Figure 7.
The activation of microglia in the spinal dorsal horn or CNS regions is interfered by the change of peripheral IL-1β signaling. (a–c) Representative pictures showing that microglia were activated in different regions of the CNS at 12 days following SNI (a) and was blocked by peri-sciatic application of IL-1β neutralizing antibody (b) (n = 3/group). Iba1 is a microglial marker. (c) Tail-intravenous injection of rrIL-1β but not vehicle induced the activation of microglia. (n = 3–4/group). (d) Bar graph summarizing the number of Iba1 positive cells area in various regions of the CNS in different treatment groups. *P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001 vs. sham group. ##P < .01; ###P < .001 vs. IgG + SNI group. SDH: spinal dorsal horn; NAcc: nucleus accumbens; AMG: amygdala.