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. 2022 Oct 2;13:5786. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33463-x

Fig. 10. Reactive oxygen species released by astrocytes in response to IL-1α induce oligodendrocyte death.

Fig. 10

a Quantification of Sox9+C3+ astrocytes in the spinal cord of IL-1R1-deficient (Il1r1r/r) and cell-specific IL-1R1 conditional restored mice injected i.c.m. with PBS or rmIL-1α and killed at day 1 (n = 15 WT + PBS, n = 16 WT + rmIL-1α, n = 13 Il1r1r/r + PBS, n = 11 Il1r1r/r + rmIL-1α, n = 3 PdgfraCreER::Il1r1r/r + PBS, n = 5 PdgfraCreER::Il1r1r/r + rmIL-1α, n = 2 Cx3cr1CreER::Il1r1r/r + PBS, n = 3 Cx3cr1CreER::Il1r1r/r + rmIL-1α, n = 3 Cdh5CreER::Il1r1r/r + PBS, n = 6 Cdh5CreER::Il1r1r/r + rmIL-1α, n = 3 GfapCre::Il1r1r/r + PBS, n = 4 GfapCre::Il1r1r/r + rmIL-1α). b, c Sox9 (red) and C3 (green) immunostainings in the spinal cord of mice injected with PBS or rmIL-1α. White arrowheads point to double-labeled cells. d Experimental design for the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay. Primary astrocytes were cultured in presence of PBS (vehicle) or rmIL-1α. Primary mature OLs were then incubated in DMEM containing (or not) rmIL-1α, or conditioned medium derived from astrocytes (ACM) stimulated with vehicle or IL-1α. e Quantification of OL loss using LDH assay (n = 3 wells/condition). f Quantification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in primary astrocytes stimulated with vehicle or rmIL-1α (n = 6 wells/condition). g, h Immunofluorescence showing Ly6G+ neutrophils (red) in the spinal cord of C57BL/6 mice injected i.c.m. with rmIL-1α and i.p. with N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) or saline. Mice were killed at 24 h post-i.c.m. injection. i Quantification of spinal cord-infiltrated Ly6G+ neutrophils (n = 8 Saline+PBS, n = 9 Saline+rmIL-1α, n = 8 NAC + PBS, n = 7 NAC + rmIL-1α). j, k Confocal immunofluorescence showing Olig2 (red) and CC1 (green) in the spinal cord of mice injected i.c.m. with rmIL-1α and i.p. with NAC or saline at 24 h. l Quantification of mature OLs in the spinal cord (n = 8 mice/group). m, n Immunostaining of Ly6G+ neutrophils (red) at the lesion epicenter at day 1 post-SCI in C57BL/6 mice treated with NAC or saline. o Quantification of spinal cord-infiltrated neutrophils (n = 5 mice/group). p, q Immunostaining for Olig2 (red) and CC1 (green) at the lesion epicenter at day 1 post-SCI. r Quantification of mature OLs in the injured spinal cord (n = 5 mice/group). Data are means (+/−SEM) and statistical significance determined by two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni post-hoc test (a, e, f, i, l, o, r). **p < 0.01 (r). Other pairwise comparisons and p-values are indicated in graphs. All scale bars: 50 µm.