Doublecortin (DCX) Chicken Polyclonal Antibody

CAT#: CH23033-100

Doublecortin (DCX) chicken polyclonal antibody

Product Images

Cochlear neurons in the cochlear ganglion of an adult mouse brain stained green with doublecortin. Neurofilament immunoreactivity stained red using a rabbit antibody.

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  Cochlear neurons in the cochlear ganglion of an adult mouse brain stained green with doublecortin. Neurofilament immunoreactivity stained red using a rabbit antibody.

Specifications

Product Data

• Applications: IF, IHC
• Recommended Dilution: Immunocytochemistry: 1:1000 -1:2000.
  Immunohistochemistry: 1:1000-1:2000.
• Reactivities: Human, Mouse
• Host: Chicken
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Immunogen: Synthetic peptide (keyhole limpet hemocyanin -KLH conjugate) corresponding two different regions of the doublecortin gene, shared between human (CAA06617.1, NCBI), mouse (AAT58219.1, NCBI) sequences
• Formulation: State: Aff - Purified
  State: 100 ul Liquid PBS (pH 7.2; 10 mM; isotonic 0.9%, w/v) with sodium azide (0.02%, w/v).
• Purification: Affinity Chromatography
• Conjugation: Unconjugated
• Storage: Store at 4°C in the dark. Under these conditions, the antibody should have a shelf life of at least 12 months (provided they remain sterile). Do not freeze the antibody unless you want to store it for longer periods of time. Note, however, that each time an antibody preparation is frozen, about half its binding activity is lost.
• Gene Name: doublecortin
• Database Link:
  Entrez Gene 1641 Human
  UniProt ID O43602
• Background: Doublecortin (also known as doublecortex, lissencephalin) a microtubule-associated phosphoprotein coded by the gene DCX. Doublecortin binds to microtubules during neuronal migration promoting stability. Doublecortin immunostaining can be used as a marker of new neurons in the adult dentate gyrus and could be used to analyze changes in dentate neurogenesis in hippocampal tissue to study ageing or neurodegenerative diseases.
  Mutations to the gene DCX has been shown to lead to isolated lissencephaly sequence (ILS). Individuals with ILS have abnormal brain development that results in lissenecephaly (smooth appearance) instead of the brain’s normal gyri and sulci. Mutations to DCX can also lead to subcortical band heterotopia; which is the migration of neurons to incorrect locations in the brain.
• Synonyms: Lissencephalin-X, Doublin, DCX, DBCN, LISX
• Note: Protocol: Immunostaining Cell Cultures
  1. Draw of culture medium with aspirator and add 1 ml of 3.7 % formalin in PBS solution to the dish. (make up from 10mls Fisher 37% formalin plus 90mls PBS, the Fisher formalin contains 37% formaldehyde plus about 1% methanol which may be relevant sometimes). Let sit at room temp for 1 minute. (can add 0.1% Tween 20 to PBS used here and all subsequent steps to reduce background; probably best not to do this first time round though as it may extract your antigen or help wash your cells off the dish).
  2. Take off the formalin/PBS and add 1ml of cold methanol (-20°C, kept in well sealed bottle in fridge). Let sit for no more than 1 minute.
  3. Take off methanol and add 1ml of PBS, not letting the specimen dry out. To block nonspecific antibody binding can add ~10ml (=1%) of goat serum (Sigma), and can incubate for 30 minutes. Can then add antibody reagents. Typically 100ml of hybridoma tissue culture supernatent or 1ml of mouse ascites fluid or crude serum. Incubate for 1 hour at room temp. (or can go at 37°C for 30 minutes to 1 hour, or can do 4°C overnight, exact time not too critical). Can do very gentle shaking for well adherent cell lines (3T3, Hek293 etc.).
  4. Remove primary antibody and replace with 1 ml of PBS. Let sit for 5-10 minutes, replace PBS and repeat twice, to give three washes in PBS.
  5. Add 0.5 mls of secondary antibody. These are fluorescently labeled Goat anti mouse or rabbit antibodies and are conjugated to ALEXA dyes and are from Molecular probes (Eugene Oregon, the ALEXA dyes are sulphonated rhodamine compounds and are much more stable to UV than FITC, TRITC, Texas red etc.). Typically make 1:2,000 dilutions of these secondaries in PBS plus 1% goat serum, BSA or non fat milk carrier. Incubate for 1 hour at room temp. (or can go at 37°C for 30 minutes to 1 hour, or can do 4°C overnight). Can do gentle shaking for well adherent cell lines (3T3, HEK293 etc.).
  6. Remove secondary antibody and replace with 1 ml of PBS. Let sit for 5-10 minutes, replace PBS and repeat twice, to give three washes in PBS.
  7. Drop on one drop of Fisher mounting medium onto dish and apply 22mm square coverslip. View in the microscope!
  
  Immunostaining Tissue
  Solutions
  PBS - sodium phosphate-buffered (100 mM; pH 7.2) isotonic (0.9% NaCl, w/v) saline Antibody dilution buffer (PBS with 0.1% non-ionic detergent, such as Triton X-100 or Tween-20). For anti-fading, use Neuromics’ i-BRITE Plus –Catalog#: SF40000 or make your own fluorescein anti-fading reagent -- Make up a 2 mg/ml phenylene diamine solution in PBS (phenylene diamine requires extensive vortexing to put it into solution). Once the phenylene diamine is completely dissolved, add an equal volume of glycerol and mix. This reagent will last about a week at -20OC. Discard this reagent when it starts to turn dark brown.
  Other Reagents
  Fluorescein-labeled goat anti-chicken IgY
  1. Prepare your tissue sections or cultured cells as you normally would. Wash your sections or cells for 1 min with PBS at room temperature.
  2. Incubate your sections or cells with your chicken primary antibodies (diluted in "antibody dilution buffer") for at least 1 hour at room temperature. The concentration of your antibody may be anywhere from 1:50-1:150 depending on the titre of the antibody and the concentration of your antigen.
  3. Wash your sections or cells over a 10 minute period at room temperature (with two changes of PBS).
  4. Incubate your sections or cells with fluorescein-labeled goat anti-chicken IgY (1:500 dilution in "antibody dilution buffer” for 1 hour at room temperature. Be sure to keep these slides or culture dishes in subdued light (e.g., in a drawer) to avoid bleaching of the fluorescein dye.
  5. Repeat step #4
  6. Add a drop of "fluorescence anti-fading reagent" (i-BRITE Plus) to your sections or cells. Place a coverslip over the section. If you want to reduce messiness, you may also seal the coverslip by painting the edges with nail polish.
  7. Store the slides or culture dishes in the refrigerator (in the dark).