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Antibody Characterization for GLUT and SNARE

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Anti-GLUT1 (#652) and anti-GLUT4 (#654) were from AbCam (Cambridge, United Kingdom). Anti-GAPDH (#4300) was from Ambion (Foster city, California, USA). Anti-VAMP1 (#104002), anti-VAMP2 (#104202), anti-VAMP3 (#43080), anti-VAMP4 (#136002), anti-VAMP5 (#176003), anti-VAMP7 (#232003), anti-VAMP8 (#104302), anti-SNAP23 (#111202), anti-SNAP29 (#111303), anti-SNAP47 (#111403), anti-syntaxin2 (#110022), anti-syntaxin3 (#110032), anti-syntaxin4 (#110042), anti-syntaxin5 (#110053), anti-syntaxin7 (#110072), anti-syntaxin8 (#110083), and anti-syntaxin16 (#110162) were from Synaptic Systems (Goettingen, Germany). Anti-syntaxin6 (#610635) was from BD Biosciences (Franklin lakes, New Jersey, USA). Fluorescent secondary antibodies were from LI-COR Biosciences (Lincoln, Nebraska, USA).
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Quantifying Presynaptic Protein Colocalization

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Immunocytochemistry was performed following paraformaldehyde fixation of cells permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100. For presynaptic colocalization assays, anti-bassoon at 1:500 (Ab-cam, #ab82958) and anti-VAMP2 at 1:1000 (Synaptic Systems, #104202) was used to stain presynaptic terminal. The number of GFP puncta positive for bassoon or VAMP2 are counted and reported as a percentage of total GFP puncta. Each field is counted as one n and consists of at least 20 puncta and at least 3 independent neuronal culture preparations were assessed. For quantification in the knock down rescue experiments, anti-SynI at 1:500 (Novua # NB300-104) was used to assess SynI levels in mCherry-expressing neurons. All quantification was performed using ImageJ software.
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Immunofluorescence Labeling of Endocytic Organelles

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Cells were enzymatically labeled, fixed in 2% paraformaldehyde, 7% sucrose, in PBS. Free aldehydic groups from paraformaldehyde were covered incubating with 50 mM NH4Cl for 10 min. Buffer containing 0.25% Saponin, 5% normal goat serum, and 2% serum bovine albumine in PBS was used for permeabilization and blocking; incubation with antibodies was performed in the presence of 0.25% Saponin. The following primary antibodies were used: mouse antiearly endosome antigen 1 (anti-EEA1) 1:100 (610456, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA); rabbit antilysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (anti-LAMP1) 1:500 (ab24170; abcam, Cambridge, UK); rabbit anti-Rab4 1:100 (sc-312, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA); rabbit anti-Rab5 1:100 (sc-28570, Santa Cruz Biotechnology); rabbit anti-Rab7 1:100 (sc-10767, Santa Cruz Biotechnology); rabbit anti-Rab11 10 µg/ml (71-5300, Invitrogen); mouse antivesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (anti-VAMP2) 1:500 (Synaptic Systems, Gottingen, Germany); rabbit anti-VAMP3 1:200 (ThermoFisher Scientific); rabbit anti-Syntaxin-6 1:100 (Synaptic Systems); and mouse antitransferrin receptor (anti-TfR) 1:200 (Invitrogen). The secondary antibodies used were: goat anti-Mouse Alexa Fluor® 405 conjugate 1:250 (Invitrogen); goat anti-Rabbit DyLight 405 conjugate 1:500 (ThermoFisher Scientific). Immunofluorescence microscopy was performed as described before.
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Western Blot Analysis of Synaptic Proteins

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Total protein samples for western blot analysis were extracted from cultured NRNs or the left ventricle and hippocampi of the mice after they were anaesthetized with sodium pentobarbital (100 mg/kg, i.p.). Mouse death was then confirmed by exsanguination according to a previously described method [31 (link)]. Hippocampi for primary cell culture were collected from neonatal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats after the administration of 20% isoflurane and confirmation of death by cervical dislocation. Anti-SNAP-25 (1:1000, ab5666, Abcam, MA, USA), anti-VAMP-2 (1:10000, 104,211, Synaptic Systems, Gottingen, Germany) and anti-Syntaxin-1A (1:5000, 100,111, Synaptic Systems, Gottingen, Germany), anti-Munc-18 (1:1000, 116,002, Synaptic Systems, Gottingen, Germany), anti-CD63 (1:1000, ab193349, Abcam, MA, USA),were used as primary antibodies. β-actin (1:1000, G8795, Sigma, Saint Louis, MO, USA) was selected as an internal control. The blots were detected with an Odyssey Infrared Imaging System (LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE, USA). The final results were expressed as fold changes compared with the control values.
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Neuronal SNARE Protein Inhibitors

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Cytosine β-D-arabinofuranoside hydrochloride (C6645), DNase I from bovine pancreas (DN25), poly-L-lysine hydrobromide (P1274) and trypsin (T4799) were purchased from Sigma Aldrich (St. Louis, Missouri, USA).
Primary antibodies: anti-SNAP-25 (SMI81, ab24737) was purchased from Abcam(Cambridge, UK), while anti-syntaxin-1A (STX-1A, 110111) and anti-VAMP-2 were purchased from Synaptic System (Göttingen, Germany). Secondary antibodies: HRP-conjugated Ab were purchased from Calbiochem® (San Diego, CA, USA), Alexa Fluorophores 488- or 555-conjugated Ab were from Thermo-Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). Native TeNT was purified as previously described [58 (link)].
Inhibitors: myricetin [3,3′,4′,5,5′7-Hexahydroxyflavone] and Curcumin [(E,E)-1,7-bis(4-Hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione] were purchased from Sigma Aldrich. PX12 [2-[(1-Methylpropyl) dithio]-1H-imidazole] and Ebselen [2-Phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol3(2H)-one] were purchased from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Dallas, TX, USA). 4-Bromobenzaldehyde N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl) semicarbazone (EGA) was synthesized as in [47 (link)].
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Western Blot Analysis of Neuronal Proteins

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Primary neurons were lysed on DIV14 using 2% SDS in Tris-buffered saline (TBS; 20 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl, pH 7.4) containing phosphatase and protease inhibitors. Cells were scraped and sonicated for a total of 10 s (1 s on/off pulse, 30% amplitude). Lysates were centrifuged at 20,000 g, and the supernatant was diluted into 4X Laemmli buffer with 10% dithiothreitol. Protein lysates were electrophoresed on 8% (LRRK2) or 15% (α-synuclein) SDS-PAGE gels and transferred overnight onto PVDF membranes (Millipore). Blots were either blocked with Everyblot blocking reagent (BioRad) for LRRK2 and phospho-protein blots, or 5% milk in TBS-Tween followed by primary antibody incubation in blocking buffer overnight at 4 °C. The following antibodies were used: anti-LRRK2 c42-2 (Abcam, RRID: AB_2713963), anti-LRRK2 pS1292 (Abcam, RRID: AB_2732035), anti-LRRK2 pS935 (Abcam, RRID: AB_2732035), anti-ɑβsynuclein (Abcam, RRID: AB_869971), anti-vGLUT1(Synaptic Systems, RRID: AB_887878), anti-VAMP2 (Synaptic Systems, RRID: AB_887811), anti-dopamine transporter N-terminus rat monoclonal (RRID: AB_2190413), and anti-vinculin (Biorad, RRID: AB_2214389). Blots were then incubated with HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies (Jackson Immunoresearch) for 2 h at room temperature and developed with ECL (Biorad 40–720-71KIT). Blots were quantified using FIJI software.
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Presynaptic Protein Co-localization Assay

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Immunocytochemistry was performed following paraformaldehyde fixation of cells and permeabilization with 0.1% Triton X-100. For presynaptic co-localization assays, anti-bassoon at 1:500 (Abcam, #ab82958) and anti-VAMP2 at 1:1,000 (Synaptic Systems, #104202) was used to stain thepresynaptic terminal. The number of GFP puncta positive for bassoon or VAMP2 were counted and reported as a percentage of total GFP puncta. Each field is counted as one n and consists of at least 20 puncta and at least 3 independent neuronal culture preparations were assessed. For quantification in the knockdown-rescue experiments, anti-SynI at 1:500 (Novua # NB300-104) was used to assess SynI levels in mCherry-expressing neurons. All quantification was performed using ImageJ software.
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Immunocytochemical Detection of Synaptic Markers

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Immunocytochemical stainings were performed as described previously16 (link)37 (link). The following primary antibodies were used: Anti-VAMP2 (rabbit polyclonal, 1:2000, Abcam Cat. No. 3347); Anti-N-cadherin (rabbit polyclonal, 1:500–1:2000, Abcam Cat. No. 18203); Anti-PSD95 (mouse monoclonal, 1:400–1:1000, Abcam Cat. No. 2723); Anti-VAMP2 (guinea pig polyclonal, 1:500, Synaptic Systems Cat. No. 104204).
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Immunofluorescence Staining of Mouse Synaptic Proteins

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We used the following mouse monoclonal antibodies: anti-Bassoon (Enzo, Life Sciences cat. no.: O88778); anti-Synapsin, anti-Synaptophysin, anti-Synaptotagmin-1 (Synaptic Systems cat. no.: 106001, 101011, 104202); anti-TGN38 (BD Biosciences cat. no.: 610899). In addition we used the following rabbit polyclonal antibodies: anti-GFP 6556 (Abcam cat. no.: ab6556); anti-MAP2, anti-Mover, anti-TRIM 36, anti-VAMP2, (Synaptic Systems cat. no.: 188004, 248003, 377003, 104203); anti-Rogdi, directed against amino acids 14–95 of human Rogdi (Sigma-Aldrich cat. no.: hpa041000); anti-Rogdi, directed against full-length human Rogdi GST-fusion protein (Proteintech cat. No.: 17047–1-AP), validated by knockdown10 (link). In addition, we used the following guinea pig polyclonal antibodies: anti-MAP2, anti-Neurofilament H (Synaptic Systems cat. no.: 188004, 171104).
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Western Blot Analysis of SNARE Proteins

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Cells were directly lysed with Laemmli sample buffer supplemented with protease inhibitors (Roche). Cell lysates were loaded onto NuPage 4–12% Bis-Tris gels (Life Technologies) and separated by electrophoresis in MOPS buffer. Proteins were transferred onto Protran nitrocellulose membranes (Whatman) and saturated for 1 h in PBS-T (PBS, 0.1% Tween 20) supplemented with 5% non-fatty milk. anti-SNAP25 (SMI-81, 1:10,000) was from Biologend; anti-VAMP-2 (104211, 1:2000) was from Synaptic System; anti-SNAP25 BoNT/A-cleaved (1:5000) was home made and used as previously described71 (link); anti-Syntaxin-1A/1B (1:2000) was home made and used as previously described72 (link). Incubation with indicated primary antibodies was performed overnight at 4 °C. The membranes were then washed three times with PBS-T and incubated with appropriate HRP-conjugated secondary antibodies (Anti mouse 1:5000 and Anti rabbit& mouse Flourescent labeled 1:2000) for 1 h. Membranes were washed three times with PBS and proteins revealed with an Uvitec gel doc system (Uvitec Cambridge).
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