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PathScan® Total HSP27 Sandwich ELISA Kit #7295

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Kit Includes Volume Solution Color
HSP27 Ab Coated Microwells
HSP27 Detection Ab 11 ml Green
Anti-mouse IgG, HRP-linked Antibody 11 ml Red
TMB Substrate #7004 11 ml Colorless
STOP Solution #7002 11 ml Colorless
Sealing Tape 2 sheets
ELISA Wash Buffer (20X) 25 ml Colorless
Sample Diluent 25 ml Blue
Cell Lysis Buffer (10X) #9803 15 ml Yellowish

Note: 12 8-well modules –Each module is designed to break apart for 8 tests.
Note: Kit should be stored at 4°C with the exception of Cell Lysis Buffer, which is stored at –20°C (packaged separately).

Species Cross-Reactivity

H Mk

Reactivity Key:  H=Human  Mk=Monkey
Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Description

CST's PathScan® Total HSP27 Sandwich ELISA Kit is a solid phase sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects endogenous levels of total HSP27 protein. An HSP27 Antibody has been coated onto the microwells. After incubation with cell lysates, both nonphospho- and phospho-HSP27 are captured by the coated antibody. Following extensive washing, an HSP27 Mouse mAb is added to detect the captured HSP27 protein. HRP-linked anti-mouse antibody #7076* is then used to recognize the bound detection antibody. HRP substrate, TMB, is added to develop color. The magnitude of optical density for this developed color is proportional to the quantity of total HSP27 protein.* Antibodies in kit are custom formulations specific to kit.

Specificity / Sensitivity

CST's PathScan® Total HSP27 Sandwich ELISA Kit detects endogenous levels of total HSP27 protein. Using PathScan® Phospho-HSP27 (Ser78) Sandwich ELISA Kit #7290, a significant induction of phospho-HSP27 (Ser78) in HeLa cells treated with UV light can be detected. However, the level of total HSP27 (phospho and non-phospho), detected by this Sandwich ELISA Kit #7295, remains unchanged (Figure 1). COS cells treated with UV light show similar results (data not shown). This kit detects proteins from the indicated species, as determined through in-house testing, but may also detect homologous proteins from other species.

ELISA - Western correlation

ELISA - Western correlation

Figure 1: Treatment of HeLa cells with UV light stimulates phosphorylation of HSP27 at Ser78, detected by PathScan® Phospho-HSP27 (Ser78) Sandwich ELISA kit, #7290, but does not affect the level of total HSP27 protein detected by PathScan® Total HSP27 Sandwich ELISA kit, #7295. OD450 readings (upper) and the corresponding Western blot using Phospho-HSP27 (Ser78) Ab #2405 (lower right) or HSP27 (G31) Mouse mAb #2402 (lower left), are shown.

Sensitivity

Sensitivity

Figure 2: Relationship between protein concentration of lysates from untreated and UV-treated HeLa cells and kit assay optical density readings. HeLa cells (70-85% confluence) were treated with UV and lysed after incubation at 37oC for 30 minutes.

Background

Heat shock protein (HSP) 27 is one of the small HSPs that are constitutively expressed at different levels in various cell types and tissues. Like other small HSPs, HSP27 is regulated at both the transcriptional and posttranslational levels (1). In response to stress, the HSP27 expression increases several-fold to confer cellular resistance to the adverse environmental change. HSP27 is phosphorylated at Ser15, Ser78, and Ser82 by MAPKAPK-2 as a result of the activation of the p38 MAP kinase pathway (2,3). Phosphorylation of HSP27 causes a change in its tertiary structure, which shifts from large homotypic multimers to dimers and monomers (4). It has been shown that phosphorylation and increased concentration of HSP27 modulates actin polymerization and reorganization (5,6).

  1. Arrigo, A.P. and Landry, J. (1994) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY, 335-373.
  2. Landry, J. et al. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 794-803.
  3. Rouse, J. et al. (1994) Cell 78, 1027-1037.
  4. Rogalla, T. et al. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 18947-18956.
  5. Lavoie, J. et al. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 24210-24214.
  6. Rousseau, S. et al. (1997) Oncogene 15, 2169-2177.

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