PARP1 monoclonal antibodies exhibit distinct biochemical properties and target specific epitopes or post-translational modifications:
Site-Specific Detection: Clone AbD34251 recognizes ADP-ribosylation at Serine 499, a modification critical during DNA damage response .
Cleavage Detection: Clones C.384.8 and HC2R8 detect both full-length PARP1 (113–116 kDa) and its apoptotic 85–89 kDa fragment .
Validation: Antibodies like EPR18461 are validated using PARP1 knockout cell lines to confirm specificity .
Breast Cancer: PARP1 expression correlates with DNA repair proteins (BRCA1, RAD51) and is elevated in BRCA1-mutated tumors .
Therapeutic Targeting: PARP1 inhibitors are clinically effective in cancers with defective homologous recombination repair (e.g., ovarian, prostate) .
Caspase-mediated cleavage of PARP1 into 85 kDa fragments is a hallmark of apoptosis, detectable by clones C.384.8 and HC2R8 .
PARP1/HPF1 complexes ADP-ribosylate histones and PARP1 itself at serine residues, facilitating chromatin relaxation and repair factor recruitment .