The supplementary figures and movies provide detailed experimental protocols and results supporting the main findings of the study. Key points include:
1. **Generation of Cardiomyocyte-Specific Reporter Mouse Line**:
- Transgenic mice with an α-MHC-GFP transgene were used to generate adult tail-tip or cardiac fibroblasts, which were infected with retroviruses encoding candidate cardiac transcription factors.
- Flow cytometry and imaging confirmed the specific expression of the transgene in cardiomyocytes.
2. **Generation of Retroviruses Encoding Individual Cardiac Transcription Factors**:
- Mouse 10T1/2 fibroblasts were infected with retroviruses encoding various cardiac transcription factors, and protein expression was confirmed by Western blot analysis.
3. **Screening for Transcription Factors to Reprogram Adult TTFs**:
- Flow cytometry plots and summary data showed the percentage of α-MHC-GFP+ cells after transduction with different combinations of cardiac transcription factors.
4. **Analysis of Cardiac Markers in Adult TTFs and CFs**:
- Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining confirmed the induction of cardiac markers in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with cardiac transcription factors.
5. **Time Course of Cardiac Gene Activation**:
- Flow cytometry plots and summary data showed the activation of cardiac genes over time in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with GHMT.
6. **Induction of Cardiomyocyte Markers in Adult TTFs and CFs**:
- Immunofluorescence staining and sarcomere-like structures were observed in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with GHMT.
7. **Gene Expression Profiles in Adult CFs Transduced with GHMT**:
- Microarray data and gene ontology analysis showed that GHMT transduced CFs expressed genes characteristic of adult cardiomyocytes.
8. **Analysis of Cardiac and Fibroblast Gene Expression in TTFs**:
- Real-time PCR quantified the expression of cardiac and fibroblast markers in TTFs.
9. **Tracing of Membrane Potentials in Spontaneously Beating iCLMs**:
- Membrane potential tracing showed the spontaneous beating of iCLMs reprogrammed from adult CFs and TTFs.
10. **Induction of iCLMs from CFs by Inducible Lentivirus Expression of GHMT**:
- Lentiviral vectors expressing cardiac transcription factors were used to induce iCLMs in adult CFs.
11. **GHMT Induction of iCLMs is Cell-Autonomous**:
- Immunostaining and quantification confirmed that the induction of iCLMs is cell-autonomous.
12. **Retrovirus Infected Non-Cardiomyocytes in the Ischemic Area of the Injured Heart**:
- H&EThe supplementary figures and movies provide detailed experimental protocols and results supporting the main findings of the study. Key points include:
1. **Generation of Cardiomyocyte-Specific Reporter Mouse Line**:
- Transgenic mice with an α-MHC-GFP transgene were used to generate adult tail-tip or cardiac fibroblasts, which were infected with retroviruses encoding candidate cardiac transcription factors.
- Flow cytometry and imaging confirmed the specific expression of the transgene in cardiomyocytes.
2. **Generation of Retroviruses Encoding Individual Cardiac Transcription Factors**:
- Mouse 10T1/2 fibroblasts were infected with retroviruses encoding various cardiac transcription factors, and protein expression was confirmed by Western blot analysis.
3. **Screening for Transcription Factors to Reprogram Adult TTFs**:
- Flow cytometry plots and summary data showed the percentage of α-MHC-GFP+ cells after transduction with different combinations of cardiac transcription factors.
4. **Analysis of Cardiac Markers in Adult TTFs and CFs**:
- Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence staining confirmed the induction of cardiac markers in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with cardiac transcription factors.
5. **Time Course of Cardiac Gene Activation**:
- Flow cytometry plots and summary data showed the activation of cardiac genes over time in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with GHMT.
6. **Induction of Cardiomyocyte Markers in Adult TTFs and CFs**:
- Immunofluorescence staining and sarcomere-like structures were observed in adult TTFs and CFs transduced with GHMT.
7. **Gene Expression Profiles in Adult CFs Transduced with GHMT**:
- Microarray data and gene ontology analysis showed that GHMT transduced CFs expressed genes characteristic of adult cardiomyocytes.
8. **Analysis of Cardiac and Fibroblast Gene Expression in TTFs**:
- Real-time PCR quantified the expression of cardiac and fibroblast markers in TTFs.
9. **Tracing of Membrane Potentials in Spontaneously Beating iCLMs**:
- Membrane potential tracing showed the spontaneous beating of iCLMs reprogrammed from adult CFs and TTFs.
10. **Induction of iCLMs from CFs by Inducible Lentivirus Expression of GHMT**:
- Lentiviral vectors expressing cardiac transcription factors were used to induce iCLMs in adult CFs.
11. **GHMT Induction of iCLMs is Cell-Autonomous**:
- Immunostaining and quantification confirmed that the induction of iCLMs is cell-autonomous.
12. **Retrovirus Infected Non-Cardiomyocytes in the Ischemic Area of the Injured Heart**:
- H&E