Invitrogen™ Caspase 8 Polyclonal Antibody

Catalog No.	Quantity
PIPA520118	100 μg

Catalog No. PIPA520118 Supplier Invitrogen™ Supplier No. PA520118

Description

Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

This antibody reacts with human Caspase-8 isoform A. Suggested positive controls are Jurkat cell lysate, human spleen, mouse spleen, or rat spleen tissue lysate. PA5-20118 can be used with blocking peptide PEP-0236. Depending on cell lines or tissues used, either full-length or other cleavage products may be observed.

Caspase 8 (CASP8) is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases play a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes composed of a pro-domain, 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. Caspase 8 is involved in the programmed cell death induced by Fas and various apoptotic stimuli. The N-terminal FADD-like death effector domain of Caspase 8 suggests that it may interact with Fas-interacting protein FADD. Caspase 8 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. Caspase 8 binds to the death effector domain (DED) of FADD through an analogous DED domain present in tandem in the pro-form of the Caspase 8 protein. Activated Caspase 8 then activates other downstream caspases including Caspase 9, thereby committing the cell to undergo apoptosis. In addition, Caspase 8 also reacts with Jurkat cells and Tonsil. Overexpression of Caspase 8 induces apoptosis, which can be blocked by inhibitors specific for the ICE family. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for Caspase 8, however, not all variants have had their full-length sequences determined.

Specifications

• Antigen: Caspase 8
• Applications: Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin), Western Blot
• Classification: Polyclonal
• Concentration: 1 mg/mL
• Conjugate: Unconjugated
• Formulation: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide
• Gene: Casp8
• Gene Accession No.: O89110, Q14790, Q9JHX4
• Gene Alias: ALPS2B; apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; apoptotic cysteine protease; Apoptotic protease Mch-5; CAP4; CASP8; CASP-8; caspase 8; caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine protease; Caspase8; caspase-8; Caspase-8 precursor; Caspase-8 subunit p10; Caspase-8 subunit p18; EC 3.4.22.61; FADD-homologous ICE/ced-3-like protease; FADD-like ICE; Fas-linked ICE-like protease; FLICE; FLJ17672; ICE8; ICE-like apoptotic protease 5; MACH; MACH-alpha-1/2/3 protein; MACH-beta-1/2/3/4 protein; MCH5; MGC78473; MORT1-associated ced-3 homolog; OTTHUMP00000163720; OTTHUMP00000165063; OTTHUMP00000206557; OTTHUMP00000206581
• Gene Symbols: Casp8
• Host Species: Rabbit
• Immunogen: A peptide corresponding to 16 amino acid synthetic peptide near the carboxyl terminus of human Caspase-8.
• Purification Method: Antigen affinity chromatography
• Quantity: 100 μg
• Regulatory Status: RUO
• Primary or Secondary: Primary
• Gene ID (Entrez): 12370, 64044, 841
• Target Species: Human, Mouse, Rat
• Content And Storage: 4°C
• Product Type: Antibody
• Form: Liquid
• Isotype: IgG