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Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody detecting Vimentin in Western Blot, Flow Cytometry (Intra), Flow Cytometry, IHC-P, ICC/IF. Suitable for Human, Mouse, Rat.



- KO validated for confirmed specificity

- Over 190 publications

- Trusted since 2007


Images

Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB45939), expandable thumbnail
  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB45939), expandable thumbnail
  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB45939), expandable thumbnail
  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB45939), expandable thumbnail
  • Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (AB45939), expandable thumbnail

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Key facts

Isotype
IgG
Host species
Rabbit
Storage buffer

pH: 7.4
Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide
Constituents: 98.98% PBS, 1% BSA

Form
Liquid
Clonality
Polyclonal

Immunogen

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

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Reactivity data

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IHC-PFlow Cyt (Intra)WBICC/IF
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Sheep
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Tested
Tested

Species
Human
Dilution info
0.1 µg/mL
Notes

Perform heat-mediated antigen retrieval before commencing with IHC staining protocol.

Expected
Expected

Species
Mouse, Rat
Dilution info
Use at an assay dependent concentration.
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Sheep, Rabbit, Horse, Chicken, Cow, Pig, Chimpanzee
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-
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Tested

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Mouse
Dilution info
0.01000-0.10000 µg for 105 Cells
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Rat
Dilution info
0.01000-0.10000 µg for 105 Cells
Notes

-

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Human
Dilution info
0.01000-0.10000 µg for 105 Cells
Notes

-

Predicted
Predicted

Species
Sheep, Rabbit, Horse, Chicken, Cow, Pig, Chimpanzee
Dilution info
-
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-

Tested
Tested

Species
Mouse
Dilution info
1 µg/mL
Notes

-

Species
Rat
Dilution info
1 µg/mL
Notes

-

Species
Human
Dilution info
1 µg/mL
Notes

-

Predicted
Predicted

Species
Sheep, Rabbit, Horse, Chicken, Cow, Pig, Chimpanzee
Dilution info
-
Notes

-

Tested
Tested

Species
Mouse
Dilution info
1 µg/mL
Notes

-

Species
Human
Dilution info
1 µg/mL
Notes

-

Expected
Expected

Species
Rat
Dilution info
Use at an assay dependent concentration.
Notes

-

Predicted
Predicted

Species
Sheep, Rabbit, Horse, Chicken, Cow, Pig, Chimpanzee
Dilution info
-
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Target data

Function

Vimentin, a class-III intermediate filament, is present in various non-epithelial cells, particularly mesenchymal cells, and connects either laterally or terminally to the nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria. It is involved with LARP6 in stabilizing type I collagen mRNAs for CO1A1 and CO1A2. This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.

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Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody detecting Vimentin in Western Blot, Flow Cytometry (Intra), Flow Cytometry, IHC-P, ICC/IF. Suitable for Human, Mouse, Rat.



- KO validated for confirmed specificity

- Over 190 publications

- Trusted since 2007

Key facts

Isotype
IgG
Form
Liquid
Clonality
Polyclonal
Immunogen
  • The exact immunogen used to generate this antibody is proprietary information.
Purification technique
Affinity purification Immunogen
Specificity

Replenishment batches of our polyclonal antibody, ab45939 are tested in WB. Previous batches were additionally validated in Flow Cyt, ICC/IF and IHC-P. These applications are still expected to work and are covered by our Abpromise guarantee. You may also be interested in our alternative recombinant antibody, ab92547.

Concentration
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Storage

Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage duration
1-2 weeks
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

Notes

What is this antibody validated in?


Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody and is validated for use in Western Blot (WB), Flow Cytometry (Intra), Flow Cytometry (Flow Cyt), Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P), Immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence (ICC/IF) in Human, Mouse, Rat samples.

What is the molecular weight of Vimentin?


Anti-Vimentin - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) specifically detects a band for Vimentin (UniProt: P08670) at a molecular weight of 54kDa.

Trusted by the scientific community


Anti-Vimentin - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) was first used in a scientific publication in 2007 and has been cited over 190 times in peer-reviewed journals.

Reviewed by scientists


Anti-Vimentin - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) has over 15 independent reviews from customers.

Specificity confirmed


The specificity of Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) has been confirmed by Immunocytochemistry testing in VIM Knockout HAP1 cells.



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  • Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    All lanes: Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) at 1 µg/mL

    Lane 1: HeLa (Human epithelial carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 10 µg

    Lane 2: Jurkat (Human T cell lymphoblast-like cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 10 µg

    Lane 3: HEK293 Human embryonic kidney cell line Whole Cell Lysate at 10 µg

    Lane 4: Ramos (Human Burkitt's lymphoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 10 µg

    Secondary

    All lanes: IRDye 680 Conjugated Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) at 1/10000 dilution

    Performed under reducing conditions.

    Predicted band size: 53 kDa

    Observed band size: 54 kDa

  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    Overlay histogram showing MDA-MB-231 cells stained with ab45939 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab45939, 0.01μg/1x106 cells) for 30 min at 22°C. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H&L) (Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed ab150081) at 1/4000 dilution for 30 min at 22°C. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (polyclonal) (Rabbit IgG, polyclonal - Isotype Control (ChIP Grade) ab171870, 0.01μg/1x106 cells) used under the same conditions. Unlabelled sample (blue line) was also used as a control.

    Acquisition of >5,000 events were collected using a 20mW Argon ion laser (488nm) and 525/30 bandpass filter.

  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    Overlay histogram showing NIH3T3 cells stained with ab45939 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab45939, 0.1μg/1x106 cells) for 30 min at 22°C. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H&L) (Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed ab150081) at 1/4000 dilution for 30 min at 22°C. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (polyclonal) (Rabbit IgG, polyclonal - Isotype Control (ChIP Grade) ab171870, 0.1μg/1x106 cells) used under the same conditions. Unlabelled sample (blue line) was also used as a control.

    Acquisition of >5,000 events were collected using a 20mW Argon ion laser (488nm) and 525/30 bandpass filter.

  • Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Flow Cytometry (Intracellular) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    Overlay histogram showing SV40LT-SMC cells stained with ab45939 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min) and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Triton X-100 for 20 min. The cells were then incubated in 1x PBS / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine to block non-specific protein-protein interactions followed by the antibody (ab45939, 0.01μg/1x106 cells) for 30 min at 22°C. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H&L) (Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed ab150081) at 1/4000 dilution for 30 min at 22°C. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (polyclonal) (Rabbit IgG, polyclonal - Isotype Control (ChIP Grade) ab171870, 0.01μg/1x106 cells) used under the same conditions. Unlabelled sample (blue line) was also used as a control.

    Acquisition of >5,000 events were collected using a 20mW Argon ion laser (488nm) and 525/30 bandpass filter.

  • Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    This blot was produced using a 4-12% Bis-tris gel under the MOPS buffer system. The gel was run at 200V for 50 minutes before being transferred onto a Nitrocellulose membrane at 30V for 70 minutes. The membrane was then blocked for an hour using Licor blocking buffer before being incubated with ab45939 overnight at 4°C. The membrane was then blocked for an hour using LI-COR® blocking buffer before being incubated with Anti-Vimentin antibody [EPR3776] - Cytoskeleton Marker ab92547 overnight at 4°C. Antibody binding was detected using the IRDye® 800CW Goat Anti-Rabbit secondary at a 1:10,000 dilution for 1hr at room temperature and then imaged using the Odyssey® CLx Imaging System.

    All lanes: Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) at 1 µg/mL

    Lane 1: HeLa (Human epithelial carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 2: HEK293 (Human embryonic kidney cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 3: Jurkat (Human T cell lymphoblast-like cell line) Whole cell lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 4: A549 (Human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line) Whole cell lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 5: NIH 3T3 (Mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 6: PC12 (Rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 7: HUVEC (Human umbilical vein endothelial cell line) Whole cell lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 8: A431 (Human epithelial carcinoma cell line) Whole cell lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 9: Daudi (Human B lymphoblast) Whole cell lysate at 20 µg

    Lane 10: Caco 2 (Human colonic carcinoma cell line) Whole Cell Lysate at 20 µg

    Secondary

    All lanes: IRDye® 800CW Goat Anti-Rabbit at 1/10000 dilution

    Performed under reducing conditions.

    Predicted band size: 53 kDa

    Observed band size: 53 kDa

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 staining Vimentin in wild-type HAP1 cells (top panel) and Vimentin knockout HAP1 cells (bottom panel). The cells were fixed with 100% methanol (5min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated with ab45939 at 1μg/ml dilution and Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker ab195889 at 1/250 dilution (shown in pseudo-color red) overnight at +4°C. The cells were then incubated with Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed ab150081 (Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488)) at 1/1000 dilution for 1 hour. Nuclear DNA was labelled in blue with DAPI.

    Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 staining Vimentin in HeLa cells. The cells were fixed with 100% methanol (5min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1%PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated overnight at +4°C with ab45939 at 1μg/ml and Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control ab7291, Mouse monoclonal [DM1A] to alpha Tubulin - Loading Control, at 1/1000 dilution. Cells were then incubated with Goat Anti-Mouse IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 594) preadsorbed ab150120, Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Mouse at 1/1000 dilution (shown in pseudocolour red) and Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed ab150081, Goat polyclonal Secondary Antibody to Rabbit IgG at 1/1000 dilution (shown in green). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).

  • Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    IHC image of ab45939 staining Vimentin in human kidney formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections*, performed on a Leica Bond. 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 ab45939, 0.1μg/ml working concentration, for 15 mins at room temperature and detected using an HRP conjugated compact polymer system. DAB was used as the chromogen. The section was then counterstained with haematoxylin and mounted with DPX. No primary antibody was used in the secondary only control (shown on the inset).
    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.
    *Tissue obtained from the Human Research Tissue Bank, supported by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 staining Vimentin in SV40LT-SMC cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1%PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated overnight at +4°C with ab45939 at 1μg/ml (shown in green) and Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker ab195889, Mouse monoclonal [DM1A] to alpha Tubulin - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594), at 1/250 dilution (shown in red). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).
    Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 staining Vimentin in NIH3T3 cells. The cells were fixed with 100% methanol (5min), permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 for 5 minutes and then blocked with 1% BSA/10% normal goat serum/0.3M glycine in 0.1%PBS-Tween for 1h. The cells were then incubated overnight at +4°C with ab45939 at 1μg/ml (shown in green) and Alexa Fluor® 594 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker ab195889, Mouse monoclonal [DM1A] to alpha Tubulin - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594), at 1/250 dilution (shown in red). Nuclear DNA was labelled with DAPI (shown in blue).
    Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

  • Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail
    This image is courtesy of Carl Hobbs, King's College London, United Kingdom

    Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    Immunohistochemical detection (formaldehyde/paraffin-embedded sections) of vimentin protein using vimentin antibody - Neural Stem Cell Marker (ab45939) on human ovarian carcinoma sections. Antigen retrieval step:Heat mediated. Blocking step: 1% BSA for 10 mins at RT°C. ab45939 was used at 1/700 for 1 hour. Secondary Antibody: Biotin-conjugated anti rabbit IG (1/300).

  • Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail
    Image courtesy of Mike Forbes by customer review.

    Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 staining Vimentin in murine kidney tissue by Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections). Tissue was fixed with formaldehyde and a heat mediated antigen retrieval step was performed. Samples were then blocked with 10% serum for 30 minutes at room temperature followed by incubation with the primary antibody at a 1/2100 dilution for 18 hours at 4°C. A biotin-conjugated goat anti-rabbit polyclonal was used as secondary antibody at a 1/200 dilution.

  • Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939), expandable thumbnail

    Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939)

    ab45939 recognizes full length recombinant Human vimentin (ab73843) which has an expected molecular weight of 54 kDa.

    All lanes: Western blot - Anti-Vimentin antibody - Cytoskeleton Marker (ab45939) at 1 µg/mL

    Lane 1: Recombinant Human Vimentin protein (ab73843) at 0.1 µg

    Lane 2: Recombinant Human Vimentin protein (ab73843) at 0.01 µg

    Secondary

    All lanes: Western blot - Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) preadsorbed (Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) preadsorbed ab97080) at 1/5000 dilution

    Developed using the ECL technique.

    Performed under reducing conditions.

    Predicted band size: 53 kDa

    Observed band size: 54 kDa

    Exposure time: 10s

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