Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824)
Key features and details
- Produced recombinantly (animal-free) for high batch-to-batch consistency and long term security of supply
- Rabbit monoclonal [UMB2] to CXCR4
- Suitable for: IHC-Fr, Flow Cyt, WB, IHC-P, ICC/IF
- Reacts with: Mouse, Rat, Human, Chinese hamster
Overview
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Product name
Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2]
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Description
Rabbit monoclonal [UMB2] to CXCR4 -
Host species
Rabbit -
Specificity
Although some customers can get this ab to work in mouse and rat successfully we cannot reproduce this in house in IHC so cannot guarantee it. We would recommend antibody Anti-CXCR4 antibody [EPUMBR3] (ab181020) for use in mouse IHC.
This antibody recognizes only the non-phosphorylated C-terminus of CXCR4 (residues 341-352). Phosphorylation of S346/347 blocks antibody binding. PMID: 24154522, 25451233.
We recommend dephosphorylation of samples using lambda phosphatase treatment. Please refer to application notes.
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Tested Applications & Species
See all applications and species dataApplication Species Flow Cyt HumanICC/IF HumanIHC-Fr MouseRatIHC-P HumanWB HumanChinese hamster -
Immunogen
Synthetic peptide within Human CXCR4 aa 300 to the C-terminus (C terminal). The exact sequence is proprietary.
(Peptide available asab155072) -
Positive control
- WB: HeLa, Jurkat and WI-38 cell lysates; HEK239 transfected with CXCR4, cell lysate.IF/ICC: Jurkat cells. IHC-P: Human cervical carcinoma, bladder cancer tissue, ovarian adenocarcinoma tissue and tonsil tissue. Flow Cyt: Jurkat cells IHC-Fr: Mouse and rat E14.5 cerebrum
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General notes
Our internal data indicates that mouse and rat are not recommended for IHC.
Abcam recommended secondaries - Goat Anti-Rabbit HRP (ab205718) and Goat Anti-Rabbit Alexa Fluor® 488 (ab150077).
See other anti-rabbit secondary antibodies that can be used with this antibody.
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.
We are constantly working hard to ensure we provide our customers with best in class antibodies. As a result of this work we are pleased to now offer this antibody in purified format. We are in the process of updating our datasheets. The purified format is designated 'PUR' on our product labels. If you have any questions regarding this update, please contact our Scientific Support team.
Properties
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Form
Liquid -
Storage instructions
Shipped at 4°C. Store at -20°C. Stable for 12 months at -20°C. -
Storage buffer
pH: 7.20
Preservative: 0.01% Sodium azide
Constituents: 40% Glycerol, 0.05% BSA, 59% PBS -
Concentration information loading...
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Purity
Protein A purified -
Clonality
Monoclonal -
Clone number
UMB2 -
Isotype
IgG -
Research areas
Images
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Flow Cytometry analysis of Jurkat (human T cell leukemia T lymphocyte) cells labeling CXCR4 with purified ab124824 at 1:260 dilution (10 µg/ml) - Red. Cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde . A Goat anti rabbit IgG (Alexa Fluor® 488, ab150077) secondary antibody was used at 1:2000 dilution. Isotype control - Rabbit monoclonal IgG (ab172730) - Black. Unlabeled control - Blue. Untreated cells - Green
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Immunohistochemical (Frozen) analysis of mouse E14.5 cerebrum labeling CXCR4 with ab124824 at 1/250 (10.8 μg/mL). Sections were fixed with 4% PFA and permeabilised with 0.2% Triton X-100. ab150077 lexaFluor®488 Goat anti-Rabbit secondary at 1/1000 (2 μg/mL) was used as the secondary antibody. Nuclei were counterstained blue with DAPI. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed using sodium citrate buffer (10mM citrate pH 6.0 + 0.05% Tween-20).
Positive staining on mouse embryonic cerebrum.
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Immunohistochemical detection of CXCR4 expression in human tissue specimens of normal appearance
CXCR4 was detected in the indicated PFA-fixed, paraffin-embedded human tissues using ab124824 at 5 μ/ml overnight at 4°C.
A, kidney. B, adrenal gland. C, cerebellum. D, bone marrow, brown staining: CXCR4, green staining: CD45. E, Spleen. F, testis. G, lung. H, colon.
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All lanes : Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824)
Lane 1 : CHO (negative control)
Lane 2 : Jurkat whole cell
Lane 3 : Jurkat membrane
Lane 4 : Jurkat nuclear (negative control)
Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : Goat anti-rabbit at 1/10000 dilution
Predicted band size: 39 kDa
Observed band size: 41 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?Running buffer: MOPS.
Conditions: denatured/reduced.
This blot was produced using a 4-12% Bis-Tris gel under the MOPS buffer system. The gel was run at 200V for 60 minutes before being transferred onto a Nitrocellulose membrane at 30V for 70 minutes. The membrane was then blocked for an hour before being incubated with ab124824 (anti-CXCR4) and ab7671 (loading ctrl), overnight at 4°C. Before imaging, antibody binding was detected using labelled goat anti-rabbit (H+L; green) and labelled goat anti-mouse (H+L; red) at 1:10,000 dilutions for 1hr at room temperature.
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Characterization of UMB-2 (ab124824) by immunofluorescent staining of transfected cells. HEK-293 cells expressing CCR7 or CXCR4 were either not exposed or exposed to 100 ng/ml MIP-3 or 100 ng/ml SDF-1 for 30 min, subsequently fixed and immunofluorescently stained with 1 µg/ml anti-CCR7 {1188} or anti-CXCR4 {UMB-2} at a dilution of 1∶100. Note that UMB-2 detected prominent immunofluorescence at the level of the plasma membrane only in CXCR4- but not in CCR7-expressing cells, and that SDF-1 exposure induced a rapid translocation of CXCR4 receptor immunostaining from the plasma membrane into the cytosol. Representative results from one of three independent experiments are shown. Scale bar, 20 µm.
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Immunohistochemical (Frozen) analysis of rat E14.5 cerebrum labeling CXCR4 with ab124824 at 1/250 (10.8 μg/mL). Sections were fixed with 4% PFA and permeabilised with 0.2% Triton X-100. ab150077 lexaFluor®488 Goat anti-Rabbit secondary at 1/1000 (2 μg/mL) was used as the secondary antibody. Nuclei were counterstained blue with DAPI. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed using sodium citrate buffer (10mM citrate pH 6.0 + 0.05% Tween-20).
Positive staining on rat embryonic cerebrum.
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Unpurified ab124824, at 1/50 dilution, staining CXCR4 in paraffin-embedded Human cervical carcinoma tissue by immunohistochemistry.
Perform heat mediated antigen retrieval before commencing with IHC staining protocol.
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Immunofluorescence staining of Jurkat cells with purified ab124824 at a working dilution of 1 in 250, counter-stained with DAPI. Tubulin was stained with mouse anti-tubulin at a dilution of 1/1000 (ab7291) and Alexa Fluor® 594 goat anti-mouse at a dilution of 1/500 (ab150120) . The secondary antibody was ab150077 Alexa Fluor® 488 goat anti rabbit, used at a dilution of 1 in 500. The cells were fixed in 4% PFA and permeabilized using 0.1% Triton X 100. The negative controls are shown in the bottom middle and right hand panels - for the first negative control, purified ab124824 was used at a dilution of 1/200 followed by an Alexa Fluor® 555 goat anti-mouse antibody at a dilution of 1/500 and for the second negative control mouse primary antibody (ab7291) and anti-rabbit secondary antibody (ab15007) were used.
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Western blot analysis of the specificity of anti-CXCR4 antibodies. Membrane preparations from HEK-293 cells stably transfected to express either CCR7 or CXCR4 were separated on 10% SDS-polyacrylamide gels and blotted onto nitrocellulose membranes. Membranes were then incubated with affinity-purified 1 µg/ml anti-CCR7 {1188} or anti-CXCR4 {UMB-2} hybridoma supernatant at a dilution of 1:100. Blots were developed using enhanced chemiluminescence. Note that UMB-2 detected a band of the expected molecular weight only in CXCR4- but not in CCR7-transfected cells. Two additional experiments gave similar results.
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All lanes : Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824) at 1/1000 dilution
Lane 1 : HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysates
Lanes 2-3 : Jurkat (Human T cell leukemia T lymphocyte) whole cell lysates
Lysates/proteins at 15 µg per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) (ab97051) at 1/20000 dilution
Predicted band size: 39 kDa
Observed band size: 43 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?
Exposure time: 1 secondBlocking and diluting buffer: 5% NFDM/TBST
We suggest to not boil the sample after lysis.
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Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824) at 1/100 dilution (purified) + WI-38 cell lysate at 10 µg
Secondary
HRP goat anti-rabbit (H+L) at 1/1000 dilution
Predicted band size: 39 kDa
Observed band size: 43 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?Blocking buffer: 5% NFDM/TBST
Dilution buffer: 5% NFDM/TBST
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Immunohistochemical staining of paraffin embedded human bladder cancer with purified ab124824 at a working dilution of 1/500. The secondary antibody used is ab97051, a HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L), at a dilution of 1/500. The sample is counter-stained with hematoxylin. Antigen retrieval was perfomed using Tris-EDTA buffer, pH 9.0. PBS was used instead of the primary antibody as the negative control, and is shown in the inset.
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ab124824 stained Jurkat cells. The cells were 100% methanol fixed for 5 minutes at -20°C 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 (ab124824 at 5ug/ml) 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.
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Unpurified ab124824, at 1/50 dilution, staining CXCR4 in paraffin-embedded Human ovarian adenocarcinoma tissue by immunohistochemistry.
Perform heat mediated antigen retrieval before commencing with IHC staining protocol.
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Unpurified ab124824, at 1/50 dilution, staining CXCR4 in paraffin-embedded Human tonsil tissue by immunohistochemistry.
Perform heat mediated antigen retrieval before commencing with IHC staining protocol.
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Lane 1 : Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824) at 1/500 dilution (unpurified)
Lane 2 : Anti-CXCR4 antibody [UMB2] (ab124824) at 1/500 dilution
Lane 1 : HEK239 transfected with a CXCR4 (mouse) expression vector cell lysate
Lane 2 : HEK239 transfected with an empty expression vector cell lysate
Lysates/proteins at 100000 cells per lane.
Secondary
All lanes : HRP-conjugated Goat anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal at 1/50000 dilution
Developed using the ECL technique.
Performed under reducing conditions.
Predicted band size: 39 kDa
Observed band size: 42,47 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?
Exposure time: 10 seconds
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