Anti-PIWIL1 antibody (ab12337)
Key features and details
- Rabbit polyclonal to PIWIL1
- Suitable for: WB, ICC/IF
- Reacts with: Mouse, Rat, Human
- Isotype: IgG
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Overview
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Product name
Anti-PIWIL1 antibody
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Description
Rabbit polyclonal to PIWIL1 -
Host species
Rabbit -
Tested applications
Suitable for: WB, ICC/IFmore details -
Species reactivity
Reacts with: Mouse, Rat, Human -
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide. This information is proprietary to Abcam and/or its suppliers.
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General notes
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Properties
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Form
Liquid -
Storage instructions
Shipped at 4°C. Store at +4°C short term (1-2 weeks). Upon delivery aliquot. Store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycle. -
Storage buffer
pH: 7.40
Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide
Constituent: PBS
Batches of this product that have a concentration < 1mg/ml may have BSA added as a stabilising agent. If you would like information about the formulation of a specific lot, please contact our scientific support team who will be happy to help. -
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Purity
Immunogen affinity purified -
Clonality
Polyclonal -
Isotype
IgG -
Research areas
Associated products
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Compatible Secondaries
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Isotype control
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Recombinant Protein
Applications
The Abpromise guarantee
Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab12337 in the following tested applications.
The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.
Application | Abreviews | Notes |
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WB | (3) |
Use a concentration of 1 µg/ml. Detects a band of approximately 99 kDa (predicted molecular weight: 99 kDa).
ab12337 detects a 99 kDa band in both mouse and rat testis lysates (positive controls). Non-specific bands at 102 kDa were also observed in mouse and rat liver lysates (negative controls). |
ICC/IF |
Use a concentration of 10 µg/ml.
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Notes |
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WB
Use a concentration of 1 µg/ml. Detects a band of approximately 99 kDa (predicted molecular weight: 99 kDa). ab12337 detects a 99 kDa band in both mouse and rat testis lysates (positive controls). Non-specific bands at 102 kDa were also observed in mouse and rat liver lysates (negative controls). |
ICC/IF
Use a concentration of 10 µg/ml. |
Target
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Function
Plays a central role during spermatogenesis by repressing transposable elements and prevent their mobilization, which is essential for the germline integrity. Acts via the piRNA metabolic process, which mediates the repression of transposable elements during meiosis by forming complexes composed of piRNAs and Piwi proteins and govern the methylation and subsequent repression of transposons. Directly binds methylated piRNAs, a class of 24 to 30 nucleotide RNAs that are generated by a Dicer-independent mechanism and are primarily derived from transposons and other repeated sequence elements. Besides their function in transposable elements repression, piRNAs are probably involved in other processes during meiosis such as translation regulation. Probable component of some RISC complex, which mediates RNA cleavage and translational silencing. Also plays a role in the formation of chromatoid bodies and is required for some miRNAs stability (By similarity). Isoform 3 may be a negative developmental regulator. -
Tissue specificity
Detected in most fetal and adult tissues. Expressed in testes, specifically in germline cells; detected in spermatocytes and spermatids during spermatogenesis. Increased expression in testicular tumors originating from embryonic germ cells with retention of germ cells phenotype. No expression in testicular tumors of somatic origin, such as Sertoli cell and Leydig cell tumors. Overexpressed in gastric cancer cells. Isoform 3 is ubiquitously expressed, and specifically in CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells but not in more differentiated cells. -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the argonaute family. Piwi subfamily.
Contains 1 PAZ domain.
Contains 1 Piwi domain. -
Domain
The PAZ domain specifically recognizes binds the 2'-O-methylated 3'-end of piRNAs. -
Post-translational
modificationsArginine methylation by PRMT5 is required for the interaction with Tudor domain-containing protein (TDRD1, TDRKH/TDRD2, RNF17/TDRD4, TDRD6, TDRD7 and TDRD9) and subsequent localization to the meiotic nuage, also named P granule. -
Cellular localization
Cytoplasm. Component of the meiotic nuage, also named P granule, a germ-cell-specific organelle required to repress transposon during meiosis. Also present in chromatoid body. - Information by UniProt
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Database links
- Entrez Gene: 9271 Human
- Entrez Gene: 57749 Mouse
- Entrez Gene: 363912 Rat
- Omim: 605571 Human
- SwissProt: Q96J94 Human
- SwissProt: Q9JMB7 Mouse
- Unigene: 405659 Human
- Unigene: 272720 Mouse
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Alternative names
- HIWI antibody
- MIWI antibody
- Piwi (Drosophila) like 1 antibody
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Images
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All lanes : Anti-PIWIL1 antibody (ab12337) at 1 µg/ml
Lane 1 : Testis (Mouse) Tissue Lysate
Lane 2 : Liver (Mouse) Tissue Lysate
Lane 3 : Testis (Rat) Tissue Lysate - normal tissue (ab29388)
Lane 4 : Liver (Rat) Tissue Lysate
Lysates/proteins at 10 µg per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : Goat polyclonal to Rabbit IgG - H&L - Pre-Adsorbed (HRP) at 1/3000 dilution
Performed under reducing conditions.
Predicted band size: 99 kDa
Observed band size: 99 kDa
Additional bands at: 102 kDa (possible non-specific binding)ab12337 gave a positive signal in both mouse and rat testis lysates (positive controls). Bands were also observed in mouse and rat liver lysates (negative controls) that were higher in size to that observed in testis.
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ICC/IF image of ab12337 stained HeLa cells. The cells were 100% methanol fixed (5 min) and then incubated in 1%BSA / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1h to permeabilise the cells and block non-specific protein-protein interactions. The cells were then incubated with the antibody ab12337 at 1µg/ml overnight at +4°C. The secondary antibody (green) was DyLight® 488 goat anti- rabbit (ab96899) IgG (H+L) used at a 1/250 dilution for 1h. Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (red) at a 1/200 dilution for 1h. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (blue) at a concentration of 1.43µM.
Protocols
Datasheets and documents
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SDS download
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Datasheet download
References (42)
ab12337 has been referenced in 42 publications.
- Mihola O et al. Rat PRDM9 shapes recombination landscapes, duration of meiosis, gametogenesis, and age of fertility. BMC Biol 19:86 (2021). PubMed: 33910563
- Huang H et al. Piwil1 Regulates Glioma Stem Cell Maintenance and Glioblastoma Progression. Cell Rep 34:108522 (2021). PubMed: 33406417
- Hong Y et al. Decreased piRNAs in Infertile Semen Are Related to Downregulation of Sperm MitoPLD Expression. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 12:696121 (2021). PubMed: 34326815
- Wang Y et al. PIWIL1 Drives Chemoresistance in Multiple Myeloma by Modulating Mitophagy and the Myeloma Stem Cell Population. Front Oncol 11:783583 (2021). PubMed: 35083142
- Jiang H et al. Long non-coding RNA FALEC promotes colorectal cancer progression via regulating miR-2116-3p-targeted PIWIL1. Cancer Biol Ther 21:1025-1032 (2020). PubMed: 33073675