Production of a monoclonal antibody for C/EBPβ: the subnuclear localization of C/EBPβ in mouse L929 cells

Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother. 2014 Feb;33(1):34-7. doi: 10.1089/mab.2013.0069.

Abstract

The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)β belongs to the C/EBP family of proteins that possesses a basic leucine zipper DNA-binding domain. These proteins bind DNA by dimerization and play a role in the transcriptional regulation of various cells. There are six different types of C/EBPs, and some form isoforms through the use of alternative translation initiation sites. The functional analysis of the C/EBP family is therefore difficult to achieve. Here we report on the production of specific monoclonal antibodies against mouse C/EBPβ using a rat medial iliac lymph node method. Immunoblotting using C/EBPβ monoclonal antibodies identified two types of isoforms, while immunostaining revealed a subnuclear localization for C/EBPβ. Use of this antibody should contribute to the further elucidation of the transcriptional regulatory function of C/EBPβ.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / pharmacokinetics*
  • CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / immunology*
  • Cell Line
  • Female
  • Hybridomas / immunology
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Lymph Nodes / cytology
  • Lymph Nodes / immunology
  • Mice
  • Protein Isoforms / genetics
  • Protein Isoforms / immunology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred WKY
  • Transcription, Genetic

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta
  • Protein Isoforms