The hPSC-CMs on coverslips were washed twice with cold PBS, and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde on ice for 10 min. Fixed hPSC-CMs were washed 3 times with PBS, followed by permeabilization with PBS + 0.3% Triton-X100 (
T9284, Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA)) on ice for 5 min. Samples were blocked for 1 h at room temperature with PBS/Tween (0.1%;
P1379, Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA)) containing 3% BSA (11930, Serva (Heidelberg, Germany)) and 2% donkey serum (
D9663, Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA)). The hPSC-CMs were subsequently incubated with polyclonal anti-cardiac troponin T IgG (1:100;
ab45932, Abcam(Cambridge, UK)), Total OXPHOS Rodent WB Antibody Cocktail (1:400;
ab110413, Abcam (Cambridge, UK)) and monoclonal anti-Ki-67 (1:200;
MA5-14520, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA)) diluted in the blocking mix for 1 h. After washing, the cells were incubated with
Alexa Fluor 488 donkey-anti-mouse IgG (1:1000;
A21202, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA)) or
Alexa Fluor 555 donkey-anti-rabbit IgG (1:1000;
A31572, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA)). Coverslips were mounted with Vectashield mounting medium containing DAPI (
H-1200, Vector labs (Burlingame, CA, USA)) and images were obtained with a
Leica AF-6000 microscope (Leica (Wetzlar, Germany)).
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