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HeLa cells are a widely used line of immortalized human cervical cancer cells. They were derived from cervical cancer cells taken from the patient Henrietta Lacks in 1951. HeLa cells have been used extensively in medical research, including studies on human diseases, drug discoveries, and cell biology.

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Cell Culture Protocol for HeLa and 293T

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HeLa cells were purchased from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) (Manassas, VA, USA) and preserved in our lab. HeLa cells were cultured as instructed by the ATCC in Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium (ATCC) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Gibco, Grand Island, NY, USA) at 37℃ under 5% CO2.
293T cells used for lentivirus production were preserved in our lab and cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium (Gibco) supplemented with 10% FBS at 37℃ under 5% CO2.
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Culturing HeLa Cells for Continuity

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HeLa cells (ATCC) were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10% FBS at 37 °C + 5% CO2. Cells were passaged 1:10 every 3 to 4 days. Early passage HeLa cells (acquired from ATCC in the last 6 months) were used to ensure continuity with the GSE129447 dataset.
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Generating Stable Cell Lines with GFP-LKB1 and RhoA/Cdc42

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HeLa cells (ATCC, Manassas, VA) were cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 100 units/mL of penicillin/streptomycin, and maintained at 37 °C and 5% CO2.
To generate HeLa cells stably expressing GFP-tagged LKB1 and constitutively active RhoA or cdc42, wildtype LKB1 and the various LKB1 domains and mutations were cloned into a pEGFP-C1 vector. Empty GFP or the GFP-LKB1 constructs were then subcloned from the pEGFP-C1 vector into a pBabe-puro vector. Constitutively active RhoA (Q63L) and cdc42 (Q61L) were subcloned from a pCDNA3 vector into pBabe-Hygro. The pBabe constructs were then transfected into Phoenix-ampho cells with Lipofectamine 2000 and PLUS reagent (Invitrogen, Grand Island, NY). Cells expressing only empty GFP or GFP-LKB1 were selected with 1 μg/ml puromycin, while cells co-expressing the constitutively active RhoA or cdc42 mutants were selected with 1 μg/ml puromycin and 300 μg/ml hygromycin (EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA). Proper expression of GFP-LKB1 was verified using IF and Western blot to confirm phenotype and molecular weight. Expression of constitutively active RhoA and cdc42 was confirmed using a Rho-GTPase activity assay comparing the constitutively active mutants to their isogenic partner lines.
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Stable Transfection of HeLa Cells

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HeLa cells (ATCC, Manassas, VA), HeLa cells stably transfected with GFP-tagged beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (GalT) (gift from Dr. Jack Rohrer, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland), and HeLa cells stably transfected with GFP-tagged tubulin (gift from Dr. Ryoma Ohi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) were cultured in MEM media (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 1% sodium pyruvate, 1% sodium bicarbonate, 1% PenStrep, and 0.2% NEAA. Cells were grown at 37 °C and 5% CO2. Cell transfection was performed with TransIT-LT1 transfection reagent (Mirus Bio, Madison, WI) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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Cell Culture and Virus Propagation Protocols

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Porcine kidney LLC-PK and human cervical cancer HeLa cells obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA, USA) were maintained in Eagle’s minimal essential medium (EMEM). Human intestinal Caco-2 cells (ATCC) were grown in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM). Monkey kidney MA104 cells (ATCC) were grown in alpha minimal essential medium (α-MEM). Each culture medium was supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 U/mL penicillin, and 100 µg/mL streptomycin. The PSaV Cowden strain was generated from the full-length infectious clone pCV4A and was propagated in LLC-PK cells in the presence of 200 μM GCDCA [23 (link)]. CVB3 Nancy strain (ATCC) was propagated in HeLa cells [31 ] and then used for the subsequent studies with Caco-2 cells [31 ]. The human rotavirus strain Wa (G1P [8 (link)]) (ATCC) was preactivated with 10 μg/mL crystalized trypsin and propagated in MA104 cells as previously described [32 (link)].
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Multispectral Imaging of Mitochondria

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For dynamical studies of mitochondria:
HeLa cells obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) were cultured and stained with mitotracker as described in our previously reported study43 (link). To mount the sample vertically to be adaptable in our home-built (M λ -sMx-SPIM) microscopy system, the cell was cultured in a glass bottom dish (Cell Vis, D35-20-1.5-N). After 18–24 h of plating and staining with MitoTrackerTM Red CMXRos, the bottom was filled with a small amount of DMEM solution and then, sealed with a cover slip using clear nail polish. The samples were immediately used for imaging. This is to note that the glass bottom was kept vertically by using a custom-made mounting base on the sample mounting stage (mentioned above).
For the multispectral imaging:
The nuclei of HeLa cells (obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC)) were stained with H2A-mcherry and microtubules were stained with Tubulin-GFP. The cells were grown on a cover slip in a culture dish for two days. DMEM media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. Penicillin and streptomycin were used as the growth media. The cells were incubated in a humidified 5% CO2 incubator at 37 C temperature. After 24 h, the cover slip having cells was mounted on a custom-designed mounting stage in a vertical orientation as mentioned above.
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Comprehensive Inventory of Reagents for Enterovirus Research

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RD cells, HeLa cells, HEK293T cells and Vero cells were purchased from ATCC (USA). An anti-EV-A71 VP1 antibody (10F0) and a mouse anti-tubulin mAb (T5168) used in Western blot or IF analysis were purchased from Abcam, GeneTex, Merck or Sigma. An anti-SCARB2 (A9185) poly-antibody and an anti-KENMEN1 (A10507) were purchased from ABclonal, respectively. EV71/HeN09, Echov-6, CV-A16, CV-B1, CV-B3, CV-B6 and EV-D68 were provided by the State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University and used as previously described. EV-A71 GZ-CII and EV71/G082 was kindly provided by Dr Tao Peng (Guangzhou, China) and Dr. Zhong Huang (Shanghai, China) (Xu et al., 2017 (link)). pACYC-EV71-FL was provided by Dr Bo Zhang (Wuhan, China) (Shang et al., 2013 (link); Xia et al., 2015 ). An FDA-approved drug library (L1300) and the clinical compound library (L3900) and the library of pharmacologically active compounds Sigma (LO2219) were purchased as previously reported (Tang et al., 2020a (link)). PTC-209HBr, pirodavir and enviroxime were purchased from Selleck (S7539), Targetmol (T1750) and MedKoo (319912), respectively.
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Cell Culture Conditions for HeLa and C2BBe1

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HeLa cells (ATCC Cat# CCL-2) were cultured at 37°C in 5%
CO2 in growth medium containing Eagle’s minimal essential
medium (Mediatech), 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Thermo
Fischer Scientific), 2 mM L-Glutamine (Thermo Fischer Scientific) and 1 mM
sodium pyruvate (Thermo Fischer Scientific). C2BBe1 (ATCC Cat# CRL-2102) were
cultured at 37°C in 5% CO2 in growth medium containing
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium (Mediatech), 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated
fetal bovine serum, 4 mM L-Glutamine and human transferrin (10 μg/mL,
Thermo Fischer Scientific). Cells were used within 15 passages of receipt from
ATCC.
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Parkin-mediated mitophagy in HeLa cells

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All cells were maintained at 37°C and 5% CO2 under humidified conditions. HeLa cells were obtained from ATCC. Control primary fibroblasts were from Cell Applications, Inc. PINK1 Q456X fibroblasts have been described before [31 (link), 45 ]. HeLa cells and fibroblasts were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium (DMEM, Invitrogen) containing 10% FBS (BioWest). Fibroblast medium was supplemented with 1% non-essential amino acid and 1% Penicillin/Streptomycin (both Invitrogen). HeLa cells stably expressing EGFP-Parkin, untagged Parkin, 3xFLAG-Parkin C431S or the EGFP-Parkin and mitoKeima have been described before [16 (link), 21 (link), 25 (link)]. iNeurons were generated as described [16 (link)].
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Maintenance and Genetic Manipulation of Cell Lines

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HeLa cells were ordered from ATCC and maintained in RPMI 1640 medium, and HAP1 cells were purchased from Horizon Discovery and maintained in Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s medium. The ID8 mouse ovarian cancer cells were kindly provided by Dr. Guang Peng’s laboratory (MD Anderson Cancer Center). HeLa GRB2 deficient cells and HAP1 GRB2 deficient cells were generated by using CRISPR/Cas9 system as described previously11 (link). ID8 GRB2 stably knocked-down cells were generated by using GRB2 shRNAs which were purchased from Dharmacon (RMM4431-200333332, RMM4431-200335970, RMM4431-200399380, RMM4431-200404712). Media were supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Lonza) and 1% antibiotic/antimycotic (Lonza) except The ID8 cells were maintained in DMEM supplemented with 4% fetal bovine serum (Lonza), 5 μg/mL insulin, 1% penicillin/streptomycin, 5 μg/mL transferrin, and 5 ng/mL sodium selenite. Cells were incubated at 37 °C in a humidified incubator with 5% CO2. Mycoplasma testing of these cell lines has confirmed negative results.
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