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Cells were pre-incubated with blocking solution containing PBS, 0.5% Triton X-100 and 5% of donkey serum. They were then incubated with primary antibodies in blocking solution overnight at room temperature. After three washes with PBS, cells were incubated with the donkey anti-rabbit IgG conjugated with FITC or anti-mouse Cy3 (1:200, Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories). Cells were then washed once with PBS, incubated with 1:1000 DAPI in PBS for 10 minutes, followed by another wash with PBS. Coverslips were mounted onto glass slides with PVA mounting medium containing anti-fading reagent DABCO. The following primary antibodies were used: mouse anti-Oct3/4 (1:500, Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc.); rabbit anti-Ki67 (1:200, Novocastra Ltd.); rabbit anti-TH (1:500, Chemicon). Immunostained cell cultures were visualized using a Zeiss fluorescent microscope attached to a Nikon digital camera.\nUsing RT-PCR, all RNA samples used in this study were tested negative for the presence of gDNA (data not shown). The intron-spanning primers for RT-PCR were selected from published works or designed using Oligo 4.0 software (Molecular Biology Insight) or Clone Manager Suite 7.1 (Sci Ed Software, NC, USA) and ordered from TAG Copenhagen A/S, Denmark, as the following: Sox2, SRY-box 2: 5'-TAC CTC TTC CTC CC CTC CA-3', 5'-ACT CTC CTC TTT TGC ACC CC-3'; En1, Engrailed 1: 5'-AAG GGA CGA AAC TGC GAA CTC C-3', 5'-GAC ACG AAA GGA AAC ACA CAC TCT CG-3' [47]; Nanog: 5'-TGC TTA TTC AGG ACA GCC T-3', 5'-TCT GGT CTT CTG TTT CTT GAC T-3' [48]; Gapdh, glyceraldehydes-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: 5'-GGA AGG TGA AGG TCG GAG TCA A-3', 5'-GAT CTC GCT CCT GGA AGA TGG T-3'; Aldh1A1, aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A1: 5'-GGG CAG CCA TTT CTT CTC AC-3', 5'-CTT CTT AGC CCG CTC AAC AC-3' [49]; Sdha, succinate dehydrogenase: 5'-TGG GAA CAA GAG GGC ATC TG-3', 5'-CCA CCA CTG CAT CAA ATT CAT G-3' [50]; Tubb, β-tubulin: 5'-CTC ACA AGT ACG TGC CTC GAG-3', 5'-GCA CGA CGC TGA AGG TGT TCA-3'; Nestin: 5'-AGA GGG GAA TTC CTG CT GAG-3', 5'-CTG AGG ACC AGG ACT CTC TA-3' [47]; Actb, β-actin: 5'-CAT CGA GCA CGG CAT CGT CA-3', 5'-TAG CAC AGC CTG GAT AGC AAC-3' [51]; Th, Tyrosine hydroxylase: 5'-CGA GCT GTG AAG GTG TTT G-3', 5'-TTG GTG ACC AGG TGA TGA C-3'; Msx1, homolog of Drosophila muscle segment homolog 1: 5'-CTC AAG CTG CCA GAA GAT GC-3', 5'-TCC AGC TCT GCC TCT TGT AG-3'; Pitx2, paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 2: 5'-ACC TTA CGG AAG CCC GAG TC-3', 5'-TGG ATA GGG AGG CGG ATG TA-3' [49]. cDNA was synthesized from 1 mg of total RNA using SuperScript II (Invitrogen), and RT-PCR amplifications were performed using the MiniOpticon system (Bio-Rad) with REDTaq Polymerase (Sigma-Aldrich) essentially as described by the manufacturer. Following initial denaturation for 5 min at 95°C, DNA amplifications were performed for 35 (En1, Nanog, Aldh1a1), 33 (Sox2, Nestin, Th, Msx1), 32 (Tubb, Pitx2), 27 (Sdha), 25 (Actb) or 22 (Gapdh) cycles of 1 min at 95°C, 1 min at 55°C (En1, Pitx2), 57°C (Sox2, Nanog, Sdha, Nestin), 58°C (Tubb), 58.5°C (Aldh1a1, Th) or 59°C (Gapdh, Actb, Msx1), and 1 min at 72°C. The final extension was 5 min at 72°C. Twenty μl volumes of RT-PCR products were analyzed by electrophoresis at 1% agarose gels and visualized by ethidium bromide staining.\nRNA purification and fluorescent dye incorporationFor RNA purification of undifferentiated hESCs, the latter were mechanically separated from hFCs, collected in a 500 μl volume of VitroHES media, rinsed in PBS buffer and spun down at 300 rcf for 5 min. hESC-derived cells grown atop PA6 cells were harvested using a papain dissociation kit (Worthington Biochemical Corporation), rinsed in PBS buffer and spun down as described above. The resulting cell pellets were resuspended in RLT buffer (Qiagen, USA), passed through the shredder column (Qiagen) and stored at -80°C until the RNA sample was purified following the RNeasy Micro Kit (Qiagen) protocol (without carrier RNA); with DNase I (Quiagen) treatment incorporated to the latter. RNA integrity was tested using both ND-1000 specrophotometer (NanoDrop, USA) and RNA Nano LabChip/2100 Bioanalyzer system (Agilent Technologies, USA).\nFluorescent label (24 nmol of the Cyanine 3-CTP (Cy3); PerkinElmer, USA) was incorporated to 350–500 ng of total RNA amplified using Low RNA Input Fluorescent Linear Amplification Kit (Agilent Technologies), generally following the kit manufacturer's protocol. Similarly, 24 nmols of the Cyanine 5-CTP (Cy5; PerkinElmer) fluorescent label were incorporated to 400 ng sample of Human Universal Reference RNA (Stratagene, USA); in addition, dye-swap replicate amplification were performed. Amplified fluorescent cRNA samples were purified using RNeasy mini-columns (Quiagen), and fluorescence of the eluted products was measured using ND-1000 specrophotometer (NanoDrop)."}