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AB50591

Anti-Actin antibody [MAC 237] - Cytoskeleton marker

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Rat Monoclonal alpha skeletal muscle Actin antibody. Suitable for IHC-P and reacts with Human samples. Cited in 10 publications. Immunogen corresponding to Tissue preparation containing Actin protein.

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ACTA, ACTA1, Alpha-actin-1

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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Actin antibody [MAC 237] - Cytoskeleton marker (AB50591)
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Actin antibody [MAC 237] - Cytoskeleton marker (AB50591)

IHC image of Actin staining in Human normal skin formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue section, performed on a Leica Bond™ system using the standard protocol B. The section was pre-treated using heat mediated antigen retrieval with sodium citrate buffer (pH6, epitope retrieval solution 1) for 20 mins. The section was then incubated with ab50591, 5μg/ml, for 15 mins at room temperature. A Goat anti-Rat biotinylated secondary antibody was used to detect the primary, and visualized using an HRP conjugated ABC system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX.

For other IHC staining systems (automated and non-automated) customers should optimize variable parameters such as antigen retrieval conditions, primary antibody concentration and antibody incubation times.

Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Actin antibody [MAC 237] - Cytoskeleton marker (AB50591)
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Actin antibody [MAC 237] - Cytoskeleton marker (AB50591)

ab50591 staining Actin in mouse proximal colon tissue sections by Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P - paraformaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections). Tissue was fixed with formaldehyde and blocked with 5% NDS for 24 hours at 4°C; antigen retrieval was by heat mediation in buffer, pH9. Samples were incubated with primary antibody (1/100 in 5% BSA/NDS) for 24 hours at 4°C. An undiluted Alexa Fluor® 647-conjugated donkey anti-rat IgG polyclonal was used as the secondary antibody.

Also stained with ab76055 (green) at 1/100.

This image is courtesy of an Abreview submitted by Anne Sailer

Key facts

Host species

Rat

Clonality

Monoclonal

Clone number

MAC 237

Isotype

IgG2b

Carrier free

No

Reacts with

Human

Applications

IHC-P

applications

Immunogen

The exact immunogen used to generate this antibody is proprietary information.

Specificity

Antibody reacts with actin in Lethocerus and Drosophila flight and non-flight muscle and with actin in flight muscles of all other insect species tested. Also reacts with mammalian actin (tested vs. rat). Antibody reacts with arthrin in flight muscles of Hemiptera and Diptera.

Reactivity data

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Properties and storage information

Form
Liquid
Purification technique
Affinity purification Protein A
Storage buffer
Preservative: 0.1% Sodium azide Constituents: PBS
Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
+4°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
-20°C
Aliquoting information
Upon delivery aliquot
Storage information
Avoid freeze / thaw cycle

Supplementary information

This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.

Actin also known as globular (G-actin) or filamentous (F-actin) actin plays a central role in cell structure and movement. This protein has a molecular weight of approximately 42 kDa and resides abundantly in eukaryotic cells especially in muscle and cytoskeletal structures. It comes in several isoforms with varying expression profiles across tissues. Actin can undergo polymerization from its G-actin monomers into F-actin filaments a process that is reversible through depolymerization allowing for dynamic cellular functions.
Biological function summary

Actin contributes to various cellular processes by forming the cytoskeleton which provides mechanical support and determines cell shape. Actin also facilitates cell motility division and intracellular transport through rapid polymerization and depolymerization cycles. Within cells actin associates with other proteins to form complexes such as the Arp2/3 complex which assists actin in the branching of filaments critical for pushing forward the cell's leading edge during movement. Techniques like actin immunofluorescence help visualize actin filaments within cells revealing its extensive network.

Pathways

Actin plays an integral role in pathways like cell movement and signal transduction. The Rho family of GTPases regulates actin cytoskeleton rearrangements influencing cell shape and migration. Actin function interactions involve proteins like myosin forming actomyosin complexes essential for muscle contraction and other cell motility activities. Actin polymerization and depolymerization cycles are key to the dynamic regulation within these pathways ensuring adequate cellular responses to environmental signals.

Mutations or misregulation of actin and its associated pathways link to conditions such as cardiomyopathies and cancer metastasis. In familial cardiomyopathy actin mutations disrupt normal cardiac muscle contraction. In cancer altered actin polymerization and depolymerization enable invasive cell migration facilitating metastasis. Proteins like myosin and tropomyosin associate with actin in these pathologies illustrating the impact of actin dynamics on disease progression and highlighting actin as a therapeutic target. Anti-actin antibodies can be used in research and diagnostics to better understand these disorders.

Product protocols

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Target data

Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells.
See full target information ACTA1

Publications (10)

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Immunity 57:1908-1922.e6 PubMed39079535

2024

Cancer stem cells release interleukin-33 within large oncosomes to promote immunosuppressive differentiation of macrophage precursors.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Hannah L Erickson,Sachiko Taniguchi,Anish Raman,Justin J Leitenberger,Sanjay V Malhotra,Naoki Oshimori

Scientific reports 10:14344 PubMed32873857

2020

JNK signaling regulates oviposition in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Matthew J Peirce,Sara N Mitchell,Evdoxia G Kakani,Paolo Scarpelli,Adam South,W Robert Shaw,Kristine L Werling,Paolo Gabrieli,Perrine Marcenac,Martina Bordoni,Vincenzo Talesa,Flaminia Catteruccia

Frontiers in pharmacology 11:383 PubMed32317965

2020

Zi Shen Huo Luo Formula Enhances the Therapeutic Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors on Hypertensive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy by Interfering With Aldosterone Breakthrough and Affecting Caveolin-1/Mineralocorticoid Receptor Colocalization and Downstream Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Signaling.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Xiaotong Song,Yue Zhao,Shijun Wang,Yuan Wang,Qian Chen,Haijun Zhao,Hua Wang,Sheng Tian,Huayun Yu,Zhichun Wu

Scientific reports 8:10346 PubMed29985461

2018

Cobra Venom Factor-induced complement depletion protects against lung ischemia reperfusion injury through alleviating blood-air barrier damage.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Chang Haihua,Wang Wei,Huang Kun,Liao Yuanli,Lin Fei

Experimental and therapeutic medicine 15:2015-2019 PubMed29434798

2018

Morphological and functional changes of microglia cultured under different oxygen concentrations and the analysis of related mechanisms.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Xing Wu,Tengbo Yu,Hongyan Xu,Xiuming Sun,Dewei Kou,Liping Li

Stem cell reports 5:1183-1195 PubMed26626179

2015

Sodium Iodide Symporter PET and BLI Noninvasively Reveal Mesoangioblast Survival in Dystrophic Mice.

Applications

IHC

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Bryan Holvoet,Mattia Quattrocelli,Sarah Belderbos,Lore Pollaris,Esther Wolfs,Olivier Gheysens,Rik Gijsbers,Jeroen Vanoirbeek,Catherine M Verfaillie,Maurilio Sampaolesi,Christophe M Deroose

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of 111:5854-9 PubMed24711401

2014

Mating activates the heme peroxidase HPX15 in the sperm storage organ to ensure fertility in Anopheles gambiae.

Applications

WB

Species

Unspecified reactive species

W Robert Shaw,Eleonora Teodori,Sara N Mitchell,Francesco Baldini,Paolo Gabrieli,David W Rogers,Flaminia Catteruccia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of 109:E2587-94 PubMed22949647

2012

Ultrastructural dynamics of proteins involved in endocytic budding.

Applications

EM

Species

Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C

Fatima-Zahra Idrissi,Anabel Blasco,Anna Espinal,María Isabel Geli

The Journal of comparative neurology 520:2824-46 PubMed22547177

2012

Neuronal organization of the hemiellipsoid body of the land hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus: correspondence with the mushroom body ground pattern.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Gabriella Wolff,Steffen Harzsch,Bill S Hansson,Sheena Brown,Nicholas Strausfeld

The EMBO journal 9:3459-67 PubMed2209553

1990

Identification and localization of high molecular weight proteins in insect flight and leg muscle.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

A Lakey,C Ferguson,S Labeit,M Reedy,A Larkins,G Butcher,K Leonard,B Bullard
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