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67789
Sox2 (D6D9) XP® Rabbit mAb (PE Conjugate)
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Sox2 (D6D9) XP® Rabbit mAb (PE Conjugate) #67789

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REACTIVITY SENSITIVITY MW (kDa) Isotype
H Endogenous Rabbit 
Flow Cytometry
Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometric analysis of HeLa cells (blue) and NTERA-2 cells (green) using Sox2 (D6D9) XP® Rabbit mAb (PE Conjugate).

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Flow Cytometry, Methanol Permeabilization Protocol for Direct Conjugates

A. Solutions and Reagents

NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.

  1. 20X Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS): (#9808) To prepare 1 L 1X PBS: add 50 ml 20X PBS to 950 ml dH2O, mix.
  2. 16% Formaldehyde (methanol free).
  3. 100% methanol.
  4. Incubation Buffer: Dissolve 0.5 g Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) (#9998) in 100 ml 1X PBS. Store at 4°C.

B. Fixation

NOTE: If using whole blood, lyse red blood cells and wash by centrifugation prior to fixation.

  1. Collect cells by centrifugation and aspirate supernatant.
  2. Resuspend cells in 0.5-1 ml 1X PBS. Add formaldehyde to obtain a final concentration of 4%.
  3. Fix for 15 min at room temperature.
  4. Wash by centrifugation with excess 1X PBS. Discard supernatant in appropriate waste container. Resuspend cells in 0.5-1 ml 1X PBS.

C. Permeabilization

  1. Permeabilize cells by adding ice-cold 100% methanol slowly to pre-chilled cells, while gently vortexing, to a final concentration of 90% methanol.
  2. Incubate 30 min on ice.
  3. Proceed with immunostaining (Section D) or store cells at -20°C in 90% methanol.

D. Immunostaining

  1. Aliquot desired number of cells into tubes or wells.
  2. Wash cells by centrifugation in excess 1X PBS to remove methanol. Discard supernatant in appropriate waste container. Repeat if necessary.
  3. Resuspend cells in 100 µl of diluted antibody conjugate (prepared in incubation buffer at the recommended dilution).
  4. Incubate for 1 hr at room temperature. Protect from light.
  5. Wash by centrifugation in incubation buffer. Discard supernatant. Repeat.
  6. Resuspend cells in 1X PBS and analyze on flow cytometer; alternatively, for DNA staining, proceed to optional DNA stain (Section E).

E. Optional DNA Dye

  1. Resuspend cells in 0.5 ml of DNA dye (e.g. Propidium Iodide (PI)/RNase Staining Solution #4087).
  2. Incubate for at least 5 min at room temperature.
  3. Analyze cells in DNA staining solution on flow cytometer.

posted July 2009

revised June 2017

Protocol Id: 407

Application Dilutions
Flow Cytometry 1:50
Storage:

Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), less than 0.1% sodium azide and 2 mg/ml BSA. Store at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibodies. Protect from light. Do not freeze.

Sox2 (D6D9) XP® Rabbit mAb (PE Conjugate) recognizes endogenous levels of Sox2 protein.

Species Reactivity:

Human

Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology:

Bovine, Dog, Horse

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly179 of human Sox2 protein.

This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to phycoerythrin (PE) and tested in-house for direct flow cytometry analysis in human cells. This antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated Sox2 (D6D9) XP® Rabbit mAb #3579.

Embryonic stem cells (ESC) derived from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst are unique in their pluripotent capacity and potential for self-renewal (1). Research studies demonstrate that a set of transcription factors that includes Oct-4, Sox2, and Nanog forms a transcriptional network that maintains cells in a pluripotent state (2,3). Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments show that Sox2 and Oct-4 bind to thousands of gene regulatory sites, many of which regulate cell pluripotency and early embryonic development (4,5). siRNA knockdown of either Sox2 or Oct-4 results in loss of pluripotency (6). Induced overexpression of Oct-4 and Sox2, along with additional transcription factors Klf4 and c-Myc, can reprogram both mouse and human somatic cells to a pluripotent state (7,8). Additional evidence demonstrates that Sox2 is also present in adult multipotent progenitors that give rise to some adult epithelial tissues, including several glands, the glandular stomach, testes, and cervix. Sox2 is thought to regulate target gene expression important for survival and regeneration of these tissues (9).

  1. Conley, B.J. et al. (2004) Int J Biochem Cell Biol 36, 555-67.
  2. Pesce, M. and Schöler, H.R. (2001) Stem Cells 19, 271-8.
  3. Pan, G. and Thomson, J.A. (2007) Cell Res 17, 42-9.
  4. Boyer, L.A. et al. (2005) Cell 122, 947-56.
  5. Loh, Y.H. et al. (2006) Nat Genet 38, 431-40.
  6. Matin, M.M. et al. (2004) Stem Cells 22, 659-68.
  7. Takahashi, K. and Yamanaka, S. (2006) Cell 126, 663-76.
  8. Okita, K. et al. (2007) Nature 448, 313-7.
  9. Arnold, K. et al. (2011) Cell Stem Cell 9, 317-29.
Entrez-Gene Id
6657
Swiss-Prot Acc.
P48431
For Research Use Only. Not For Use In Diagnostic Procedures.

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XP is a registered trademark of Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.

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