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Live-cell imaging of mitotic spindles

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For phenotypic analysis of SOGA proteins knockdown by RNAi transfection, HeLa H2B-GFP/mCherry-α-tubulin cells were cultured in 35 mm glass-bottom dishes (14 mm, No 1.5 coverglass; MatTek Corporation). Cell culture medium was replaced with Leibovitz's-L15 medium (GIBCO, Life Technologies) supplemented with 10% FBS. Time-lapse imaging was performed in a heated chamber (37°C) using a 100× 1.4 NA Plan-Apochromatic differential interference contrast objective mounted on an inverted microscope (TE2000U; Nikon) equipped with a CSU-X1 spinning-disk confocal head (Yokogawa Corporation of America) and with two laser lines (488 nm and 561 nm). Images were acquired with an iXon+ EM-CCD camera (Andor Technology). Eleven 1-μm-separated z-planes covering the entire volume of the mitotic spindle were collected every 2 min.
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TIRF Imaging of VAMP8-PHluorin Dynamics

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TIRF imaging was performed using an IX-70 inverted microscope (Olympus), equipped with an argon (488 nm) laser line, a custom TIRFM condenser, a 60 × 1.45 NA TIRF objective (Olympus), and an EMCCD camera (iXon887; Andor Technology). Imaging system was controlled using the iQ software (Andor Technology). For live-cell image, HBMVEC cells were seeded into 35 mm petri dishes with a No. 1.5 coverglass at the bottom (MatTek, Ashland, MA) in the EGM-2-MV culture medium (Lonza, cc-3202). They were first transfected with siRNAs using RNAiMAX (ThermoFisher). After 24 hours, the cells were transfected with the VAMP8-PHluorin plasmid using the Cytofect-Endothelial transfection kit (Cell Applications Inc., TF101K). After another 24 hours, time-lapsed images of the transfected cells were acquired at 200 millisecond intervals at 37°C in a custom incubation chamber. Stacks of time-lapse images were processed and analyzed using a algorithm within Image J 1.42 (National Institutes of Health) by a custom-written MATLAB program.
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Fluorescent Microscopy Imaging of Zebrafish

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Fluorescent microscopy was performed on a Zeiss Observer Z1 inverted microscope. Live embryos and larvae were anesthetized with tricaine and spotted onto glass slides in E3 media for imaging.
Confocal microscopy was performed on an Andor XD Revolution Spinning Disk upright microscope. Live embryos were anesthetized in 120 μg/ml tricaine and then mounted in 0.75% low melting point agarose on 35mm glass bottom microwell dishes with a 20mm microwell and No. 1.5 coverglass (MatTek Ashland, MA) which was then flooded with E3 media supplemented with PTU and 120 μg/ml tricaine.
Fluorescent images were processed and analyzed using Zen 2.5 imaging software (Zeiss). In order to quantify infection burden images were taken using a 2.5x objective and the area and mean intensity of fluorescence were measured and used to calculate the log-Integrated Density of fluorescence which has previously been shown to correlate to infection burden [63 ]. Quantification of either Nile red or filipin staining in whole larvae was performed by imaging animals using a 2.5x objective and then measuring log-ID of fluorescence for either Nile red (TdTomato) or Filipin (DAPI) in the region of the animal from the anus to the end of the tail.
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Quantitative Live/Dead Cell Viability Assay

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Cells were washed prior to assay using 1 mL of Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline. In both sham and treated cells, imaging was performed using MSCs (1 × 106 cells/mL) that were transferred to coverslips (Mat-Tek, No. 1.5 cover glass) embedded with 35 mm circular plates in the cover glass. To determine viability, a live/dead stain calcein assay kit (Invitrogen Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) was used according to manufacturer’s instructions. This kit provides a 2-color fluorescence cell viability system that uses 2 probes to measure recognized parameters of cell viability—intracellular esterase activity (generating green fluorescence to determine live cell activity) and plasma membrane integrity using ethidium homodimer-1 (EthD-1 generating red fluorescence to determine dead cells). Cells were counted, and all images were quantitatively assessed based on live/dead cell percentages using CellSens Standard software installed on Leica DMI 4000B inverted microscope.
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Cell Cycle Synchronization and Metaphase Arrest

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Cells were seeded at 40% confluency in uncoated 35‐mm glass coverslip dishes, No 1.5 coverglass (MatTek Corporation, Ashland, MA, USA) with 2 ml DMEM medium with supplements. At 4 pm the day before imaging, thymidine (Sigma‐Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) was added at a final concentration of 2 mM. Cells were left in thymidine for 17 h, and at 9 am each dish was washed three times with warm PBS and 2 ml of fresh DMEM medium with supplements was added. At 12:30 pm, RO‐3306 (Calbiochem, Merck Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) was added at a final concentration of 9 mM. At 7 pm, the dishes were washed three times with warm PBS. Then, the cells were left in the incubator with 2 ml DMEM medium with supplements for 30 min to recover.
At 7:30 pm, the medium was replaced with L‐15 with appropriate supplements and 20 mM of the proteasome inhibitor MG‐132 (Sigma‐Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) to arrest the cells in metaphase. Cells were fixed in ice‐cold methanol 30 min after adding MG‐132.
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Measuring Cytosolic and Mitochondrial ROS in iPSC-CMs

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To measure cytosolic ROS in live iPSC-CMs, cells were loaded with 5 µM CellROX™ Deep Red Reagent (Molecular Probes, OR, USA) and 2 µM Hoechst 33,342 (Invitrogen) at 37 °C for 30 min, and then washed 3 times with PBS. For mitochondrial morphology and ROS detection, iPSC-CMs were loaded with MitoTracker® Green FM (Molecular Probes) at 200 nM and MitoSOX™ Red (Molecular Probes) at 5 µM for 15 min at 37 °C, then washed gently 3 times with warm buffer before imaging. For the treatment of maturation medium (MM), iPSC-CMs were switched to MM for 48 h before functional analysis. For the treatment of compounds, N-Acetylcysteine amide (NACA) was used at 5 mM and rapamycin used at 0.5 µM final concentration, respectively. For live cell imaging analysis, all the cells were seeded on Lab-Tek® II chamber glass slides (Nunc) or glass-bottom 35 mm dishes with 14 mm microwell and No. 1.5 cover glass (MatTek, Ashland, MA, USA).
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Isolation and Culture of Primary DRG Neurons

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Cultured primary DRG neurons from thoracic and lumbar (T12–T13, L1–L6) were used for calcium imaging experiments. DRGs were dissected and placed in chilled HBSS solution. The neurons were then digested in collagenase A (1:1; A (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat#10103586001):HBSS (Gibco, Cat#14-170-112)) for 20 min at 37 °C, collagenase D (1:1:10%; D (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat#1188866001):HBSS:papain (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat#10108014001) for 20 min at 37 °C, and then placed in a Trypsin Inhibitor solution (1:1:1; Trypsin (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat#10109886001):BSA: Media) for trituration. Media is DME/F-12 1:1 (1) with 2.50 mM l-Glutamine and 15 mM HEPES buffer (HyClone, Cat#SH30023) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (HyClone, Cat#SH30088.03) and 1% Penicillin Streptomycin (Fisher Scientific, Cat#15070063). After trituration, cells were filtered through a 70 μm cell strainer (Corning, Cat#CLS431751), pelleted, buffer removed, and then resuspended in 200 μL of Media. Plates used were 35 mm Petri dish, 10 mm Microwell, and No. 1.5 cover glass (MatTek Corporation, Cat#P35GC-1.5-C) that were coated in facility with a 2 µg/mL poly-D lysine solution (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat#P0899). Cells were plated in a 200 μL bubble on the center of the plate to rest in an incubator set at 37 °C with 5% CO2 for 2 h before filling the rest of the well with Media. Cells were used the next day for calcium imaging.
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Live Imaging of Splenic B Cell Activation

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Splenic B cells were prepared from ric8wt/wt Lifeact and ric8fl/flmb1-cre Lifeact mice. The isolated B cells were cultured at initial concentration 1 × 106 cells/mL in complete lymphocyte medium in presence of 2 μg/mL LPS (from E. coli, Serotype R515 (Re), TLR grade, ENZO Life Sciences), for 48 h. For live cell imaging, B cells were allowed to adhere to ICAM-1 + VCAM-1 (Recombinant Mouse ICAM-1/CD54 Fc Chimera, CF; Recombinant Mouse VCAM-1/CD106 Fc Chimera; R&D Systems) on coated glass-bottom dishes (No 1.5 coverglass; MatTek). Confocal imaging was performed using Leica SP8 inverted 5 channel confocal microscope (Leica Microsystems) equipped with incubation chamber (CO2, 37°C) for live cell imaging (Pecon). Argon laser was tuned to 488 nm excitation wavelength using laser power between 0.2 and 1 %. Z stacks were acquired every 10–12 sec over time period of 1 h, and single plane images used to generate video. Images were processed using Imaris (Bitplane) software.
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Imaging Transfected Cells on Collagen

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Cells were plated on collagen (50 μg/ml) coated 35 mm dishes glass bottom dishes with no. 1.5 coverglass (MatTek corporation), Lipofectamine 3000 was used to transfect cells as per the protocol described by the manufacturer. Briefly, the DNA and lipid reagent were separately diluted in Opti-MEM. Prior to transfection they were combined and added to dishes. Cells were incubated overnight with the DNA-lipid complexes and imaged the next day. Prior to imaging, the media was replaced with warm FluoroBrite DMEM Media (Life Technologies) supplemented with 10% FBS. Cells were imaged on an LSM880 Zeiss inverted microscope outfitted with confocal optics with the 63× oil 1.4 numerical aperture (NA) objective and Airyscan. The environment throughout imaging was controlled at 37°C, 5% CO2, and 90% humidity.
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Imaging Mitotic Apparatus Dynamics

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Cells were plated into 35-mm glass bottom dishes (14 mm, No. 1.5 coverglass; MatTek Corporation) and transfected with siRNAs. The medium was replaced at least 6 h before filming with L-15/10% FBS. Four-dimensional data sets were acquired with a spinning disc confocal system (Yokogawa) equipped with an electron multiplying charge-coupled device camera (iXonEM+; Andor) and a CSU-22 unit (Yokogawa) based on an inverted microscope (TE2000-U; Nikon). Two laser lines (488 and 561 nm) were used for near-simultaneous excitation of GFP and mRFP, and the system was driven by NIS Elements 3.0 software (Nikon). Time-lapse imaging of z stacks with 0.7-μm steps covering the entire volume of the mitotic apparatus were collected every 1–2 min (Supplementary Movies 1–6) or every 2 s (Supplementary Movies 7–9) with a plan-apochromat 1.40 NA × 60 immersion oil objective3 (link). Brightfield microscopy was performed on a Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U microscope driven by NIS Elements 3.0 software with × 63 or × 100 objectives. Time lapse was performed every 30 s, 1 or 2 min, depending on the type of experiment.
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