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. 2013 Feb;41(2):466–474. doi: 10.1124/dmd.112.045674

TABLE 2.

Summary of antibodies and conditions for immunohistochemistry of drug transporters in human ocular tissues

Transporter Primary Antibody Dilution Incubation Condition Secondary Antibody Antigen Retrieval Procedure
PEPT-1 Anti-human goat PEPT-1 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech, Santa Cruz, CA) 1:200 60 min at 37°C Poly-AP anti-goat IgG High pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1mM EDTA, pH 9.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
PEPT-2 Anti-human rabbit PEPT-2 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech) 1:200 Overnight at 4°C Poly-AP anti-rabbit IgG Low pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
OCT-1 Anti-human rabbit OCT-1 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech) 1:200 Overnight at 4°C Poly-AP anti-rabbit IgG High pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1mM EDTA, pH 9.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
OCT-2 Anti-human rabbit OCT-2 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech) 1:200 60 min at 37°C Poly-AP anti-rabbit IgG High pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 9.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
ATB0,+ Anti-human rabbit ATB0,+ Ab (Medical and Biologic Laboratories, Nagoya, Japan) 1:5000 60 min at 37°C Poly-AP anti-rabbit IgG High pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 9.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
MCT-1 Anti-human goat MCT1 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech) 1:200 60 min at 37°C Poly-AP anti-goat IgG Low pH heat-induced antigen retrieval (10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0 at 95°C for 20 min)
MCT-3 Anti-human rabbit MCT3 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotech) 1:200 60 min at 37°C Poly-AP anti-rabbit IgG No antigen retrieval

Ab, antibody; ATB0,+, neutral and basic amino acid transporter; MCT, monocarboxylate transporter; OCT, organic cation transporter; PEPT, peptide transporter.