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. 2010 Jun 15;5(6):e11131. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011131

Table 5. Sources of antibodies and lectin with final working dilutions.

Primary antibodies Dilution Company Cat #
Rabbit anti-protein gene product 9.5 (PGP9.5); General marker of peripheral nerve fibres [26] 1∶500 Affinity Research PG9500
Rabbit anti-vesicular glutamate transporter type 1 (VGLUT1); Present in annulospiral endings [22], [23] 1∶2000 Synaptic Systems 135 302
Sheep anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP); Present in TG masseter afferents [81] 1∶500 Abcam ab22560
Guinea pig anti-substance P (SP); Present in TG masseter afferents [81] 1∶1000 Chemicon AB5892
Guinea pig anti-transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1); Present in TG neurons [94] 1∶500 Neuromics GP14100
Control peptide for TRPV1 20 µg/ml Neuromics P14100
Guinea pig anti-ATP-gated purinergic receptor subunit 3 (P2X3); Present in TG masseter afferents and affected by masseter inflammation [83] 1∶500 Neuromics GP10108
Control peptide for P2X3 10−5 M Neuromics P10108
Rabbit anti-AMPA receptor subunit 1 (GluR1); Present in TG neurons and increased by masseter inflammation [95] 1∶2500 Immunostar Inc. 24439
Rabbit anti-NMDA receptor subunit R2B (NMDAR2B); Present in TG masseter afferents [96]; increased by masseter inflammation [95] 1∶100 Abcam ab109
Rabbit anti-metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 (mGluR5); Present in TG neurons; increased by masseter inflammation [95] 1∶500 Chemicon AB5675
Control peptide for mGluR5 10 µg/ml Chemicon AG374
Chicken anti-tyrosine hydroxylase (TH); Marker of catecholaminergic fibres [97], [98] 1∶100 Chemicon AB9702
Lectin
Isolectin B4 from Griffonia simplicifolia conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488; Present in TG masseter afferents [81] 20 µg/ml Invitrogen I21411
Secondary antibodies
Goat anti-rabbit-Alexa Fluor 594 1∶200 Invitrogen A11012
Donkey anti-sheep-Alexa Fluor 488 1∶200 Invitrogen A11015
Goat anti-guinea pig-Alexa Fluor 488 1∶200 Invitrogen A11073
Donkey anti-chicken-FITC 1∶200 Jackson 703-095-155