Third-instar larvae were dissected, fixed in Bouin’s fixative or 4% PFA in PBS, and immunostained with previously described methods (Eaton et al., 2002 (link); Harris et al., 2015 (link)). Third instar larvae were dissected with cold HL3 and immediately fixed with PFA (4%) and incubated overnight at 4 C with primary antibodies (rabbit anti-Dlg, 1:1000; anti-Brp 1:100, Life Technologies). Alexa-conjugated secondary antibodies were used for secondary staining (Jackson Laboratories 1:500). An inverted epifluorescence deconvolution confocal microscope (Axiovert 200, Zeiss) equipped with a 100X objective (N.A. 1.4), cooled CCD camera (CoolSnap HQ, Roper Scientific) was used to acquire images. All acquisition, deconvolution and analysis were done by Slidebook 5.0 software (3I, Intelligent Imaging). Structured illumination microscopy (Nikon LSM 710 equipped with 63X objective and Andor Ixon EMCCD camera) was used to perform Brp puncta and Dlg labeling experiments. Bouton numbers were quantified as described previously (Harris et al., 2015 (link)).
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