Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Cognitive dysfunction following brain trauma results from sex-specific reactivation of the developmental pruning processes
doi: 10.1101/2024.08.13.607610
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A, D, G, J) Schematic illustrations in the non-injured quadpartite hippocampal synapse and at 1 dpi of SRR fl/fl and TMEM119 creERT2 :SRR fl/fl mice (created with Biorender). (B-D) Western blot of whole hippocampus shows a significant increase in (B) GluN2A and (C) GluN2B expression at 1 dpi in SRR fl/fl male mice that is not present in microglial knockout mice. (E-G) Expression of (E) phosphorylated GluN2B and (F) DAPK1 is increased at 1 dpi in SRR fl/fl mice and not until 3 dpi in TMEM119 creERT2 :SRR fl/fl mice. (H,J) The ratio of phosphorylated to non-phosphorylated CREB is significantly upregulated in TMEM119 creERT2 :SRR fl/fl but not SRR fl/fl male mice after injury. (I,J) BDNF is significantly increased at 1 and 3 dpi in TMEM119 creERT2 :SRR fl/fl male mice, prior to upregulation in SRR fl/fl mice at 3 dpi. (K) GluN2B is downregulated in isolated hippocampal membrane fractions in male and female WT mice at 3 dpi, however (L) the ratio of phosphorylated GluN2B is increased in male but decreased in female mice at 3 dpi. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test; n=4-5. Values represent mean ± SEM
Article Snippet: Total protein transferred was imaged and membranes were blocked for 1 hour at RT with 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) in 1X PBS followed by overnight incubation at 4°C with primary antibodies diluted in 5% BSA (1:1000 unless otherwise noted): rabbit anti-BDNF (Abcam, Boston, MA, #ab9793), rabbit anti-phospho-ERK1/2 (1:500; Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, #9101S), rabbit anti-ERK1/2 (Cell Signaling #9102), rabbit anti-NR1 (Millipore #05-432), rabbit anti-NMDAR1 (Abcam #ab109182), rabbit anti-NR2A (Millipore #07-632), rabbit anti-NR2B (Millipore #06-600), rabbit anti-GRIN2B (1:500; ThermoFisher, #21920-1-AP), rabbit anti-DAPK1 (Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, #3008S), Rabbit anti-p-CREB (ABclonal, Woburn, MA, #AP0019), rabbit anti-CREB (ABclonal, #A11064), rabbit anti-Sodium Potassium ATPase (1:500; Abcam, #AB76020), rabbit anti-Phospho-N2B,Ser1303 (Millipore, #07-398), rabbit anti-C1qA (Abcam, #ab189922), rabbit anti-C3 (Invitrogen, #PA5-21349), mouse anti-GPR56 (Biolegend, #358205), mouse anti-SRR (Santa Cruz Biotech, Dallas, TX, #sc-365217), rabbit anti-Slc1a4 (Cell Signaling, #8442S), and mouse anti-GAPDH (1:5000, Santa Cruz Biotech, #47724).
Techniques: Western Blot, Expressing, Knock-Out, Isolation, Membrane, Comparison