Anti-EGFR antibody [EGFR1] (ab30)

Overlay histograms showing left positive A431 cells and right negative Jurkat cells stained with ab30 (red line). The cells were incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab30, 1x10⁶ cells in 100ul at 1ug/ml) for 30 min on ice. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluor^® 488 goat anti-mouse IgG (H&L) preabsorbed (ab150117) at 1/2000 dilution for 30 min on ice.

Isotype control antibody (black line) was mouse IgG2bκ (ab170192) used at the same concentration and conditions as the primary antibody. Unlabelled sample (blue line) was also used as a control.

Acquisition of >5,000 events were collected using a 50 mW Blue laser (488nm) and 530/30 bandpass filter.

ab30 staining EGFR (colored green) in A431 cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated with ab30 at 5μg/ml overnight at 4ºC. Cells were then incubated with ab150117, Goat Anti-Mouse IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor^® 488) at 1/1000 dilution (shown in green). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).

Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

IHC image of EGFR staining in a section of frozen normal human placenta, fixed in 10% paraformaldehyde (10 min). Staining was performed on a Leica BOND^TM system using the standard protocol F. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH6, epitope retrieval solution 1) for 20mins. The section was then incubated with ab30, 10ug/ml, for 15 mins at room temperature and detected using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX. The inset secondary-only control image is taken from an identical assay without primary antibody.

For other IHC staining systems (automated and non-automated) customers should optimize variable parameters such as antigen retrieval conditions, primary antibody concentration and antibody incubation times.