Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Simple Western™: 1:10 - 1:50
Immunoprecipitation: 1:50
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
CARD9 (F4N4C) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total CARD9 protein.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the carboxy terminus of human CARD9 protein.
Background
CARD9 is a caspase recruitment domain (CARD)-containing adaptor protein expressed by myeloid cells (1,2). It is required for antifungal immunity downstream of pathogen detection by C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) such as Dectin-1 (3,4). Recognition of carbohydrates on fungal cell walls by CLRs leads to activation of the tyrosine kinase Syk, followed by activation of PKCδ (5,6). PKCδ phosphorylates CARD9, enabling the assembly of a complex containing CARD9 and Bcl10 (6). This complex activates NF-κB, resulting in upregulation of inflammatory cytokines important for initiation of adaptive immunity (3,4,6,7). CARD9 was also shown to be important for the induction of IL-1β, downstream of the viral nucleic acid sensor RIG-I, as well as for the generation of reactive oxygen species important for bacterial killing by macrophages (2,8).
Alternate Names
CANDF2; CARD9; caspase recruitment domain family member 9; caspase recruitment domain family, member 9; Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9; hCARD9
