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Turk Lab Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Immunohistochemical Staining for nuclear factor kappa B (NFkB)

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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 = mouse monoclonal IgG1 recombinant amino-terminal 1-268 human nuclear factor kappa B (NFkB) p65
(source: Santa Cruz, SC-8008), 1:800 dilution. The antibody can be used on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using pig ovary as positive control.

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.

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

8. Primary antibody, mouse monoclonal IgG1 recombinant amino-terminal 1-268 human nuclear factor kappa B (NFkB) p65

10. Dako, LSAB+ Kit, K0690

12. Streptavadin, Dako , LSAB+ Kit K0690

14. DAB Dako, K3466

Literature (top)

Activated transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B is present in the atherosclerotic lesion.

Nuclear factor kappaB is activated in macrophages and epithelial cells of inflamed intestinal mucosa.

4-hydroxynonenal induces apoptosis, NF-kappaB-activation and formation of 8-isoprostane in vascular smooth muscle cells.

NF-kappa B nuclear localization and its prognostic significance in prostate cancer.

Involvement of inhibitory nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB)-independent NFkappaB activation in the gonadotropic regulation of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis expression during ovarian follicular development in vitro.

NF-kappa B nuclear localization and its prognostic significance in prostate cancer.

Pulmonary responses of acute exposure to ultrafine iron particles in healthy adult rats.

Involvement of nuclear factor kappa B in the regulation of rat luteal function: potential roles as survival factor and inhibitor of 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.

Abrogation of nuclear factor-kappaB activation is involved in zinc inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha production and liver injury.