were grown on coverslips and exposed to PSMPs, as described in
were processed for immunofluorescence as described previously.60 (link) In brief, the cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde
and permeabilised with 0.2% saponin. The samples were then incubated
with anti-LAMP1 antibody (Abcam, ab24170) at 4 °C overnight followed
by second antibody Alexa Fluor 647 (Invitrogen, A-31573). The coverslips
were then mounted in the mounting media (16% [wt/vol] Mowiol 4–24
[EMD Millipore] and 30% [vol/vol] glycerol in PBS) and analyzed under
a confocal laser scanning microscope (LSM700; Carl Zeiss; 63×
oil-immersion objective (1.4 NA)) (
was performed as described previously61 (link) and adopted for the indicated experiment. Specifically, a line was
drawn in the middle of the LAMP1 positive structure and the PSMPs.
Then, the fluorescence intensity of each stained object along this
line was plotted. Excel was used for data analyses and graphing. Adobe
Photoshop CS3 was used to adjust the contrast of the images (for presentation
only), whereas Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (Adobe Systems) was used
to illustrate figures.