Journal: Bio-protocol
Article Title: An Integrated Workflow for Three-Dimensional Visualization of Human Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Nuclei
doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.5281
Figure Lengend Snippet: The C2C12 (ATCC CRL-1772) mouse myoblast cell line incubated in sp2/0-ag14 conditioned serum media was used as a negative control for Pax7 identification. The sp2/0-ag14 serum replaced the traditional horse serum, which induces differentiation and expression of Pax7. This figure plate shows a very weak nonspecific background signal but not Pax7 positive labeling. C2C12 cells were thawed at passage 13 (P13) and cultured for 5 days in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium + 1% penicillin-streptomycin + 10% heat-inactivated FBS at 37 °C in an incubator with 5% CO 2 . Cells were then passaged and incubated in the same culture media but with sp2/0-ag14 conditioned sera for 3 days. The immunohistochemical protocol was run at cell passage 14 (P14) in an 8-well Ibidi μ-slide with a 200 μL working volume. Briefly, cells were fixed in 2% formaldehyde for 10 min, blocked in 3% hydrogen peroxide for 7 min to quench endogenous peroxidase activity, blocked in 3% normal goat serum diluted in 1× HBSS+0.1% sucrose+1.0% saponin for 20 min, and incubated overnight in a mouse monoclonal anti-Pax7 IgG1 primary antibody (dilution 1:100). The next day, cells were incubated in goat anti-mouse IgG1 biotin-SP-conjugated secondary antibody (dilution 1:1,000) for 60 min, incubated in streptavidin horseradish peroxidase conjugate for 60 min, amplified with Alexa Fluor 594 tyramide conjugate (dilution 1:200) for 20 min, and counterstained with 10 mM DAPI for 30 min. VectaShield antifade mounting media was added, and plates were stored at 4°C until imaging. Images were acquired using an Olympus IX-81 epifluorescent inverted microscope with the Olympus UPlanSApo 40×/0.95 NA long-working-distance objective and SlideBook 6.0 software. Scale bar = 20 μm.
Article Snippet: Biotinylated-SP goat anti-mouse IgG1 secondary antibody , Jackson ImmunoResearch , 115-065-205 , Mouse IgG1 , Goat/IgG1 , (1:1,000)/2.5% NHS , -20 °C.
Techniques: Incubation, Negative Control, Expressing, Labeling, Cell Culture, Modification, Immunohistochemical staining, Activity Assay, Amplification, Imaging, Inverted Microscopy, Software