Astro-1 medium was composed of DMEM/F12 medium supplemented with N2 (Gibco, 17502048),
B27 without vitamin A (Gibco, 12587010), 100 nM
LDN-193189 dihydrochloride (Tocris, 6053), and the human recombinant proteins
PDGF-AA (R&D Systems, 221-AA),
JAGGED-1 (R&D Systems, 1277-JG),
DLL-1 (R&D Systems, 1818-DL),
ONCOSTATIN M (R&D Systems, 295-OM), LIF (R&D Systems, 7734-LF), and CNTF (R&D Systems, 257-NT) (all at 10 ng/mL concentration).
Astro-2 medium was composed of DMEM/F12 base medium supplemented with N2 (Gibco), B27 complete (Gibco, 17504044), 1%
lipid supplement (Gibco, 11905031), and the recombinant proteins JAGGED1,
DLL-1,
ONCOSTATIN M, LIF, and CNTF (all at 10 ng/mL concentration) (R&D Systems).
Astro-3 medium was composed of DMEM/F12 base medium supplemented with N2, B27 with vitamin A, 1%
lipid supplement (Gibco), and JAGGED1,
DLL-1, LIF, CNTF (all at 10 ng/mL concentration), hNRG1/EGF domain (20 ng/mL, R&D Systems, 396-HB), 2 μM
forskolin (Tocris, 1099), 200 nM
phorbol-12 myristate-13 acetate (Tocris, 1201), 40 ng/mL triiodothyronine T3 (Tocris, 6666), and 200 μM
ascorbic acid (Tocris, 4055).
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