Lane 1: Wild-type HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 2: MEK1 knockout HAP1 whole cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 3: A431 whole cell lysate (20 µg)
Lane 4: HepG2 whole cell lysate (20 µg)

Lanes 1 - 4: Merged signal (red and green). Green - ab32091 observed at 43 kDa. Red - loading control, ab18058, observed at 130 kDa.

ab32091 was shown to specifically react with MEK1 in wild-type HAP1 cells as signal was lost in MEK1 knockout cells. Wild-type and MEK1 knockout samples were subjected to SDS-PAGE. Ab32091 and ab18058 (Mouse anti-Vinculin loading control) were incubated overnight at 4°C at 1/1000 dilution and 1/20000 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 1/20000 dilution for 1 hour at room temperature before imaging.

Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence analysis of HeLa cells labelling MEK1 with purified ab32091 at dilution of 1/500. Cells were fixed with 4% Paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100. ab150077, Alexa Fluor^® 488-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (1/1000) was used as the secondary antibody. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue).

Secondary Only Control: PBS was used instead of the primary antibody as the negative control.

Anti-MEK1 antibody [E342] (ab32091) at 1/5000 dilution + A431 (Human epidermoid carcinoma epithelial cell)whole cell lysate at 20 µg

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

Predicted band size: 43 kDa
Observed band size: 45 kDa why is the actual band size different from the predicted?


Exposure time: 15 seconds

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

Ab32091, at a 1/100 dilution, staining MEK1 in paraffin embedded human cervical carcinoma tissue by Immunohistochemistry.

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

Overlay histogram showing HeLa cells stained with ab32091 (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 (ab32091, 1/100 dilution) for 30 min at 22ºC. The secondary antibody used was DyLight® 488 goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L) (ab96899) at 1/500 dilution for 30 min at 22ºC. Isotype control antibody (black line) was rabbit IgG (monoclonal) (1µg/1x10⁶ cells) used under the same conditions. Acquisition of >5,000 events was performed.