Galectin-4 WB detection

Cancer bio
MDA
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Company:

R&D Systems

Product Name:

Human Galectin-4 Affinity Purified Polyclonal Ab

Catalog Number:

AF1227

Our lab's longstanding goal is to unravel new protein biomarkers in cancer and elucidate their functional role in tumorigenesis with a focus on identifying the role of galectins in cancer. Galectin-4 is a tandem galectin that shows high affinity to lipid rafts and has been implicated as a tumor suppressor protein in colorectal cancer. A decrease in its expression is an indicator of tumorigenesis. Here we test different colon cancer cell lines for the expression of galectin-4 and purified galectin-4 was run as a positive control to detect the band size in the first lane. As it can be seen from the figure that this antibody is very specific in detecting galectin-4 expression on a western blot and has no background when followed suggested protocol by R&D. 

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Western Blot

Sample

Recombinant galectin-4

Primary Incubation

1:500 in block buffer

Blocking Agent

5% BSA

Secondary Incubation

1:1000 HRP

Tertiary Incubation

NA

Detection

Western blotting

Results Summary

Very clean antibody, as seen there is no background. Purified galectin-4 was run on the gel and was probed using the antibody. Last lane is the marker lane that shows the presence of galectin-4 band at 36kDa.

Additional Notes

None

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Summary

The Good

Very clean antibody, no background

The Bad

None observed

The Bottom Line

Good for WB detection of galectin-4

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