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Blocking Strategies for IHC antibodies

Before using antibodies for the detection of proteins by immunohistochemistry (IHC), all epitopes of the tissue sample must be blocked to prevent nonspecific antibody binding. Otherwise, the antibodies or other detection reagents may be connected to all the epitopes of the sample, regardless of the specificity.

Fluorescent detection of vimentin and lamin IHC B1 in normal colon tissue. Sections of normal human colon cancer tissues were blocked with BSA buffer Thermo Scientific blocking windows before incubation with anti-vimentin antibodies and anti-lamin B1 antibody, followed by incubation with Thermo Scientific DyLight 405 goat anti-mouse or Thermo Scientific DyLight 549 goat anti-rabbit secondary antibodies, respectively. The cell nuclei were against green.

Introduction

In principle, any protein that does not have a binding affinity for the target or probe in the assay components can be used for blocking. In practice, however, some proteins work better than others, because they are easier to connect to non-specific sites (also known as reactive sites) and stabilize the function of other system components. In fact, any protein or protein mixture that works best for all IHC experiments and empirical testing is essential to get the best results for a given specific antibody and the support system combination.
General Procedures blocks
Blocking step for IHC is most often done after all other sample preparation and prior to sample incubation with the primary antibody. The general protocol be incubated with fixed, built, installed, and clears the sample IHC mask with appropriate blocking buffer for a period of time from 30 minutes to overnight at room temperature or at 4 ° C or on the basis protocol optimized for each specific antibody and antigen target. Enough after washing is essential to remove excess protein, which can interfere with the detection of the target antigen blocking step.
Types of blocking buffer
Normal serum
Normal serum is a common blocking agent, since serum contains antibodies that bind to the reactive sites, and thus prevent the nonspecific binding of the secondary antibody used in the assay. A key factor, however, is to use serum of the species in which the secondary antibody is generated, unlike the case of the primary antibody. The main types of serum antibody binds to the reactive sites, but these secondary antibodies recognize non-specific antibodies bound to antibodies bound to the target antigen.
The protein solutions
In addition, serum proteins, concentrated buffer in 0.1 to 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA), the skim milk powder or gelatin is frequently used to cover all the proteins present in the sample. Forcing this approach to overcome the primary antibodies for blocking the protein binding to cognate ligands, while reducing non-specific binding of anti-substance has a greater affinity for non-specific epitopes than do proteins buffering. Although these pads can be easily performed in the laboratory, for best results, they should be fresh before use, which increases the time and expense of color IHC.
Prefabricated commercial Buffers
Ready blocking buffers are available for securing a sample to antibody treatment. These buffers may contain high concentrations of single purified protein or protein free of proprietary compounds. One advantage of using commercial blockers is that there are many options available that work better than gelatin or casein and improved life.

Blocking antibody with immunizing peptide protocol

Pre-incubation of antibody with the immunogen to demonstrate specificity

Nonspecific binding of antibody to proteins other than antigen, may sometimes occur. It is generally more frequently with polyclonal antibodies, but may occur with a monoclonal antibody as well.

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To determine which band or staining is specific to the immunized peptide blocking experiments can be performed. Before proceeding to the staining protocol, the antibody was neutralized (incubated with an excess of a peptide corresponding to the epitope recognized by the antibody). An antibody that binds to the blocking peptide is no longer able to bind to an epitope present in a protein on Western Blot or in the cell. In neutralizing antibody was then used alongside antibody alone, and the results compared. By comparing the color of blocking antibodies against the antibody alone, you can see which color is specific: this color will be absent from the Western Blot or immuno performed with neutralizing antibody.

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Materials and reagents
Blocking buffer (typically TBST plus 5% nonfat dry milk, or 3% BSA in Western Blot, PBS or plus 1% BSA for IHC)
Blocking antibodies (immunizing) peptide
Two pipes
Two identical samples (e.g., Western Blot with two identical panels, cut in half, two slides containing the cells of interest, etc.)

Method
Determination of the optimal concentration of antibodies that consistently gave positive results in particular its Protocol. The use of this concentration, to determine how much antibody would have for the two experiments. For example, the antibody was successfully used in the Western Blot of 0.5 g / ml. You will have 2 ml solution of the antibody to stain a strip of Western Blot. Thus, you can use one mu antibody in 2 ml buffer for each band.
Dilute the required amount of antibody in Blocking buffer to a final volume required for both experiments. Divide this equally into two tubes. The first tube marked “locked” blocking peptide added to a final concentration of 1 ug / ml (2 ug total peptide in this example). The second tube labeled “Control” is added an equivalent amount of buffer.
Incubate for two tubes, with stirring at room temperature for 30 minutes, or overnight at 4 ° C.
Perform protocol coloring two absolutely identical samples using a blocking antibody and monitored for one another. Be careful not to mix the two bands using antibodies blocked and control!
Observe the color. Coloring which vanishes when using blocking antibody is specific for the antibody. (See note below)

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Notes
1. If more than one band disappears in Western Blot of competition peptide / antigen, these groups contain antigenic determinants and can be fragments of full antigen or a complex comprising an antigen.

Antibodies – Blocking/Neutralization Methods, Techniques, Protocols

Antibodies – Blocking/Neutralization Methods, Techniques, Protocols

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• Definition: A method to test the specificity of antibodies or to reduce nonspecific background staining, used as a negative control, competition control, absorption, isotype control, etc..
• Demonstration of antibodies specific antigen (peptide / protein) blocking – It’s not unusual to see more than one lane in the West, when probed with antibodies or see more diffuse staining in immunolocalization studies. This raises the question of the group (s) / color specific. Examined the specificity of the antibody competition with excess antigen (peptide or protein) or immuno-neutralization antigen.

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• A new blocking method for application of murine monoclonal antibody to mouse tissue sections – antigen detection with the primary antibody of the same type as the test tissue is complicated by a high level of background staining using an indirect immunohistochemical methods. This severely limits the use of mouse monoclonal antibodies on mouse tissue, the most widely used experimental model system, there is no method to lock these feelings. Here we show that the background color is in the system generates a large extent through the secondary antibody binding to Fc and Fab immunoglobulin and other endogenous tissuecomponents. A simple and effective strategy to block created using papain digested whole fragments of anti-mouse secondary enriched AGS unlabeled Fc fragment of the IGS.
• Blocking unwanted non-specific staining immunohistochemistry – Source unwanted color,

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but poor knowledge of the reactivity of antibodies and malignancy, is associated with endogenous enzyme or fluorochrome, endogenous biotin, endogenous antibody activity (Fc receptor), Crossreactivity secondary reagents with endogenous proteins.
• Sample Preparation – Blocking – When using antibodies to stain specimens is often necessary to block the sample in order to reduce non-specific binding. Non-specific binding can occur for several reasons: The UN reacted aldehydes, may be a link between antibodies to inappropriate structures (especially with glutaraldehyde) or very highly charged hydrophobic structure models can “capture” antibody, or when using polyclonal antibodies, low affinity IgG that can bind speciously structures are not interested in.

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