{"id":607,"date":"2015-02-08T23:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-08T23:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joekitz.com\/LungMap\/?p=607"},"modified":"2018-08-14T16:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:50:14","slug":"e16-5_c57bl6_hopx_nkx2-1_acta2_confocal-imaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.cchmc.org\/lungimage\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"E16.5 C57Bl6 HOPX, NKX2.1, and ACTA2 Confocal Imaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"607\" class=\"elementor elementor-607 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bfadda7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bfadda7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6394ef51\" data-id=\"6394ef51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638d5a66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638d5a66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Immunofluorescence- <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scbt.com\/datasheet-30216-hop-fl-73-antibody.html\" target=\"_Blank\"><strong>HOPX<\/strong><\/a><strong>, NKX2.1, and <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/catalog\/product\/sigma\/a5228?lang=en&amp;region=US\" target=\"_Blank\"><strong>ACTA2<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Purpose:<\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Stain slides of paraffin sections of C57BL6 E16.5 lung for <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scbt.com\/datasheet-30216-hop-fl-73-antibody.html\" target=\"_Blank\"><strong>HOPX<\/strong><\/a><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">, NKX2.1, and <\/strong><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/catalog\/product\/sigma\/a5228?lang=en&amp;region=US\" target=\"_Blank\"><strong>ACTA2<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"> with antigen retrieval.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Day 1<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Paraffin sections are placed at 60<sup>o<\/sup>C for 2 hours to overnight to melt paraffin. Paraffin sections are then placed in xylene 3X for 10 minutes each, followed by 3X in 100% ETOH for 3 minutes each, 95% ETOH for 3 minutes each, and 70% ETOH for 3 minutes each. Slides are then placed in 1X PBS for 5 minutes to completely rehydrate tissue.<\/li><li>Briefly equilibrate slides in Antigen Retrieval Buffer.<\/li><li>10 mM sodium citrate, pH 6.0, and heat in a microwave for 15 min at 90<sup>o<\/sup>C.\u00a0*We usually do a series of three runs to equal the time\/temp because of evaporation (refill coplin jars with dH<sub>2<\/sub>O).<\/li><li>Microwave according to instructions on microwave.<\/li><li>Cool on countertop, 15 min.<\/li><li>Rinse with dH<sub>2<\/sub>O.<\/li><li>1X PBS, 5 min.<\/li><li>Block in 4% Goat serum\/PBS-T, 2 hours at RT.<\/li><li>For Rabbit anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scbt.com\/datasheet-30216-hop-fl-73-antibody.html\" target=\"_Blank\"><strong>HOPX<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scbt.com\/datasheet-30216-hop-fl-73-antibody.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SC-30216<\/a>, Lot # C2212, Santa Cruz) dilute 1:200, For guinea pig anti-NKX2.1 (G237, Bl. 10\/7\/11) dilute 1:500, for mouse anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/catalog\/product\/sigma\/a5228?lang=en\u00aeion=US\" target=\"blank\"><strong>ACTA2<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/catalog\/product\/sigma\/a5228?lang=en\u00aeion=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A5228<\/a>, Sigma)\u00a0dilute 1:2000 in blocking buffer and incubate on tissue overnight @ 4<sup>o<\/sup>C.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Day 2<\/strong><\/p><ol><li>Rinse slides in PBS-T 3X, 5 min.<\/li><li>Apply secondary antibody, Goat Alexa Fluor 488 anti-rabbit IgG (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifetechnologies.com\/order\/catalog\/product\/A11034?ICID=search-a11034\" target=\"blank\"><strong>A11034<\/strong><\/a>, Lot# 1298480, for anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scbt.com\/datasheet-30216-hop-fl-73-antibody.html\" target=\"blank\"><strong>HOPX<\/strong><\/a>), Goat Alexa Fluor 555 anti-guinea pig IgG (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetechnologies.com\/order\/catalog\/product\/A21435?ICID=search-a21435\" target=\"blank\"><strong>A21435<\/strong><\/a>, Lot# 1571699, NKX2.1) at 1:200 at 1:200, Donkey Alexa Fluor 647 anti-mouse IgG (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifetechnologies.com\/order\/catalog\/product\/A31571?ICID=search-a31571\" target=\"blank\"><strong>A31571<\/strong><\/a>, Lot# 1366514, anti-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigmaaldrich.com\/catalog\/product\/sigma\/a5228?lang=en\u00aeion=US\" target=\"blank\"><strong>ACTA2<\/strong><\/a>) at 1:200, in blocking buffer. Spin down antibody cocktail in a \u00b5fuge for 10 min and incubated at room temperature for 1 hour.<\/li><li>Rinse in PBS-T 3X, 5 min.<\/li><li>Dilute DAPI 1:2000 and apply to slides for 10 min.<\/li><li>Wash in PBS-T 3X, 5 min.<\/li><li>Rinse slides in 0.1M PB or TB, 3X, 5 min.<\/li><li>Add 1 drop of Prolong Gold anti-fade mounting medium (P36930).<\/li><li>Coverslip with Gold Seal Coverslip (Cat# 3422 Electron Microscopy Sciences, 22 X 22 mm).<\/li><li>Allow Prolong Gold to cure overnight at room temp in light sealed box.<\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Tissue Used: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>LMM.14.24.4.30 E16.5<\/p><p>Gender: Male<\/p><p>Crown-to-Rump Length: 16.0 mm<\/p><p>Weight=0.592g<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Appendix<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Antigen Retrieval Solution<\/strong><\/p><p>18ml Solution A- 0.1M Citric Acid (Sigma, C1909) pH 2.5<\/p><p>82ml Reagent B- 0.1M Sodium Citrate (Sigma, S4641 ) pH 8.2<\/p><p>1L dH<sub>2<\/sub>O<\/p><p>pH 6.0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a745568 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a745568\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9135a9\" data-id=\"7c9135a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fcd9d61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-facebook-comments\" data-id=\"7fcd9d61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"facebook-comments.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-facebook-widget fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/research.cchmc.org\/lungimage?p=607\" data-width=\"100%\" data-numposts=\"10\" data-order-by=\"social\" style=\"min-height: 1px\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed9d831\" data-id=\"ed9d831\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immunofluorescence- HOPX, NKX2.1, and ACTA2 Purpose:\u00a0 Stain slides of paraffin sections of C57BL6 E16.5 lung for HOPX, NKX2.1, and ACTA2 with antigen retrieval. 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