NHS-Azide-injected samples were processed for click chemistry according to the following protocol, modified from previous studies (Dieterich et al., 2010 (link); Hinz et al., 2012 (link)). Sections or wholemounts were transferred to Eppendorf tubes or six-well plates with reaction mixture composed of 100 μm tris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl]amine (TBTA, Sigma) dissolved in 4:1 tBuOH/DMSO (Sigma), 100 μm CuSO4 (Sigma), 1.25 μm Alexa Fluor 488 alkyne (Invitrogen), and 250 μm tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP, Sigma). The reaction proceeded overnight at room temperature.
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