Journal: Neural Regeneration Research
Article Title: Injury-induced KIF4A neural expression and its role in Schwann cell proliferation suggest a dual function for this kinesin in neural regeneration
doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00232
Figure Lengend Snippet: KIF4A mRNA and protein expression in the distal stump of an injured nerve. (A) Real-time quantitative PCR analysis of Kif4a mRNA levels in the distal stump of the sciatic nerve at various time points following nerve lesion by crush or transection with suture. Values are presented as mean ± SD fold increases over mRNA levels of control time-matched sham-operated animals, collected at the same time points as each injury sample and taken as ‘1’ for each time point; n = 5. (*) crush vs. time-matched sham data; (#) transection-with-suture vs. time-matched sham data; */# P < 0.05, ## P < 0.01, by unpaired t -test with Welch correction. (B–D) Fluorescence immunohistochemistry analyses of longitudinal sections of sciatic nerve distal stumps, either uninjured (B) or injured (C, D) and collected at 7 dpi. (B) In sham-operated nerves, KIF4A (in red) is observed in S100-positive Schwann cells (in green, arrow), and in S100-negative axons that are Schwann cells-ensheathed (arrowhead). (C) In the transected and sutured nerve collected at 7 dpi, a high number of KIF4A/S100-positive Schwann cells is observed. (D) In a crushed nerve collected at 7 dpi, a high number of cells double-stained for KIF4A (red) and PDGFRα (green, glial cells marker) is also observed, supporting that KIF4A is up-regulated in Schwann cells (arrows) following injury. KIF4A is also observed in other, PDGFRα-negative, cells (asterisk). The dotted boxes surround areas presented with a higher magnification. Images from the same panel (different channels of the same image view) share the same scale bar. DAPI: 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole; dpi: days post-injury; PDGFRα: platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha.
Article Snippet: Nuclei were counterstained with VECTASHIELD® Antifade Mounting Medium with DAPI (Vector Laboratories, H-1200) or Hoechst 33258 (09460, PolySciences, Warrington, PA, USA).
Techniques: Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Control, Fluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Staining, Marker, Derivative Assay