Figure 7.
Pharmacological modulation of SIRT1 activity is linked to neurite outgrowth in cultured hippocampal neurons. Hippocampal neurons at DIV3 were treated with vehicle (DMSO) or (a–c) EX527 and (d–f) SRT1720 at the indicated doses for 48 hrs and subjected to immunofluorescent staining for neuron-specific β-III-tubulin. To measure the total neurite length and the length of the longest neurite, fluorescent images obtained with an LSM700 confocal microscope were analyzed using Image-J software. The scale bar represents 50 μm. Values are expressed as (b,e) the total neurite length and (c,f) the length of the longest neurite over the soma size. The bars represent the mean ± S.D. of 35–40 neurons from at least 5 randomly selected areas. ***p < 0.001; ns, not significant.