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Analysis of Rb (pS780) in activated human acute lymphoblastic leukemia. MOLT-4 cells (without serum starvation) were either stimulated with 200 ng/ml PMA (Sigma, Cat. No. P8139) for 24 hours (right panel) or unstimulated (left panel). The cells were fixed (BD Phosflow™ Fix Buffer I, Cat. No. 557870) for 10 minutes at 37°C, then permeabilized (BD Phosflow™ Perm Buffer III, Cat. No. 558050) on ice for at least 30 minutes, and then stained with Alexa Fluor® 488 Mouse anti-Rb (pS780). 7AAD staining solution (Cat. No. 559925) was used to monitor the cell cycle of the stimulated and unstimulated cells. Flow cytometry was performed on a BD FACSCalibur™ flow cytometry system. The boxed region in the data demonstrates that PMA treatment causes cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase, which is associated with dephosphorylation of Rb.
BD™ Phosflow Alexa Fluor® 488 Mouse anti-Rb (pS780)
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The retinoblastoma gene product (Rb) is well known as a tumor suppressor and is either absent or mutated in many human tumors. Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer of the wild-type Rb gene into several Rb mutant neoplastic cell lines suppresses their tumorgenicity. Rb is a 110-kDa nuclear phosphoprotein that undergoes differential phosphorylation during the cell cycle. During G1 phase, Rb is predominantly in a hypophosphorylated state. It becomes increasingly phosphorylated throughout the cell cycle until late mitosis, when substantial dephosphorylation occurs. Hypophosphorylated Rb interacts with a number of cellular proteins including the E2F transcription factor, several cyclins, RBP-1, RBP-2, c-Abl, c-myc, N-myc, and p46. Phosphorylation of Rb at various sites, by Cyclin-dependent protein kinases, inhibits the binding of Rb to these proteins. Rb is thought to mediate its effects, in part, via the repression of genes required for proliferation. For example, Rb is specifically recruited to promoters containing E2F sites and actively represses E2F mediated transcription. Rb also stimulates the activity of other transcription factors, although the mechanisms are less clearly defined. Thus, Rb appears to regulate transcription in its aim to control cell growth.
The J146-35 monoclonal antibody recognizes Rb phosphorylated at serine 780 (pS780), which affects Rb binding to E2F. The orthologous phosphorylation sites in mouse and rat Rb are serines 773 and 751, respectively.
Development References (2)
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Cobrinik D. Pocket proteins and cell cycle control. Oncogene. 2005; 24:2796-2809. (Biology).
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Knudsen ES, Wang JY. Dual mechanisms for the inihibition of E2F binding to RB by cyclin-dependent kinase-mediate RB phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol. 1997; 17(10):5771-5783. (Biology).
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