Human RARA (Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha) knockout HeLa cell line (ab265176)
Overview
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Product name
Human RARA (Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha) knockout HeLa cell line -
Parental Cell Line
HeLa -
Organism
Human -
Mutation description
Knockout achieved by using CRISPR/Cas9, Homozygous: 1 bp insertion in exon 7 -
Passage number
<20 -
Knockout validation
Sanger Sequencing -
Tested applications
Suitable for: WBmore details -
Biosafety level
2 -
General notes
Recommended control: Human wild-type HeLa cell line (ab255928). Please note a wild-type cell line is not automatically included with a knockout cell line order, if required please add recommended wild-type cell line at no additional cost using the code WILDTYPE-TMTK1.
Cryopreservation cell medium: Cell Freezing Medium-DMSO Serum free media, contains 8.7% DMSO in MEM supplemented with methyl cellulose.
Culture medium: DMEM (High Glucose) + 10% FBS
Initial handling guidelines: Upon arrival, the vial should be stored in liquid nitrogen vapor phase and not at -80°C. Storage at -80°C may result in loss of viability.
1. Thaw the vial in 37°C water bath for approximately 1-2 minutes.
2. Transfer the cell suspension (0.8 mL) to a 15 mL/50 mL conical sterile polypropylene centrifuge tube containing 8.4 mL pre-warmed culture medium, wash vial with an additional 0.8 mL culture medium (total volume 10 mL) to collect remaining cells, and centrifuge at 201 x g (rcf) for 5 minutes at room temperature. 10 mL represents minimum recommended dilution. 20 mL represents maximum recommended dilution.
3. Resuspend the cell pellet in 5 mL pre-warmed culture medium and count using a haemocytometer or alternative cell counting method. Based on cell count, seed cells in an appropriate cell culture flask at a density of 2x104 cells/cm2. Seeding density is given as a guide only and should be scaled to align with individual lab schedules.
4. Incubate the culture at 37°C incubator with 5% CO2. Cultures should be monitored daily.Subculture guidelines:
- All seeding densities should be based on cell counts gained by established methods.
- A guide seeding density of 2x104 cells/cm2 is recommended.
- A partial media change 24 hours prior to subculture may be helpful to encourage growth, if required.
- Cells should be passaged when they have achieved 80-90% confluence.
This product is subject to limited use licenses from The Broad Institute, ERS Genomics Limited and Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC, and is developed with patented technology. For full details of the licenses and patents please refer to our limited use license and patent pages.
We will provide viable cells that proliferate on revival.
Properties
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Number of cells
1 x 106 cells/vial, 1 mL -
Adherent /Suspension
Adherent -
Tissue
Cervix -
Cell type
epithelial -
Disease
Adenocarcinoma -
Gender
Female -
STR Analysis
Amelogenin X D5S818: 11, 12 D13S317: 12, 13.3 D7S820: 8, 12 D16S539: 9, 10 vWA: 16, 18 TH01: 7 TPOX: 8,12 CSF1PO: 9, 10 -
Antibiotic resistance
Puromycin 1.00µg/ml -
Mycoplasma free
Yes -
Storage instructions
Shipped on Dry Ice. Store in liquid nitrogen. -
Storage buffer
Constituents: 8.7% Dimethylsulfoxide, 2% Cellulose, methyl ether -
Research areas
Target
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Function
Receptor for retinoic acid. Retinoic acid receptors bind as heterodimers to their target response elements in response to their ligands, all-trans or 9-cis retinoic acid, and regulate gene expression in various biological processes. The RXR/RAR heterodimers bind to the retinoic acid response elements (RARE) composed of tandem 5'-AGGTCA-3' sites known as DR1-DR5. In the absence of ligand, the RXR-RAR heterodimers associate with a multiprotein complex containing transcription corepressors that induce histone acetylation, chromatin condensation and transcriptional suppression. On ligand binding, the corepressors dissociate from the receptors and associate with the coactivators leading to transcriptional activation. RARA plays an essential role in the regulation of retinoic acid-induced germ cell development during spermatogenesis. Has a role in the survival of early spermatocytes at the beginning prophase of meiosis. In Sertoli cells, may promote the survival and development of early meiotic prophase spermatocytes. In concert with RARG, required for skeletal growth, matrix homeostasis and growth plate function (By similarity). Regulates expression of target genes in a ligand-dependent manner by recruiting chromatin complexes containing MLL5. Mediates retinoic acid-induced granulopoiesis. -
Involvement in disease
Note=Chromosomal aberrations involving RARA are commonly found in acute promyelocytic leukemia. Translocation t(11;17)(q32;q21) with ZBTB16/PLZF; translocation t(15;17)(q21;q21) with PML; translocation t(5;17)(q32;q11) with NPM. The PML-RARA oncoprotein requires both the PML ring structure and coiled-coil domain for both interaction with UBE2I, nuclear microspeckle location and sumoylation. In addition, the coiled-coil domain functions in blocking RA-mediated transactivation and cell differentiation. -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the nuclear hormone receptor family. NR1 subfamily.
Contains 1 nuclear receptor DNA-binding domain. -
Domain
Composed of three domains: a modulating N-terminal domain, a DNA-binding domain and a C-terminal ligand-binding domain. -
Post-translational
modificationsPhosphorylated on serine and threonine residues. Phosphorylation does not change during cell cycle. Phosphorylation on Ser-77 is crucial for transcriptional activity (By similarity). Phosphorylation by AKT1 is required for the repressor activity but has no effect on DNA binding, protein stability nor subcellular localization. Phosporylated by PKA in vitro. This phosphorylation on Ser-219 and Ser-369 is critical for ligand binding, nuclear localization and transcriptional activity in response to FSH signaling.
Sumoylated by SUMO2, mainly on Lys-399 which is also required for SENP6 binding. On all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) binding, a confromational change may occur that allows sumoylation on two additional site, Lys-166 and Lys-171. Probably desumoylated by SENP6. Sumoylation levels determine nuclear localization and regulate ATRA-mediated transcriptional activity.
Trimethylation enhances heterodimerization with RXRA and positively modulates the transcriptional activation.
Ubiquitinated. -
Cellular localization
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Nuclear localization depends on ligand binding, phosphorylation and sumoylation. Transloaction to the nucleus in the absence of ligand is dependent on activation of PKC and the downstream MAPK phosphorylation. - Information by UniProt
Associated products
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KO cell lysates
Applications
The Abpromise guarantee
Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab265176 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 |
Use at an assay dependent concentration. Predicted molecular weight: 51 kDa.
Western blot data indicates that the CRISPR gene edit may have resulted in a truncation of the protein of interest. Please see data images. |
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WB
Use at an assay dependent concentration. Predicted molecular weight: 51 kDa. Western blot data indicates that the CRISPR gene edit may have resulted in a truncation of the protein of interest. Please see data images. |
Images
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All lanes : Anti-Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha antibody [EPR23871-271] (ab275745) at 1/1000 dilution
Lane 1 : Wild-type HeLa cell lysate
Lane 2 : RARA CRISPR-Cas9 edited HeLa cell lysate
Lane 3 : MCF7 cell lysate
Lane 4 : HepG2 cell lysate
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Predicted band size: 51 kDa
Observed band size: 40 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?Lanes 1 - 4: Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab275745 observed at 40 kDa. Red - loading control, ab8245 (Mouse anti-GAPDH antibody [6C5]) observed at 37 kDa.
ab275745 was shown to react with Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha in wild-type HeLa cells in western blot. The bands observed in RARA knockout cell line ab265176 (RARA knockout cell lysate ab257629) below 40 kDa may represent truncated forms and cleaved fragments. This has not been investigated further. Wild-type and RARA CRISPR/Cas9 HeLa edited cell lysates were subjected to SDS-PAGE. Membranes were blocked in 3 % milk in TBS-T (0.1 % Tween®) before incubation with ab275745 and ab8245 (Mouse anti-GAPDH antibody [6C5]) overnight at 4°C at a 1 in 1000 dilution and a 1 in 20000 dilution respectively. Blots were incubated with Goat anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye® 800CW) preabsorbed (ab216773) and Goat anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye® 680RD) preabsorbed (ab216776) secondary antibodies at 1 in 20000 dilution for 1 h at room temperature before imaging.
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Homozygous: 1 bp insertion in exon 7.
Protocols
Datasheets and documents
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SDS download
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Datasheet download
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