Table 2 Antibodies and commercially purchased reagents used in this study

From: Interaction of Toll-like receptors with bacterial components induces expression of CDX2 and MUC2 in rat biliary epithelium in vivo and in culture

 

Source

Type of antibody

Animals immunized

Specificity of antibody

Optimal dilution/ concentration

Anti-MUC2a

Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

Poly

Rabbit (IgG)

Mouse, rat, and human

1:100

Anti-MUC2b

Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

Poly

Goat (IgG)

Mouse, rat, and human

1:100

Anti-CDX2a,b

BioGenex (SanRamon, CA, USA)

Mono

Mouse (IgG)

Human

1:100

Anti-TLR2a,c

Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

Poly

Rabbit (IgG)

Mouse, rat, and human

1:100

Anti-TLR4a,c

Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA, USA)

Poly

Rabbit (IgG)

Human, mouse, and rat

1:100

Anti-β-actinb

Abcam (Cambridge, UK)

Mono

Mouse (IgG)

Various species

1:5000

Envision+

DAKO (Tokyo, Japan)

    

DAPI

Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR, USA)

   

1:500

SP6/7 RNA polymerase

Promega Corporation (Madison, WI, USA)

    

T-PER

Pierce (Rockkford, IL, USA)

    

RNeasy total RNA system

Qiagen (Hilden, Germany)

    

LPS

Sigma (from Escherichia coli serotype o55:B5)

   

0.1–10 μg/ml

LTA

Sigma (from Streptococcus faecalis)

   

100 μg/ml

PGN

Sigma (from Staphylococcus aureus)

   

100 μg/ml

Pam3

EMC microcollections (Tubingen, Germany)

   

0.1–10 μg/ml

MG132

Calbiochem (San Diego, CA, USA)

   

1 μM

siRNA

Qiagen (Hilden, Germany)

    

DreamFect™

OZ Bioscience (Marseilles, France)

    

OPTI-MEMI

Life Technologies (Rockville, MD, USA)

    

FuGENE 6

Roche Diagnostics (Indianapolis, IN, USA)

    
  1. DAPI, 4′,6-diamino-2-phenylindole, dihydrochloride; IgG, immunoglobulin G; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; LTA, lipoteichoic acid; Pam3, Pam3Cys-SKKKK × 3HCl; PGN, peptidoglycan; siRNA, small interfering RNA; T-PER, tissue protein extraction reagent.
  2. aUsed for immunohistochemical staining.
  3. bUsed for Western blot study.
  4. cUsed for neutralization study.