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Tetraspeck fluorescent microspheres size kit

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The TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit contains a set of fluorescent microspheres in four different sizes. The microspheres are designed for use as size standards and for calibrating the size measurement function of various analytical instruments.

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Fluorescence Microscopy Imaging Protocols

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Cells were imaged in epifluorescence after fixation with 4% paraformaldehyde (Electron Microscopy Sciences) solution in PBS and subsequent washes with PBS. Images were acquired on a Deltavision system (Applied Precision) equipped with a 60X 1.42 numerical aperture oil objective and SoftWoRx software (Applied Precision). Deconvolution of fluorescence images using measured point-spread function was done in the SoftWoRx software, and final images were processed using FiJi32 (link) or Metamorph software.
All total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy experiments were performed on a custom-built microscope based on an Olympus IX-70 microscope, equipped with a UApoN 100× 1.49 NA oil objective, a 488-nm, 594-nm, and a 647-nm laser. The cells were imaged under azimuthal TIR-FM33 (link) using a Cairn Opto-Split III with a cube and appropriate filters and a Hamamatsu Flash 4.0 camera. Multiple colors were aligned by using calibration data obtained with 500 nm fluorescent beads (TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit, T14792, Invitrogen) mounted on a slide34 (link). The microscope was pre-warmed to 37ºC prior to imaging and temperature was maintained during imaging.
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Comparing Confocal-Like Imaging Techniques

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Imaging at near confocal resolution was carried out with an Aurox Clarity laser-free microscopy system (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB, UK) (19 (link)), employing a Nikon Eclipse TE 2000-S inverted microscope with an APO LWD 40× 1.15 NA water immersion lens. The 50% point spread was 0.7 and 1.6 microns in the lateral and vertical directions, respectively, as determined with a TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit (Invitrogen). This compares to 0.6 and 2.9 microns for a 40× 0.95 NA air lens employed on a standard spinning disc microscope (Nikon CSU-W1 spinning disk with Hamamatsu Orca Fusion camera, Nikon CSU-W1 SoRa: Quantitative Light Microscopy Core Facility, UTSouthwestern). Equivalent images obtained from the same slide (FluoCells prepared slide #3, Invitrogen) with these two imaging systems were provided previously (29 ).
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Confocal Imaging of Fluorescent Particles

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Images were acquired on a Leica TCS SP8 confocal microscope, using an HCX PL APO CS2 63X 1.40 NA oil immersion objective lens (Leica Microsystems, Mannheim, Germany). Tetraspeck fluorescent spheres with a size of 200 nm (TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit, ThermoFisher) were excited at 488 nm and fluorescence emission detected at 500–550 nm. CellMask Orange was excited at 561 nm and its fluorescence emission detected at 565–650 nm using a hybrid detector (Leica Microsystems). Series of multiple confocal images at different pinhole sizes were acquired using the frame‐sequential acquisition. The pinhole size was set as specified. The excitation power was kept constant unless specified otherwise. The number of line averaging was kept constant unless specified otherwise.
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Confocal Imaging of 3D-FISH Samples

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The cell preparations after 3D-FISH were analyzed by Leica TCS SP5 confocal laser scanning microscope (Leica-Microsystems) and HCX PL APO×100 objective. The microscope was adjusted and checked for the absence of chromatic shift during fluorochrome detection from different spectral regions using the TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific). Sequential scanning mode was used for each of the four channels (DAPI, Alexa488, Cy3, Atto647N) in order to prevent channel crosstalk. The voltage across the photomultiplier tubes (PMT) was set in such a way that the signals from all fluorochromes were clearly distinguishable, but there was no over-exposure in the brightest signal area ("glow over/under" software function). The dimensions of the image voxel varied in a range of 50-80 nm in the lateral and 129-170 nm in the axial plane.
In order to increase the image contrast and to reduce noise for each of the confocal image series, (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission.
The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted November 30, 2021. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.30.470320 doi: bioRxiv preprint
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Confocal Imaging of 3D-FISH Samples

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The cell preparations after 3D-FISH were analyzed by Leica TCS SP5 confocal laser scanning microscope (Leica-Microsystems) and HCX PL APO×100 objective. The microscope was adjusted and checked for the absence of chromatic shift during fluorochrome detection from different spectral regions using the TetraSpeck Fluorescent Microspheres Size Kit (ThermoFisher Scientific). Sequential scanning mode was used for each of the four channels (DAPI, Alexa488, Cy3, Atto647N) in order to prevent channel crosstalk. The voltage across the photomultiplier tubes (PMT) was set in such a way that the signals from all fluorochromes were clearly distinguishable, but there was no over-exposure in the brightest signal area ("glow over/under" software function). The dimensions of the image voxel varied in a range of 50-80 nm in the lateral and 129-170 nm in the axial plane.
In order to increase the image contrast and to reduce noise for each of the confocal image series, (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission.
The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted November 30, 2021. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.30.470320 doi: bioRxiv preprint
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