6 weeks after CFA or PBS injection (unpaired t- test *** p = 0.0003, n = 5 mice per group). h Representative picture of a coronal brain section from a CFA-treated mouse showing examples of BrdU+ (gray)/ NeuN+ (green)/ DARPP-32+ (magenta) neurons in the NAc. h1 Higher magnification of the dashed yellow rectangle for each channel is shown on the right. The inset indicates the imaged brain area (dashed yellow rectangle). i Experimental schematic to test the origin of NAc adult-born neurons after inflammatory pain. j Representative pictures of coronal sections comprising the lateral ventricles showing YFP-labeled neural stem cells in the V-SVZ of control (left) and CFA-treated mice (right). Pictures on the right are enlargements of the indicated dashed yellow rectangles showing YFP-labeled cells (green) positive for Sox2 (magenta). k Confocal picture showing newborn (BrdU in white) neuroblasts (DCX in magenta) positive for YFP (green) with migratory appearance in the NAc of a CFA-treated mouse. k1 Enlarged pictures of the boxed area in k for each channel. l Quantification of (DCX+/BrdU+) newborn neuroblasts in the NAc positive for YFP in control (PBS) or pain (CFA)-treated animals ( t -test * p = 0.035, n = 6 mice per group). m Representative image of a coronal brain section from a CFA-treated mouse stained with antibodies against YFP (green) and NeuN (magenta), showing newborn neurons in the NAc 72 days after the first tamoxifen injection. m1 Enlarged picture of the dashed yellow rectangle in m for the YFP+ cell. m2 Enlarged pictures of the dashed yellow rectangle in m for each channel, including DAPI (blue). Scale bars in µm: 100 ( c , d , m , j ), 50 ( h , k ), 25 ( d1 , d2 , m1 ), 10 ( k1 ), 5 ( m2 ). Abbreviations: ac, anterior commissure; lv, lateral ventricle; NAc, nucleus accumbens; Sp, septum; St, striatum. See also Supplementary Figs. and .
Article Snippet: Brain sections were stained for the following: EGFP/YFP (rabbit, Invitrogen, Cat# A-6455, 1 : 1000), BrdU (mouse, BD, Cat# 347580, 1 : 1000), NeuN (rabbit and mouse, Millipore, Cat# MAB377, 1 : 1000; chicken, Synaptic System, Cat# 266 006, 1 : 250), DARPP-32 (rabbit, Santa Cruz, Cat# ab40801, 1 : 300), Calbindin (rabbit, Swant, Cat# 300, 1 : 3000), DCX (goat, Santa Cruz, Cat# sc-8066, 1 : 500), Iba1 (rabbit, Abcam, Cat# EPR16588, 1 : 500), Olig2 (rabbit, Invitrogen, Cat# PA5–85734, 1 : 500), PSA-NCAM (mouse, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cat# 14–9118–80, 1 : 250), Collagen IV (rabbit, Abcam, Cat# ab19808, 1 : 500), Nestin (chicken, Novus Biological, Cat# NB100–1604, 1 : 250), GFAP (rabbit, DAKO, Cat# GA52461–2, 1 : 500), Vimentin (goat, Santa Cruz, Cat# sc-7557, 1 : 500), Sox2 (Santa Cruz, Cat# sc-17320, 1 : 500), Ki67 (rabbit, Abcam, Cat# ab15580, 1 : 250).
Techniques: Injection, Staining, Marker, Labeling