TBS-soluble samples were incubated with reducing 6× Laemmli SDS buffer (Alfa Aesar, J61337) at 95 °C for 10 min for denaturing conditions or 4×
NuPAGE sample buffer (Invitrogen NP0007) for non-denaturing conditions and then loaded on 4–12%
NuPAGE Novex gels (Invitrogen). Nitrocellulose membranes were used to transfer proteins and blocked with 5% BSA in TBS with 0.01% tween followed by overnight incubation of primary antibodies (HT7 (Thermo Fisher, MN1000; 1:1,000 dilution), anti-Bassoon (Millipore, ABN255; 1:1,000 dilution), MC1 (Peter Davies; 1:1,000 dilution), anti-total tau (DAKO,
A0024; 1:5,000 dilution), PHF1 (Peter Davies; 1:1,000 dilution), anti-Actin (Abcam,
ab8227; 1:2,000 dilution), pThr231 (Millipore, MAB5450; 1:1,000 dilution) and Vinculin (Sigma,
V9131; 1:1,000 dilution)) diluted in the blocking solution. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) secondary antibodies (goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated (Invitrogen, 626820; 1:5,000 dilution) and goat anti-rabbit HRP conjugated (Invitrogen, 31460; 1:5,000 dilution)) were incubated for 1 h at RT and the proteins were detected with
Supersignal West Pico (Thermo Scientific, 34580) and imaged by using
iBright 1500 (Invitrogen). Western blots were analyzed using ImageJ (NIH, v1.53i).
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