(A) Schematic illustration of the timing of primary mouse hippocampal neuron transfection and TMPyP4 treatment.
(B) Representative confocal images of MS2-transfected neurons treated with VEH (left) or TMPyP4 (right) at 60× magnification. Scale bar, 20 μm. Green, MS2-reporter; red, Synapsin-mCherry reporter; white, MAP2 (postmitotic neuron marker).
(C and E) Quantification the GFP fluorescence intensity along the length of primary dendrites of GFP+/mCherry+/MAP2+ neurons transfected with 31 CGG (C) or 0 CGG (E) plasmids. Shaded area indicates SEM.
(D and F) Summation of the fluorescence intensity in primary dendrites, normalized for dendritic length in 31 CGG (D) or 0 CGG (F) transfected neurons. Each data point represents single neurons (R1–R3). Data in (C–F) are from N = 3 independent neuronal isolations/biological replicates (18–29 neurons per replicate). Values were normalized to vehicle (VEH) condition for each batch of neurons. (C and E) Two-way ANOVA, significant main effect of treatment ****p < 0.001. (D and F) Welch’s t test; *p < 0.05; ****p < 0.001.