Journal: iScience
Article Title: Exposure to fibrillar proteins leads to widespread infiltration but only mild tau pathology in cortical organoids
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115819
Figure Lengend Snippet: Control organoids display high levels of apoptosis and native tau pathology but lack full-length tau isoforms (A) Western blot analysis of unexposed organoids shows a positive signal for pathological tau (PHF-1, T22, pS231) and the astrocytic marker GFAP. Corresponding NOStain total protein normalization blots and uncut membranes are shown in . (B) Relative band intensity demonstrates large variations between the native organoids. Data are presented as values for individual organoids ( n = 15), and lines represent the median. (C) Representative images from apoptotic, TUNEL-labeled cells in organoids. (D) Quantification of TUNEL-positive cells in control and fibril-exposed organoids n = 3 individual organoids. Data are presented as mean ± SD. (E) Western blot analysis demonstrates that 3R-tau is the predominant tau isoform in 26 weeks organoids and that 4R-tau isoforms can barely be detected. Corresponding NOStain total protein normalization blots and uncut membranes are shown in . Scale bars, 250 μm.
Article Snippet: Primary antibodies; Chicken polyclonal Anti-Vimentin, Rabbit polyclonal Anti-Tau (T22) (Merk), Mouse monoclonal Anti-MAP2 (Synaptic systems), Mouse monoclonal Anti-Tau (TAU-5) (ThermoFisher), Chicken polyclonal Anti-GFAP (Abcam) and Mouse monoclonal Anti-Tau (PHF-1) were diluted in 0.5% NGS 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS and incubated overnight at 4°C.
Techniques: Control, Western Blot, Marker, TUNEL Assay, Labeling