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Elyra ps 1 microscope

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The ZEISS Elyra PS.1 is a high-performance microscope system designed for advanced imaging applications. It features a modular and flexible design that enables a wide range of imaging techniques, including Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM), Single Molecule Localization Microscopy (SMLM), and Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy. The Elyra PS.1 provides high-resolution, high-speed imaging capabilities for a variety of research fields.

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High-resolution imaging of substrate-attached membranes

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TIRF images of the substrate-attached membrane region were acquired at a GE DeltaVision Elite system (GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Marlborough, MA) based on an OLYMPUS IX-71 inverted microscope, with an Olympus TIRF 100×/1.49 UAPON objective and a PCO sCMOS 5.5 camera. For imaging the cells at high frequency in TIRF mode (Figure 7), a Zeiss Elyra PS.1 microscope (Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Jena, Germany) with an alpha Plan-­Apochromat 63×/1,46 Oil Corr TIRF objective and two PCO pco.edge 4.2 m sCMOS cameras (PCO-Tech, Romulus, MI) was used. For confocal recordings, a Zeiss LSM 780 microscope equipped with a Plan-Apo 63×/NA 1.46 oil immersion objective was used.
Images were analyzed using the image-processing package Fiji (http://Fiji.sc/Fiji) developed by Schindelin et al. (2012) (link) on the basis of ImageJ (http://imagej.nih.gov/ij). Line-scans and point-scans were performed using Fiji. To plot the charts, data were imported in Microsoft Excel sheets.
Images in Figure 1C and Supplemental Video S1 were processed through SRRFs with the plug-in NanoJ-SRRF, a part of the open-source superresolution microscopy image analysis toolbox NanoJ designed by Laine et al. (2019) . The images were acquired at a frame rate of 1/s with an exposure time of 100 ms. Each single image was processed using the following settings for the SRRF algorithm: radiality magnification 5, ring radius 3, axes 6.
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Immunofluorescence Labeling of Chloroplasts

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For immunofluorescence labeling, chloroplast suspensions were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) in PBS containing 1% dimethyl sulfoxide for 30 min at RT and subsequently rinsed three times for 10 min in 1× PBS. Unspecific binding sites were blocked by incubation of samples in 1× PBS with Tween 20 (PBST) with 2% dry milk for 1 h at RT. Subsequently, primary antibodies against CPSFL1-FLAG (anti-FLAG, Rabbit) and recombinant biotin-labeled TGD2 were added in a dilution of 1:100 to the samples and incubated for 1 h at RT. For PI4P detection, PI4P-specific antibody (from Mouse) were added in a 1:100 dilution. After three further rinses in PBST for 10 min each, AlexaFluor488 fluorescent anti-rabbit secondary antibodies and AlexaFluor405-labeled Avidin conjugates or Alexa Fluor405-labeled anti-mouse secondary antibodies were added in a 1:200 dilution, and samples were incubated for another hour at RT. Following three rinses with PBST and three rinses with PBS for 10 min each, chloroplasts were mounted on Poly-Lysine−coated coverslips using VectaShield mounting medium and observed by superresolution microscopy on a Zeiss Elyra PS.1 microscope (Zeiss).
For visualization of CPSFL1-YFP in protoplasts, protoplasts were mounted on coverslips in 400 mM mannitol, 10 mM CaCl2, 20 mM KCl, 5 mM EGTA, and 20 mM MES, pH 5.7, and imaged using an inverted Zeiss LSM710.
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Super-Resolution Microscopy of MyoC

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An IFA was performed in myoA KO and RH ΔKu80 lines expressing MyoC under different levels (p5RT70-Ty-MyoC, pMyoc-Ty-MyoC and endogenous tagged MyoC). Primary antibody against Ty-tag was used to localise MyoC and DAPI as a DNA marker. Images were obtained using ELYRA PS.1 microscope (Zeiss). All 3D SIM images were collected at the same exposure and resolution parameters. Images were obtained using Zen Black (Zeiss) and analysed using ImageJ. Vacuoles to be analysed were visually identified and traced using the drawing tool. Measurements obtained were area, integrated density and mean grey value. Background measurements were obtained by selecting a portion of the image with no signal. Data was plotted by using the corrected total cell fluorescence (CTCF) which was calculated using the following formula: [CTFC = Integrated density – (Area of selected cell × Mean fluorescence of background readings)] [58 (link)].
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Mitochondrial Analysis in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

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For high-resolution microscopy experiments, primary VSMCs were grown on special cover glass slides (Marienfilde 1.5 H) and stimulated as described. MitoTracker Red staining was performed as described above. Nuclei were stained with DAPI and cells were mounted with special mounting medium CFM3 with a high refractive index of 1.52 (BioValley). The slides were then visualized using a ZEISS ELYRA PS.1 microscope. Z-stack images were taken every 0.15 µm and reconstructed using a SIM module of Zeiss Zen software. Acquired images were analyzed using Image J software for quantification of total mitochondrial area and average size of mitochondria. Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of images and quantification of total mitochondrial volume was performed using IMARIS software.
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Super-resolution Microscopy of Cell Structures

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Super-resolution structured-illumination microscopy was performed on a Zeiss Elyra PS.1 microscope with a 63 X objective (Plan Apo 1.4NA oil immersion) and an additional optovar lens 1.6 X. Cells grown on 0.17 mm high-performance Zeiss coverslips were fixed and prepared for immunostaining, then with DAPI Fluoromount-G mounting media (Southern Biotech). Laser lines 488 nm, 561 nm and 641 nm were directed into the microscope, passing through a diffraction grating. For 3D SIM imaging, the diffraction grating was rotated along three directions (angles 120o) and translated (five lateral positions) throughout the acquisition. Typically, 20–30 slices of 110 nm were acquired for each cell corresponding to an imaging height of 2–3 μm. The fluorescence signal was detected with an EMCCD camera (iXon-885, Andor, 1004 × 1002, pixel size 8 μm, QE = 65%). Processed SIM images were aligned via an affine transformation matrix of predefined values obtained using 100 nm multicolor Tetraspeck fluorescent microspheres (Thermo Fisher Scientific).
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Fluo-4 Direct Calcium Imaging

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Live cells were stained for 60 min with Fluo‐4 DirectTM (Invitrogen, Loughborough, UK) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, a final volume of 1X Fluo‐4 DirectTM calcium reagent was added to each well and incubated at 37°C or 32°C. Fluorescent measurements were performed in triplicates using an excitation wavelength of 494 nm and an emission wavelength of 516 nm with a multimode microplate reader (Tecan Infinite 200 PRO, Tecan, Switzerland). After the measurement, live fluorescent images were taken using a Zeiss Elyra PS.1 microscope.
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UCP1 Immunocytochemistry Visualization

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UCP1 immunocytochemistry was performed as previously described,10 using a 1:500 solution of anti‐UCP1 antibody (Abcam, Cambridge, UK) and a 1:500 dilution of Alexa‐633‐conjugated secondary antibody. Samples were mounted with FluoroGel mounting medium and examined with a Zeiss Elyra PS.1 microscope. Relative fluorescence intensities were measured with ImageJ software (https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/).
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Super-Resolution Imaging of Single Molecules

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dSTORM imaging was performed using an Elyra PS.1 microscope (Carl Zeiss Microscopy) equipped with a Plan-Apochromat 100×/1.46 oil objective and a liquid cooled EMCCD camera (Andor Technology). Imaging was carried out in MEA imaging buffer as previously described (36 (link)). In short, fresh stock solutions (1 M cysteamine in 360 mM HCl, 10% glucose in PBS, 70 mg/ml glucose oxidase in PBS, and 20 mg/ml catalase in PBS) were prepared the day before imaging and stored at 4°C and mixed directly before imaging to final concentrations of 0.124 M cysteamine (Sigma), 44.8 mM HCl, 8.6% glucose, 1.08 mg/ml glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger (Sigma), and 0.0773 mg/ml catalase from bovine liver (Sigma) in PBS. Imaging was performed in 12.8 × 12.8-μm areas in an inclined total internal reflection fluorescence microscope mode (37 (link)). Single molecule fluorescence detection on the EMCCD camera was acquired with 100 × 100-nm pixel size, 20-ms Exposure time, and 100 Gain. 20,000 image frames were acquired for each channel. Both channels were imaged sequentially in 500 frame sequences and the appropriate filters and lasers for each dye were used (642 nm for Alexa Fluor 647 and 488 nm for Atto 488). The images were analyzed with the ImageJ plugin SMLocalizer (38 (link)).
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SIM Imaging of Antibiotic-Treated Bacteria

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Overnight cultures of COL and COL type IV were back-diluted 1:200 in 20 ml TSB and grown to an OD600 nm of 0.2, before 5 ml aliquots were transferred to test tubes. Cultures were grown for a further 1 hr, agitated at 37 °C, in the presence or absence of oxacillin (256 µg/ml for COL; 512 µg/ml for COL type IV) and 1 ml of culture was then pelleted, washed in 1 ml PBS and incubated at 37 °C agitated for 5 min with 1 µg/ml Hoechst 33342 (Invitrogen), 10 µg/ml Nile Red (Invitrogen) and 0.8 µg/ml BODIPY FL conjugated vancomycin (Van-FL, Molecular Probes). Cells were then pelleted and washed with PBS before being mounted on a 1.2% PBS agarose pad and SIM imaging was performed, due to its improved resolution compared to conventional microscopy, using a Plan-Apochromat 63x/1.4 oil DIC M27 objective, in an Elyra PS.1 microscope (Zeiss) with a Pco.edge 5.5 camera. Images were acquired using five grid rotations, with grating periods of 34 µm period for 561 nm laser (100 mW), 28 µm period for 488 nm laser (100 mW) and 23 µm period for 405 nm laser (50 mW) and images were reconstructed using ZEN software (black edition, 2012, version 8.1.0.484) based on a structured illumination algorithm, using synthetic, channel specific optical transfer functions, as described previously27 (link).
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Single-Molecule Localization Imaging of Protein Clustering

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EndoA::mEos3.1 expressing larvae were dissected in either HL3 with Nefiracetam and NAS with or without 1 mM CaCl2 and then fixed with 4 % para-formaldehyde. Single-molecule localization was carried out on an ELYRA PS.1 microscope (Zeiss). Each dataset was acquired at a rate of 20 Hz for a duration of 20,000 frames by which point the mEOS3.1-tagged molecule were fully photoconverted. Coordinates of individual localizations were retrieved from each time-lapse video using Zen software (Zeiss). The datasets were corrected for x,y drift using Zen’s automated fiducial markers and affline transform algorithms. Localizations that appeared within 1 frame and 1 pixel of each other were consolidated to account for individual fluorophore blinking. Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) analyses, a spatial clustering algorithm based on density, was used to quantify the clustering of proteins.101 DBSCAN identifies clusters in large datasets of localization coordinates by a continuous and propagative method that links components of a common cluster based on two parameters, r, and ε. Were r is the search radius and ε is the minimum number of neighbouring localizations within the search radius. Localizations outside the search radius and neighbouring points were classified as noise. The DBSCAN was implemented in Python.
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