MEM media was purchased from Life Technologies (Grand Island, NY).
G418 Disulfate was obtained from Caisson Labs (G030-5GM).
Fura-2AM was purchased from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR). DNP
25-BSA was from ThermoFisher Scientific (Waltham, MA; catalogue #A23018), custom DF3 peptide synthesized by and purchased from Anaspec (Fremont, CA) and
anti-DNP-IgE was affinity-purified from ascites (Covance, Denver, PA) according to the methods of Liu et al (28 ).
AlexaFluor647- (Thermofisher Scientific #A-20006),
Janelia Fluor 646- (Tocris #6148) and
CF640R- (Biotium #92108) labeled IgE lots were prepared using NHS Ester conjugation. Antibodies used are listed as follows: anti-pY PY20/99 cocktail (SantaCruz; sc-508, sc-7020), anti-rabbit-HRP secondary (SantaCruz; sc-2004, Cell Signaling #7074), anti-FcεRIγ (EMD Millipore; 06–727), Goat anti-rat IgE (Abnova; PAB29749).
Poly-L lysine was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (P1524-100MG),
18:1 (Δ9-Cis) PC (DOPC) and 16:0 DNP Cap PE lipids were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids (850375C and 810528C, respectively). DNP-Peg12-NHS ester was purchased from BroadPharm (BP-22397). All live-cell RBL imaging was performed in modified Hank’s buffered salt solution (additional 10 mM Hepes, 0.05% w/v BSA, 5.45 mM glucose, 0.88 mM MgSO
4, 1.79 mM CaCl
2, 16.67 mM NaHCO
3).
Rinaldi D.A., Kanagy W.K., Kaye H.C., Grattan R.M., Lucero S.R., Pérez M.P., Wester M.J., Lidke K.A., Wilson B.S, & Lidke D.S. (2023). Antigen Geometry Tunes Mast Cell Signaling Through Distinct FcεRI Aggregation and Structural Changes. bioRxiv.