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Fig. 8 | Journal of Neuroinflammation

Fig. 8

From: Metalloprotease Adam10 suppresses epilepsy through repression of hippocampal neuroinflammation

Fig. 8

Adam10 knockdown exacerbates hippocampal neuroinflammation in TLE mice. a Western blotting showing the protein levels of the inflammation-related proteins iNOS and COX-2 and NF-κB in the hippocampus of Vehicle Ctrl, shRNA-Ctrl, and shRNA-Adam10-treated TLE mice. b–d Bar graphs showing the quantification of iNOS (F2,12 = 32.09, p < 0.001, shRNA-Adam10 vs Vehicle Ctrl; p < 0.001, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl), COX-2 (F2,12 = 5.32, p = 0.035, shRNA-Adam10 vs Vehicle Ctrl; p = 0.041, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl), and NF-κB (F2,12 = 5.82, p = 0.020, shRNA-Adam10 vs Vehicle Ctrl; p = 0.049, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl), which were represented as the intensity ratios of these proteins to β-actin (n = 5). e, f Bar graphs showing the concentration of IL-1β (F2,12 = 12.78, p = 0.003, shRNA-Adam10 vs Vehicle Ctrl; p = 0.003, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl) and TNF-α (F2,12 = 5.66, p = 0.035, shRNA-Adam10 vs Vehicle Ctrl; p = 0.030, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl) in the hippocampus of Vehicle Ctrl, shRNA-Ctrl, and shRNA-Adam10-treated TLE mice, as detected by ELISA (n = 5). g Representative images of the immunostaining of Iba-1 and GFAP in the hippocampal CA1 region of the Vehicle Ctrl, shRNA-Ctrl, and shRNA-Adam10 mice, respectively. h, i Bar graphs showing the quantification of Iba-1- (F2,12 = 4.70, p = 0.047, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl) and GFAP (F2,12 = 4.88, p = 0.039, shRNA-Adam10 vs shRNA-Ctrl)-positive cells in the hippocampal CA1 region of the Vehicle Ctrl, shRNA-Ctrl, and shRNA-Adam10 mice, respectively (n = 4). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, and one-way ANOVA. Scale bar = 50 μm in g

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