PUBLICATION

Immunocytochemistry as a tool for zebrafish developmental neurobiology

Authors
Novak, A.E. and Ribera, A.B.
ID
ZDB-PUB-031229-12
Date
2003
Source
Methods in cell science : an official journal of the Society for In Vitro Biology   25(1-2): 79-83 (Review)
Registered Authors
Novak, Alicia, Ribera, Angie
Keywords
AEC (3-Amino-9-ethylcarbazole), Double in situ hybridization/immunocytochemistry, Fast Red, Immunocytochemistry, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
  • Fluorescent Dyes/chemistry
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Immunohistochemistry/methods*
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Neurons/metabolism*
  • Spinal Cord/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
PubMed
14739591 Full text @ Methods Cell Sci.
Abstract
Two methods are presented here that allow clear visualization of antibody localization in zebrafish whole mount preparations, both for immunocytochemistry (ICC) alone and in combination with in situ hybridization (ISH). The first protocol describes ICC performed using a modified permeabilization technique and the chromogen AEC (3-Amino-9-ethylcarbazole). The second protocol describes the co-localization of transcriptional and translational products using a combined ISH/ICC protocol. A fluorescing chromogen (Fast Red, FR) is used to detect mRNA transcripts by ISH, and is combined with ICC that uses a secondary antibody conjugated to a different fluorescent molecule (Alexa 488). These procedures allow the identification of gene expression patterns in cell types identifiable with known antibodies.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping