Here is the link for Novus' guide to ICC/IF which focus on the fundamentals of multicolor ICC/IF, including detailed protocols and troubleshooting tips: www.novusbio.com/support/immunocytochemistry-icc-handbook
Thanks for the great guidance, what is the difference if we grow the cells directly on the well plate and capture the ICC from there instead of using cover slip?
How much antibody solution do you add per well? Since antibodies are expensive I want to add as less as possible, but I want to make sure it is enough.
thank you so much, Question: I want to target two diffrent epitopes at same time,one target present on cell surface, and the other in Golgi apparatus. so, if i fix my cells with parafromaldehyde, this will maintain the integrity of the cells but i have to pemeablize with some detergent, to see my intracellualar protein which results in the disruption of memb protein, and if i fix it with methanol or acetone, which later not require permeab, but it can precipitate the cell surface proteins.
Cells are grown on coated coverslips (i.e. Poly Lysine - www.rndsystems.com/products/cultrex-poly-d-lysine_3439-200-01 or Fibronectin - www.rndsystems.com/products/recombinant-human-fibronectin-protein-cf_4305-fnb), often in a 24 well plate for ICC experiments. This is to allow for cell adhesion for your staining experiments. Due to the reduced number of cells required for ICC, plating cells on coverslips provides space for cells to become adhered and confluent, providing maximum sample conditions for your ICC staining. You would remove the coverslips after the cells that adhere to the coverslip are confluent. Growing cells on coverslips allows ease of staining and mounting onto a slide for your microscopy imaging after experimental conditions are provided. It also provides a way for you to be able to do variable experiments on cells (i.e. control vs treated) at the same time in different wells/coverslips. You can then mount both conditions on a single microscope slide, stain them at the same time, and get your imaging results at the same time as you know that all cells are treated to the same staining conditions. Different staining conditions, particularly antigen retrieval, can vastly impact your results and should be kept the same during staining groups you want to compare. For more information on ICC, browse our Protocols (www.rndsystems.com/resources/protocols/protocol-preparation-and-fluorescent-icc-staining-cells-coverslips), Troubleshooting Guide (www.novusbio.com/support/support-by-application/immunocytochemistry/troubleshooting.html) or ICC Handbook (www.novusbio.com/support/immunocytochemistry-icc-handbook).