Supplementary Figure 4: UDS and RRS complementation assays by an electroporation system (Neon, Life Technologies).

(a) The experimental scheme of complementation assay by electroporation. (b) UDS and (c) RRS assays for normal 48BR and XP-A-patient derived XP15BR cells. RRS was normalised to activity measurement in non-irradiated cells. Bars and error bars represent average fluorescent intensity of quadruplicate wells and standard deviations, respectively. (d, e) Transfection efficiency was confirmed by immunofluorescent staining with anti-V5 tag antibody. Cells were transfected with indicated plasmid by electroporation and then plated on a glass-bottomed 96-well plate. 40 hours after transfection, immunofluorescent staining was performed as described in Supplementary Method 5. Transfection efficiency was calculated as a number of Alexa 488-positive cells using the VTI system. (f) Total cell counts in the UDS assay. Scale bar, 100 μm; w/o, without transfection.