Table 2 Responsiveness of astrocytes transfected with RFP-tagged TDP-43 pDNA constructs to noradrenaline- and isoprenaline-induced changes in intracellular cAMP and lactate levels.

From: Astrocytes with TDP-43 inclusions exhibit reduced noradrenergic cAMP and Ca2+ signaling and dysregulated cell metabolism

FRET nanosensor

Experimental group

n (%) increase

n (%) decrease

n (%) unresponsive

N all

Noradrenaline

Epac1-camps

RFP-TDP-43wt

9 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9

RFP-TDP-43208–414

9 (100)

0 (0)

0 (0)

9

Laconic

RFP-TDP-43wt

9 (42.8)

1 (4.8)

11 (52.4)

21

RFP-TDP-43208–414

7 (70.0)

0 (0)

3 (30.0)

10

Isoprenaline

Laconic

RFP-TDP-43wt

16 (64.0)

0 (0)

9 (36.0)

25

RFP-TDP-43208–414

9 (60.0)

0 (0)

6 (40.0)

15

  1. Epac1-camps, cAMP nanosensor; Laconic, lactate nanosensor; RFP-TDP-43wt, RFP-tagged TDP-43 wild-type pDNA construct; RFP-TDP-43208–414, RFP-tagged TDP-43 mutant pDNA construct; n, number of cells.