F-actin Staining Kit - Blue Fluorescence - Cytopainter
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F-actin Staining Kit - Blue Fluorescence | Cytopainter (ab112124) fluorescence imaging kits are a set of fluorescence imaging tools for labeling sub-cellular organelles such as lysosomes, mitochondria, and actin filaments.
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Beta-actin, ACTB
- Fluorescence Microscopy
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Fluorescence Microscopy - F-actin Staining Kit - Blue Fluorescence - Cytopainter (AB112124)
CytoPainter F-actin Labelling Kit - Blue Fluorescence (ab112124) - CPA cells were fixed with 4.0% formaldehyde in a Costar black 96-well plate.
Left panel : Cells were labelled with CytoPainter F-actin Labelling Kit - Blue for 30 minutes. Right panel : Cells were pre-treated for 10 minutes with phalloidin, prior staining with CytoPainter F-actin Labelling Kit - Blue for 30 minutes.
- Fluorescence Microscopy
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Fluorescence Microscopy - F-actin Staining Kit - Blue Fluorescence - Cytopainter (AB112124)
Image : Courtesy of Dr. Shaohua Li, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Sample : mouse embryonic stem cell-differentiated embryoid bodies (EBs)
Preparation :
- Fix in 3%PFA in PBS for 30 min at RT
- Incubate in 7.5% sucrose-PBS for 3h at RT
- Incubate in 15% sucrose-PBS at 4 degree Celsius overnight
- Embed the EBs in tissue-Tek OCT compound
- Cut frozen sections to 4-20 µm thickness
Primary antibody : Rabbit anti laminin alpha 1, 1 : 400
Secondary antibody : Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Rabbit IgG - H&L (Cy5®) (ab97077), 1 : 100
F-actin was stained with CytoPainter blue (ab112124), 1 : 100
Nuclei were counterstained with SYTO 16
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F-actin Staining Kit - Blue Fluorescence | Cytopainter (ab112124) fluorescence imaging kits are a set of fluorescence imaging tools for labeling sub-cellular organelles such as lysosomes, mitochondria, and actin filaments. The selective staining of cell compartments provides a powerful method for studying cellular events in a spatial and temporal context.
ab112124 is designed to stain F-actins in fixed cells with blue fluorescence. The kit uses a blue fluorescent phalloidin conjugate that is selectively bound to F-actins. The phalloidin conjugate has Ex/Em = 350/450 nm, compatible with DAPI filter set that comes with most of fluorescence microscopes. It is a high-affinity probe for labeling, identifying and quantitating F-actins in formaldehyde-fixed and permeabilized tissue sections, cell cultures or cell-free experiments. ab112124 provides all the essential components with an optimized labeling protocol.
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Biological function summary
The actin cytoskeleton plays integral roles in maintaining cell shape providing mechanical resistance against deformation and driving important cellular processes such as endocytosis cell division and motility. F-actin forms part of numerous protein complexes interacting with other proteins like myosin to facilitate muscle contraction and cellular transport. Within cells F-actin is dynamic readily polymerizing and depolymerizing in response to cellular signaling making it essential for cytoskeletal remodeling and cellular adaptability.
Pathways
F-actin is central to various signaling cascades underlying processes like cell signaling and intracellular transport. Notably it participates in the Rho family GTPase pathway affecting cell cytoskeleton organization and motility. It also interacts with proteins like cofilin and profilin which regulate actin polymerization and treadmilling dynamics respectively. These interactions highlight F-actin's involvement in complex cellular pathway regulation processes essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis and adaptability.
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