The Antibody Identifies BrdU+ Cells Well

Pathology
Stanford
Graduate Student

Overall

Quality of Results

Ease-of-Optimization

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Company:

BD Biosciences

Product Name:

Alexa Fluor® 647 Mouse anti-BrdU

Catalog Number:

560209

We wanted to look at proliferating cells in the mouse intestine, so we administered the mice with BrdU intra-peritoneally then stained with anti-BrdU.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Mouse large intestine

Primary Incubation

1:100 in 1% BSA in PBS overnight

Blocking Agent

5% goat serum in 1% BSA

Secondary Incubation

1:200 in PBS for 1 hour at room temperature

Tertiary Incubation

None

Detection

Confocal microscopy

Results Summary

The antibody stains cells that incorporated BrdU very well.

DOI or PMID #

N/A

Additional Notes

Sections were treated with acid (1 N HCl) prior to staining.

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Summary

The Good

The antibody stains BrdU very well.

The Bad

Might have to optimize a bit to visualize BrdU optimally

The Bottom Line

The antibody is great for identifying proliferating cells

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