Antibody to HSP60 - loading control and mitochondrial marker for immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry. Part of the ValidAb™ range of highly validated, data-rich antibodies.
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Good product. I used it as a mitochondrial marker in primary microglial cells. It distributed evenly and the mitochondrial network was stained very nicely. Also, I liked that I could still image my samples a few months after I mounted them, without any loss of the mitochondrial stain. Verified customer at Hasselt University
Figure 1. HSP60 staining with HB7863 reveals the dense mitochondria in cultured rat neurones.
Mitochondria are highly prevalent in neurones due to their high energy requirements; this was visualised using HB7863 in cultured rat neurones. Method: neurones were cultured from PND2 rats following established protocols (Brewer and Torricelli, 2007. Nat Protoc 2, 1490–1498) and fixed with 4% PFA on DIV21. Cells were permeabilised with 0.1% Triton X-100 followed by blocking in 1% BSA, 300mM glycine. HB67863 was incubated overnight (4°C) at a 1:1000 dilution (1µg/ml) followed by a one hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our ICC protocol. Images were captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 63x objective (1.41x zoom) and 405nm (43.5% power, gain: 658) / 488nm (36.8% power, gain: 881) laser lines in a z-stack (0.18 µm spacing). Deconvolution was carried out using Huygens Essential (Scientific Volume Imagine) followed by the stack being flattened using a maximum Z projection in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Figure 2. HSP60 expression in rat CA1 visualised using HB7863
HB7863 visualised the dense network of fibres present in the stratum radiatum and stratum lacunosum moleculare of rat CA1. Method: hippocampi were dissected from rat brains and fixed overnight in 4% PFA before then being incubated in 30% sucrose (in PBS) for another 24hrs. A freezing microtome was used to cut 40µm transverse slices before sections were incubated in 0.05M glycine for 30 minutes. Sections were blocked in 1% BSA, 22.52mg/ml glycine before incubation overnight in HB7863 (1:2,000 dilution, 0.5µg/ml). This was followed by a two hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our IHC(IF) protocol. The image was captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 40x objective and 405 (20.0% power) / 488 (27.0% power) laser lines. The image was processed in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Figure 3. HSP60 expression in various tissue lysates and preparations.
HB7863 revealed a single band of size 57kDa present in all samples except the rat brain cytosol fractions. Method: mouse brain and rat brain membrane (P2) and cytosol fractions were prepared following previous work (Molnar et al., 1993. Neuroscience 53:307-326) from freshly collected adult brains. Other tissue lysates were prepared following established protocols from freshly dissected tissue. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 12% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 35 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863 at a 1:10,000 dilution (0.1µg/ml) and HB9177 (anti-GAPDH monoclonal antibody) at a 1:2,000 dilution (0.5µg/ml). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 4. Concentration response of HB7863 staining in rat liver lysate
HB7863 shows consistent results with low background at dilutions as low as 1:80,000 (12.5 ng/ml). Method: Liver lysate was prepared from fresh rat livers following established protocols. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 10% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. Following transfer the membrane was cut into strips using Ponceau dye to visualise lanes. Strips were blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863. Each strip was incubated separately with a separate HB7863 concentration with this ranging from 400ng/ml (1:2,500 dilution) to 1.56ng/ml (1:640,000 dilution). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure). Band intensity was calculated using Image Studio version 5.2.5 (LiCor) and a graph was constructed in GraphPad Prism 9 using a 3-parameter Hill equation curve fit.
Figure 5. The effect of varying HB7863 concentration upon staining in rat dentate gyrus.
HB7863 successfully labelled the dense network of fibres in the hilus of the dentate gyrus in 40µm rat hippocampal sections at a range of dilutions. Method: hippocampi were dissected from rat brains and fixed overnight in 4% PFA before then being incubated in 30% sucrose (in PBS) for another 24hrs. A freezing microtome was used to cut 40µm transverse slices before sections were incubated in 0.05M glycine for 30 minutes. Sections were blocked in 1% BSA, 22.52mg/ml glycine before incubation overnight in varying concentrations of HB7863 (1:2,000 to 1:16,000 dilutions, 62.5-500ng/ml). This was followed by a two hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our IHC(IF) protocol. Images were captured using a Leica DM2500 epifluorescence microscope (20x objective) coupled to a Leica DFC7000T colour digital camera with DAPI and I3 filters. Exposure times were as follows:
1:4,000 – DAPI: 10x gain, 12.4ms exposure; I3 10x gain, 53.1ms exposure
1:8,000 – DAPI: 10x gain, 9.2ms exposure; I3: 10x gain, 53.1ms exposure
1:16,000 – DAPI: 1x gain, 93.0ms exposure; I3: 1x gain, 808.0ms exposure
No primary – DAPI: 10.18ms exposure, I3: 112.ms exposure (taken using different microscope: Leica DMI6000B with Photometric-Prime95B camera).
Images were processed in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682) using the subtract background (50px rolling ball radius) tool before being stacked and made into a montage.
Figure 6. GFP expression in transfected HEK293 cells with HSP60 and GAPDH loading controls (stripped and reprobed).
HB7863 showed consistent staining across all HEK293 samples following stripping and reprobing of the membrane. Method: HEK293 cells were cultured and transfected following established protocols (Lee et al., 2019. PLoS ONE, 14(5):e0213116) with either pEGFP-C2 or pmCherry-C3 plasmids. After allowing 3 days for expression lysates were prepared and loaded (equal loading) onto a 15% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (New England Biolabs, P7719S) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in anti-GFP antibody (mouse monoclonal IgM) at a 1:8,000 dilution (0.125µg/ml). Following washing the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure). Following imaging the membrane was stripped with two changes of stripping buffer (HB7756) before being washed, blocked for 1 hour in 5% non-fat dry milk and incubated in HB7863 (1:5,000 dilution, 0.2 µg/ml) and HB9177 (1:4,000 dilution, 0.25µg/ml) for 2 hours at room temperature. Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 1 hour and visualised again using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 4 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 7. HSP60 expression in various tissue lysates and preparations.
HB7863 revealed a single band of size 58kDa present in all samples except the rat brain cytosol fractions. Method: mouse brain and rat brain membrane (P2) and cytosol fractions were prepared following previous work (Molnar et al., 1993. Neuroscience 53:307-326) from freshly collected adult brains. Other tissue lysates were prepared following established protocols from freshly dissected tissue. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 12% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 100 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs 20m in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863 at a 1:10,000 dilution (0.1µg/ml). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 8. HSP60 staining with HB7863 reveals the network of mitochondria present within a neuron axon.
Mitochondria are highly prevalent in neurones due to their high energy requirements; this was visualised using HB7863 in cultured rat neurones. Method: neurones were cultured from PND2 rats following established protocols (Brewer and Torricelli, 2007. Nat Protoc 2, 1490–1498) and fixed with 4% PFA on DIV21. Cells were permeabilised with 0.1% Triton X-100 followed by blocking in 1% BSA, 300mM glycine. HB67863 was incubated overnight (4°C) at a 1:1000 dilution (1µg/ml) followed by a one hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). For more detail please see our ICC protocol. Images were captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 63x objective (3.5x zoom) and 488nm (43.5% power, gain: 658) laser line in a z-stack (0.18 µm spacing). Deconvolution was carried out using Huygens Essential (Scientific Volume Imagine) followed by the stack being flattened using a maximum Z projection in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Figure 1. HSP60 staining with HB7863 reveals the dense mitochondria in cultured rat neurones.
Mitochondria are highly prevalent in neurones due to their high energy requirements; this was visualised using HB7863 in cultured rat neurones. Method: neurones were cultured from PND2 rats following established protocols (Brewer and Torricelli, 2007. Nat Protoc 2, 1490–1498) and fixed with 4% PFA on DIV21. Cells were permeabilised with 0.1% Triton X-100 followed by blocking in 1% BSA, 300mM glycine. HB67863 was incubated overnight (4°C) at a 1:1000 dilution (1µg/ml) followed by a one hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our ICC protocol. Images were captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 63x objective (1.41x zoom) and 405nm (43.5% power, gain: 658) / 488nm (36.8% power, gain: 881) laser lines in a z-stack (0.18 µm spacing). Deconvolution was carried out using Huygens Essential (Scientific Volume Imagine) followed by the stack being flattened using a maximum Z projection in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Figure 2. HSP60 expression in rat CA1 visualised using HB7863
HB7863 visualised the dense network of fibres present in the stratum radiatum and stratum lacunosum moleculare of rat CA1. Method: hippocampi were dissected from rat brains and fixed overnight in 4% PFA before then being incubated in 30% sucrose (in PBS) for another 24hrs. A freezing microtome was used to cut 40µm transverse slices before sections were incubated in 0.05M glycine for 30 minutes. Sections were blocked in 1% BSA, 22.52mg/ml glycine before incubation overnight in HB7863 (1:2,000 dilution, 0.5µg/ml). This was followed by a two hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our IHC(IF) protocol. The image was captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 40x objective and 405 (20.0% power) / 488 (27.0% power) laser lines. The image was processed in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Figure 3. HSP60 expression in various tissue lysates and preparations.
HB7863 revealed a single band of size 57kDa present in all samples except the rat brain cytosol fractions. Method: mouse brain and rat brain membrane (P2) and cytosol fractions were prepared following previous work (Molnar et al., 1993. Neuroscience 53:307-326) from freshly collected adult brains. Other tissue lysates were prepared following established protocols from freshly dissected tissue. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 12% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 35 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863 at a 1:10,000 dilution (0.1µg/ml) and HB9177 (anti-GAPDH monoclonal antibody) at a 1:2,000 dilution (0.5µg/ml). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 4. Concentration response of HB7863 staining in rat liver lysate
HB7863 shows consistent results with low background at dilutions as low as 1:80,000 (12.5 ng/ml). Method: Liver lysate was prepared from fresh rat livers following established protocols. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 10% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. Following transfer the membrane was cut into strips using Ponceau dye to visualise lanes. Strips were blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863. Each strip was incubated separately with a separate HB7863 concentration with this ranging from 400ng/ml (1:2,500 dilution) to 1.56ng/ml (1:640,000 dilution). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure). Band intensity was calculated using Image Studio version 5.2.5 (LiCor) and a graph was constructed in GraphPad Prism 9 using a 3-parameter Hill equation curve fit.
Figure 5. The effect of varying HB7863 concentration upon staining in rat dentate gyrus.
HB7863 successfully labelled the dense network of fibres in the hilus of the dentate gyrus in 40µm rat hippocampal sections at a range of dilutions. Method: hippocampi were dissected from rat brains and fixed overnight in 4% PFA before then being incubated in 30% sucrose (in PBS) for another 24hrs. A freezing microtome was used to cut 40µm transverse slices before sections were incubated in 0.05M glycine for 30 minutes. Sections were blocked in 1% BSA, 22.52mg/ml glycine before incubation overnight in varying concentrations of HB7863 (1:2,000 to 1:16,000 dilutions, 62.5-500ng/ml). This was followed by a two hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). DAPI (HB0747) was used at 1µg/ml to visualise cell nuclei. For more detail please see our IHC(IF) protocol. Images were captured using a Leica DM2500 epifluorescence microscope (20x objective) coupled to a Leica DFC7000T colour digital camera with DAPI and I3 filters. Exposure times were as follows:
1:4,000 – DAPI: 10x gain, 12.4ms exposure; I3 10x gain, 53.1ms exposure
1:8,000 – DAPI: 10x gain, 9.2ms exposure; I3: 10x gain, 53.1ms exposure
1:16,000 – DAPI: 1x gain, 93.0ms exposure; I3: 1x gain, 808.0ms exposure
No primary – DAPI: 10.18ms exposure, I3: 112.ms exposure (taken using different microscope: Leica DMI6000B with Photometric-Prime95B camera).
Images were processed in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682) using the subtract background (50px rolling ball radius) tool before being stacked and made into a montage.
Figure 6. GFP expression in transfected HEK293 cells with HSP60 and GAPDH loading controls (stripped and reprobed).
HB7863 showed consistent staining across all HEK293 samples following stripping and reprobing of the membrane. Method: HEK293 cells were cultured and transfected following established protocols (Lee et al., 2019. PLoS ONE, 14(5):e0213116) with either pEGFP-C2 or pmCherry-C3 plasmids. After allowing 3 days for expression lysates were prepared and loaded (equal loading) onto a 15% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (New England Biolabs, P7719S) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 90 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in anti-GFP antibody (mouse monoclonal IgM) at a 1:8,000 dilution (0.125µg/ml). Following washing the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure). Following imaging the membrane was stripped with two changes of stripping buffer (HB7756) before being washed, blocked for 1 hour in 5% non-fat dry milk and incubated in HB7863 (1:5,000 dilution, 0.2 µg/ml) and HB9177 (1:4,000 dilution, 0.25µg/ml) for 2 hours at room temperature. Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 1 hour and visualised again using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 4 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 7. HSP60 expression in various tissue lysates and preparations.
HB7863 revealed a single band of size 58kDa present in all samples except the rat brain cytosol fractions. Method: mouse brain and rat brain membrane (P2) and cytosol fractions were prepared following previous work (Molnar et al., 1993. Neuroscience 53:307-326) from freshly collected adult brains. Other tissue lysates were prepared following established protocols from freshly dissected tissue. Samples were loaded (20µg / lane) onto a 12% acrylamide gel alongside a protein ladder (Thermofisher, 26616) before being run at 60V for 30 minutes followed by 120V for 100 minutes. Wet transfer to a PVDF membrane was completed in 100 minutes using 400mA. The membrane was blocked for 2hrs 20m in 5% non-fat dry milk before being incubated overnight at 4°C in HB7863 at a 1:10,000 dilution (0.1µg/ml). Following washing, the membrane was incubated in secondary antibody (1:10,000 dilution, Polyclonal goat anti-mouse HRP conjugated, Sigma Aldrich A3682) for 2hrs. For more detail please see our Western blotting protocol. Detection was accomplished using Clarity Western ECL substrate (BioRad, 1705061) and a Licor Odyssey Fc imaging system (ECL channel: 10 min exposure, 700nm channel: 30 sec exposure).
Figure 8. HSP60 staining with HB7863 reveals the network of mitochondria present within a neuron axon.
Mitochondria are highly prevalent in neurones due to their high energy requirements; this was visualised using HB7863 in cultured rat neurones. Method: neurones were cultured from PND2 rats following established protocols (Brewer and Torricelli, 2007. Nat Protoc 2, 1490–1498) and fixed with 4% PFA on DIV21. Cells were permeabilised with 0.1% Triton X-100 followed by blocking in 1% BSA, 300mM glycine. HB67863 was incubated overnight (4°C) at a 1:1000 dilution (1µg/ml) followed by a one hour incubation with secondary antibody (Polyclonal goat anti-mouse DyLight 488 conjugated, Thermofisher 35503, 1:300 dilution). For more detail please see our ICC protocol. Images were captured using a Leica SPE confocal laser scanning microscope coupled to a Leica DMi8 inverted epifluorescence microscope. The image was captured using a 63x objective (3.5x zoom) and 488nm (43.5% power, gain: 658) laser line in a z-stack (0.18 µm spacing). Deconvolution was carried out using Huygens Essential (Scientific Volume Imagine) followed by the stack being flattened using a maximum Z projection in ImageJ (Schindelin et al., 2012. Nat Methods, 9(7), 676–682).
Product information
Immunogen
This antibody was a spontaneous auto-antibody therefore does not have an immunogen
Epitope
Amino acids 390-409 of human HSP60 (LNERLAKLSDGVAVLKVGGT)
100ng/ml (1:10,000 dilution) as measured in rat brain P2 fraction
IHC(IF) optimal concentration
250ng/ml (1:4,000 dilution) as measured in rat hippocampal sections
Positive control
HSP60 is ubiquitously expressed in the mitochondria of nearly all mammalian cells and tissues. It is also widely expressed in common cell lines.
Negative control
HSP60 is a mitochondrial enzyme so complete subcellular fractionation should be sufficient to provide a negative control. Due to its high expression, care should be taken to ensure that fractionation is complete without any mitochondrial contamination.
HSP60 has two isoforms:- Isoform 1 (canonical), 573aa, 61.1kDa; isoform 2, 158aa, 17.1kDa, substitution between residues 144 and 158 (VMLAVDAVIAELKKQ → RNVCCHHSVLNFSV) and deletion of residues 159-573.
Expression
Expressed ubiquitously in all tissues
Subcellular expression
Primarily expressed in the mitochondria but recent evidence suggests it is also expressed in the cytosol, cell surface and extracelular space.
Processing
Amino acids 1-26 are a mitcochondrial localisation tag which are removed from the completed protein.
Post translational modifications
HSP60 is subject to numerous post-translational modifications including acetylation, succinylation and phosphorylation
Homology (compared to human)
Mouse and rat show 97.56% similarity to human HSP60 in a BLAST search
Similar proteins
Nearest similarity protein is T-complex protein 1 subunit epsilon at 26% identity.
Epitope homology (between species)
The epitope is 100% conserved between mouse, rat and human HSP60 sequences.
Epitope homology (other proteins)
No proteins have sigificant homology to the epitope. The closest matches are: cTAGE-2 human 66.7% identity, Olfactory receptor 6C70 human 71.4% identity
Storage & Handling
Storage instructions
-20°C
Important
This product is for RESEARCH USE ONLY and is not intended for therapeutic or diagnostic use. Not for human or veterinary use
What experiments can I use this HSP60 antibody as a loading control in?
HSP60 is expressed ubiquitously in all tissues however may not be appropriate if other proteins in the experiment are of a similar molecular weight. Please see our guide on choosing a loading control for more information.
What guarantee do you have that my Hsp60 antibody will perform as expected?
We guarantee that your Hsp60 antibody will work for the applications and species we list on the datasheet. If the antibody fails to perform as expected then we are happy to offer a 100% refund guarantee. For more details please see our guarantee policy.
Will my Hsp60 antibody work against species that have not been listed on the datasheet?
A species not being listed doesn’t mean that the antibody won’t work, just that we haven’t tested it. If you test one of our antibodies in a new species please let us know (positive or negative)!
What protocols are available for use with this Hsp60 antibody
We have made a comprehensive collection of protocols that we have used in our experiments to validate this Hsp60 antibody
What counterstains do you recommend for use in ICC and IHC with this Hsp60 antibody?
We recommend using either DAPI or Hoechst 33342 to label cell nuclei. In some experiments it is also helpful to label actin filaments in the cytoskeleton using a Phalloidin conjugate such as FITC Phalloidin or Rhodamine Phalloidin-TRITC.
Antibody to HSP60 - loading control and mitochondrial marker for immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry. Part of the ValidAb™ range of highly validated, data-rich antibodies.
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