Elimination of the non-specific binding of avidin to tissue sections |
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Authors: | Carolyn J. P. Jones Sally M. Mosley Iona J. M. Jeffrey R. W. Stoddart |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, M13 9PT Manchester, UK;(2) Present address: Department of Histopathology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, EC1A 7BE London, Canada |
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Abstract: | Summary A simple procedure is described for eliminating non-specific staining with avidin—peroxidase conjugates. Murine ovaries were embedded in either paraffin wax or epoxy resin and, after blocking endogenous peroxidase activity, were treated with 10 µg/ml biotinylatedPisum sativum agglutinin. Avidin—peroxidase conjugates (5 µg/ml), diluted in standard 0.05m tris-buffered saline, pH 7.6, containing 0.139m NaCl, produced considerable background coloration and intense mast cell staining in controls without the lectin. This background diminished as the ionic strength of the buffer was raised. At 0.125m Tris-buffered saline (containing 0.347m NaCl) the background was completely unstained, with elimination of all binding to mast cells and only minimal loss of specific lectin binding. |
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