Human PYK2/FAK2 Antibody

Detection of Human PYK2/FAK2 by Western Blot.

Western blot shows lysates of human brain tissue, Daudi human Burkitt lymphoma, and A549 human lung carcinoma cells. PVDF membrane was probed with 1 µg/mL of Human PYK2/FAK2 Antigen Affinity-purified Polyclonal Antibody (Catalog # AF4589) followed by HRP-conjugated Anti-Sheep IgG Secondary Antibody (Catalog # HAF016). A specific band was detected for PYK2/FAK2 at approximately 116 kDa (as indicated). This experiment was conducted under reducing conditions and using Immunoblot Buffer Group 1.

PYK2/FAK2 in Human Brain.

PYK2/FAK2 was detected in immersion fixed paraffin-embedded sections of human brain using Sheep Anti-Human PYK2/FAK2 Antigen Affinity-purified Polyclonal Antibody (Catalog # AF4589) at 10 µg/mL overnight at 4 °C. Before incubation with the primary antibody, tissue was subjected to heat-induced epitope retrieval using Antigen Retrieval Reagent-Basic (Catalog # CTS013). Tissue was stained using the Anti-Sheep HRP-DAB Cell & Tissue Staining Kit (brown; Catalog # CTS019) and counterstained with hematoxylin (blue). Specific staining was localized to neuronal cell bodies. View our protocol for Chromogenic IHC Staining of Paraffin-embedded Tissue Sections.

Detection of PYK2/FAK2 by Western Blot

Galectin-3 expression induces activation of PYK2, STAT1 and GSK3 alpha / beta signalling. Expression of 37 protein kinases in SW620 cells in response to 10 µg/ml galectin-3 or BSA for 0.5 h was assessed by Proteome Profiler Human Phospho-Kinase Array (A, Percentage changes of the kinases in cell response to galectin-3 in comparison to control are shown at the bottom panel). The presence of galectin-3 increases the phosphorylation of PYK2, GSK3 alpha / beta, and STAT1 and decreases phosphorylation of STAT3. SW620 cells treated with 10 µg/ml galectin-3 for different times were assessed by immunoblotting using antibodies against p-PYK2, p-STAT-1, p-GSK3 alpha / beta or p-STAT-3 (B). The blots were striped and reprobed with antibodies against PYK2, STAT-1, GSK3 alpha / beta or STAT-3. The band density was quantified and expressed as percentages of phospho-/non-phosphorylated proteins (C). In D and E, SW620 cells were treated with 10 µg/ml galectin-3 or BSA followed by introduction of GSK3 alpha / beta inhibitor SB 216763 (SB) or PKY2 inhibitor PF-431396 (PF) for 15 min and the levels of phosphorylated PYK2, STAT-1, GSK3 alpha / beta or STAT-3 were analysed by immunoblotting. The blots were striped and reprobed with antibodies against PYK2, STAT-1, GSK3 alpha / beta or STAT-3. The densities of the blots from three independent experiments were quantified and are expressed as the percentage of phosphorylated/non-phosphorylated levels of each protein. ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05 (ANOVA). Image collected and cropped by CiteAb from the following open publication (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37055381), licensed under a CC-BY license. Not internally tested by R&D Systems.