ICC/IF image of ab110203 stained MCF7 cells. The cells were 4% formaldehyde fixed (10 min) and then incubated in 1%BSA / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h to permeabilise the cells and block non-specific protein-protein interactions. The cells were then incubated with the antibody (ab110203 1µg/ml) overnight at +4°C. The secondary antibody (green) was ab96899, DyLight® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L) used at a 1/250 dilution for 1h. Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red) at a 1/200 dilution for 1h. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue) at a concentration of 1.43µM. This antibody also gave a positive result in 4% foarmaldehyde fixed (10 min) Hek293 cells at 1µg/ml, and in 100% methanol fixed (5 min) HeLa and MCF7 cells at 1µg/ml.
All lanes : Anti-IQGAP1 antibody (ab110203) at 1 µg/mlLane 1 : Placenta (Human) Tissue Lysate - adult normal tissue (ab29745)Lane 2 : HeLa (Human epithelial carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell LysateLane 3 : HEK293 (Human embryonic kidney cell line) Whole Cell LysateLysates/proteins at 10 µg per lane.SecondaryGoat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) preadsorbed (ab97080) at 1/5000 dilutiondeveloped using the ECL techniquePerformed under reducing conditions.
IHC image of IQGAP1 staining in Human skin melanoma formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue section, performed on a Leica BondTM system using the standard protocol F. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH6, epitope retrieval solution 1) for 20 mins. The section was then incubated with ab110203, 1µg/ml, for 15 mins at room temperature and detected using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX.For other IHC staining systems (automated and non-automated) customers should optimize variable parameters such as antigen retrieval conditions, primary antibody concentration and antibody incubation times.