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9. Take the slides out of 37°C, remove rubber cement with forceps and
coverslips by letting them swim off in 4xSSC/0.2%Tween (RT, 100-ml
Coplin jar) (see comment 10).
10. Postwash the slides 3x 5 min in formamide-solution (45°C) followed
by 3x5 min in 2xSSC (37°C) in a 100-ml Coplin jar, with gentle agitation.
11. Put the slides in 4xSSC/0.2% Tween (100 ml, RT), for a few seconds.
12. Add 50 ~l of solution I to each slide, cover with 24 x 50 mm coverslips
and incubate at 37°C for 30 min in a humid chamber. (Solution I: FITCavidin (CAMON Vector Laboratories A2011)/4xSSC + 0.2% Tween +
5% BSA (1:300); make fresh as required).
13. Remove the coverslips and wash 3x3 min in 4xSSC/0.2% Tween (RT,
with gentle agitation).
14. Add 50 ~l of solution II to each slide, cover with 24 x 50 mm coverslips
and incubate at 37°C for 75 min in a humid chamber. (Solution II:
Biotinylated antiavidin (CAMON Vector Laboratories BA0300)/
Anti-digoxigenin-rhodamine (Boehringer Mannheim, 1207750)/4x
SSC + 0.2% Tween + 5% BSA (1:20:100); make fresh as required).
15. Repeat step 13.
16. Repeat steps 12 and 13.
17. Counterstain the slides with DAPI-solution (100 ml in a Coplin jar, RT)
for 8 min. (DAPI-solution: Dissolve 5 ~l of DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2phenylindo1.2HCI stock-solution; Serva 18860) in 100 ml 4xSSC/
0.2% Tween; make fresh as required).
18. Wash slides several times in water for a few seconds and air dry.
19. Add 15 ~l of antifade Vectashield (CAMON Vector Laboratories
HlOOO), cover with coverslips and look at the results under a fluorescence microscope. As examples of successful FISH experiments see
Figure 1.
THOMAS LIEHR and UWE CLAUSSEN
9. Take the slides out of 37°C, remove rubber cement with forceps and
coverslips by letting them swim off in 4xSSC/0.2%Tween (RT, 100-ml
Coplin jar) (see comment 10).
10. Postwash the slides 3x 5 min in formamide-solution (45°C) followed
by 3x5 min in 2xSSC (37°C) in a 100-ml Coplin jar, with gentle agitation.
11. Put the slides in 4xSSC/0.2% Tween (100 ml, RT), for a few seconds.
12. Add 50 ~l of solution I to each slide, cover with 24 x 50 mm coverslips
and incubate at 37°C for 30 min in a humid chamber. (Solution I: FITCavidin (CAMON Vector Laboratories A2011)/4xSSC + 0.2% Tween +
5% BSA (1:300); make fresh as required).
13. Remove the coverslips and wash 3x3 min in 4xSSC/0.2% Tween (RT,
with gentle agitation).
14. Add 50 ~l of solution II to each slide, cover with 24 x 50 mm coverslips
and incubate at 37°C for 75 min in a humid chamber. (Solution II:
Biotinylated antiavidin (CAMON Vector Laboratories BA0300)/
Anti-digoxigenin-rhodamine (Boehringer Mannheim, 1207750)/4x
SSC + 0.2% Tween + 5% BSA (1:20:100); make fresh as required).
15. Repeat step 13.
16. Repeat steps 12 and 13.
17. Counterstain the slides with DAPI-solution (100 ml in a Coplin jar, RT)
for 8 min. (DAPI-solution: Dissolve 5 ~l of DAPI (4,6-diamidino-2phenylindo1.2HCI stock-solution; Serva 18860) in 100 ml 4xSSC/
0.2% Tween; make fresh as required).
18. Wash slides several times in water for a few seconds and air dry.
19. Add 15 ~l of antifade Vectashield (CAMON Vector Laboratories
HlOOO), cover with coverslips and look at the results under a fluorescence microscope. As examples of successful FISH experiments see
Figure 1.