Example 4
HEK293 cells were cultured at 37° C. under 5% CO2 in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium, supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Wisent), or for Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells, at 25° C. in Ex-Cell 420 Medium (Sigma-Aldrich). Media were supplemented with 100 units/mL penicillin (Thermo-Fisher) and 100 μg/mL streptomycin (Thermo-Fisher). Mammalian cells were transfected with 3.5 μg of plasmid DNA in 35 mm dishes using Lipofectamine 3000 (Thermo-Fisher), or Transit-Insect (Mirus) for Drosophila cells. For extracellular GFP fluorescence reconstitution, HEK293 cells were transfected with constructs expressing GFP1-10 tagged to the transmembrane and extracellular domains of the cell surface molecule Neuroligin-1 and incubated for 24-36 hours. Cells displaying GFP1-10 on the extracellular side of the cell membrane were incubated in culture medium containing 50 μM GFP11 peptide for 3 hours at 37° C. before live imaging. GFP1-10 protein was allowed to accumulate for 24 hours before transfection of GFP11 constructs. For genome editing experiments, 800 ng of CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid DNA were cotransfected with 800 ng of single stranded oligonucleotide repair templates in 12-well plates. After 2-7 days, cells were non-enzymatically dissociated and seeded on glass coverslips and prepared for imaging and electrophysiology experiments.