Anti-PSCDBP antibody (ab2247)

We purchased the anti-PSCDBP mAb (ab2247). However, it did not work well in our system using Jurkat lysate. We did not get a specific signal compare with the WB image on datasheet.

Please inform us the experimental procedure in detail for our validation.

ANSWER:

Thank you very much for your enquiry and patience. Below is the Western blotting protocol that the originator used with ab2247. I hope this helps and please let me know if you need further assistance.

- Lysis. Cell pellets were washed with ice-cold PBS. 1 ml of RIPA buffer was added per 1E8 cells and incubated on ice for 20 min, vortexing 2-3 times, briefly. The lysate was aliquotted into 1.5 ml microfuge tubes and centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 5 min in a microfuge. The supernatant was transferred into clean tubes and its protein concentration was measured with BioRad protein assay. The concentration was then adjusted to 5 mg/ml with RIPA lysis buffer. An equal volume of 2 x SDS sample buffer was then added and the cell lysate was boiled for 5 minutes. Lysates were stored at -80C until use.(RIPA buffer = 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM PMSF, 1 mM EDTA, 5 µg/ml Aprotinin, 5 µg/ml Leupeptin, 1% Triton X-100, 1% Sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS).

- SDS PAGE. Samples were run at 200V constant on a 12% acrylamide SDS-PAGE mini gel - using Biorad Mini-Protean 3 kit and protocols. Before loading samples had 5% (v/v) 2-ME added and were boiled for 3 minutes.

- Transfer. We used a Biorad Mini Trans-Blot, constant 100 V for 1 hour. Transfer Buffer was 20 mM Tris pH 8.0, 150 mM Glycine, 10% Methanol. We transferred to Millipore PVDF membrane and stained with Ponceau Red to evaluate the transfer.

- Staining. The membrane was blocked in 2.5% skimmed milk in TBS-T (TBS + 0.05% Tween-20) for 1 hr at room temperature with agitation. Primary antibody was incubated for 1 hr at room temperature with agitation. We used sigma secondary (Sigma anti-goat-HRP Product # A4174, use 1:3000) for 1 hr at room temperature with agitation. We washed with TBST three times after primary and secondary antibody, each wash lasting for 5-10 mins. ECL-plus (Amersham) was used rather than ECL, which is considerably more sensitive. Final detection was on autoradiography film.