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Table 1 Primary antibodies and modes of antigen retrieval for immunohistochemistry

From: Microglia pre-activation and neurodegeneration precipitate neuroinflammation without exacerbating tissue injury in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Antibody

Origin

Dilution

Antigen retrieval

CSA

Source

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) [clone 22C11]

Mouse (mAb)

1:1000

St (C)

 

Chemicon, Merck Millipore; MAB348

CD3 [clone SP7]

Rabbit (mAb)

1:2000

St (E)

yes

Neomarkers; RM-9107

CD68 [clone ED1]

Mouse

1:10,000

St (E)

 

Serotec

2′,3’-Cyclic-nucleotide 3′-phosphodiesterase (CNPase) [clone SMI 91]

Rabbit (mAb)

1:2000

St (E)

 

Sternberger Monoclonals; SMI91

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:3000

St (E)

 

Dako; Z0334

Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba-1)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:3000

St (E)

 

Wako Chemicals; 019–19741

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:750

St (C)

 

Chemicon, Merck Millipore; AB16311

MHC class II RT1B [clone OX-6]

Mouse (mAb)

1:250

St (E)

 

Serotec; MCA46G

Neuronal nuclei (NeuN) [clone A60]

Mouse (mAb)

1:250

St (C)

 

Chemicon, Merck Millipore; MAB377

Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (NG2)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:250

St (E)

 

Chemicon, Merck Millipore; AB5320

Oligodendrocyte transcription factor 2 (Olig2)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:1000

St (E)

 

Chemicon, Merck Millipore; AB9610

p22phox [clone FL-195]

Rabbit (pAb)

1:100 for pre-absorptiona

St (C)

 

Santa Cruz Biotechnology; sc20781

Purinergic receptor P2Y12 (P2RY12)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:1000

St (E)

yes

Kindly provided by Oleg Butovsky (Harvard Medical School)

Transmembrane protein 119 (TMEM119)

Rabbit (pAb)

1:1000

St (E)

 

Synaptic Systems; 400002

ATP synthase alpha [clone 7H10]

Mouse (mAb)

1:200

St (E)

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific; 459240

Phosphorylated neurofilament H [clone SMI 31]

Mouse (mAb)

1:20,000

St (E)

 

Affiniti; NA1219

  1. St, steaming of sections using the indicated buffer solution; C, 10 mM citrate buffer (pH 6.0); E, 1 mM EDTA in 10 mM Tris (pH 8.6); mAb, monoclonal antibody; pAb, polyclonal antibody; CSA, catalysed signal amplification via biotinylated tyramine enhancement
  2. ap22phox antibody was pre-absorbed with Lewis cortex homogenate in order to reduce unspecific background staining