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Immunostaining of Neuronal Culture

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For immunostaining, neurons were cultured in poly-d-lysine-coated coverslips and treated with TNI, glutamate, and/or edonerpic maleate. After being fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 and washed with PBS three times, neurons were blocked by 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA). Incubation with the DMPO (1:50, ab104902, Abcam) and Arc (1:50, sc-17839, Santa Cruz) primary antibodies was performed at 4 °C overnight. After being washed by PBS with Tween-20 (PBST) three times, the samples were incubated with the secondary antibody at 37 °C for 1 h. Then, incubation with 4′, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) was performed to stain the nuclei, and the images were obtained using a Leica SP5 II confocal microscope.
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Investigating Arc and 5HT2C Receptor Expression

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Animals received systemic injections of either saline or citalopram as described above. 45 minutes after fear conditioning, animals were given an overdose of sodium pentobarbital (100 mg/kg), and then perfused transcardially with 0.9% saline and 4% paraformaldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer (PB). Tissue was post-fixed for 4 hours then transferred to a 20% sucrose solution. Tissue was sliced into 80 µM coronal sections using a Vibratome. Every other slice was collected, so there was no need to correct for double counting. 5 or 6 slices per animal were collected, covering the rostro-caudal extent of the BNSTov. Tissue was washed in 0.1M PB 3 times, then in PB with 1% Triton (PBT) 3 times for 5 min each wash. Slices were blocked in 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA; Sigma Fraction V, A-3059) in PBT for 1 hr and incubated for 48 hours at 4 degrees C in primary antibodies in BSA. Primaries used were a mouse monoclonal anti Arc/Arg3.1 antibody (1:250; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-17839) and a goat polyclonal antibody against the 5HT2C receptor (1:1000; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, sc-15081). Slices were washed in PBT and incubated in secondary antibodies in PBT for 1 hr. Secondary antibodies used were donkey anti-mouse Alexa Fluor-488, and donkey anti-goat Alexa-594 (1:200; Life Technologies). Slices were washed in PBS, mounted on slides and coverslipped.
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Immunofluorescence Quantification of Arc in Hippocampus

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Immunofluorescence staining was performed on the sectioned hippocampus (n = 10 per group) to assess the expression of Arc. Hippocampus sections were blocked with 5% goat serum for 30 min at room temperature, then incubated with primary anti-Arc (sc-17839, 1:100, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) and anti-NeuN (1:100, ab12763, Abcam) overnight at 4 °C. The secondary antibodies used were anti-mouse and anti-rabbit respectively (1:1000; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Sections were incubated with the secondary antibodies in the dark for 2 h at room temperature. The nuclei were then stained with DAPI. The anti-NeuN was used as neuronal marker. The expression level of Arc was assessed by fluorescence microscopy. Confocal images of sections were sequentially acquired with Zeiss AIM software on a Zeiss LSM 700 confocal microscope system. The analysis method is the same as ROS mentioned above.
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Quantitative Protein Analysis of Calpain-1 KO Mice

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Whole brains were homogenized in RIPA buffer with protease inhibitors at 4°C. After centrifugation at 13,000 × g at 4°C for 15 min, protein amounts in the supernatant were quantified using the BCA Assay kit (Pierce Biotechnology). Proteins from whole brains of WT and calpain-1 KO mice were subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE, and proteins were transferred to a PVDF membrane with 100 V for 1 h at 4°C. After blocking for 2 h at room temperature with 3% bovine serum albumin in TBS buffer, membranes were incubated at 4°C overnight with rabbit anti-HSPA1B (1:500; PA5-28369; Thermo Fisher Scientific), anti-DNAJB1 (1:1000; 13174-1-AP; Proteintech), anti-Insulin degrading enzyme/IDE (1:1000; ab32216; abcam), anti-PLA2G4E (1:200; 18088-1-AP; Proteintech), anti-NGFI-B alpha/Nur77/NR4A1 (1:1000; NB100-56745; Novus Biologicals), anti-PER2 (1:300; ab180655; Abcam) antibodies and mouse anti-ARC (1:500; sc-17839; Santa Cruz) antibody. After incubation in primary antibodies, membranes were washed with TBST buffer and incubated for 2 h at room temperature with IRDye 680RD goat anti-rabbit (1:10,000; LI-COR Biosciences) and IRDye 800CW goat anti-mouse (1:10,000; LI-COR Biosciences). Thereafter, membranes were washed 3 times with the TBST and 1 time with TBS buffer. Immunoreactivity was detected with the LI-COR Odyssey system (LI-COR Biosciences).
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Immunolabeling of Neuronal Markers

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Cells were fixed with a solution containing 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA), 4% sucrose, and PBS for 15 min at room temperature (RT), blocked with a solution containing 10% goat serum, 2% bovine serum albumin (BSA), and PBS for 1 h at RT. Rabbit-anti-NeuN (Thermo Fisher Scientific catalog #711054, RRID:AB_2610583), mouse-anti-Arc (C7; Santa Cruz Biotechnology catalog #sc-17839, RRID: AB_626696), and rabbit-anti-c-Fos (Santa Cruz Biotechnology catalog #sc-52, RRID:AB_2106783) primary antibody were used at 1:300. Primary antibodies were incubated for 1 h at RT in a dilution buffer containing 1:1 block solution and PBS-Triton X-100 solution at 1:300. Dishes were washed three times with PBS-Triton X-100 and incubated with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated secondary antibody 1:1000 (Invitrogen-Invitrogen) in dilution buffer for 1 h at RT. Washing was repeated as per the above. The cells were subsequently incubated with 5 μm DAPI for 5 min before being imaged.
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Hippocampal Slice Preparation and Analysis

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Hippocampal slices were cut (300 µm) with a McIlwain tissue chopper (Mickle, UK) and incubated for at least 1 h at room temperature in oxygenated (95% O2, 5% CO2) ACSF as described39 (link),40 (link). They were kept at 32 °C for another hour before treatment with DHPG (100 µM) for 5 min or with Sal003 (20 µM) for 10 min, before snap-freezing over dry ice. In all instances, similar slices were treated with vehicle as control. Frozen slices were lysed in homogenizing buffer (200 mM HEPES, 50 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 1% Triton X-100, 1 mM EDTA, 50 mM NaF, 2 mM Na3VO4, 25 mM β-glycerophosphate and EDTA-free complete ULTRA tablets (Roche, Indianapolis, IN)). Western blotting was performed as described by Huang et al.40.Primary antibodies for western blotting were rabbit anti–p-eIF2α (Ser51) (1: 500, 3398, Cell Signaling and Technology Laboratories, Danvers, MA), mouse anti-total eIF2α (1: 1,000, 2103, Cell Signaling), mouse anti-β-actin (1:10,000, ab8227, Abcam, Cambridge, MA), mouse anti-OPHN1 (1:1,000, sc-374330, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA) and mouse anti-Arc (1: 200, sc-17839, Santa Cruz Biotechnology). Secondary antibodies for western blotting were peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit (1:10,000, 111–035–144, Jackson ImmunoResearch) and goat anti-mouse (1:10,000, 115–035–003, Jackson ImmunoResearch).
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Western Blot Analysis of Neuronal Markers

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Neurons from different groups of cultures were collected and lysed with RIPA lysis buffer supplemented with protease inhibitors for 30 min at 4°C. Then, the samples were centrifuged at 13000 rpm, 4°C for 15 min. The supernatant was collected and boiled in a loading buffer. Protein concentration was measured using a BCA reagent (Thermo Scientific, USA) and then transferred to a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane. The membrane was then incubated overnight at 4°C with following primary antibodies: anti-Fos (1:1000, #AF0132, Affinity), anti-Arc (1:250, #sc-17839, Santa Cruz), and anti-GAPDH (1:1000, #AF7021, Affinity). Immunoglobulin G horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled secondary antibodies (1:5000) were then applied at the room temperature for additional 2 h. Millipore's enhanced chemiluminescence was used to visualize the proteins. The data were analyzed using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).
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Western Blot Analysis of Neural Markers

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Tissues (optic nerve, hippocampus, cortex and corpus callosum) were micro-dissected and homogenized with RIPA lysis buffer. Equal amounts of proteins were loaded and separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred to PVDF membranes. Membranes were blocked in 0.1% Tween20 PBS buffer containing 5% BSA overnight at 4°C and incubated with primary antibodies followed by anti-mouse or anti-rabbit IgG conjugated to HRP. Enhanced chemiluminescence was performed with a West Pico Kit and detected by FluorChem E system (ProteinSimple, USA). The following primary antibodies were used: Cdk5 (sc-173, Santa Cruz, 1:1000); PLP (ab28486, Abcam, 1:1000); Caspr (MABN69, Millipore, 1:1000); MBP (SMI-99P, Covance, 1:1000); CREB (#9197, Cell signaling, 1:1000) and p-CREB (#9198, Cell signaling, 1:1000); Cofilin (#5175, Cell signaling, 1:1000) and p-Cofilin (#3311, Cell signaling, 1:1000); Fos (#4384, Cell signaling, 1:1000) and Arc (sc-17839, Santa Cruz, 1:1000) and β-actin (sc-47778, Santa Cruz, 1:1000). The density of immunoblots were quantified against normalized internal loading control using ImageJ software.
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