Apoptosis is related to many diseases and induced by a family of cell death receptors and their ligands.
Cell death signals are transduced by death domain containing adapter molecules and members of the caspase family of proteases.
A novel member in the caspase family was recently identified and designated ICE-LAP6, Mch6, and Apaf-3 (1-3).
Caspase-9 and Apaf-1 bind to each other, which leads to caspase-9 activation (3).
Caspase-9 is also activated by granzyme B and CPP32 (1,2).
Activated caspase-9 cleaves and activates caspase-3 that is one of the key proteases, being responsible for the proteolytic cleavage of many key proteins in apoptosis (3).
Caspase-9 play a central role in cell death induced by a wide variety of apoptosis activators including TNFa, TRAIL, anti-CD-95, FADD, and TRADD (4).
Caspase-9 is expressed in a variety of human tissues (1,2).
This polyclonal antibody can be used for detection of caspase-9 by Western blot at 1:1000 to 1:2000 dilution.
Whole cell lysate from HeLa cells can be used as positive control and a 46kD band should be detected.
It has no cross response to other members in caspase family.
Applications:Suitable for use in Western Blot.
Other applications not tested.
Recommended Dilution:Western Blot: 1:1000-1:2000 Optimal dilutions to be determined by the researcher.
Positive Control: Whole cell lysate from HeLa cells
Storage and Stability:May be stored at 4°C for short-term only.
Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Store at -20°C.
Aliquots are stable for 12 months.
For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap.
仕様
Size:100ug
Host:rabbit
Source Antibody:human
Grade:Purified
Purity:Purified IgG
Form:Supplied as a liquid in PBS, 0.02% sodium azide.
Specificity:A 46kD band should be detected. It has no cross response to other members in caspase family.
Isotype:IgG
Calc Applications Abbrev:WB
Calc Crossreactivity:Hu
Immunogen:Peptide corresponding to amino acids 41 to 56 of human caspase-9 (1-3).