Recombinant Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Vinculin antibody [EPR8185] (ab196454)
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Key features and details
- Produced recombinantly (animal-free) for high batch-to-batch consistency and long term security of supply
- Alexa Fluor® 488 Rabbit monoclonal [EPR8185] to Vinculin
- Suitable for: ICC/IF
- Reacts with: Human
- Conjugation: Alexa Fluor® 488. Ex: 495nm, Em: 519nm
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Overview
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Product name
Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Vinculin antibody [EPR8185]
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Description
Alexa Fluor® 488 Rabbit monoclonal [EPR8185] to Vinculin -
Host species
Rabbit -
Conjugation
Alexa Fluor® 488. Ex: 495nm, Em: 519nm -
Tested applications
Suitable for: ICC/IFmore details -
Species reactivity
Reacts with: Human
Predicted to work with: Mouse, Rat
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Immunogen
Synthetic peptide. This information is proprietary to Abcam and/or its suppliers.
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Positive control
- ICC/IF: HUVEC cells.
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General notes
This product is a recombinant monoclonal antibody, which offers several advantages including:
- - High batch-to-batch consistency and reproducibility
- - Improved sensitivity and specificity
- - Long-term security of supply
- - Animal-free production
Our RabMAb® technology is a patented hybridoma-based technology for making rabbit monoclonal antibodies. For details on our patents, please refer to RabMAb® patents.
Alexa Fluor® is a registered trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc, a Thermo Fisher Scientific Company. The Alexa Fluor® dye included in this product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye, the purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased product and components of the product only in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). As this product contains the Alexa Fluor® dye the sale of this product is expressly conditioned on the buyer not using the product or its components, or any materials made using the product or its components, in any activity to generate revenue, which may include, but is not limited to use of the product or its components: in manufacturing; (ii) to provide a service, information, or data in return for payment (iii) for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; or (iv) for resale, regardless of whether they are sold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than research, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@thermofisher.com.
Properties
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Form
Liquid -
Storage instructions
Shipped at 4°C. Store at +4°C short term (1-2 weeks). Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycle. Store In the Dark. -
Storage buffer
pH: 7.40
Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide
Constituents: 30% Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine), 1% BSA, PBS -
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Purity
Protein A purified -
Clonality
Monoclonal -
Clone number
EPR8185 -
Isotype
IgG -
Research areas
Associated products
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Alternative Versions
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Isotype control
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Positive Controls
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Recombinant Protein
Applications
The Abpromise guarantee
Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab196454 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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| ICC/IF |
1/100.
This product gave a positive signal in HUVEC cells fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min) and 100% methanol (5 min). |
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ICC/IF
1/100. This product gave a positive signal in HUVEC cells fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min) and 100% methanol (5 min). |
Target
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Function
Actin filament (F-actin)-binding protein involved in cell-matrix adhesion and cell-cell adhesion. Regulates cell-surface E-cadherin expression and potentiates mechanosensing by the E-cadherin complex. May also play important roles in cell morphology and locomotion. -
Tissue specificity
Metavinculin is muscle-specific. -
Involvement in disease
Defects in VCL are the cause of cardiomyopathy dilated type 1W (CMD1W) [MIM:611407]. Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disorder characterized by ventricular dilation and impaired systolic function, resulting in congestive heart failure and arrhythmia. Patients are at risk of premature death.
Defects in VCL are the cause of cardiomyopathy familial hypertrophic type 15 (CMH15) [MIM:613255]. It is a hereditary heart disorder characterized by ventricular hypertrophy, which is usually asymmetric and often involves the interventricular septum. The symptoms include dyspnea, syncope, collapse, palpitations, and chest pain. They can be readily provoked by exercise. The disorder has inter- and intrafamilial variability ranging from benign to malignant forms with high risk of cardiac failure and sudden cardiac death. -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the vinculin/alpha-catenin family. -
Domain
Exists in at least two conformations. When in the closed, 'inactive' conformation, extensive interactions between the head and tail domains prevent detectable binding to most of its ligands. It takes on an 'active' conformation after cooperative and simultaneous binding of two different ligands. This activation involves displacement of the head-tail interactions and leads to a significant accumulation of ternary complexes. The active form then binds a number of proteins that have both signaling and structural roles that are essential for cell adhesion.
The N-terminal globular head (Vh) comprises of subdomains D1-D4. The C-terminal tail (Vt) binds F-actin and cross-links actin filaments into bundles. An intramolecular interaction between Vh and Vt masks the F-actin-binding domain located in Vt. The binding of talin and alpha-actinin to the D1 subdomain of vinculin induces a helical bundle conversion of this subdomain, leading to the disruption of the intramolecular interaction and the exposure of the cryptic F-actin-binding domain of Vt. Vt inhibits actin filament barbed end elongation without affecting the critical concentration of actin assembly. -
Post-translational
modificationsPhosphorylated; on serines, threonines and tyrosines. Phosphorylation on Tyr-1133 in activated platelets affects head-tail interactions and cell spreading but has no effect on actin binding nor on localization to focal adhesion plaques.
Aceylated; mainly by myristic acid but also small amount of palmitic acid. -
Cellular localization
Cytoplasm > cytoskeleton. Cell junction > adherens junction. Cell membrane. Cytoplasmic face of adhesion plaques. Recruitment to cell-cell junctions occurs in a myosin II-dependent manner. Interaction with CTNNB1 is necessary for its localization to the cell-cell junctions. - Information by UniProt
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Database links
- Entrez Gene: 7414 Human
- Entrez Gene: 22330 Mouse
- Entrez Gene: 305679 Rat
- Omim: 193065 Human
- SwissProt: P18206 Human
- SwissProt: Q64727 Mouse
- SwissProt: P85972 Rat
- Unigene: 643896 Human
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Alternative names
- CMD1W antibody
- CMH15 antibody
- Epididymis luminal protein 114 antibody
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Images
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Vinculin antibody [EPR8185] (ab196454)
ab196454 staining Vinculin in HUVEC cells. The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min), 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 ab196454 at a 1/100 dilution (shown in green) and ab195889, Mouse monoclonal to alpha Tubulin (Alexa Fluor® 594), at a 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).
This product also gave a positive signal under the same testing conditions in HUVEC cells fixed with 100% methanol (5min).
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Alexa Fluor® 488 Anti-Vinculin antibody [EPR8185] (ab196454)
Protocols
Datasheets and documents
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SDS download
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Datasheet download
References (4)
ab196454 has been referenced in 4 publications.
- Juhl OJ et al. Inhibition of focal adhesion turnover prevents osteoblastic differentiation through β-catenin mediated transduction of pro-osteogenic substrate. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 110:1573-1586 (2022). PubMed: 35099117
- Polio SR et al. Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates human airway smooth muscle contraction by altering the cell-cell coupling. Sci Rep 9:9564 (2019). PubMed: 31267003
- Chu L et al. Biodegradable macroporous scaffold with nano-crystal surface microstructure for highly effective osteogenesis and vascularization. J Mater Chem B 6:1658-1667 (2018). PubMed: 32254282
- Chu L et al. Preferential Colonization of Osteoblasts Over Co-cultured Bacteria on a Bifunctional Biomaterial Surface. Front Microbiol 9:2219 (2018). PubMed: 30333796