Figure 8.
(a) Effect of furin inhibitor on localization of TGN46 and LRP1-ICD at 4 h after 0 µM (control) or 30 µM NMDA (NMDA) treatment of cortical neurons with or without 10 µM furin inhibitor. The cells were immunostained with anti-TGN46 and anti-β-chain/ICD antibodies. Representative images are shown from one experiment. The scale bar represents 30 µm. (b) The number of LRP1-ICD immune-positive cells that co-localized with TGN46 in the perinuclear region was counted. Results are expressed as the means ± SD of 4 independent experiments. *Significant difference from the NMDA- and furin inhibitor-untreated group (NMDA [0] and furin inhibitor [−]) (P < 0.05). #Significant difference from the NMDA-treated and furin inhibitor-untreated group (NMDA [30] and furin inhibitor [−]) (P < 0.05). The range of the number of counted cells in NMDA [0]-furin inhibitor [−], NMDA [0]-furin inhibitor [+], NMDA [30]-furin inhibitor [−], and NMDA [30]-furin inhibitor [+], were 29–40/experiment (the total number of cells counted: 133), 22–27/experiment (total: 98), 51–82/experiment (total: 186), and 20–32/experiment (total: 109), respectively. The total number of cells counted in Fig. 8b was 526. (c) Effect of furin inhibitor on localization of furin and LRP1-ICD at 4 h after 0 µM (control) or 30 µM NMDA (NMDA) treatment with or without 10 µM furin inhibitor. The cells were immunostained with anti-furin and anti-β-chain of LRP1/ICD antibodies. Representative images are shown from one experiment. The scale bar represents 30 µm. (d) The number of LRP1-ICD immune-positive cells that co-localized with furin in the perinuclear region was counted. Results are expressed as the means ± SD of 4 independent experiments. *Significant difference from the NMDA- and furin-untreated group (NMDA [0] and furin inhibitor [−]) (P < 0.05). #Significant difference from the NMDA-treated and furin inhibitor-untreated group (NMDA [30] and furin inhibitor [−]) (P < 0.05). The range of the number of counted cells in NMDA [0]-furin inhibitor [−], NMDA [0]-furin inhibitor [+], NMDA [30]-furin inhibitor [−], and NMDA [30]-furin inhibitor [+], were 17–27/experiment (the total number of cells counted: 91), 17–33/experiment (total: 110), 27–63/experiment (total: 179), and 19–40/experiment (total: 111), respectively. The total number of cells counted in Fig. 8d was 491.