For secondary antibody, Alexa Fluor 568 Labeled Donkey ant-goat Ig G antibodies (Life Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA) and Alexa Fluor 488 Labeled Donkey anti-rat IgG Antibodies (Life Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA) and Can Get Signal (Toyobo Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan) were diluted at 1:200 and allowed to react for 60 min at room temperature. Then after, the nuclei were stained with 1 mg/ml of DAPI for 3 min. Slides were then washed with TBS and mounted using Fluorescent Mounting Medium (Dako Japan Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan).
The study conformed to the experimental guidelines in animal experiment of Matsumoto Dental University approved by the Animal Laboratory Examination Committees of the University (Approval number # 233-13).