ARG67015

anti-Caspase 8 antibody

anti-Caspase 8 antibody for IHC-Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections,Western blot and Human,Mouse,Rat

Overview

Product Description Rabbit Polyclonal antibody recognizes Caspase 8
Tested Reactivity Hu, Ms, Rat
Tested Application IHC-P, WB
Specificity This antibody detects endogenous levels of full length Caspase-8, the cleaved intermediate p43/p41 and the Caspase-8 active fragment p18.
Host Rabbit
Clonality Polyclonal
Isotype IgG
Target Name Caspase 8
Antigen Species Human
Immunogen Synthetic peptide around aa. 335-384 of Human Caspase-8.
Conjugation Un-conjugated
Protein Full Name Caspase-8
Alternate Names Casp-8; FADD-like ICE; EC 3.4.22.61; CAP4; ICE-like apoptotic protease 5; MORT1-associated ced-3 homolog; FLICE; Apoptotic cysteine protease; FADD-homologous ICE/ced-3-like protease; Caspase-8; Apoptotic protease Mch-5; CASP-8; MCH5; ALPS2B; MACH

Application Instructions

Application Suggestion
Tested Application Dilution
IHC-P1:50 - 1:300
WB1:500 - 1:2000
Application Note * The dilutions indicate recommended starting dilutions and the optimal dilutions or concentrations should be determined by the scientist.

Properties

Form Liquid
Purification Affinity purification with immunogen.
Buffer PBS (pH 7.3), 0.02% Sodium azide, 0.5% BSA and 50% Glycerol.
Preservative 0.02% Sodium azide
Stabilizer 0.5% BSA and 50% Glycerol
Concentration 1 mg/ml
Storage Instruction For continuous use, store undiluted antibody at 2-8°C for up to a week. For long-term storage, aliquot and store at -20°C or below. Storage in frost free freezers is not recommended. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Suggest spin the vial prior to opening. The antibody solution should be gently mixed before use.
Note For laboratory research only, not for drug, diagnostic or other use.

Bioinformation

Database Links

GeneID: 12370 Mouse CASP8

GeneID: 64044 Rat CASP8

GeneID: 841 Human CASP8

Gene Symbol CASP8
Gene Full Name caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase
Background This gene encodes a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes composed of a prodomain, a large protease subunit, and a small protease subunit. Activation of caspases requires proteolytic processing at conserved internal aspartic residues to generate a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of the large and small subunits. This protein is involved in the programmed cell death induced by Fas and various apoptotic stimuli. The N-terminal FADD-like death effector domain of this protein suggests that it may interact with Fas-interacting protein FADD. This protein was detected in the insoluble fraction of the affected brain region from Huntington disease patients but not in those from normal controls, which implicated the role in neurodegenerative diseases. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described, although not all variants have had their full-length sequences determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Function Most upstream protease of the activation cascade of caspases responsible for the TNFRSF6/FAS mediated and TNFRSF1A induced cell death. Binding to the adapter molecule FADD recruits it to either receptor. The resulting aggregate called death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) performs CASP8 proteolytic activation. The active dimeric enzyme is then liberated from the DISC and free to activate downstream apoptotic proteases. Proteolytic fragments of the N-terminal propeptide (termed CAP3, CAP5 and CAP6) are likely retained in the DISC. Cleaves and activates CASP3, CASP4, CASP6, CASP7, CASP9 and CASP10. May participate in the GZMB apoptotic pathways. Cleaves ADPRT. Hydrolyzes the small-molecule substrate, Ac-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-|-AMC. Likely target for the cowpox virus CRMA death inhibitory protein. Isoform 5, isoform 6, isoform 7 and isoform 8 lack the catalytic site and may interfere with the pro-apoptotic activity of the complex. [UniProt]
Calculated MW ~ 55kDa (full-length); 47 kDa (cleaved)
PTM Generation of the subunits requires association with the death-inducing signaling complex (DISC), whereas additional processing is likely due to the autocatalytic activity of the activated protease. GZMB and CASP10 can be involved in these processing events.
Phosphorylation on Ser-387 during mitosis by CDK1 inhibits activation by proteolysis and prevents apoptosis. This phosphorylation occurs in cancer cell lines, as well as in primary breast tissues and lymphocytes.