Immunohistochemistry with Anti-Human Tryptase mAb-Biotin
Conjugate
This is the protocol used by Promega R&D on human bladder tissue.
Obtain paraffin blocks of tissue samples and cut 6.0μm sections.
Deparaffinize the section as follows:
Wash 2 times for 5 minutes each in either xylene or Hemo De (xylene substitute)
Soak 3 minutes in 100% ethanol
Soak 3 minutes in 95% ethanol
Soak 3 minutes in 70% ethanol
Wash 2 times for 2 minutes each in PBS
Block the sections for 30 minutes in PBS containing 1.0% BSA.
Incubate with a 1:100 dilution of the Anti-Human Tryptase mAb-Biotin Conjugate in PBS
containing 1.0% BSA for 60 minutes at room temperature. Dilution may require
optimization with different tissues and different samples.
Wash 3 times for 3 minutes each time with PBS.
Incubate sections for 60 minutes with a streptavidin-Cy3 conjugate (Jackson
Immunoresearch, Cat. #016-160-084) diluted 1:2000 in PBS.
Wash 3 times for 3 minutes each time with PBS.
Mount in Vectashield® Mounting Media with DAPI (Vector Laboratories, Cat.
#H1200).