progressive MS were obtained from the United Kingdom MS tissue bank
(Richards Reynolds, Imperial College, London). MS tissue block containing
active lesions and periplaque white matter were selected for analysis.
Cryosections (14 μm thick) of snap frozen MS brain tissue were
permeabilized and blocked in blocking buffer (0.05% Triton X-100 and
10% normal goat serum in PBS) for 1h and overlaid with primary
antibodies overnight at 4 °C. Antibodies used in the study were:
rabbit anti-CHD8 (Bethyl, A301-225A, 1:1000), goat anti-Sox10 (R&D
systems, AF2864, 1:400), rabbit anti-Nogo A (Millipore, AB5888, 1:200),
chicken anti-MBP (Millipore, AB9348, 1/50). After washing with 0.05%
Triton X-100 in PBS, sections were incubated with secondary antibodies
conjugated to Alexa488, Alexa594 or Alexa647 (Thermo, 1:1,000) and DAPI for
1h at room temperature, washed in PBS and mounted with Fluoromount-G
(SouthernBiotech). Pictures of were taken with Zeiss microscope using
apotome. Z-stack was used to average 5–7 planes and pictures were
treated and cells were counted using Zen and imageJ software packages.