Cytokeratins comprise a diverse group of intermediate filament proteins (IFPs) that are expressed as pairs in both keratinized and non-keratinized epithelial tissue. Cytokeratins play a critical role in differentiation and tissue specialization and function to maintain the overall structural integrity of epithelial cells. They have been found to be useful markers of tissue differentiation, which is directly applicable to the characterization of malignant tumors. Cytokeratin 8 expression is seen in epithelium and epithelium-derived tumors. Cytokeratin 8 is often used together with keratin 18 and keratin 19 to differentiate cells of epithelial origin from hematopoietic cells in tests that enumerate circulating tumor cells in blood.
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Immunofluorescence analysis of paraffin-embedded human breast tissue labeling Cytokeratin 8 (HA720145F) and Vimentin (EM0401).
The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with Tris-EDTA buffer (pH 9.0) for 20 minutes. The tissues were blocked in 10% negative goat serum for 1 hour at room temperature, washed with PBS. And then probed with the primary antibodies Cytokeratin 8 (HA720145F, red) at 1/200 dilution and Vimentin (EM0401, green) at 1/1,000 dilution overnight at 4 ℃, washed with PBS.
iFluor™ 488 conjugate-Goat anti-Mouse IgG (HA1125) was used as the secondary antibody at 1/1,000 dilution. DAPI was used as nuclear counterstain.
Immunocytochemistry analysis of SK-Br-3 cells labeling Cytokeratin 8 with Rabbit anti-Cytokeratin 8 antibody (HA720145F) at 1/100 dilution.
Cells were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde for 15 minutes, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS for 15 minutes, and then blocked with 2% normal goat serum for 1 hour at 37℃. Cells were then incubated with Rabbit anti-Cytokeratin 8 antibody (HA720145F, red) at 1/100 dilution in 2% normal goat serum overnight at 4 ℃. Nuclear DNA was labelled in blue with DAPI.
Beta III Tubulin (M0805-8, green) was stained at 1/200 dilution overnight at +4℃. Goat Anti-Mouse IgG H&L (iFluor™ 488, HA1125) was used as the secondary antibody at 1/800 dilution.
Cells were fixed and permeabilized. Then incubated for 1 hour at +4℃ with Cytokeratin 8 (HA720145F, red, 1/100) and Rabbit IgG Isotype Control (iFluor™ 647, green, 1/100). Unlabelled sample was used as a control (cells without incubation with primary antibody; black).
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