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. 2016 Nov 22;7:513. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00513

Table 1.

Overview of the antibodies that allow immunostaining for NET components in paraffin-embedded tissue and the respective most effective antigen retrieval protocol.

Source Clone Specificity Host dilution 37°C
50°C
50°C
60°C
96°C
Citrate pH6 TRS pH9 R-Univ pH7 Citrate pH6 TRS pH9 Citrate pH6 TRS pH9 Citrate pH6 TRS pH9
Abcam ab134211 Histone H2B ck 1:500 H2B ++1 N +/− ++1 N ++1 N Q ++1 N +++ N ++1 N ++ N +++ N
Antibodies-Online ABIN1735464 Histone H3 sh 1:100 H3 +/− +/− N ++1 N (Q) ++1 N Q ++1 N Q ++1 N (Q) ++ N ++ N ++1 N
Abcam ab5103 Histone H3 citrulline (R2 + R8 + R17) rb 1:50 H3cit ++1 (N) +/− ++ N Q ++ N Q ++1 (N) Q +/− N + (N) +++ N +++ N
Millipore 481001 Neutrophil elastase rb 1:50 NE ++ (N) +/− ++ N ++ N ++ (N) + (N)
LS-B4244 HN elanea sh 1:200 NEsh ++ ++ ++ ++ N ++ N ++ ++
R&D Systems AF3667 Myeloperoxidase gt 1:200 MPO ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Biorbyt orb316605 CalgrA S100A8 MRP14 rb 1:200 CalA +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N
Biorbyt orb315186 CalgrB S100A9 MRP14 rb 1:200 CalB +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N +++ N
BDPharmingen 551459 1A8 Ly6G rt 1:200 Ly6G ++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++

aOnly for human tissue.

R-Universal Buffer pH7 (RUB) 10× Aptum APO 0530500.

Target Retrieval Solution pH9 10mM Tris (TRS) 10× Dako S236784.

Target Retrieval Solution pH6 10mM Citrate 10× Dako S236984-3.

N, NET visualizations.

+++, strong staining of expected epitopes.

++, satisfying specific positive result.

+, moderate specific positive result.

+/−, weak or partially positive.

−, completely negative result.

Q, suitable as NET marker for quantification under mentioned conditions.

1, decondensed nuclei+++, nuclei +/−, or +.

(), limitations.