HeLa cells (LKB1-null) were co-transfected with either pEGFP-C1 control or our panel of LKB1 constructs and Flag-STRADα using
Lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen), per manufacturer’s protocol. 24 hours later, cells were fixed using Phemo buffer with a final concentration of: 3.7%
paraformaldehyde (Electron Microscopy Sciences, Hatfield, PA), 0.05%
glutaraldehyde (MP Biomedicals, Santa Ana, CA), and 0.5%
Triton-X (Promega, Madison, WI) for 10 minutes at room temperature. Fixed cells were rinsed with PBS and stained with Alexa Fluor
® 555 Phalloidin (1:200 in PBS) for 1 hour, rinsed three times with PBS, and stained with 350 nM DAPI for 10 minutes followed by three more PBS washes. Coverslips were then mounted with ProLong
® Diamond Antifade Mountant. Fixed cells were imaged using a Leica SP8 inverted confocal microscope at 63x (HP PL APO 1.40 NA oil) using a 488 and 514 nm argon laser.
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