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Preparation And Storage
Recommended Assay Procedures
Bioimaging: For reccommended Bioimaging protocol, please refer to the protocols section of "Cellular Imaging" at our website, http://www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources. Note that this antibody has been developed and certified for the bioimaging application. However, a routine bioimaging test is not performed on every lot. Researchers are encouraged to titrate the reagent for optimal performance.
Methanol Procedure for a 96 well plate:
Remove media from wells. Add 100 µl/well fresh 3.7% Formaldehyde in PBS. Incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature (RT). Flick out and add 100 µl/well 90% methanol. Incubate for 5 minutes at RT. Flick out and wash twice with PBS. Flick out PBS and add 100 µl/well blocking buffer (3% FBS in PBS). Incubate for 30 minutes at RT. Flick out and add diluted antibody (diluted in blocking buffer). Incubate for 1 hour at RT. Wash three times with PBS. Flick out PBS and add second step reagent. Incubate for 1 hour at RT. Wash three times with PBS. Image sample.
Triton-X 100 Procedure for a 96 well plate:
Remove media from wells. Add 100 µl/well fresh 3.7% Formaldehyde in PBS. Incubate for 10 minutes at room temperature (RT). Flick out and add 100 µl/well 0.1% Triton-X 100. Incubate for 5 minutes at RT. Flick out and wash twice with PBS. Flick out PBS and add 100 µl/well blocking buffer (3% FBS in PBS). Incubate for 30 minutes at RT. Flick out and add diluted antibody (diluted in blocking buffer). Incubate for 1 hour at RT. Flick out and wash three times with PBS. Flick out and add second step reagent. Incubate for 1 hour at RT. Flick out and wash three times with PBS. Image sample.
Product Notices
- Since applications vary, each investigator should titrate the reagent to obtain optimal results.
- Caution: Sodium azide yields highly toxic hydrazoic acid under acidic conditions. Dilute azide compounds in running water before discarding to avoid accumulation of potentially explosive deposits in plumbing.
- Source of all serum proteins is from USDA inspected abattoirs located in the United States.
- This antibody has been developed and certified for the bioimaging application. However, a routine bioimaging test is not performed on every lot. Researchers are encouraged to titrate the reagent for optimal performance.
- Please refer to http://regdocs.bd.com to access safety data sheets (SDS).
- Species cross-reactivity detected in product development may not have been confirmed on every format and/or application.
- For fluorochrome spectra and suitable instrument settings, please refer to our Multicolor Flow Cytometry web page at www.bdbiosciences.com/colors.
- Triton is a trademark of the Dow Chemical Company.
- Please refer to www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources for technical protocols.
The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF-4E) is a 25 kDa phosphoprotein that specifically binds to the 7-methylguanosine-containing cap of mRNA. eIF-4E is the rate-limiting component for the initiation of cap-dependent translation by the eIF-4E translation initiation complex. This complex promotes the unwinding of secondary structure at the 5' untranslated region of mRNA, which is necessary to expose and locate the AUG-initiation codon. Phosphorylation of eIF-4E on Ser-209 occurs after serum treatment in CHO cells, and may regulate its function. Overexpression of eIF-4E can lead to increased cell proliferation, transformation, and tumorigenesis in nude mice. The overexpression of a Ala-53 variant of eIF-4E cannot evoke these changes, suggesting that Ser-53 on eIF-4E participates in the transfer of mRNA to the 48S initiation complexes. In cooperation with nuclear oncogenes such as c-myc or E1A, eIF-4E transforms primary cells. Other studies have demonstrated that overexpression of eIF-4E causes activation of Ras and leads to a transformed phenotype. Subsequent overexpression of GAP then causes reversion of this phenotype. The mechanism by which eIF-4E plays a role in transformation is not clear, but it is postulated that high levels of eIF-4E may lead to the translation of mRNAs that are normally translationally repressed.
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