Core component of nucleosome. Nucleosomes wrap and compact DNA into chromatin, limiting DNA accessibility to the cellular machineries which require DNA as a template. Histones thereby play a central role in transcription regulation, DNA repair, DNA replication and chromosomal stability. DNA accessibility is regulated via a complex set of post-translational modifications of histones, also called histone code, and nucleosome remodeling. H4K8ac is part of 17 modifications of a group of active promoters. H4K8ac is found more often in active promoters and transcribed regions than other marks. H4K8ac is modified by a different group of enzymes than other H4 lysines.
Background References
1. Huang, Suming; Litt, Michael D.; Ann Blakey, C. (2015-11-30). Epigenetic Gene Expression and Regulation. pp. 21–38.
2. Sadoul K, Boyault C, Pabion M, Khochbin S (2008). "Regulation of protein turnover by acetyltransferases and deacetylases". Biochimie. 90 (2): 306–12.
Western blot analysis of Histone H4 (acetyl K12) on different lysates with Rabbit anti-Histone H4 (acetyl K12) antibody (HA724554) at 1/50,000 dilution.
Lane 1: HeLa (Human cervical adenocarcinoma cell) cell lysate
Lane 2: HeLa treated with 1μM TSA for 24 hours cell lysate
Lane 3: NIH/3T3 (Mouse fibroblast) cell lysate
Lane 4: NIH/3T3 treated with 400nM TSA for 18 hours cell lysate
Lane 5: C6 (Rat glioma cell) cell lysate
Lane 6: C6 treated with 1μM TSA for 18 hours cell lysate
Lysates/proteins at 10 µg/Lane.
Exposure time: 2 seconds; ECL: K1801
Blocking: 5% NFDM/TBST, 1 hour at room temperature
Primary antibody: HA724554, 1/50,000 in primary antibody dilution buffer (K1803), overnight at 4 °C
Secondary antibody: Goat anti-Rabbit IgG-HRP (HA1001), 1/50,000 in 5% NFDM/TBST, 1 hour at room temperature
Predicted band size: 11 kDa
Observed band size: 15 kDa
Application: Immunocytochemistry (IF-cell)
Species: Human
Sample: HeLa (Human cervical adenocarcinoma cell)
Fixation: 4% Paraformaldehyde, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Permeabilization: 0.1% Triton X-100, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Blocking: 1% BSA + 10% normal goat serum, 1 hour at room temperature.
Antibody dilution buffer: 1% BSA in PBST.
Primary antibody: HA724554, 1/2,000, overnight at 4°C.
Secondary antibody: Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (iFluor™ 488, HA1121), 45 minutes at room temperature.
Counterstain: Beta tubulin (HA601187, Red), 1/100, overnight at 4℃. The nuclear counterstain was DAPI (Blue).
Application: Immunocytochemistry (IF-cell)
Species: Mouse
Sample: NIH/3T3 (Mouse fibroblast)
Fixation: 4% Paraformaldehyde, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Permeabilization: 0.1% Triton X-100, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Blocking: 1% BSA + 10% normal goat serum, 1 hour at room temperature.
Antibody dilution buffer: 1% BSA in PBST.
Primary antibody: HA724554, 1/2,000, overnight at 4°C.
Secondary antibody: Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (iFluor™ 488, HA1121), 45 minutes at room temperature.
Counterstain: Beta tubulin (HA601187, Red), 1/100, overnight at 4℃. The nuclear counterstain was DAPI (Blue).
Application: Immunocytochemistry (IF-cell)
Species: Rat
Sample: C6 (Rat glioma cell)
Fixation: 4% Paraformaldehyde, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Permeabilization: 0.1% Triton X-100, 15 minutes at room temperature.
Blocking: 1% BSA + 10% normal goat serum, 1 hour at room temperature.
Antibody dilution buffer: 1% BSA in PBST.
Primary antibody: HA724554, 1/2,000, overnight at 4°C.
Secondary antibody: Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (iFluor™ 488, HA1121), 45 minutes at room temperature.
Counterstain: Beta tubulin (HA601187, Red), 1/100, overnight at 4℃. The nuclear counterstain was DAPI (Blue).
Application: Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P)
Species: Human
Tissue: Brain
Sample: Paraffin-embedded section
Wash buffer: 1× TBST
Endogenous peroxidase blocking: 3% H₂O₂, 10 minutes at room temperature.
Blocking: 1% BSA + 10% normal goat serum, 10 minutes at room temperature.
Primary antibody: HA724554, 1/1,000, 1 hour at room temperature.
Secondary antibody: HA1119, 20 minutes at room temperature.
Immunoprecipitation (IP)
Histone H4 (acetyl K12) was immunoprecipitated in 0.2 mg HeLa (Human cervix adenocarcinoma epithelial cell) cell lysate with HA724554 at 2 µg/10 µl beads. Western blot was performed from the immunoprecipitate using HA724554 at 1/5,000 dilution. Anti-Rabbit IgG for IP, AlpSdAbs® VHH(HRP) (025-100-005) at 1/5,000 dilution was used for 1 hour at room temperature.
Lane 1: HeLa cell lysate (input)
Lane 2: HA724554 IP in HeLa cell lysate
Lane 3: Rabbit IgG instead of HA724554 in HeLa cell lysate
Exposure time: 2 seconds
Blocking: 5% NFDM/TBST, 1 hour at room temperature
Primary dilution: HA724554, 1/5,000 in primary antibody dilution buffer (K1803), 2 hours at room temperature
Predicted band size: 11 kDa
Observed band size: 15 kDa
Chromatin immunoprecipitations were performed with cross-linked chromatin from HeLa cells with Histone H4 (acetyl K12) (HA724554) / Competitor's antibody / Normal Rabbit IgG according to the ChIP protocol. The enriched DNA was quantified by real-time PCR using indicated primers. The amount of immunoprecipitated DNA in each sample is represented as signal relative to the total amount of input chromatin, which is equivalent to one.
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