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A guide to selecting high-performing antibodies for Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD1) (UniProt ID: O00767) for use in western blot, immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence

2025· preprint· en· W4411276262 on OpenAlexafffund
Vera Ruíz Moleón, Charles Alende, Maryam Fotouhi, Sara González Bolívar, Riham Ayoubi, Carl Laflamme

Bibliographic record

VenueF1000Research · 2025
Typepreprint
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
Canadian institutionsMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
FundersGenentechMitacsGovernment of CanadaGénome QuébecOntario Genomics InstituteEuropean Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and AssociationsMerck KGaABayerPfizerBristol-Myers SquibbOntario GenomicsGenome CanadaMichael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
KeywordsWestern blotImmunoprecipitationUniProtImmunofluorescenceAntibodyOpen peer reviewBiologyComputational biologyPlant biologyBiochemistryImmunologyBotanyGene

Abstract

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The enzyme stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD1) is a modulator of lipid metabolism by catalyzing the biosynthesis of mono-unsaturated fatty acids from saturated fatty acids. Understanding the specific mechanisms by which SCD1 plays in health and disease can provide novel insides in therapeutic targets, a process that would be facilitated by the availability of high-quality antibodies. Here we have characterized nine SCD1 commercial antibodies for western blot, immunoprecipitation, and immunofluorescence using a standardized experimental protocol based on comparing read-outs in knockout cell lines and isogenic parental controls. These studies are part of a larger, collaborative initiative seeking to address antibody reproducibility issues by characterizing commercially available antibodies for human proteins and publishing the results openly as a resource for the scientific community. While use of antibodies and protocols vary between laboratories, we encourage readers to use this report as a guide to select the most appropriate antibodies for their specific needs.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.006
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.012
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: Not applicable
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.145
Threshold uncertainty score0.484

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0060.012
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0040.005
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0040.002
Bibliometrics0.0080.005
Science and technology studies0.0020.001
Scholarly communication0.0030.002
Open science0.0050.002
Research integrity0.0040.005
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.1450.223

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.028
GPT teacher head0.355
Teacher spread0.327 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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