The Seahorse assay was conducted using
Agilent Seahorse XF Cell Mito Stress Test Kit (#103015-100, Agilent) and Seahorse
XFe96 Analyzer following the manufacturer's instructions. Briefly, 10,000 cells were seeded onto the
Seahorse XF Cell Culture Microplate (#101085-004, Agilent) two days before assaying. One day before the assay, cells were treated with cholesterol and 58035 for 24 h while the microplate cartridge was hydrated by 200 μl
Molecular Biology Grade Water (#46-000-CI, Corning) overnight at 37 °C. At the day of assay, the water in microplate cartridge was replaced by prewarmed
XF Calibrant (#100840-000, Agilent) followed by incubation in 37 °C non-CO
2 incubator for 1 h. Then, 20 μl of 100 μM oligomycin, 22 μl of 100 μl 100 μM FCCP, and 25 μl of 50 μM Rotenone/AA was added to the port A, B, C of the sensor cartridge, respectively. For the cell culture microplate, the medium was replaced by
Agilent Seahorse XF DMEM Medium (#103575-100, Agilent) supplemented with 1 mM
pyruvate (#103578-100, Agilent), 2 mM
glutamine (#103579-100, Agilent), and 10 mM
glucose (#103577-100, Agilent), followed by 1 h incubation in a 37 °C non-CO
2 incubator. An XF cell mito stress-test template was used to measure oxygen consumption rate of cells. The data was normalized to protein concentration in Wave 2.6.1 software.
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