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Quantifying Microglial Cofilin and F-Actin

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Brain sections from human subjects and different cohorts of mice were deparaffinized, followed by antigen retrieval in a pressure cooker for 15 min, washed with 1XPBS for 5 min, and finally blocked with 5% BSA in TBST for 2 h on a rocker. The primary antibodies were added and incubated overnight at 4 °C, 1:1000, rabbit anti-IBA1 (Wako, Japan) and 1:1000, mouse anti-cofilin (Abcam, Waltham, MA, USA) and mouse anti-F-actin (Thermofisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). The next day, slides were washed with 1XPBS, and the secondary antibodies were added and incubated for 1 h at room temperature (Taxes red labeled donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:1000; Jackson, Immunoresearch, West Grove, PA, USA) and Alexa Fluor donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:1000; Jackson, Immunoresearch). Slides were washed with 1X PBS and mounted with DAPI (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR, USA). The images used to assess the localization of cofilin in microglia and cofilin with F-actin were detected using fluorescent microscopy. Cofilin and microglia intensity around the hemorrhage was determined using Image J software (NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA), and quantitative analysis of microglia was assessed by counting the activated cells around the hematoma using ImageJ software (NIH).
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Quantitative Western Blot Analysis of Spinal Cord Proteins

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Lumbar spinal cords at the level of L1-L5 were dissected and homogenized in RIPA buffer (Cell Signalling Technology). From each sample, 10 µg of total protein was loaded on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel and separated by electrophoresis. The proteins were then blotted onto Immobilon-FL membranes (EMD Millipore). Membranes were stained with Sypro Ruby (Life Technologies), scanned using a Chemidoc-IT imager (UVP) and total protein in each lane was quantified using UVP software. The following primary antibodies were used to probe the membranes after 1 h blocking: mouse anti-Smn (BD Bioscience), rabbit anti-GAPDH (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase) (Abcam), rabbit anti-phospho-cofilin (Cell Signaling Technology), mouse anti-cofilin (Abcam), rabbit anti-profilin 1 (Cell Signaling Technology) and rabbit anti-Pls3 (Genetex). Membranes then were incubated with IRDye fluorescent conjugated (LiCOR) or HRP conjugated secondary antibodies (Jackson Laboratories) and were developed using an Odyssey CLx scanning machine or chemiluminescence western blotting substrate (Thermo Scientific Pierce), respectively. The images were quantified using Image Studio 4.0 (LiCOR) or ImageJ software. Total protein of each lane was used to normalize the specific signals of that lane.
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Microglial Inflammation and Cytoskeletal Changes

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Deparaffinized mice brain sections, followed by antigen retrieval process for 15 min in a pressure cooker, washed three times with 1× PBS for a duration of 5 min and blocked with 5% BSA dissolved in TBST for another 2 h. on a rocker. After that, the primary antibodies were added and incubated overnight at 4 °C, 1:1000; mouse anti-cofilin (Abcam), 1:1000; rabbit anti-IBA1 (Wako, Japan), rabbit anti-3NT (1:200, Cell Signaling), mouse anti-iNOS (1:200, Sigma). After 24 h, the slides were washed three times with 1× PBS, and the secondary antibodies were added and incubated in the dark container for 1 h. at room temperature Alexa Fluor donkey anti-mouse IgG (1:1000; Jackson, Immunoresearch, West Grove, PA, USA), (Taxes red labeled donkey anti-rabbit IgG (1:1000; Jackson, Immunoresearch). The slides underwent a series of 3 washes using 1× PBS and were mounted with DAPI (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR, USA). The images of the localization of cofilin in microglia and iNOS with 3NT were acquired using fluorescent microscopy. Cofilin fluorescence intensity, rod fluorescence intensity, and rod length around the hemorrhagic region were measured using ImageJ software 1.53t (NIH), and the number of microglia was determined by counting the activated cells around the hemorrhage using ImageJ software 1.53t (NIH).
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