Figure 3.
aSyn-Tau interaction in mouse substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). BiFC interaction in mouse SNpc. 10–12-week-old mice were injected in SNpc with AAV6 carrying different BiFC constructs. After 15 weeks, Venus fluorescence was evaluated. The expression of aSyn fused to full-length Venus provided the maximum level of fluorescence expected. The interaction of aSyn and Tau was reflected by Venus complementation in VN-aSyn + Tau WT-VC and VN-Tau WT + aSyn-VC injected animals. As expected, the expression of the Venus halves not linked to proteins did not produce any fluorescence in the injected area. Boxed area on Bright Field (B/F) images is magnified to the right. Scale bar: 25 µm.