Table 2 Antibody probing conditions used for western blot analyses.

From: A toll-like receptor 9 antagonist restores below-level glial glutamate transporter expression in the dorsal horn following spinal cord injury

Target

Abbreviation

Company

Host

Blocking Conditions

Primary Antibody Conditions

Beta III Tubulin

β-tubulin III

Abcam

(Cambridge, MA)

Rabbit

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:30,000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

Excitatory Amino Acid Carrier 1

EAAC1 (EAAT3)

AbBiotec

(San Diego, CA)

Rabbit

1 hr in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:20,000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

GABA Transporter 3

GAT3

Novus Biologicals (Littleton, CO)

Rabbit

1 hr in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

1:4000 in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

GFAP

Dako

(Carpinteria, CA)

Rabbit

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:30,000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

Glutamate-Aspartate Transporter

GLAST (EAAT1)

Cell Signaling (Danvers, MA)

Rabbit

1 hr in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

1:10,000 in 5% BSA in 0.1% T-TBS

Glutamate Receptor 1

GluA1 (GluR1)

Millipore

(Billerica, MA)

Rabbit

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:1000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

Glutamate Receptor 2

GluA2 (GluR2)

Millipore

(Billerica, MA)

Mouse

1 hr in 5% BSA in 0.1% T-TBS

1:1000 in 5% BSA in 0.1% T-TBS

Glutamate Transporter-1

GLT1 (EAAT2)

Novus Biologicals (Littleton, CO)

Rabbit

1 hr in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

1:10,000 in 5% BSA in 0.1% T-TBS

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase

GAPDH

Calbiochem (Billerica, MA)

Mouse

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:30,000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 1

mGluR1

BD Bioscience (Franklin Lakes, NJ

Mouse

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:2500 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2A

GluN2A (NR2A)

Millipore

(Billerica, MA)

Rabbit

1 hr in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

1:10,000 in 5% milk in 0.1% T-TBS

N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2B

GluN2B (NR2B)

Calbiochem (Billerica, MA)

Rabbit

30 min in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS

1:1000 in 5% milk in 0.05% T-TBS