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Product Details
Z2064MS
Product Specifications
Species Reactivity
Human
Host/Isotype
Mouse
/ IgG1, kappa
Class
Monoclonal
Type
Antibody
Clone
HHF35
Immunogen
SDS extract of human myocardium
Conjugate
Form
Liquid
Concentration
200 µg/mL
Purification
Protein A
Storage buffer
tris with NP-40, BSA
Contains
<0.1% sodium azide
Storage conditions
4° C
Shipping conditions
Wet ice
Product Specific Information
A recommended positive control tissue for this product is Uterus, however positive controls are not limited to this tissue type.
The primary antibody is intended for laboratory professional use in the detection of the corresponding protein in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue stained in manual qualitative immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing. This antibody is intended to be used after the primary diagnosis of tumor has been made by conventional histopathology using non-immunological histochemical stains.
MSA reacts with actin from tissue extracts of uterus, ileum, aorta, diaphragm, heart, and smooth muscle cells. It recognizes the alpha actin from skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle and the gamma actin from smooth muscle sources. It stains tumors of smooth muscle (leiomyomas and leiomyosarcomas) as well as skeletal muscle (rhabdomyomas and rhabdomyosarcomas).
Antibody is used with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections. Pretreatment of deparaffinized tissue with heat-induced epitope retrieval or enzymatic retrieval is recommended. In general, immunohistochemical (IHC) staining techniques allow for the visualization of antigens via the sequential application of a specific antibody to the antigen (primary antibody), a secondary antibody to the primary antibody (link antibody), an enzyme complex and a chromogenic substrate with interposed washing steps. The enzymatic activation of the chromogen results in a visible reaction product at the antigen site. Results are interpreted using a light microscope and aid in the differential diagnosis of pathophysiological processes, which may or may not be associated with a particular antigen.
A positive tissue control must be run with every staining procedure performed. This tissue may contain both positive and negative staining cells or tissue components and serve as both the positive and negative control tissue. External Positive control materials should be fresh autopsy/biopsy/surgical specimens fixed, processed and embedded as soon as possible in the same manner as the patient sample (s). Positive tissue controls are indicative of correctly prepared tissues and proper staining methods. The tissues used for the external positive control materials should be selected from the patient specimens with well-characterized low levels of the positive target activity that gives weak positive staining. The low level of positivity for external positive controls is designed to ensure detection of subtle changes in the primary antibody sensitivity from instability or problems with the staining methodology. A tissue with weak positive staining is more suitable for optimal quality control and for detecting minor levels of reagent degradation.
Internal or external negative control tissue may be used depending on the guidelines and policies that govern the organization to which the end user belongs to. The variety of cell types present in many tissue sections offers internal negative control sites, but this should be verified by the user. The components that do not stain should demonstrate the absence of specific staining, and provide an indication of non-specific background staining. If specific staining occurs in the negative tissue control sites, results with the patient specimens must be considered invalid.
Target Information
The product encoded by this gene belongs to the actin family of proteins, which are highly conserved proteins that play a role in cell motility, structure and integrity. Alpha, beta and gamma actin isoforms have been identified, with alpha actins being a major constituent of the contractile apparatus, while beta and gamma actins are involved in the regulation of cell motility. This actin is an alpha actin that is found in skeletal muscle. Mutations in this gene cause nemaline myopathy type 3, congenital myopathy with excess of thin myofilaments, congenital myopathy with cores, and congenital myopathy with fiber-type disproportion, diseases that lead to muscle fiber defects.
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Bioinformatics
Protein Aliases: Actin, alpha cardiac muscle 1; Actin, alpha skeletal muscle; Actin, aortic smooth muscle; Actin, cytoplasmic 2; Actin, gamma-enteric smooth muscle; actin-like protein; Alpha-actin-1; Alpha-actin-2; Alpha-actin-3; Alpha-cardiac actin; alpha-sma; Cell growth-inhibiting gene 46 protein; cytoskeletal gamma-actin; deafness, autosomal dominant 20; deafness, autosomal dominant 26; epididymis luminal protein 176; Gamma-2-actin; Gamma-actin; nemaline myopathy type 3; RP5-1068B5.2; Smooth muscle gamma-actin
Gene Aliases: AAT6; ACT; ACTA; ACTA1; ACTA2; ACTA3; ACTC; ACTC1; ACTE; ACTG; ACTG1; ACTG2; ACTL3; ACTSA; ACTSG; ACTVS; ASD5; ASMA; BRWS2; CFTD; CFTD1; CFTDM; CMD1R; CMH11; DFNA20; DFNA26; GIG46; HEL-176; LVNC4; MPFD; MYMY5; NEM1; NEM2; NEM3; SHPM; VSCM
UniProt ID: (Human) P68133, (Human) P62736, (Human) P68032, (Human) P63261, (Human) P63267
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 58, (Human) 59, (Human) 70, (Human) 71, (Human) 72
muscle contraction
response to mechanical stimulus
response to extracellular stimulus
response to lithium ion
positive regulation of gene expression
cell growth
muscle filament sliding
skeletal muscle thin filament assembly
skeletal muscle fiber adaptation
response to steroid hormone
skeletal muscle fiber development
mesenchyme migration
regulation of blood pressure
response to virus
vascular smooth muscle contraction
glomerular mesangial cell development
apoptotic process
actin filament-based movement
actomyosin structure organization
actin-myosin filament sliding
response to drug
negative regulation of apoptotic process
response to ethanol
cardiac myofibril assembly
cardiac muscle tissue morphogenesis
heart contraction
cardiac muscle contraction
retina homeostasis
movement of cell or subcellular component
cell junction assembly
Fc-gamma receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis
sarcomere organization
vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway
ephrin receptor signaling pathway
platelet aggregation
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