Sections were dewaxed 3 × 10 min in xylene and rehydrated in EtOH series (100%, 90%, 70%, 50%, and 30%) for a period of 2 min for each step. Antigen retrieval was performed in citric acid 0.01M at 90°C for 30 min. Blocking was achieved in PBS with 0.025% Tween20, 1% BSA, and 10% serum. After ON incubation at 4°C, the primary antibody was washed in PBT 0.025%, and a secondary antibody was incubated for 1 h at RT. After washing, the slides were mounted with fluoroshield. Primary antibodies were anti-acetylated tubulin 1/300 (Sigma-Aldrich,
T7451), anti-Plunc1 1/200 (R&D systems, AF4274), and anti-K5 1/300 (Biolegend, PRB-160P), and secondaries were
Goat anti-Mouse-568 1/500 (Invitrogen, A11004),
Donkey anti-Sheep-488 1/500 (Invitrogen, A11015), and
Donkey anti-Rabbit 647 1/500 (Invitrogen, A31573).
For the detection of PCNA 1/300 (Abcam,
ab19166) and P63 1/400 (Abcam,
ab124762), a secondary Goat anti-Rabbit biotin was used 1/800 (Dako,
E0432) followed by Streptavidin-HRP (Abcam,
ab64269). The color reaction was performed in TSA buffer (100 mM Borate buffer with 0.0003% hydrogen peroxidase) with
Opal-570 1/300 (Akoya Bioscience, OP-001003) for 10min. DAPI was used to stain nuclei. For each genotype, N = 3.
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