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. 2021 Dec 13;11:631. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01745-5

Fig. 3. Viral upregulation of Olig1 in the dentate gyrus mimics the effects of acute stress.

Fig. 3

A Injection schematic and lentiviral constructs. CMV, human cytomegalovirus promoter; EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein; WPRE, Woodchuck hepatitis virus posttranscriptional regulatory element; Olig1, oligodendrocyte transcription factor 1. B Experimental timeline. BrdU, bromodeoxyuridine; LD, light–dark box. C Representative image of viral spread through the dorsal dentate gyrus. Lenti, lentivirus; DAPI, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; GFP, green fluorescent protein. Scale bar = 200 μm. D Representative images of GFP and Olig1 immunohistochemistry 7 weeks post injection. Scale bar = 50 μm. E Dentate gyrus Olig1 cell densities (GFP: 28.11 ± 2.33 cells/mm2, Olig1: 41.54 ± 3.72 cells/mm2; two-tailed t test: t(10) = 3.06, p = 0.012; n = 6 per group). F Composite behavior scores (GFP: 4.4 ± 0.9, Olig1: 9.7 ± 2.0; two-tailed t test: t(14) = 2.58, p = 0.022; nGFP = 9, nOlig1 = 7). G Composite behavior scores from avoidance tests (GFP: 3.3 ± 0.7, Olig1: 7.0 ± 1.6; two-tailed t test: t(14) = 2.21, p = 0.044; nGFP = 9, nOlig1 = 7). H Pearson correlation of Olig1 cell densities to avoidance composite scores from Lenti-Olig1 animals (Pearson correlation: r = 0.86, p = 0.028; n = 6). I Composite behavior scores from the acoustic startle response (ASR) test (GFP: 1.1 ± 0.5, Olig1: 2.7 ± 0.5; two-tailed t test: t2,14 = 2.24, p = 0.042; nGFP = 9, nOlig1 = 7). J Pearson correlation of Olig1 cell densities to composite startle scores from Lenti-Olig1 animals (Pearson correlation: r = 0.23, p = 0.66; n = 6). For all plots, individual data points are shown with mean ± SEM, *p < 0.05.