Recombinant Anti-Tuberin antibody [EP1107Y] (ab52936)

Lane 1: Wild-type HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 2: Tuberin knockout HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 3: HeLa whole cell lysate (20 µg)

Lanes 1 - 4: Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab52936 observed at 180 kDa. Red - loading control, ab18058, observed at 130 kDa.

ab52936 was shown to specifically react with tuberin in wild-type HAP1 cells. No band was observed when tuberin knockout samples were used. Wild-type and tuberin knockout samples were subjected to SDS-PAGE.  Ab52936 and ab18058 (Mouse anti Vinculin loading control) were incubated overnight at 4°C at 1/1000 dilution and 1/10000 dilution respectively. Blots were developed 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 1/10000 dilution for 1 hour at room temperature before imaging.

ab52936 stained HeLa cells. The cells were 4% formaldehyde fixed for 10 minutes at room temperature and then incubated in 1%BSA / 10% normal goat serum / 0.3M glycine in 0.1% PBS-Tween for 1hour at room temperature to permeabilise the cells and block non-specific protein-protein interactions. The cells were then incubated with the antibody (ab52936 at 1/100 dilution) overnight at +4°C. The secondary antibody (pseudo-colored green) was Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (Alexa Fluor® 488) preadsorbed (ab150081) used at a 1/1000 dilution for 1hour at room temperature. Alexa Fluor® 594 WGA was used to label plasma membranes (pseudo-colored red) at a 1/200 dilution for 1hour at room temperature. DAPI was used to stain the cell nuclei (pseudo-colored blue) at a concentration of 1.43µM for 1hour at room temperature.

Blocking/Diluting Buffer and concentration:
5% NFDM/TBST

Overlay histogram showing SH-SY5Y (Human neuroblastoma epithelial cell) cells stained with ab52936 (red line). The cells were fixed with 4% Paraformaldehydeand then permeabilized with 90% Methanol. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluorr^® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H&L) ab150077 at 1/2000 dilution. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (monoclonal). Unlabelled sample (blue line) was Cell without incubation with primary antibody and secondary antibody. 

Overlay histogram showing HeLa cells stained with ab52936 (red line). The cells were fixed with 80% methanol (5 min)/ and then permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween 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 (ab52936, 1/10000 dilution) for 30 min at 22°C. The secondary antibody used was Alexa Fluor^® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H&L) (ab150077) at 1/2000 dilution for 30 min at 22°C. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (monoclonal) (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. This antibody gave a positive signal in HeLa cells fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10 min)/permeabilized with 0.1% PBS-Tween for 20 min used under the same conditions.

Tuberin was immunoprecipitated from 0.35 mg HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysate 10 µg with ab52936 at 1/50 dilution (2µg). VeriBlot for IP Detection Reagent (HRP)(ab131366) was used at 1/5000 dilution.

Lane 1: HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysate 10 µg

Lane 2: ab52936 IP in HeLa whole cell lysate

Lane 3: Rabbit monoclonal IgG (ab172730) instead of ab52936 in HeLa whole cell lysate

Blocking and dilution buffer and concentration: 5% NFDM/TBST.

The cell lysates was prepared in 1%SDS Hot lysis method.

Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded human adenocarcinoma of uterus using ab52936 at a dilution of 1/100-1/250.

Perform heat mediated antigen retrieval with citrate buffer pH 6 before commencing with IHC staining protocol.