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Time-lapse Imaging of Embryoid Culture

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Confocal time-lapse imaging during embryoid culture was performed using a spinning-disc microscope (3i) with a Zeiss EC Plan-NEOFLUAR 20x/0.5 objective in a humidified chamber with 37 °C, 5% CO2. The structures were imaged every 45 min in 100 μm image stacks of 4 μm z-planes. Images were processed using Slidebook 5.0 (3i).
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Histological Analysis of Ocular Tissue

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Animals were euthanized at the age of 35 days (2nd study set) or 38 days (1st study set) with CO2 overdose followed by perfusion through the heart with 9% sodium chloride. The ocular tissue was pre-fixed in situ by perfusion through the heart by 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) followed by ocular enucleation and fixation overnight in 4% PFA in 12-well plates in 4 °C. Thereafter, the eyes were rinsed in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) for 2 to 6 h and dehydrated in the processing machine as described in Table S2 (Shandon Citadel 2000 Tissue Processor, Thermo Fisher Scientific). The eyes were embedded in liquid paraffin (64 °C), cooled to ambient temperature, and 5 µm vertical cross sections were cut close to the papilla (Leica SM2000R, Leica instruments GmbH, Germany or HM 355S Rotary Microtome, Thermo Fisher Scientific). Sections were flattened on warm water bath and collected on microscope slides and treated with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining procedure according to Table S3. Glass slides were covered with DPX plastic and allowed to dry for 18 to 30 h. Sections were imaged using a Zeiss light microscope (Axio Imager M2; Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen, Germany) with 20× magnification (EC Plan-NEOFLUAR 20X/0.5 objective, Carl Zeiss AG) using AxioCam MRm (Carl Zeiss AG).
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Quantifying Binocular Axon Overlap in dLGN

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Images were acquired with a Zeiss AxioObserver inverted microscope with a EC Plan-Neofluar 20x/0.5 objective. All images were collected, tiled, and quantified “blind”, with the same gain and exposure for each label. The five sections that contained the largest ipsilateral projection, corresponding to the central fifth of the LGN area were selected. All analyses were performed on these sections with an Alexa 488-labeled contralateral/Alexa 555-labeled ipsilateral projection. Raw images of dLGN were imported to Image J and cropped to exclude the vLGN and IGL, then the degree of left and right eye axon overlap was quantified using the previously described multi-threshold protocol53 ,54 .
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Quantifying Binocular Axon Overlap in dLGN

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Images were acquired with a Zeiss AxioObserver inverted microscope with a EC Plan-Neofluar 20x/0.5 objective. All images were collected, tiled, and quantified “blind”, with the same gain and exposure for each label. The five sections that contained the largest ipsilateral projection, corresponding to the central fifth of the LGN area were selected. All analyses were performed on these sections with an Alexa 488-labeled contralateral/Alexa 555-labeled ipsilateral projection. Raw images of dLGN were imported to Image J and cropped to exclude the vLGN and IGL, then the degree of left and right eye axon overlap was quantified using the previously described multi-threshold protocol53 ,54 .
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Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of MSCs

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Adipogenic medium consisted of DMEM/F-12 supplemented with 10% FBS, penicillinstreptomycin, 0.5 mM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX; Sigma-Aldrich), 10 µM dexamethasone (Sigma-Aldrich), 66 µM indomethacin (Sigma-Aldrich), 2 µL/mL insulin (insulin lispro injection, 100 U/mL, Humalog ® ) [20] . MSCs were maintained in adipogenic medium for 3 days, detached with 0.05 % trypsin-EDTA, fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (Sigma-Aldrich) and lipid droplets were stained with fluorescent AdipoRed™ according to the manufacturer's instructions (Lonza). Fluorescent lipid droplets were detected with Axioskop 2 Mot fluorescence microscope (Carl Zeiss) using EC Plan-Neofluar 20x/0.5 objective (Carl Zeiss). For quantitation of lipid accumulation in adipocytes, the cells (5 × 10 5 cells/sample) were labeled with AdipoRed™ as described above and quantified by FACSCalibur flow cytometer using CellQuest TM software.
Osteogenic medium was composed of CM and 10 mM β-glycerophosphate (Sigma-Aldrich), 50 µg/mL L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (Sigma-Aldrich) and 0.1 µM hydrocortisone (Sigma-Aldrich). MSCs were cultured in osteogenic medium for 14 days then fixed with 8% formaldehyde and stained with Alizarin Red S (Sigma-Aldrich) solution (pH 4.1) to detect calcium deposition. Photomicrographs were taken with Olympus CKX41 inverted light microscope and Olympus Camedia C-5060 camera (Olympus Holding Europa GmbH).
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