Journal: eLife
Article Title: Microglia aging in the hippocampus advances through intermediate states that drive activation and cognitive decline
doi: 10.7554/eLife.97671
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Representation of the microglia aging trajectory over the UMAP plot highlighting the region of peak Tgfb1 expression. ( B ) Representative RNAscope images and quantification of Tgfb1 (red) expression in IBA1 (cyan) cells across ages (n=5 per group; one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post hoc test; *p<0.05). ( C ) Dotplot of the expression values of TGFB1 signaling components from scRNA-Seq of aging hippocampal microglia (6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-month-old). Percent of cells expressing the gene and average normalized expression are represented. ( D ) Schematic of the heterochronic parabiosis model and quantification of hippocampal microglia expression of Tgfb1 from isochronic young (IY) and heterochronic young (HY) adult parabionts. Data derived from . ( E ) Top gene ontology terms for the set of genes with significantly decreased expression in bulk microglia RNA-Seq following TGFB1 treatment compared to control (DMSO) in LPS-treated microglia (n=5 per group). ( F ) Heatmap of top 10 genes in each aging module following TGFB1 compared to DMSO in LPS-treated microglia. ( G ) Average gene expression changes for each aging module represented as log2 fold change of TGFB1 treatment over DMSO (one-sample t -test with the expected value of 0 [no change]; *p<0.05, ***p<0.001, ****p<0.0001). ( H ) Representation of the microglia aging trajectory over the UMAP plot highlighting the stage where CX-5461 modulates the trajectory. ( I ) Representative images of S6 (magenta) and Iba1 (cyan) staining in the hippocampus of 6- and 24-month-old mice and quantification across aging (n=3 mice per group; one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test; *p<0.05, **p<0.005, ****p<0.0001). ( J ) Schematic of the heterochronic parabiosis model and quantification of hippocampal microglia expression of translation module from isochronic young (IY) and heterochronic young (HY) adult parabionts. Data derived from (one-sample t -test with the expected value of 0 [no change]; **p<0.01). ( K ) Top gene ontology terms for the set of genes with significantly decreased expression in bulk microglia RNA-Seq following CX-5461 treatment compared to control (DMSO) in LPS-treated microglia (n=3 per group) ( L ) Heatmap of top 10 genes in each aging module following CX-5461 compared to DMSO in LPS-treated microglia. ( M ) Average gene expression changes for each aging module represented as log2 fold change of CX-5461 treatment over DMSO (one-sample t -test with the expected value of 0 [no change]; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ****p<0.0001).
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: rabbit anti-IBA1 (1:1000, Wako, Cat# 019-19741, RRID: AB_839504 ), rat anti-CD68 (1:250, Bio-Rad, Cat# MCA1957, RRID: AB_322219 ), rabbit anti-NFKB p65 (1:500, Santa Cruz, Cat# sc-372, RRID: AB_632037 ), guinea pig anti-Iba1 (1:1000, Synaptic Systems, Cat# 234-004, RRID: AB_2493179 ), rabbit anti-C1q (1:1000, Abcam, Cat# ab182451, RRID: AB_2732849 ), rat anti-C3 (1:1000, Abcam, Cat# ab11862, RRID: AB_2066623 ), rabbit anti-S6 (1:500, Cell Signaling, Cat# 2217, RRID: AB_331355 ), and rabbit anti-KLF2 (1:250, Bioss, Cat# bs-2772R, RRID: AB_10857057 ).
Techniques: Expressing, RNAscope, Derivative Assay, RNA Sequencing, Control, Gene Expression, Staining