Neocortices were dissociated by addition of papain (Worthington Biochemical,
LK003176) for 30 min at 37 °C. 250,000 cells/wells were plated in 12-well
plates and they were maintained in Neurobasal Medium (Gibco, 21103-049)
containing 2% B27 supplement (Gibco, 17504-044), 1% GlutaMAX supplement (Gibco,
35050-038), and 1% penicillin/streptomycin (Sigma, P4333). At DIV7, cortical
cultures were transfected with 400 ng/well of splicing reporters and
Lipofectamine 3000 reagent (ThermoFisher Scientific, L3000008) diluted in
opti-MEM medium (Gibco, 31985-062) using a 1:1.5 DNA-Lipofectamine ratio.
20,000 Neuroblastoma 2a (Neuro2a) or HEK293T cells (obtained from ATCC)
were plated in 96 well plates and were kept in DMEM (Sigma, D5796) supplemented
with 10% FBS (Gibco, 10270106) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin at 37°C.
After 24h, cells were transfected using FuGENE HD Transfection reagent (Promega,
E2691) with 50 ng of splicing reporter DNA alone or in combination with 50 ng of
splicing factor DNA.