Apoptosis or programmed-cell death is a physiological process essential for the normal development and maintenance of homeostasis in many organisms.
This “cellular suicide” can be mediated by the Fas antigen (CD95, APO1), a cell-surface glycoprotein, 40-50kD, that belongs to the nerve growth factor/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family.
Mice carrying the lymphoproliferation (lpr) mutation, which develop lymphoadenopathy and suffer from a systematic lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease, have defects in the Fas gene.
Fas is expressed in several tissues including blood, where it expression is upregulated on activated T and B lymphocytes and natural killer cells.
Binding of the Fas antigen by agonistic anti-Fas antibody has been shown to induce apoptosis.
Applications:Suitable for use in Western Blot and Immunoprecipitation.
Other applications not tested.
Recommended Dilutions:Western Blot: 0.5-2ug/ml detects Fas (~45 kD) in RIPA lysates of mouse 3T3/A31 fibroblast cells and bovine brain.
Immunoprecipitation: 4ug immunoprecipitates Fas from 3T3/A31 cells.
RIP, a death domain containing protein, was co-precipitated with Fas.
Optimal dilutions to be determined by the researcher.