Research Article

New Aspects in the Differential Diagnosis and Therapy of Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis

Table 1

Antibodies used in indirect confocal immunofluorescence.
(a) Primary antibodies

Primary antibodiesHostSourceOrder no.Dilution

M2, muscarinic receptorrabbit[1]AS-3721S1 : 1000
M3, muscarinic receptorrabbit[1]AS-3741S1 :  1000
P2X1, purinergic receptorrabbit[2]ab102481 : 1000
P2X2, purinergic receptorrabbit[2]ab102661 : 1000
P2X3, purinergic receptorrabbit[2]ab102691 : 1000
H1, human histamine receptor 1rabbit[3]H1R12-A1 : 250
H2, human histamine receptor 2rabbit[3]H2R22-A1 : 250
HCG (beta-1 epitope)mouse, IgG1[5]MCA191 : 500
HCG (beta-2 epitope)mouse, IgG1[5]MCA3291 : 20
alpha-smooth muscle cell actinmouse, IgG2a[4]A25471 : 2000

(b) Secondary antibodies

Secondary antibodiesSourceOrder no.Dilution

Alexa Fluor 488 goat antimouse IgG2ainvitrogenA-211311 : 500
Alexa Fluor 555 goat antirabbitinvitrogenA-214281 : 500
Alexa Fluor 555 goat antimouseinvitrogenA-211271 : 500

[1] Research & Diagnostic Antibodies, North Las Vegas, USA.
[2] Abcam Inc., Cambridge, USA.
[3] Alpha Diagnostic Intl. Inc., San Antonio, USA.
[4] Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH, Steinheim, Germany.
[5] AbD Serotec, MorphoSys AG, Martinsried/Planegg, Germany.