Vimentin antibody

Catalog No. ABIN94492

Product Details anti-Vimentin Antibody

Target: Vimentin (VIM)

Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Pig, Chicken

Host: Mouse

Clonality: Monoclonal

Conjugate: This Vimentin antibody is un-conjugated

Application: Western Blotting (WB), Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin-embedded Sections) (IHC (p)), Immunocytochemistry (ICC), Immunoprecipitation (IP)

Specificity: The antibody VI-10 reacts with vimentin, a 57 kDa intermediate filament intracellular protein expressed in variety of mesenchymal and mesodermal cell types.

Cross-Reactivity (Details): Mouse, Other not tested, Human, Rat, Chicken, Porcine

Purification: Purified by sequential steps of physicochemical fractionation (differential precipitation and solid-phase chromatography methods).

Purity: > 95 % (by SDS-PAGE)

Clone: VI-10

Isotype: IgM

Application Details

Application Notes: Immunocytochemistry: Staining technique: (a) fix cells for 10 min in methanol at -20 °C and for 6 min in acetone at -20 °C, (b) fix cells directly in methanol for 10 min at -20 °C or in acetone for 10 min at -20 °C. Positive control: 3T3 murine Swiss albino fibroblast cell line, RBL rat basophilic leukemia cell line.
Immunohistochemistry (paraffin sections): Recommended dilution: 5 μg/mL, positive tissue: skin fibroblast.
Western blotting: Recommended dilution: 1-2 μg/mL.

Restrictions: For Research Use only

Handling

Concentration: 1 mg/mL

Buffer: Tris buffered saline (TBS), pH 8.0, 15 mM sodium azide

Preservative: Sodium azide

Precaution of Use: This product contains Sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.

Handling Advice: Do not freeze.

Storage: 4 °C

Storage Comment: Store at 2-8°C. Do not freeze.

References for anti-Vimentin antibody (ABIN94492)

Dráberová, Zíková, Dráber: "Monoclonal antibody VI-10 specific for vimentin." in: Folia biologica, Vol. 45, Issue 1, pp. 35-6, (2000) (PubMed).

Target Details for Vimentin

Target: Vimentin (VIM)

Alternative Name: Vimentin (VIM Products)

Background: Vimentin,Vimentin (57 kDa) is the most ubiquituos intermediate filament protein and the first to be expressed during cell differentiation. All primitive cell types express vimentin but in most non-mesenchymal cells it is replaced by other intermediate filament proteins during differentiation. Vimentin is expressed in a wide variety of mesenchymal cell types - fibroblasts, endothelial cells etc., and in a number of other cell types derived from mesoderm, e.g., mesothelium and ovarian granulosa cells. In non-vascular smooth muscle cellsand striated muscle, vimentin is often replaced by desmin, however, during regeneration, vimentin is reexpressed. Cells of the lymfo-haemopoietic system (lymphocytes, macrophages etc.) also express vimentin, sometimes in scarce amounts. Vimentin is also found in mesoderm derived epithelia, e.g. kidney (Bowman capsule), endometrium and ovary (surface epithelium), in myoepithelial cells (breast, salivary and sweat glands), an in thyroid gland epithelium. In these cell types, as in mesothelial cells, vimentin is coexpressed with cytokeratin.Furthermore, vimentin is detected in many cells from the neural crest. Particularly melanocytes express abundant vimentin. In glial cells vimentin is coexpressed with Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP). Vimentin is present in many different neoplasms but is particulary expressed in those originated from mesenchymal cells. Sarcomas e.g., fibrosarcoma, malignt fibrous histiocytoma, angiosarcoma, and leio- and rhabdomyosarcoma, as well as lymphomas, malignant melanoma and schwannoma, are virtually always vimentin positive. Mesoderm derived carcinomas like renal cell carcinoma, adrenal cortical carcinoma and adenocarcinomas from endometrium and ovary usually express vimentin. Also thyroid carcinomas are vimentin positive. Any low differentiated carcinoma may express some vimentin. Vimentin is frequently included in the so-called primary panel (together with CD45, cytokeratin, and S-100 protein). Intense staining reaction for vimentin without coexpression of other intermediate filament proteins is strongly suggestive of a mesenchymal tumour or malignant melanoma.

Gene ID: 7431

UniProt: P08670

Pathways: Caspase Cascade in Apoptosis