Protocol for immunostaining with rabbit polyclonal Ab against mouse type X collagen


1. Fix sections with 5%glacial acetic acid/95%ethanol at 40C for 15 mins.

2. Wash sections with PBS (3 X lOmin.)

3. Treat sections with 0.2% bovine testicular hyaluronidase (Sigma type IV-S) in PBS for 30min atRT.

4. Wash sections with PBS (3 X 5min.)

5. Block the sections with 20% goat serum (Sigma) in PBS with 3% BSA.

6.Wash sections with PBS (3 X 5min.)

7. Apply 10 antibody, using 1:500 dilution (in PBS/3%BSA) and incubate at RT for

l-2hr. OR overnight at 40C.

8. Wash sections with PBS (3 X 5min.)

9. Apply FITC-conjugated goat anti-rabbit Ig (IgM+IgG,H+L) 20 antibody from Southern Biotechnology (diluted 1:80 in PBS/3%BSA with 5% normal mouse serum) and incubated for 1/2 hr at RT in the dark.

10. Wash sections with PBS (3 X 5min.) and mount in Vectashield(VECTOR).

Different Hyaluronidase concentrations have to be tested for the best result of different kinds of samples. You can do a titration from 0.l%-2%.

For 10 antibody, I tried the dilution from 1:50-1:1000, and found that the staining was still good at 1:500. May be you can do a titration too.

All steps were carried out in a moist chamber.

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