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Table 1 Immunohistochemical staining procedures.

From: Pyelonephritis in slaughter pigs and sows: Morphological characterization and aspects of pathogenesis and aetiology

Antibody

specificity

Clone

Source/cat. no.

Dilution1

Washing2

Blocking of endogenous peroxidase activity3

Blocking of

unspecific protein binding4

Antigen retrieval5

Detection6

Chromogen7/min

Nonsense antibody8

Monoclonal

          

Mouse anti-porcine CD3ε

PPT3

SouthernBiotech, Inc USA/

SB 4510-01

1:1000a

TBS

+0.5% Triton-X-100

0.6% H2O2

Ultra V Blocka

Tris-EGTAa

Ultra vision ONE HRP Polymera

DABa/6

X0931

Mouse anti-human CD79αcy

HM57

Dakocytomation, Denmark/

M7051

1:50c

TBS

+0.5% Triton-X-100

0.6% H2O2

Ultra V Blocka

Tris-EDTAb

Ultra vision ONE HRP Polymera

DABa/10

X0931

Mouse anti-human monocyte,

macrophage, neutrophil

MAC387

Serotec Ltd, UK/MCA874G/

MAC387

1:500d

TBS

0.6% H2O2

Ultra V Blocka

Tris-EDTAb

UltraVision LP large volume detection system HRP polymerb

AECb/10

X0931

Polyclonal

          

Goat anti-pig IgG-Fc fragment

Bethyl Laboratories, USA/

A100-104A

1:7000c

TBS

0.6% H2O2

5% rabbit serumb

Proteasec

PAP-goatc

DABa/6

I9140

Goat anti-pig IgA

Bethyl Laboratories, USA/

A100-102A

1:4000c

TBS

0.6% H2O2

5% rabbit serumb

Proteasec

PAP-goatc

DABa/6

I9140

Goat anti-pig IgM μ-

chain specific

Bethyl Laboratories, USA/

A100-100A

1:5000c

TBS

0.6% H2O2

5% rabbit serumb

Proteasec

PAP-goatc

DABa/6

I9140

Rabbit anti-human

Lysozym

Dakocytomation, Denmark/

A0099

1:200a

TBS

+0.5% Triton-X-100

3% H2O2

Ultra V Blocka

0.1% trypsine

Ultra vision ONE HRP Polymera

DABa/10

X0903

Rabbit anti-

Escherichia Coli

Dakocytomation, Denmark/

B0357

1:500e

TBS

0.6% H2O2

Ultra V Blocka

Proteased

Ultra vision ONE HRP Polymera

AECb/10

X0903

Sheep anti-human

Uromucoid (IgG fraction)

The Binding Site Ltd, UK/

PC071

1:700b

TBS

+0.5% Triton-X-100

0.6% H2O2

5% rabbit serumb

Proteasec

AP-sheep/goatd

DABa/6

013-000-002

  1. 1 ab Diluted in a0.1% or b1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) (A7906, Sigma-Aldrich A/S Denmark) and 0.01% Tween 20 (P-1379, Sigma-Aldrich A/S, Denmark) in Tris-buffered saline 0.05 M Tris, pH 7.6, 0.15 M NaCl (TBS). cdDiluted in c0.1% or d2% BSA in TBS eDiluted in 5% normal swine serum (26250-084, Invitrogen, Denmark) in TBS.
  2. 2Triton X-100 (PIER28314, VWR - Bie & Berntsen A/S, Denmark).
  3. 315 min at room temperatur.
  4. 4 aUltra V Block from Ultra vision ONE HRP Polymer (TA-125-UB, Thermo Scientific, USA). bRabbit serum (X0902, Dakocytomation, Denmark).
  5. 5 ab Microwave oven in aTris-EGTA/bTris-EDTA buffer pH 9 2 × 5 min (watt 700) and 15 min cooling. cd Protease (P8038, Sigma-Aldrich A/S, Denmark) (d0.18-c0.36 mg/ml) in TBS followed by incubation in ice cold TBS (pH 7.6) for 2 × min. eTrypsin 1 mg/ml (Sigma-Aldrich A/S, Denmark) in TBS for 2 h at 37°C.
  6. 6 a UltraVision ONE large volume detection system HRP polymer (Ready-to-use) (TL-125-HLJ,
  7. Thermo Scientific, USA). bUltraVision LP large volume detection system HRP polymer (Ready-to-use) (TL-125-HL, Thermo Scientific, USA). Both systems were applied according to the manufacturers' instructions. cA three layer horseradish PAP (peroxidase anti-peroxidase) technique using Z0454 (Dakocytomation, Denmark) (1:200 in TBS, 30 min RT) and P1901 (Sigma-Aldrich A/s, Denmark) (1:100 in TBS, 30 min RT). dDonkey Anti-Sheep/Goat immunoglobulins (peroxidase conjugate) (AP360, The Binding Site Ltd, UK).
  8. 7 aDAB (4150, Kem-En-Tec A/S, Denmark). bAEC-Ready solution from PowerVision+ Poly-AP IHC Kit (Immunovision Techonologies, co). Counterstained with Mayers Haematoxylin 10 sec (LAB00254, VWR - Bie & Berntsen A/S, Denmark).
  9. 8Togheter with primary antibodies parallel sections were run with nonsense matching species polyclonal (X0903, Dakocytomation, Denmark; I9140, Sigma-Aldrich A/S, Denmark; 013-000-002, Jackson ImmunoResearch, UK) or monoclonal isotype (X0931, X0943, X0944 Dakocytomation, Denmark) antibody in the same protein concentration as the primary antibody.