Journal: Pharmaceuticals
Article Title: Anti-AMPA Receptor Autoantibodies Reduce Excitatory Currents in Rat Hippocampal Neurons
doi: 10.3390/ph16010077
Figure Lengend Snippet: Rabbit anti-AMPAR GluR3B immunogenicity response. ( A ) ELISA of protein A-purified AMPAR (GluR3) Aabs against the GluR3 immunisation peptide or an irrelevant peptide; n = 3 technical replicates. ( B ) Western blot of mouse whole brain lysate probed with a commercial anti-AMPAR antibody (cAMPAR), anti-AMPAR Aabs, a class-specific negative control rIgG (naïve) or secondary antibody only (negative control). Representative blots from n = 3 technical replicates. ( C ) Immunocytochemical staining of fixed primary cortical neuron on cultures. Cells (DIV8) were stained with anti-AMPAR Aabs (red), anti-βIII tubulin (green), GFAP (white) and nuclei counterstained with DAPI (blue). Examples of labelling of hippocampal neurons with anti-AMPAR Aabs (red) is indicated by the white arrows. Scale bars = 20 μm. Representative images from n = 3 technical replicates.
Article Snippet: Primary and secondary antibodies used were as follows: rabbit anti-AMPAR (1:100; raised against residues 60–73 of rat GluR3 ATD, AGC-010, Alomone Labs, Jerusalem, Israel); rabbit anti-IgG 1 (rIgG, 1:100, 011-000-003, Jackson ImmunoResearch, Cambridge, UK); mouse anti-IgG 2b (1:100, 70–4732, BioLegend, London, UK); mouse anti-βIII-tubulin (mIgG2b, 1:500, 801201, BioLegend, London, UK); mouse anti-glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (1:400, MAB3402, Millipore); goat anti-rabbit or anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 488/594/647 (all at 1:1000, Life Technologies, Loughborough, UK).
Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Purification, Western Blot, Negative Control, Staining