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Alexa Fluor 488 is a fluorescent dye used in various biotechnological applications. It has an excitation maximum at 495 nm and an emission maximum at 519 nm, producing a green fluorescent signal. Alexa Fluor 488 is known for its brightness, photostability, and pH-insensitivity, making it a popular choice for labeling biomolecules in biological research.

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Multicolor Immunofluorescence Staining for Endothelial Markers

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EMCN (Santa Cruz, sc-65495, 1:100), GFP (Abcam, ab6673, 1:500), PECAM1 (BD Pharmingen, 550274, 1:100), NPR3 (Santa Cruz, sc-515449, 1:100), IB4 (Sigma, L-2140, 1:50), VEGFR3 (R&D, AF743, 1:100), SNAI2 (Cell Signaling, 9585S, 1:100), TGFBR3 (R&D, AF242-PB, 1:100), GATA2 (R&D, AF2046, 1:100), and NICD (Cell Signaling, 4147S, 1:100) were used. The secondary antibodies used in the study included donkey anti-rat Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21208, 1:200), donkey anti-rat Alexa Fluor 594 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21209, 1:200), donkey anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21206, 1:200), donkey anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 568 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-10042, 1:200), donkey anti-goat Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-11055, 1:200), donkey anti-goat Alexa Fluor 594 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-11058, 1:200), donkey anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21202, 1:200), and Fluorescein Avidin DCS (Vector Laboratories, A-2011, 1:50).
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Multimodal Immunostaining for Brain Imaging

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Brain sections from study animals were immunostained using the following antibodies: DTr (1:500 goat anti-HB EGF, #AF259SP, R&D Systems and 1:750 donkey anti-goat Alexa Fluor 568, #A11057, Thermo Fisher Scientific), GAD1/GAD67 (1:500 chicken anti-GAD1/GAD67, #198006, Synaptic Systems and 1:750 goat anti-chicken Alexa Fluor 488, #A11039, Thermo Fisher Scientific), somatostatin (1:500 rabbit anti-somatostatin, #PA5-82678, Invitrogen and 1:750 donkey anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 647, #A-31573, Invitrogen), parvalbumin (1:1,000 guinea pig anti-parvalbumin, #195004, Synaptic Systems and 1:750 donkey anti-guinea pig DyLight 405, #706475148 Jackson ImmunoResearch or Alexa Fluor 647, #706605148, Jackson ImmunoResearch), neuropeptide Y (1:300 rabbit anti-neuropeptide Y, #N9528, Sigma-Aldrich and 1:750 donkey anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488, #R37118, Thermo Fisher Scientific or 1:750 goat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488, #A11008, Thermo Fisher Scientific), hemagglutinin (1:500 rat anti-HA, #11867423001, Roche and 1:750 goat anti-rat Alexa Fluor 568, #A11077, Thermo Fisher Scientific), and gephyrin (1:1,000 chicken anti-gephyrin, #147009, Synaptic Systems and 1:750 donkey anti-chicken Alexa Fluor 488, #A78948, Invitrogen). Counterstains were Neurotrace Blue (1:750, #N21479, Thermo Fisher Scientific) or ProLong Glass mounting media containing nuclear blue, #P36983, Thermo Fisher Scientific).
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Immunofluorescence Staining of Drosophila Tissues

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Primary antibodies used included anti-deadpan (Abcam ab195174; 1:100), anti-GFP (Invitrogen A10262; 1:200), anti-DCP1 (Cell Signaling 9578; 1:200), anti-phospho-histone H3 ser10 (Cell Signaling 9701; 1:500), anti-prospero (Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank MR1A; 1:1000, and anti-mCherry (Cell signaling 43590; 1:200). All secondary antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:500 and included Goat anti-Chicken IgY (H + L) Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 488 (Thermo Fisher A-11039), Goat anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 568 (Thermo Fisher A-11011), Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 647 (Thermo Fisher A-31573), Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) Highly Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 488 (Thermo Fisher A-21206), Goat anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 488 (Thermo Fisher A-11001), Goat anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 568 (Thermo Fisher A-11004), and Goat anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor™ 647 (Thermo Fisher A-21235).
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Comprehensive Immunofluorescence Staining Protocol

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Primary antibodies: 1:250 mouse monoclonal anti-chymase (Abcam, #ab2377) 1:200 mouse monoclonal anti- tryptase (Abcam, #ab2378), 1:200 goat polyclonal anti-chymase (Abcam, #ab111239), 1:100 rat monoclonal anti-c-Kit (biotin) (Abcam, #ab25022), 1:300 rabbit polyclonal anti-collagen I (Abcam, #ab34710), 1:200 rabbit polyclonal anti- COX2 (Abcam, #ab15191), 1:200 mouse monoclonal anti-βIII-Tubulin (Millipore, #MAB1637), 1:100 rabbit polyclonal anti-SCF (Fisher Scientific, #PA520746), 1:400 mouse monoclonal anti-GFAP (Sigma, #G3893) and 1:100 rabbit polyclonal anti-CD45-PerCP (BioLegend, #103130). Secondary antibodies: 1:500 goat anti-rabbit- AlexaFluor488 or AlexaFluor546 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, #A11035 or #A11034), 1:500 goat anti-mouse-AlexaFluor488, AlexaFluor546 or AlexaFluor633 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, #A11029, #A11030, or #A21052), 1:500 donkey anti-goat- AlexaFluor488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, #A11055) and 1:500 Streptavidin- AlexaFluor633 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, #S21375). NeuroTrace 530/615 red fluorescent Nissl stain (Thermo Fisher Scientific, #B34650) was also used for neuronal visualization.
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Immunohistochemical Analysis of Neurodegeneration

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The antibodies used in this study were anti-C1q (Abcam, ab182451, 1:500), anti-DppII (R&D Systems, AF3436, 1:500), anti-Foxp2 (Abcam, ab16046, 1:500), anti-Gfap (STEM CELL Technologies, 60128, 1:500), anti-Iba1 (WAKO, 019-19741, 1:500), anti-Lamp1 (BD Biosciences, 553792, 1:500), anti-Pgrn (R&D Systems, AF2420, 1:1000), TDP-43 (Proteintech, 10782-2-AP, 1:500), anti-Tuj1 (Neuromics, CH23005, 1:500), anti-Vgat (Synaptic Systems, 131011, 1:300), donkey anti-goat IgG (H + L) Alexa Fluor® 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-11006), donkey anti-rabbit IgG (H + L) Alexa Fluor® 647 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-31573), goat anti-rat IgG (H + L) Alexa Fluor® 647 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-12247), donkey anti-mouse IgG (H + L) Alexa Fluor® 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21202), goat anti-mouse IgY (H + L) Alexa Fluor® 488 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, A-21449) (for immunofluorescence); Ctsd (R&D Systems, AF1029, 1:500), Lamp1 (BD Biosciences, 553792, 1:500), LC3-I/II (Cell Signaling, 2775, 1:1000), Pgrn (R&D Systems, AF2557, 1:100), TDP-43 (Proteintech, 10782-2-AP, 1:1000), p-TDP-43 (Cosmo Bio USA, CAC-TIP-PTD-P03, 1:500), Actin (Novus Biologicals, NB600-532, 1:10,000), donkey anti-goat IgG-HRP (R&D Systems, HAF109), donkey anti-sheep IgG-HRP (R&D Systems, HAF016), donkey anti-rat IgG-HRP (R&D Systems, HAF005), goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP (for western blot).
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Fluorescence Imaging of AuNP-Protein Interactions

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Fluorescence imaging samples were prepared as previously described. BMDCs were seeded on a small coverslip in 6-well plates and treated with Alexa fluor 488 (TermoFisher Scientific) conjugated AuNP-HA/AuNP-FliC through primary amines of proteins and N-Hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester moiety of Alexa fluor 488 dye. After incubation for 2 h at 37°C, the cells were washed with PBS three times and then slides were mounted in mounting media containing DAPI. Images were obtained with a Zeiss (LSM 700) confocal laser scanning microscope.
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Antibody Validation for Cell Signaling

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The following antibodies and dilutions were used: Sox9 (#ab185966, abcam, Cambridge, UK) 1:5000 for western blot (WB); 1:500 for immunofluorescence (IF); Sox2 (#MAB2016, R&D Systems, Wiesbaden, Germany) 1:1000 (WB) and 1:250 (IF); Olig2 (#AF2418, R&D Systems) 1:10,000 (WB) and 1:5000 (IF); GAPDH (#CB1001, Calbiochem, Darmstadt, Germany) 1:20,000; CHK1 (#2360, Cell Signaling Technologies (CST), Frankfurt am Main, Germany) 1:1000; phosphoCHK1 (CST #2348), 1:1000; CHK2 (CST #2662S) 1:1000; Survivin (R&D #AF886) 1:1000; TP53BP1 (NB #100-304, Novus Biologicals, Wiesbaden, Germany) 1:1000; γH2AFXSer139 (#05-636, clone JBW301, Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) 1:1000; F(ab′)2-Goat anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 488 (A-11070, Thermo Fisher) 1:500; F(ab′)2-Goat anti-mouse IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 594 (A-11020, Thermo Fisher) 1:500; F(ab′)2-donkey anti-goat IgG (H + L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 488 (A-11055, Thermo Fisher) 1:500; donkey anti-goat IgG (sc2042, Santa Cruz, Dallas, TX, USA) 1:10,000.
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Fluorescent Labeling of Actin and Arp2/3

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Actin was fluorescently labeled on the surface lysine-328, using Alexa Fluor 488, Alexa Fluor 568, or Alexa Fluor 647 NHS ester (Thermo Fisher Scientific), or ATTO 643 NHS ester (Atto-tec) as described in detail in (57 (link)). The Arp2/3 complex was fluorescently labeled using Alexa Fluor 488 or Alexa Fluor 568 C5-maleimide (Thermo Fisher Scientific). The protein solution was prepared for labeling by performing a buffer exchange to remove dithiothreitol (DTT) from the solution. This was accomplished by passing the protein solution through a MicroBiospin 6 column (Bio-Rad). The exchange buffer contained 20 mM Hepes at pH 7.2, 0.2 mM MgCl2, and 0.2 mM ATP. The buffer exchange was performed by centrifuging the sample at 1000g for 4 min. Next, a 10-fold excess of Alexa Fluor 488 (or Alexa Fluor 568) C5-maleimide dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was added to the Arp2/3 complex solution and incubated on ice for 1 hour. The reaction was stopped by adding 1 mM DTT to the solution. To remove any unreacted excess dye, a MicroBiospin 6 column (Bio-Rad) was used by centrifugation at 1000g for 4 min. We obtained on average 3.5 Alexa dyes per the Arp2/3 complex.
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Immunohistochemistry for Neural Cell Markers

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The following primary antibodies were used for immunohistochemistry: rabbit anti-active caspase-3 (1:500; Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom), rabbit anti-DCX (1:500; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA), rabbit anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (1:500; Agilent, Santa Clara, CA), goat anti-Olig2 (1:50; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), rabbit anti-Iba1 (1:500; Fuji-Wako, Osaka, Japan), rabbit anti-Ki67 (1:500; Abcam), goat anti-MBP (1:500; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX), rat anti-MBP (1:1,000; Abcam), mouse anti-NeuN (1:100; Merck-Millipore, Burlington, MA), and rat anti-NG2 (1:500; Abcam). The conjugated secondary antibodies were donkey anti-rabbit, anti-rat, anti-mouse, and anti-goat antibodies (Alexa Fluor 488, 568, and 647; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) at a dilution of 1:500. For the EdU reaction, azide-modified dyes (Alexa Fluor 488 and 594 azide; Thermo Fisher Scientific) were used.
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Immunophenotyping of Stem Cell Cultures

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In order to confirm the identity of cells isolated and cultured by the aforementioned method, immunofluorescence using a panel of cell markers for SMSCs was performed. Positive and negative markers were selected based on a literature review 18. Cells were plated in four‐chamber slides and allowed to achieve 60% confluence. The cells were then fixed, permeabilized, and blocked with 4% paraformaldehyde (VWR, Radnor, PA), 0.1% Triton X‐100 (Sigma‐Aldrich, St. Louis, MO), and 1% bovine serum albumin (Sigma‐Aldrich). Cells were incubated overnight with primary antibodies against CD31 (Abcam, Cambridge, UK), CD44, CD45, CD90, CD105, CD106, and STRO‐1 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN), followed by incubation with a secondary antibody (Alexa Fluor 488, ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, MA). In order to more specifically confirm the identity of these cells, costaining was performed using a similar protocol with antibodies against CD90 (R&D Systems) and CD44 (Abcam). Secondary antibodies for costaining were Alexa Fluor 488 and 594, respectively (ThermoFisher Scientific). All images were obtained using a Keyence BZ‐X700 (Keyence, Osaka, Japan).
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