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beta-Actin Antibody

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Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - Representative western blot bands: MMP-9, MMP-12 and beta-Actin in lung homogenates of the CS and Air groups from different gels. Image collected and cropped by CiteAb ...read more
Immunohistochemistry: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - Staining at 1:200 shows detection of actin at the neuromuscular juntion of rana pipiens tissue. Formalin fixed paraffin embedded sections.
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - Detection of actin Lane 1: HeLa cell lysate, Lane 2: rat brain, Lane 3: mouse brain, Lane 4: 3T3 cell lysate.
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - analysis of Beta Actin on HeLa and LNCaP cell lysates(25ug/lane) using anti-Beta Actin antibody. Image from verified customer review.
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - Lane 1: molecular weight. Lane 2: human embryonic kidney 293. Lane 3: human lung carcinoma A549. Lane 4: mouse brain. Load: 35 ug per lane. Primary antibody: Beta Actin ...read more
Immunohistochemistry of Rabbit beta-Actin Antibody. Tissue: sections 4.2 mm thick of rana pipiens tissue. Fixation: formalin fixed paraffin embedded. Antigen retrieval: not required. Primary antibody: Beta Actin ...read more
(A) Representative western blot bands: MMP-9, MMP-12 and beta -actin in lung homogenates of the CS and Air groups from different gels. Full-length gels and blots are shown in a supplementary information (Supplemental ...read more
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - SUM149PT cells express a truncated partially functional BRCA1 protein.Cells were irradiated with 6 Gy & lysed after 6 hours for analysis by Western blotting. Data for ...read more
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - BRCA1-mutant cell lines show distinct sensitivities to 6-thoguanine.(a) Sensitivity of BRCA1-mutant (red) & BRCA1-wild-type (blue) cell lines to 6-thioguanine was tested ...read more
Western Blot: beta-Actin Antibody [NB600-505] - BRCA1-mutant cell lines show distinct sensitivities to 6-thoguanine.(a) Sensitivity of BRCA1-mutant (red) & BRCA1-wild-type (blue) cell lines to 6-thioguanine was tested ...read more

Product Details

Summary
Reactivity Hu, Mu, Rt, AmSpecies Glossary
Applications WB, ELISA, ICC/IF, IHC, MS
Clonality
Polyclonal
Host
Rabbit
Conjugate
Unconjugated

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beta-Actin Antibody Summary

Description
Store this antibody at -20C prior to opening. Aliquot contents and freeze at -20C or below for extended storage. Avoid cycles of freezing and thawing. Centrifuge product if not completely clear after standing at room temperature. This product is stable for several weeks at 4C as an undiluted liquid. Dilute only prior to immediate use.
Immunogen
beta-Actin Antibody was prepared from whole rabbit serum produced by repeated immunizations with a synthetic peptide corresponding to C-Terminal region near amino acids 350-375 of Human beta Actin. (Uniprot: P60709)
Localization
Cytoplasmic
Isotype
IgG
Clonality
Polyclonal
Host
Rabbit
Gene
ACTB
Purity
Immunogen affinity purified
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Applications/Dilutions

Dilutions
  • Electron Microscopy
  • ELISA 1:10000-1:40000
  • Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence 1:500-1:2000
  • Immunohistochemistry 1:10-1:500
  • Immunohistochemistry-Paraffin 1:50 - 1:200
  • Western Blot 1:1000-1:4000
Application Notes
This product has been tested for use in ELISA, immunofluorescence, and western blot. Specific conditions for reactivity should be optimized by the end user. Beta actin present in fibroblast connective tissue stains very brightly. Beta actin present in neuromuscular junctions also stains. Paraformaldehyde fixation yields brighter staining than formalin or methanol fixation. Expect a band at ~42 kDa in size corresponding to beta actin by western blotting in the appropriate cell lysate or extract.

Use in electron microscopy reported in scientific literature (PMID: 18799754).
Control
293 Whole Cell Lysate
HeLa Whole Cell Lysate
Human Lung Whole Tissue Lysate (Adult Whole Tumor)
Mouse Brain Whole Tissue Lysate (Adult Whole Normal)
Reviewed Applications
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NB600-505 in the following applications:

Publications
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NB600-505 in the following applications:

  • EM
    1 publication
  • 2 publications
  • WB
    5 publications

Reactivity Notes

Lithobates (Leopard frog)

beta-Actin Loading Control Antibody is expected to cross-react with a wide range of species due to sequence homology. A BLAST analysis was used to suggest that this antibody would react with beta Actin from a wide range of organisms, including most vertebrates and some yeast

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

Storage
Store at -20C. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
Buffer
0.02 M Potassium Phosphate, 0.15 M Sodium Chloride, pH 7.2
Preservative
0.01% Sodium Azide
Purity
Immunogen affinity purified

Alternate Names for beta-Actin Antibody

  • ACTB
  • actin, beta
  • actin, cytoplasmic 1
  • B-Actin
  • Beta Actin
  • beta cytoskeletal actin
  • betaActin
  • beta-Actin
  • BRWS1
  • I(2)-Actin
  • PS1TP5-binding protein 1
  • PS1TP5BP1

Background

Actin is a highly conserved protein involved in cell motility, structure, and integrity. Six functional actin isoforms exist and were named based on their electrophoretic mobility and distribution including alpha-cardiac muscle actin (aCAA), alpha-skeletal muscle actin (aSKA), alpha-smooth muscle actin (aSMA), beta-cytoplasmic actin (bCYA), gamma-cytoplasmic actin (gCYA) and gamma-smooth muscle actin (gSMA) (1). The cytoplasmic isoforms, beta-actin and gamma-actin, are nearly identical, differing by only 4 amino acids at the N-terminus with a theoretical molecular weight of 42 kDa (2). Beta-actin is ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic cells and considered a housekeeping gene which is frequently used as a loading control for assays involving protein detection, such as Western blotting (3,4).

References

1. Vandekerckhove J, Weber K. 1978. At least six different actins are expressed in a higher mammal: an analysis based on the amino acid sequence of the amino-terminal tryptic peptide. J Mol Biol. 126(4):783-802. PMID: 745245

2. Gimona M, Vandekerckhove J, Goethals M, Herzog M, Lando Z, Small JV. (1994) Beta-actin specific monoclonal antibody. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 27(2):108-16. PMID: 8162619

3. Holden VI, Lenio S, Kuick R, Ramakrishnan SK, Shah YM, Bachman MA. (2014) Bacterial siderophores that evade or overwhelm Lipocalin 2 induce HIF-1a and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in cultured respiratory epithelial cells Infect Immun. 82(9):3826-36 PMID: 24980968

4. Tsai WL, Yeh PH, Tsai CY, Ting CT, Chiu YH, Tao MH, Li WC, Hung SC. (2016) Efficient Programming of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes by Epigenetic Regulations. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 32(1):261-269. PMID: 27218433

Limitations

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Primary Antibodies are guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.

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Publications for beta-Actin Antibody (NB600-505)(15)

We have publications tested in 3 confirmed species: Human, Mouse, Rat.

We have publications tested in 3 applications: EM, ICC/IF, WB.


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N Kondo, F Hirano, T Temma Evaluation of 3-Borono-l-Phenylalanine as a Water-Soluble Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Agent Pharmaceutics, 2022-05-22;14(5):. 2022-05-22 [PMID: 35631692]
Colli LM, Jessop L, Myers TA Et al. Altered regulation of DPF3, a member of the SWI/SNF complexes, underlies the 14q24 renal cancer susceptibility locus American journal of human genetics 2021-08-09 [PMID: 34390653] (WB, Mouse) WB Mouse
Shapiro M, Tang T, Dasgupta A, Kurenbekova L. In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of a Preclinical Radiation-Adapted Model for Ewing Sarcoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2018-02-01 [PMID: 29534895] (Human) Human
Thomas-Jardin SE, Kanchwala MS, Jacob J et al. Identification of an IL-1-induced gene expression pattern in AR(+) PCa cells that mimics the molecular phenotype of AR(-) PCa cells. Prostate 2018-06-01 [PMID: 29527701] (Human) Human
Kondo N, Temma T, Aita K et al. Development of matrix metalloproteinase-targeted probes for lung inflammation detection with positron emission tomography Sci Rep 2018-01-22 [PMID: 29358724] (WB, Mouse) WB Mouse
Bigot P, Colli LM, Machiela MJ et al. Functional characterization of the 12p12 1 renal cancer-susceptibility locus implicates BHLHE41. Nat Commun. [PMID: 27384883] (WB)

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Gu Y, Helenius M, Vaananen K et al. BRCA1-deficient breast cancer cell lines are resistant to MEK inhibitors and show distinct sensitivities to 6-thioguanine. Sci Rep 2016-06-17 [PMID: 27313062] (WB) WB
Gu Y, Bouwman P, Greco D et al. Suppression of BRCA1 sensitizes cells to proteasome inhibitors. Cell Death Dis 2014-12-18 [PMID: 25522274] (WB) WB
Chang M A, Patel V, Gwede M et al. IL-1beta induces p62/SQSTM1 and represses androgen receptor expression in prostate cancer cells. J Cell Biochem. 2014-12-01 [PMID: 25103771]
Gerrits Han, Parade Marc C B C, Koonen-Reemst Annemie M C B et al. Reversible infertility in a liver receptor homologue-1 (LRH-1)-knockdown mouse model. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2014-01-01 [PMID: 23425349] (Mouse) Mouse
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Summary

ApplicationWestern Blot
Sample TestedHela and LNCap cell lysates
SpeciesHuman

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  1. Why is beta actin used as a loading control in blotting ?
    • Beta actin is a highly-expressed protein found in all cells, and is considered a house keeping protein whose expression is necessary for any cell's proper functioning. For this reason it is used as a loading control to confirm that the same amount of total protein is loaded in each lane of an SDS-PAGE gel so that appropriate comparisons can be made between the actual proteins of interest in different samples.
  2. Are the beta-Actin antibodies validated in Simple Western?
    • Yes, we offer a few beta actin antibodies that have been tested in Simple Western: NBP1-47423, NB600-501, NB600-532, NB600-503, and NB100-56874.
  3. Do Beta-Actin antibodies come in lyophilized format?
    • ACTB antibodies like MAB8969 AND MAB8929 come in lyophilized form.
  4. What is the theoretical molecular weight for Beta-Actin antibodies?
    • The TMW for beta Actin antibodies is approximately 42 kDa.
  5. I wanted to know which of the two housekeeping genes B-actin or GAPDH can be used for best results. I intend to do an experiment to determine expression of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in liver and kidney tissues.
    • For homogenized tissue, beta-actin and GAPDH are both fine.
  6. What is the immunogen sequence of this Beta-Actin antibody?
    • A sequence corresponding to amino acids 359 - 368 of beta Actin.

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