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Turk Lab Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Immunohistochemical Staining for xanthine oxidase

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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 IgG1 monolclonal (Clone 145.4) anti-C-terminal 358 a.a. fragment of human xanthine oxidase (source: LabVision MS-474), 1:100 dilution. The antibody can be used on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue using pig liver 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 IgG1 monolclonal (Clone 145.4) anti-C-terminal 358 a.a. fragment of human xanthine oxidase

10. Dako, LSAB+ Kit, K0690

12. Streptavadin, Dako , LSAB+ Kit K0690

14. DAB Dako, K3466

Literature (top)

Circulating plasma xanthine oxidase contributes to vascular dysfunction in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.

Expression of superoxide dismutase and xanthine oxidase in myometrium, fetal membranes and placenta during normal human pregnancy and parturition.

Xanthine oxidase inhibition reverses endothelial dysfunction in heavy smokers.

Role of xanthine oxidoreductase and NAD(P)H oxidase in endothelial superoxide production in response to oscillatory shear stress.

Role of xanthine oxidase in conduit artery endothelial dysfunction in cigarette smokers.

L-Arginine inhibits xanthine oxidase-dependent endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemia.

Oxidative stress and vascular disease.

Acute inhibition of the endogenous xanthine oxidase improves renal hemodynamics in hypercholesterolemic pigs.