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. 2022 Mar 25;23(7):3590. doi: 10.3390/ijms23073590

Table 3.

Protocols of cargo synchronisation.

Protocol State of Golgi Steps of Cargo Synchronisation
Complex Accumulation of Cargo in ER Exit Sites and Emptying of Golgi Duration of Cargo Pulse Block of Delivery of Visible Cargoes to the Golgi Beginning of Video Recording
1. Small pulse (40-15-40)
A. E-40-15-40-small (the mini-wave) Empty 16 h at 40 °C 15 min at 15 °C Shift back to 40 °C 2 min after shift to 40 °C
B. F-40-15-40-small (the mini-wave) Full 10 min after shift to 40 °C
2. Large pulse (40-15-40)
A. E-40-15-40-large (the maxi-wave) Empty 16 h at 40 °C 2 h at 15 °C Shift back to 40 °C 2 min after shift to 40 °C
B. F-40-15-40-large (the maxi-wave) Full 10 min after shift to 40 °C
3. Pulse (40-32-40)
A. E-40-32-40-small (the 40-32 mini-wave) Empty 16 h at 40 °C 5 min at 32 °C Shift back to 40 °C 2 min after shift to 40 °C
B. F-40-32-40-small Full 10 min after shift to 40 °C
4. Emptying–pulse (32[CHM]-15-32[CHM])
A. E-CHM-15-CHM Empty 16 h at 40 °C, then CHM for 3 h at 32 °C 2 h at 15 °C (without CHM) Re-addition of CHM, shift back to 32 °C 2 min after shift to 40 °C
B. F-CHM-15-CHM Full 10 min after shift to 40 °C
5. ER accumulation–chase (40-32)
A. E-40-32 (iFRAP) Empty 16 h at 40 °C None Bleaching of whole cell less the Golgi area 5 min after shift to 32 °C
B. E-40-32 (piFRAP) 3 min
C. F-40-32 (iFRAP) Full None 30 min after shift to 32 °C
D. F-40-32 (piFRAP) 3 min
6. Steady-state iFRAP
A. Steady-state iFRAP Full 16 h at 40 °C None Bleaching of whole cell less the Golgi area Immediately after bleaching
B. Steady-state piFRAP Full 3 min
7. Pulse–outcoming wave
A. F-40-32-40 outcoming Full 16 h at 40 °C 30 min at 32 °C Shift to 40 °C for 30 min 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 min after shift

ER/IC, endoplasmic reticulum/intermediate compartment; iFRAP, inverse fluorescence recovery after photobleaching; piFRAP, post- inverse fluorescence recovery after photobleaching.