Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Cleaved Caspase-8 (Asp387) Antibody detects endogenous levels of mouse and rat caspase-8 when cleaved at Asp387. This antibody will detect cleavage products containing the pro-domain with the p18 subunit (p43) as well as the p18 subunit alone.
Species Reactivity: Mouse
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues adjacent to the Asp387 cleavage site of rodent caspase-8. Antibodies were purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Apoptosis induced through the CD95 receptor (Fas/APO-1) and tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1) activates caspase-8 and leads to the release of the caspase-8 active fragments, p18 and p10 (1-3). Activated caspase-8 cleaves and activates downstream effector caspases such as caspase-1, -3, -6, and -7. Caspase-3 ultimately elicits the morphological hallmarks of apoptosis, including DNA fragmentation and cell shrinkage.
Alternate Names
Casp; CASP-8; Casp8; caspase 8; Caspase-8; Caspase-8 subunit p10; Caspase-8 subunit p18; caspase8; Fas-linked ICE-like protease; FLI; FLICE; MAC; MACH; Mch5
