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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Longitudinal Assessment of Fluorescence Stability Shows Fluorescence Intensity Decreases Over Time: Implications for Fluorescence Microscopy Studies.

Sean C Sweat, Sarah P R Berg, Tenzin Kunkhyen, Emma G Foster, Claire E J Cheetham

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Sean C SweatDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-7598-3166
Sarah P R BergDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213.
Tenzin KunkhyenDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-1423-2705
Emma G FosterDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213.ORCID 0009-0007-5755-103X
Claire E J CheethamDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15213.ORCID 0000-0002-4038-1501

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144300 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RICHARD A STEINMAN, Russell S Schwartz · 2022 to 2026
$7.9M
Functional Integration of Newborn Olfactory Sensory Neurons in the Healthy and Regenerating Olfactory SystemR01DC018516 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHEETHAM, CLAIRE ELIZABETH JANE · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018516NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144300
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Abstract

Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is one of the most widely used techniques across basic, translational, and clinical sciences. Key considerations need to be made to achieve reliable and robust IHC staining, however what has been understudied is the stability of IHC signal intensity over time. Changes in signal intensity over time have significant implications for data analysis and interpretation and ultimately impact scientific conclusions. In order to explore changes in IHC signal, the stability of fluorescence intensity was assessed over the course of six weeks using widefield or confocal microscopy. Results indicate that fluorescence intensity can decrease over this time course and that whether this decrease occurs and to what extent is influenced by the selection of the primary antibody as well as that of the secondary antibody, primary-secondary antibody combination, and utilization of chemical staining versus IHC staining. This investigation reinforces best practices for imaging fluorescent staining to ensure accurate and reliable data collection, be it for cell counting, assessing protein expression levels, or marker colocalization.

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