Visualizing Cytoskeleton Dynamics in U2OS Cells

Single U2OS cells stably expressing GFP-tagged G3BP1 (Pelkmans Lab^{64 (link)}) were plated on patterned coverslips following the protocol mentioned above. After spreading for 3–4 h, the cells were switched into media containing 100 nM SiR-tubulin (Spirochrome) and 10 μM verapamil (Spirochrome) and incubated in the dye for at least 4 h. The cells were imaged at 37 °C in imaging media containing Leibovitz’s L-15 medium (ThermoFisher Scientific) with 10% fetal bovine serum, 30 μl ml^–1 Oxyrase (Sigma-Aldrich) and 10 mM lactic acid, with 0.5 mM sodium arsenite (Sigma-Aldrich). Imaging was done on a Nikon Ti2 Eclipse epifluorescent microscope with a cage incubator (Okolab), using ×100 oil objective with numerical aperture (NA) of 1.49 and a Nikon DS-Qi2 camera.