Mouse anti-Human Vimentin Monoclonal Antibody | anti-VIM antibody

Vimentin (Mesenchymal Cell Marker)

Cat. Num. AAA4381336

• Reactivity: Human
• Applications: Western Blot, Immunohistochemistry
• Purity: Purified Ab with BSA and Azide at 200ug/ml OR Purified Ab WITHOUT BSA and Azide at 1.0mg/ml
• Synonyms: Vimentin; Monoclonal Antibody; Vimentin (Mesenchymal Cell Marker); VIM; anti-VIM antibody

• Host: Mouse
• Reactivity: Human
• Clonality: Monoclonal
• Isotype: IgG1, kappa
• Clone Number: V9
• Specificity: This MAb reacts with a 58kDa protein identified as vimentin. It shows no cross-reaction with other closely related intermediate filament proteins (IFP's) such as desmin, keratin, neurofilament, and glial fibrillary acid protein.Anti-vimentin alone is of limited value as a tool; however, when used in panels with other antibodies, it is useful for the sub-classification of a given tumor. Expression of vimentin, when used in conjunction with anti-keratin, is helpful when distinguishing melanomas from undifferentiated carcinomas and large cell lymphomas. All melanomas and Schwannomas react strongly with anti-vimentin. It labels a variety of mesenchymal cells, including melanocytes, lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts. Non-reactivity of anti-vimentin is often considered more useful than its positive reactivity, since there are a few tumors that do not contain vimentin, e.g. hepatoma and seminoma. Anti-vimentin is also useful as a tissue process control reagent.
• Purity/Purification: Purified Ab with BSA and Azide at 200ug/ml OR Purified Ab WITHOUT BSA and Azide at 1.0mg/ml
• Form/Format: 200ug/ml of Ab Purified from Bioreactor Concentrate by Protein A/G. Prepared in 10mM PBS with 0.05% BSA & 0.05% azide. Also available WITHOUT BSA & azide at 1.0mg/ml.
• Sequence Length: 466

• Applicable Applications for anti-VIM antibody: Western Blot (WB), Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Paraffin
• Application Notes: WB: 1-2ug/ml; Immunohistochemistry (Formalin-fixed) (1-2ug/ml for 30 minutes at RT) (Staining of formalin-fixed tissues requires boiling tissue sections in 10mM Citrate Buffer, pH 6.0, for 10-20 min followed by cooling at RT for 20 minutes)
• Positive Control: U-87, Raji, Jurkat or HeLa cells. Sarcomas or Melanomas.
• Immunogen: Porcine Lens
• Cellular Localization: Cytoplasmic
• Hu-chromosome Location: 10p12.33
• Preparation and Storage: Antibody with azide: store at 2 to 8 degree C.; Antibody without azide: store at -20 to -80 degree C.; Antibody is stable for 24 months. Non-hazardous. No MSDS required.

Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

(Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human Uterine Carcinoma stained with Vimentin Mouse Monoclonal Antibody (V9).)

SDS-Page

(SDS-PAGE Analysis Purified Vimentin Mouse Monoclonal Antibody (V9). Confirmation of Integrity and Purity of Antibody.)

Western Blot (WB)

(Western Blot Analysis of U-87 cell lysate using Vimentin Mouse Monoclonal Antibody (V9).)

References

Osborn M et. al. European Journal of Cell Biology. 1984; 34:137-143

NCBI and Uniprot Product Information

• NCBI GI #: 62414289
• NCBI GeneID: 7431
• NCBI Accession #: NP_003371.2
• NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #: NP_003371.2
• UniProt Accession #: P08670
• Molecular Weight: 57-60kDa
• NCBI Official Full Name: vimentin
• NCBI Official Synonym Full Names: vimentin
• NCBI Official Symbol: VIM
• NCBI Protein Information: vimentin
• UniProt Protein Name: Vimentin
• Protein Family: Vimentin
• UniProt Gene Name: VIM
• UniProt Entry Name: VIME_HUMAN

NCBI Description

This gene encodes a type III intermediate filament protein. Intermediate filaments, along with microtubules and actin microfilaments, make up the cytoskeleton. The encoded protein is responsible for maintaining cell shape and integrity of the cytoplasm, and stabilizing cytoskeletal interactions. This protein is involved in neuritogenesis and cholesterol transport and functions as an organizer of a number of other critical proteins involved in cell attachment, migration, and signaling. Bacterial and viral pathogens have been shown to attach to this protein on the host cell surface. Mutations in this gene are associated with congenital cataracts in human patients. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

Uniprot Description

Vimentin: an intermediate filament protein. Intermediate filament proteins are expressed in a tissue-specific manner. Desmin is the subunit specific for muscle and vimentin the subunit specific for mesenchymal tissue.

Protein type: Cytoskeletal; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 10p13

Cellular Component: intermediate filament cytoskeleton; neuron projection; focal adhesion; cytoskeleton; cytoplasm; leading edge; plasma membrane; intermediate filament; peroxisome; cytosol

Molecular Function: protein C-terminus binding; identical protein binding; protein binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; double-stranded RNA binding; glycoprotein binding; structural constituent of eye lens

Biological Process: Bergmann glial cell differentiation; viral reproduction; apoptosis; intermediate filament organization; cell motility; astrocyte development; cell structure disassembly during apoptosis; muscle filament sliding

Disease: Cataract 30