Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Immunoprecipitation: 1:100
Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin): 1:800
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry): 1:200
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 # 62642 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation, Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin), Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)
Specificity / Sensitivity
NDRG1 (D8G9) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total NDRG1 protein.
Species Reactivity: Human, Monkey
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the carboxy terminus of human NDRG1 protein.
Background
N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1), also termed Cap43, Drg1, RTP/rit42, and Proxy-1, is a member of the NDRG family, which is composed of four members (NDRG1-4) that function in growth, differentiation, and cell survival (1-5). NDRG1 is ubiquitously expressed and highly responsive to a variety of stress signals, including DNA damage (4), hypoxia (5), and elevated levels of nickel and calcium (2). Expression of NDRG1 is elevated in N-myc defective mice and is negatively regulated by N- and c-myc (1,6). During DNA damage, NDRG1 is induced in a p53-dependent fashion and is necessary for p53-mediated apoptosis (4,7). Research studies have shown that NDRG1 may also play a role in cancer progression by promoting differentiation, inhibiting growth, and modulating metastasis and angiogenesis (3,4,6,8,9). Nonsense mutation of the gene has been shown to cause hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy-Lom (HMSNL), which is supported by studies demonstrating the role of NDRG1 in maintaining myelin sheaths and axonal survival (10,11). NDRG1 is upregulated during mast cell maturation and its deletion leads to attenuated allergic responses (12). Both NDRG1 and NDRG2 are substrates of SGK1, although the precise physiological role of SGK1-mediated phosphorylation is not known (13). NDRG1 is phosphorylated by SGK1 at Thr328, Ser330, Thr346, Thr356, and Thr366. Phosphorylation by SGK1 primes NDRG1 for phosphorylation by GSK-3.
Alternate Names
CAP43; CMT4D; Differentiation-related gene 1 protein; DRG-1; DRG1; GC4; HMSNL; N-myc downstream regulated 1; N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 protein; NDR1; NDRG1; Nickel-specific induction protein Cap43; NMSL; Protein NDRG1; protein regulated by oxygen-1; PROXY1; Reducing agents and tunicamycin-responsive protein; Rit42; RTP; TARG1; TDD5; tunicamycin-responsive protein
