CRH Antibody Staining Protocol for Immunohistochemistry

 

Description: CRH is a 41-amino acid peptide derived by enzymatic cleavage from a 191-amino acid preprohormone and is located on 8q13. It is made not only in the hypothalamus but also in peripheral tissues, such as T lymphocytes, and is expressed in very large amounts in the human placenta. As a placental clock, CRH controls the duration of pregnancy and that the timing of the rise in CRH may permit prediction of the onset of labor. Furthermore, CRH is the most proximal element of the HPA axis, and it acts as a central coordinator for neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stress. In addition, placental secretion of CRH is a marker of the 'placental clock' that is active from an early stage in human pregnancy and determines the length of gestation and the timing of parturition and delivery.

 

Primary Antibody

Name: CRH IHC Antibody

Clone: Rabbit Polyclonal

Supplier: IHC World

Catalog Number: IW-PA1128

Dilution: Ready to Use

Incubation Time/Temp: 60 min/room temperature

Antigen Retrieval

Device: IHC-TekTM Epitope Retrieval Steamer Set (Cat# IW-1102)

Buffer/pH value: IHC-TekTM Epitope Retrieval Solution (Cat# IW-1100)

Heat/Cool Temperature: 95-100 ºC/room temperature

Heat/Cool Time: 20 minutes/20 minutes

Detection Methods

Standard Method: ABC Method or LSAB Method

Enhanced Method: Polymeric Methods

Chromogen Substrate

Reagent: DAB

Incubation Time/Temperature: 1-3 minutes/room temperature

Counterstain

Reagent: Mayer's Hematoxylin

Staining Time: 30 seconds

Results:

Staining Pattern: Secreted

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Additional Information:

Species Reactivity: Human, mouse, rat

Fixation: Formalin fixed paraffin embedded sections or acetone fixed frozen sections.

Positive Control: Brain (hypothalamus), placenta, thymus.

Negative Control: Omit primary antibody, isotype control, absorption control

Blocking: Normal serum blocking is not needed for this RTU antibody; 0.5-3% H2O2 to block endogenous peroxidase activity; avidin/biotin to block endogenous biotin activity if necessary

 

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