LC3A/B Antibody

4108:

Flow , Immunofluorescence* , Western Blotting

* Product-specific protocol.

LC3A/B Antibody detects endogenous levels of total LC3A and LC3B proteins. Cross-reactivity may exist with LC3C. Stronger reactivity is observed with the type II form of LC3A/B.

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Gly40 of LC3B. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from various cell lines, untreated or treated with chloroquine (50 μM, overnight) using LC3A/B Antibody.

Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometric analysis of Hela cells using LC3A/B Antibody (blue) compared to a nonspecific negative control antibody (red).

IF-IC

Confocal immunofluorescent analysis of HeLa cells, untreated (left) or chloroquine-treated (right), using LC3A/B Antibody (green). Actin filaments were labeled using DY-554 phalloidin (red). Blue pseudocolor = DRAQ5^® #4084 (fluorescent DNA dye).

Autophagy is a catabolic process for the autophagosomic-lysosomal degradation of bulk cytoplasmic contents (1,2). Autophagy is generally activated by conditions of nutrient deprivation but has also been associated with a number of physiological processes including development, differentiation, neurodegenerative diseases, infection and cancer (3). Autophagy marker Light Chain 3 (LC3) was originally identified as a subunit of microtubule-associated proteins 1A and 1B (termed MAP1LC3) (4), and subsequently found to contain similarity to the yeast protein Apg8/Aut7/Cvt5 critical for autophagy (5). Three human LC3 isoforms (LC3A, LC3B, and LC3C) undergo post-translational modifications during autophagy (6-9). Cleavage of LC3 at the carboxy terminus immediately following synthesis yields the cytosolic LC3-I form. During autophagy, LC3-I is converted to LC3-II through lipidation by a ubiquitin-like system involving Atg7 and Atg3 that allows for LC3 to become associated with autophagic vesicles (6-10). The presence of LC3 in autophagosomes and the conversion of LC3 to the lower migrating form LC3-II have been used as indicators of autophagy (11).

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