All lanes : Anti-HP1 alpha antibody [EPR5777] - Heterochromatin marker (ab109028) at 1/1000 dilution (Purified)

Lane 1 : HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysate
Lane 2 : SH-SY5Y (Human neuroblastoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysate
Lane 3 : Mouse brain lysate
Lane 4 : Rat brain lysate

Lysates/proteins at 20 µg per lane.

Secondary
All lanes : Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (HRP) (ab97051) at 1/20000 dilution

Predicted band size: 22 kDa

We are unsure how to define the extra bands.

Lane 1: Wild-type HAP1 cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 2: HP1 alpha knockout HAP1 cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 3: HeLa cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 4: MCF7 cell lysate (20 µg)

Lanes 1 - 4: Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab109028 observed at 28 kDa. Red - loading control, ab8245, observed at 37 kDa.

ab109028 was shown to specifically react with HP1 alpha when HP1 alpha knockout samples were used. Wild-type and HP1 alpha knockout samples were subjected to SDS-PAGE. ab109028 and ab8245 (loading control to GAPDH) were diluted 1/10 000 and 1/2000 respectively and incubated overnight at 4°C. Blots were developed with Goat anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye^® 800CW) preadsorbed (ab216773) and Goat anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye^® 680RD) preadsorbed (ab216776) secondary antibodies at 1/10000 dilution for 1 h at room temperature before imaging.

Purified ab109028 at 1/30 dilution (2µg) immunoprecipitating HP1 alpha in MCF7 whole cell lysate.
Lane 1 (input): MCF7 (Human breast adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) whole cell lysate 10µg
Lane 2 (+): ab109028 + MCF7 whole cell lysate.
Lane 3 (-): Rabbit monoclonal IgG (ab172730) instead of ab109028 in MCF7 whole cell lysate.
VeriBlot for IP Detection Reagent (HRP) (ab131366) (1/1000 dilution) was used for Western blotting.
Blocking Buffer and concentration: 5% NFDM/TBST.
Diluting buffer and concentration: 5% NFDM/TBST.
Observed band size: 22 kDa

Immunocytochemistry analysis of HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) cells labeling HP1 alpha with Purified ab109028 at 1/250 dilution (1.22 µg/mL). Cells were fixed in 4% Paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with 0.1% tritonX-100. Cells were counterstained with Ab195889 Anti-alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Microtubule Marker (Alexa Fluor® 594) 1/200 dilution (2.5 µg/mL). Goat anti rabbit IgG (Alexa Fluor® 488, ab150077) was used as the secondary antibody at 1/1000 dilution (2 µg/mL). DAPI (blue) was used as nuclear counterstain. PBS instead of the primary antibody was used as the secondary antibody only control.

Flow Cytometry analysis of HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) cells labeling HP1 alpha with Purified ab109028 at 1/30 dilution (10 µg/mL) (Red). Cells were fixed with 4% Paraformaldehyde and permeabilised with 90% Methanol. A Goat anti rabbit IgG (Alexa Fluor® 488, ab150077) secondary antibody was used at 1/2000. Isotype control - Rabbit monoclonal IgG (Black). Unlabeled control - Cell without incubation with primary antibody and secondary antibody (Blue).

Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) analysis of human breast cancer tissue sections labeling HP1 alpha with Purified ab109028 at 1/1000 dilution (0.31 µg/mL). Heat mediated antigen retrieval using Bond™ Epitope Retrieval Solution 2 (pH 9.0). Rabbit specific IHC polymer detection kit HRP/DAB (ab209101) was used as the secondary antibody. Negative control: PBS instead of the primary antibody. Hematoxylin was used as a counterstain.

ab109028 staining HP1 alpha in wild-type HAP1 cells (top panel) and HP1 alpha knockout HAP1 cells (bottom panel). The cells were fixed with 4% formaldehyde (10min), 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 with ab109028 at 1/250 dilution and ab195889 at 1/250 dilution (shown in pseudo colour red) overnight at +4°C, followed by a further incubation at room temperature for 1h with a goat secondary antibody to Rabbit IgG (Alexa Fluor® 488) (ab150081) at 2 μg/ml (shown in green). Nuclear DNA was labelled in blue with DAPI.

Image was taken with a confocal microscope (Leica-Microsystems, TCS SP8).

Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) analysis of mouse kidney tissue sections labeling HP1 alpha with Purified ab109028 at 1/1000 dilution (0.31 µg/mL). Heat mediated antigen retrieval using Bond™ Epitope Retrieval Solution 2 (pH 9.0). Rabbit specific IHC polymer detection kit HRP/DAB (ab209101) was used as the secondary antibody. Negative control: PBS instead of the primary antibody. Hematoxylin was used as a counterstain.

Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) analysis of rat pancreas tissue sections labeling HP1 alpha with Purified ab109028 at 1/1000 dilution (0.31 µg/mL). Heat mediated antigen retrieval using Bond™ Epitope Retrieval Solution 2 (pH 9.0). Rabbit specific IHC polymer detection kit HRP/DAB (ab209101) was used as the secondary antibody. Negative control: PBS instead of the primary antibody. Hematoxylin was used as a counterstain.