Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Simple Western™: 1:10 - 1:50
Immunoprecipitation: 1:100
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.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation
Specificity / Sensitivity
Stat1 (9H2) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of total Stat1 protein independent of phosphorylation, however, it prefers the non-phosphorylated form of Stat1. This antibody detects both Stat1alpha (91 kDa) and Stat1beta (84 kDa) isoforms. This antibody does not significantly cross-react with the other Stat proteins.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide.
Background
The Stat1 transcription factor is activated in response to a large number of ligands (1) and is essential for responsiveness to IFN-α and IFN-γ (2,3). Phosphorylation of Stat1 at Tyr701 induces Stat1 dimerization, nuclear translocation, and DNA binding (4). Stat1 protein exists as a pair of isoforms, Stat1α (91 kDa) and the splice variant Stat1β (84 kDa). In most cells, both isoforms are activated by IFN-α, but only Stat1α is activated by IFN-γ. The inappropriate activation of Stat1 occurs in many tumors (5). In addition to tyrosine phosphorylation, Stat1 is also phosphorylated at Ser727 through a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-dependent pathway in response to IFN-α and other cellular stresses (6). Serine phosphorylation may be required for the maximal induction of Stat1-mediated gene activation.
Alternate Names
CANDF7; DKFZp686B04100; IMD31A; IMD31B; IMD31C; ISGF-3; signal transducer and activator of transcription 1; Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1-alpha/beta; signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91kD; signal transducer and activator of transcription 1, 91kDa; signal transducer and activator of transcription-1; STAT1; STAT91; Transcription factor ISGF-3 components p91/p84
