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Huntingtin (F8E9N) Rabbit mAb #73232

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H M R
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 350
    Source/Isotype Rabbit IgG
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    • IP-Immunoprecipitation 
    • IHC-Immunohistochemistry 
    • IF-Immunofluorescence 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • M-Mouse 
    • R-Rat 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000
    Immunoprecipitation 1:200
    Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin) 1:200 - 1:800
    Immunofluorescence (Frozen) 1:50
    Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry) 1:400 - 1:1600

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/mL BSA, 50% glycerol, and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    For a carrier free (BSA and azide free) version of this product see product #63388.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    Huntingtin (F8E9N) Rabbit mAb recognizes endogenous levels of total huntingtin protein. This antibody is not recommended for immunohistochemical analysis of human tissues.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Mouse, Rat

    Source / Purification

    Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the amino terminus of human huntingtin protein.

    Background

    Huntington's Disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by psychiatric, cognitive, and motor dysfunction. HD neuropathology involves specific neuronal subpopulations: GABA-ergic neurons of the striatum and neurons within the cerebral cortex selectively degenerate (1,2). The genetic analysis of HD has been the flagship study of inherited neurological diseases, from initial chromosomal localization to identification of the gene.

    Huntingtin is a large (340-350 kDa) cytosolic protein that may be involved in a number of cellular functions such as transcription, gastrulation, neurogenesis, neurotransmission, axonal transport, neural positioning, and apoptosis (2,3). The HD gene from unaffected individuals contains between 6 and 34 CAG trinucleotide repeats, with expansion beyond this range causing the onset of disease symptoms. A strong inverse correlation exists between the age of onset in patients and the number of huntingtin gene CAG repeats encoding a stretch of polyglutamine peptides (1,2). The huntingtin protein undergoes numerous post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation, ubiquitination, sumoylation, palmitoylation, and cleavage (2). Phosphorylation of Ser421 by Akt can partially counteract the toxicity that results from the expanded polyglutamine tract. Varying Akt expression in the brain correlates with regional differences in huntingtin protein phosphorylation; this pattern inversely correlates with the regions that are most affected by degeneration in diseased brain (2). A key step in the disease is the proteolytic cleavage of huntingtin protein into amino-terminal fragments that contain expanded glutamine repeats and translocate into the nucleus. Caspase-mediated cleavage of huntingtin at Asp513 is associated with increased polyglutamine aggregate formation and toxicity. Phosphorylation of Ser434 by CDK5 protects against cleavage (2,3).
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