Journal: Experimental gerontology
Article Title: Age-related impairment of autophagy in cervical motor neurons
doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.111193
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of the autophagosome marker LC3 in the cervical spinal cord and motor neurons of mice across age groups. Representative blot (A). Bar graphs show mean ± 95% CI of individual protein expression measurements of LC3-I (B), LC3-II (C) and the LC3-II/I ratio (D) per animal. There were no age-related differences in the protein expression levels of these markers or in the LC3-II/I ratio in cervical spinal cord of mice across age groups. Representative high magnification image of LC3 and ChAT immunofluorescence in motor neurons of mice at 6-, 18-, and 24-months of age (E). Bar graphs show mean ± 95% CI of LC3 expression in motor neurons, averaged per section and animal (for details, see methods section) in putative phrenic motor neurons (F) and non-phrenic motor neurons (G). LC3B expression in putative phrenic motor neurons at 24-months of age was ~25% higher than both the 6- and 18-month old groups. There were no age-related differences in LC3B expression at non-phrenic motor neurons. Scale bar: 100 μm; *, statistically significant difference between groups, post hoc Tukey-Kramer HSD, p < 0.05.
Article Snippet: When multiple bands were evidenced in a blot (LC3B and ATG5 antibodies), the available blocking peptides for LC3B (NB100-2220PEP, 1:100; Novus) and ATG5 (NB110-53818PEP, 1:100; Novus) were used to detect the specific bands of interest.
Techniques: Expressing, Marker, Immunofluorescence