Journal: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Article Title: Reduction of inflammation and mitochondrial degeneration in mutant SOD1 mice through inhibition of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3
doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2023.1333745
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Representative single plane confocal images of KV1.3 (red), TOMM20 (green), merge channels, and Hoechst staining (blue) for nuclei visualization in lumbar spinal cord region of hSOD1-G93A mice at early symptomatic stage (10 weeks old). 60x objective (scale:10 um) yellow stars indicate the co-localizing signals; (B) Representative images of the mitochondrial network in alpha motor neurons of healthy WT littermates, hSOD1G93A mice treated with vehicle or PAP-1 at late symptomatic stage (17–18 weeks old). (C) 3D confocal reconstruction of the mitochondrial network in single motor neurons labeled with SMI-32 (pink), and with anti-TOMM20 antibody (green). (D) Quantification of the cytosolic volume occupied by the mitochondrial network in WT, hSOD1G93A mice treated with vehicle or with the potassium channel inhibitor PAP-1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD n = 11–12 cells, 3 animals per group, by One way ANOVA. (E) OCR experiments: quantification of the ATP-linked OCR in NSC-34 and NSC-34 cells expressing hSOD1-G93A (G93A) treated with PAP-1 for 72 h. Values are expressed as mean ± SD of three independent experiments conducted in quadruplicate on each cell line, n = 12 **** p < 0.0001 by One way ANOVA. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.
Article Snippet: Sections were incubated with Hoechst for nuclear visualization and the following primary antibodies: Iba1 (Wako, Osaka Japan, #019-19741, 1:500), GFAP (Novus Biologicals, Littleton USA, #NB300-141, 1:500), SMI-32 (BioLegend, 1:500), CD8 (BD Pharmigen #553026, 1:50) and Kv1.3 (Alomone labs, Jerusalem Israel, #AGP-005, 1:200).
Techniques: Staining, Labeling, Expressing