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Turk Lab Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Immunohistochemical Staining for: CRP

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1. Cut paraffin sections @ 4 microns and place on positively-charged slides (Surgipath X-tra Slides® 00210)

2. Microwave slides briefly 1-2 min. on high power until paraffin is just melted or bake in 60 degree C oven for 1 hour.

3. Deparaffinize , run slides to water and perform steamer (Black and Decker HS2000 vegetable steamer) retrieval @ 90-100 C in Dako Target Retrieval solution (S1699) for 30 min. with 20 min. room temperature (RT) cooling time. Distilled water rinse several times.

4. Quench endogenous peroxidase with fresh 3% H202 for 5 min.

5. Rinse with distilled water several times and place in Tris with Tween buffer (Dako S3306)

6. Block tissue with A/B block (Vector) for 15 min. each with a Tris withTween buffer rinse between and after.

7. Wipe around tissue and block with protein block (Dako X0909 ) for 10 min.

8. Drip protein block off slide and apply primary antibody for overnight incubation. Primary antibody: anti-CRP monoclonal anti-human (source: Sigma, catalog # C1688) 1:500 dilution on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Positive control is porcine HF (high fat) lesions (Figure 1) and liver (Figure 2).

9. Next day place slides in Tris with Tween buffer and rinse once.

10. Wipe around tissue and apply secondary antibody for 30 min. incubation at RT. (Dako, LSAB+ Kit, K0690)

11. Tris with Tween buffer rinse.

12. Apply label (Streptavadin, Dako , LSAB+ Kit K0690) for 30 min. at RT

13. Rinse with distilled water several times.

14. Wipe around slides and apply diaminobenzidine (DAB Dako, K3466) for 5-10 min., monitor slides and place in water when desired intensity has been reached.

15. Rinse several times with distilled water.

16. Apply DAB enhancer (Dako, S1961) for 5 min. at RT.

17. Rinse several times with distilled water.

18. Give a 1 min. hematoxylin counterstain followed by 10 seconds in 1% acid alcohol and 1 min. in ammonia water to blue.

19. Run through graded alcohols to xylene and coverslip with permanent mounting media.

 

Last GLP modification 7/1/04:
Jennifer Casati
James R. Turk

 

Material List (top)

1. Surgipath X-tra Slides® 00210

3. Black and Decker HS2000 vegetable steamer

3. Dako Target Retrieval solution S1699

5. Dako S3306

6. A/B block Vector

8. Primary antibody: anti-CRP monoclonal anti-human

10. Dako, LSAB+ Kit, K0690

12. Streptavadin, Dako , LSAB+ Kit K0690

14. DAB Dako, K3466



Literature (top)

C-reactive protein immunohistochemical localization in normal and atherosclerotic human aortas.

Immunohistochemical studies of C-reactive protein and apolipoprotein B in inflammatory and arterial lesions.

C-reactive protein frequently colocalizes with the terminal complement complex in the intima of early atherosclerotic lesions of human coronary arteries.

The regulation of superoxide generation and nitric oxide synthesis by C-reactive protein.

C-reactive protein in the arterial intima: role of C-reactive protein receptor-dependent monocyte recruitment in atherogenesis.

Generation of C-reactive protein and complement components in atherosclerotic plaques.

Cardiovascular disease: C-reactive protein and the inflammatory disease paradigm: HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, alpha-tocopherol, red yeast rice, and olive oil polyphenols. A review of the literature.

Relation of C-reactive protein to body fat distribution and features of the metabolic syndrome in Europeans and South Asians.

Weight loss reduces C-reactive protein levels in obese postmenopausal women.

Inflammatory biomarkers, hormone replacement therapy, and incident coronary heart disease: prospective analysis from the Women's Health Initiative observational study.

Hemostatic and inflammatory markers in obese youths: effects of exercise and adiposity.

Coming of age of C-reactive protein: using inflammation markers in cardiology.

The kidney as a second site of human C-reactive protein formation in vivo.

Alcohol consumption and plasma concentration of C-reactive protein.

Vascular smooth muscle cell activation by C-reactive protein.

C-reactive protein correlates with macrophage accumulation in coronary arteries of hypercholesterolemic pigs.