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Immuno-staining N2102EP ORF1 (leica DM4000b)

Mehrnoosh5th August 2020 at 11:45am

Cell line: N2102EP & HEK293 Flip-In Trex

Clean the coverslips (1H):

  • Wash with concentrated HCl
  • Wash with water 10X
  • Wash with 70% Ethanol 2X
  • Dry in hood

Grow cells on cover slip:

  • Grow cells on coverslips 10 - -12 mm diameter for one or two days in 24 well plate:

50% till 70% confluency (two replicates) Also two wells/coverslips with HEK293T cells..

Fix cells:

  • Add formalin 37% (0.1 Volume) on the top of media and let it stay in RT for 30’
  • PBS wash 2X

Permeabilize cells:

  • Add Triton X100 0.1% in PBS for 10’
  • PBS wash 3X

Block cells:

  • Block with PBS + 1% BSA solution for 20-30’ RT

Probe with antibody:

  • Dilute ORF1 antibody (4H1 1mg/mL) in PBS+1% BSA Solution 1:100
  • Incubate cells with antibody for 1 hr in RT
  • PBS wash 3X
  • Dilute Secondary Alexa-594 conjugate in PBS+1% BSA Solution 1:250
  • Incubate cells with secondary Alexa-594 conjugate
  • PBS wash 3X

Mount on Microscope slide:

  • Mount coverslips on microscope slide using vectashield
  • Store at -20 if want to re-probe it

Find below the results:

HEK293t_ORF1_A

HEK293t_ORF1_B

N2102EP_ORF1_A

N2102EP_ORF1_B