Materials & Methods > Core B > Immunohistochemical Staining for VCAM-1
 

Turk Lab Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Immunohistochemical Staining for VCAM-1

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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 with Tween 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. Apply mouse anti-human VCAM-1 from Serotec (# CD106), 1:50 dilution, to formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue; a positive control is porcine HFC vessel.

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. Mouse anti-human VCAM-1

10. Dako, LSAB+ Kit, K0690

12. Streptavadin, Dako , LSAB+ Kit K0690

14. DAB Dako, K3466



Literature (top)

Porcine vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) mediates endothelial cell adhesion to human T cells. Development of blocking antibodies specific for porcine VCAM.

Humanized porcine VCAM-specific monoclonal antibodies with chimeric IgG2/G4 constant regions block human leukocyte binding to porcine endothelial cells.

VCAM-1 contributes to rapid eosinophil accumulation induced by the chemoattractants PAF and LTB4: evidence for basal expression of functional VCAM-1 in rat skin.

Modulation of expression of endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule-1, platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1, and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in aortic arch lesions of apolipoprotein E-deficient compared with wild-type mice.

A major role for VCAM-1, but not ICAM-1, in early atherosclerosis.

Polyethylene glycol reduces early and long-term cold ischemia-reperfusion and renal medulla injury.

Lipid lowering reduces oxidative stress and endothelial cell activation in rabbit atheroma.

An external, oversized, porous polyester stent reduces vein graft neointima formation, cholesterol concentration, and vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 expression in cholesterol-fed pigs.

The atheroprotective effect of 17 beta-estradiol is not altered in P-selectin- or ICAM-1-deficient hypercholesterolemic mice.