Journal: Acta Neuropathologica
Article Title: Novel lissencephaly-associated NDEL1 variant reveals distinct roles of NDE1 and NDEL1 in nucleokinesis and human cortical malformations
doi: 10.1007/s00401-023-02665-y
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of Ndel1 knockdown and p.R105P variant on neuronal distribution in embryonic mouse brains. a Western blot of NDEL1 protein in primary cultures at DIV 6 after infection with viruses encoding control or 4 different Ndel1 shRNA. Beta-actin was used as the loading control. The bar graph shows relative NDEL1 expression in these cells. Error bars represent SEM. One-way ANOVA; post hoc: Bonferroni test. *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01. b Coronal sections of E18.5 brains electroporated with shCtrl or sh Ndel1 along with GFP (green) at E14.5. While most GFP + cells reached the CP, cells expressing sh Ndel1 #16 were mainly restricted to the IZ and VZ/SVZ. This effect was rescued by the expression of Ndel1 WT but not the p.R105P variant. c Coronal sections of E18.5 brains electroporated with Ndel1 WT, p.R105P, p.R105Q, p.R105W, or the empty vector along with GFP (green) at E14.5. GFP + cells electroporated with pCAGIG-NDEL1, pCAGIG-R105Q, pCAGIG-R105W, pNeuroD1-NDEL1(WT), or vector were mainly redistributed to the CP. However, the expression of CAG / NeuroD1 promoter-driven p.R105P caused a nearly complete blockade of neurons from migrating to the CP. Slices were stained with DAPI (blue) to mark the nuclei of the cells. Bars = 100 μm. d The bar graph shows the percentage of GFP + cells in the CP, IZ, and VZ 4 days after electroporation in ( b ) and ( c ) ( n = 3 pregnant females in each condition). Error bars represent SEM. **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001, ****: p < 0.0001. One-way ANOVA; post hoc: Bonferroni test (color figure online)
Article Snippet: The antibodies used and their concentrations were as follows: NDEL1(Rabbit polyclonal, Abcam, ab25959) 1:1000, NDE1 (Rabbit polyclonal, Proteintech, 10,233–1-AP) 1:1000, LIS1 (Goat polyclonal, Sigma-Aldrich, SAB2500597) 1:1000, Beta-actin (Mouse monoclonal, Proteintech, 66,009–1-Ig) 1:10,000, and Alpha tubulin (Mouse monoclonal, Proteintech, 66,031–1-Ig) 1:10,000.
Techniques: Variant Assay, Western Blot, Infection, shRNA, Expressing, Plasmid Preparation, Staining, Electroporation