Evaluation of Biomarkers in Glioma by Immunohistochemistry on Paraffin-Embedded 3D Glioma Neurosphere Cultures

J Vis Exp. 2019 Jan 9:(143):10.3791/58931. doi: 10.3791/58931.

Abstract

Analysis of protein expression in glioma is relevant for several aspects in the study of its pathology. Numerous proteins have been described as biomarkers with applications in diagnosis, prognosis, classification, state of tumor progression, and cell differentiation state. These analyses of biomarkers are also useful to characterize tumor neurospheres (NS) generated from glioma patients and glioma models. Tumor NS provide a valuable in vitro model to assess different features of the tumor from which they are derived and can more accurately mirror glioma biology. Here we describe a detailed method to analyze biomarkers in tumor NS using immunohistochemistry (IHC) on paraffin-embedded tumor NS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / metabolism*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Glioma / immunology*
  • Glioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry / methods*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Paraffin Embedding / methods*
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor