Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Reactive Pericytes Lead to Microvascular Dysfunction and Cortical Neurodegeneration During Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis
doi: 10.1101/2025.02.17.638582
Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Immunofluorescent staining of CD105 (green) and CD45+ cells (cyan) reveals increased intravascular stalling (yellow arrowheads) and rare trafficking of CD45+ leukocytes (yellow arrow) through the microvasculature in the EAE mice, accompanied by increased or stalling red blood cells within the intravascular compartment, as indicated by the red arrow. Images were taken with 20X objective and magnification was performed with 40X in both the control and EAE mice. B, C. Quantification results indicate a significant increase in intravascular and extravasated CD45+ cells in EAE-induced mice (*p=0.03, *p=0.03, respectively). The statistical analysis was performed using a two-tailed unpaired t-test (n=3 in the control and n=4 in the EAE mice). Error bar represented mean with +/− SEM and scale bars are 20µm. D. Immunofluorescent staining of the cortical vasculature highlights microglial activation, marked by IBA1 (green), and platelet endothelial adhesion molecules, marked by CD31 (red), in both control and EAE-induced mice. Images were taken using 20X objective. E. Quantification of IBA1 intensity in the cortex reveals a significant increase in microglial activation in induced EAE mice compared to control mice (*p=0.04). Statistical analysis was performed using two-tailed unpaired t-test with n=3 in the control and n=6 in the EAE mice. Error bar represented mean with +/− SEM and scale bars are 100µm. F. Immunofluorescent staining of CD45+ cells (cyan), CD105 (green), CD13 (red) and Hoechst (blue) reveals that CD45 was also expressed on activated microglia under inflammatory conditions in the EAE compared to the control mice. The scale bars are representing of 50µm.
Article Snippet: The following primary antibodies were used: Rat anti-Mouse CD13 (1:100; Bio-Rad; MCA2183), Rabbit anti-Mouse CD105 (1:200; Abcam; ab221675), Rat anti-Mouse CD31 (1:200; BD Pharmingen; 550274), Dylight 488-conjugated tomato-lectin (1:300; ThermoFisher; DL-1174), Rabbit anti-NeuN (1:200; Abcam; ab177487), Rat anti-Mouse CD45 (1:200; BioLegend; 103102), and Rabbit anti-Neurofilament heavy polypeptide (1:200; Abcam; ab207176).
Techniques: Staining, Control, Two Tailed Test, Activation Assay