Journal: iScience
Article Title: Semaphorin3C identified as mediator of neuroinflammation and microglia polarization after spinal cord injury
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109649
Figure Lengend Snippet: FPS-ZM1 improves neuronal survival after SCI (A) Representative immunofluorescent images for TPH2 (green) and GAP43 (red) in sagittal sections and GFAP (green) and GAP43 (red) in transverse sections 14 dpi. t1–t4 refer to different levels of transverse cardinal plane. The four transverse sections are displayed at interval of 1 mm. Scale bars, 1 mm (upper panel); 200 μm (bottom panel). n = 3. (B) Quantitation (mean ± SD) of GAP43+ and GFAP+ positive cells. Significant differences were evaluated by Student’s t test; ∗∗∗ p < 0.001 versus the SEMA3C group. In GAP43+ positive cells analysis, For T1, p value < 0.0001, t = 48.49, df = 4. For T2, p value < 0.0001, t = 23.13, df = 4. For T3, p value < 0.0001, t = 24.98, df = 4. For T4, p value = 0.0004, t = 11.23, df = 4. In GFAP+ positive cells analysis, For T1, p value = 0.1633, t = 1.705, df = 4. For T2, p value = 0.1712, t = 1.665, df = 4. For T3, p value = 0.0036, t = 6.122, df = 4. For T4, p value = 0.2879, t = 1.225, df = 4. (C) Serum serotonin determined by ELISA (mean ± SD). n = 4. Significant differences were evaluated by Student’s t test; ∗ p = 0.0253 versus the SEMA3C group, t = 2.961, df = 6. (D and E) Representative immunofluorescent images for pgp9.5 (green), NeuN (red), and neurofilamment (yellow) in sagittal sections and synaptophysin (green) and NeuN (red) in transverse sections at 14 dpi. Scale bars, 200 μm. Quantitation of NeuN positive cells (Data are represented as mean ± SD). n = 3. Significant differences were evaluated by Student’s t test; ∗∗∗ p = 0.0009 versus the SEMA3C group. t = 8.753, df = 4. (F) Transmission electron microscope images of myelin sheath at 14 days after SCI. Scale bar, 100 μm. Small bar insert, 10μm. n = 5. (G) Quantitative analysis (mean ± SD) for diameter of thickness of myelin sheath. Significant differences were evaluated by one-way ANOVA and post hoc Dunnett’s tests for all panels. F (3, 16) = 5.365, R squared = 0.5015, p value = 0.0095 in ANOVA summary. (H) The gray ratio values (mean ± SD) of RAGE ( p value = 0.0161, t = 4.004, df = 4) and iNOS ( p value = 0.0388, t = 3.029, df = 4) to βactin are shown. WT versus KO mice. n = 3. Significant differences were evaluated by Student’s t test; ∗ p < 0.05 versus the WT group. (I) Representative immunofluorescent images for CD68 (red) in WT and KO mice. Scale bar, 200 μm.
Article Snippet: Rabbit monoclonal anti-mouse/rat/hamster CD68 , Cell Signaling Technology , Cat# 97778; RRID: AB_2928056.
Techniques: Quantitation Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Transmission Assay, Microscopy