Intracellular and Extracellular staining

From: Bharathi Laxman,Ph.D. (blaxman@zoo.uvm.edu)
Date: Wed May 19 1999 - 15:45:16 EST


Hi,
	I want to do an intracellular and extracellular staining of Fas
and I thought of doing it in the following way:
First stain for extracellular Fas, fix the cells, permeabilise and stain
for intracellular Fas using either PE/FITC conjugated antibody
respectively. 
Is this a good way to do it?
Also, I wanted to know the protocol to be followed for permeabilisation of
cells as I am using brain tumor cells. Does the protocol differ for cell
type? I have tried to permeabilise using either 70% ethanol, triton x-100
or saponin but I always tend to lose cells. I would like to know the speed
of pelleting the cells and how one washes after permeabilisation as I lose
cells at this stage.
I appreciate a quick response for this mail
Thank you
Bharathi




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