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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 2, Pages 165-175Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12447
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antibodies; immunofluorescence; RT-PCR; ultrastructure; Western blot
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- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_130495]
- 'Forschungskredit' of the University of Zurich
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_130495] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Biochemical analysis of central nervous system proteins and nucleic acids requires fresh-tissue homogenates, whereas immunohistochemistry usually is performed in sections prepared from perfusion-fixed tissue. Post-mortem immersion-fixation is possible, but largely impairs morphological preservation and protein antigenicity. Here, we present a simple, fast and versatile protocol allowing concurrent biochemical and immunohistochemical analysis, including pre-embedding immunoelectron microscopy, using tissue from the same animal. The protocol includes a brief transcardiac perfusion with ice-cold, oxygenated and glucose-supplemented artificial cerebrospinal fluid to maintain brain tissue alive, prior to isolation of regions of interest, followed by homogenisation for biochemistry or immersion-fixation for immunohistochemistry. We provide several examples demonstrating that this protocol allows optimal biochemical and morphological analysis, characterised with optimal sensitivity and preservation of tissue structure, along with a reduction of artefacts typically seen in perfusion-fixed tissue. This protocol should find widespread applications for combining analytical methods in tissue from the same animal, thereby reducing the number of mice required for a given experiment.
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