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C6243

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Anti-Cathepsin B antibody, Mouse monoclonal

clone CB59-4B11, purified from hybridoma cell culture

Synonym(s):

Anti-APPS, Anti-CPSB, Anti-RECEUP

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.45

biological source

mouse

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

purified immunoglobulin

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

CB59-4B11, monoclonal

form

buffered aqueous solution

mol wt

antigen ~25 kDa

species reactivity

rat, human

concentration

~1.5 mg/mL

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry: suitable
indirect ELISA: suitable
western blot: 4-8 μg/mL using HCT-116 cells.

isotype

IgG1

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... CTSB(1508)
rat ... CTSB(64529)

General description

Monoclonal Anti-Cathepsin B specifically recognizes human1 and rat1 cathepsin B (~ 25 kDa). The antibody epitope resides within the peptide sequence EPGYSP which corresponds to amino acids 212-217 of human cathepsin B. The antibody does not cross react with the closely related lysosomal cysteine proteases: cathepsins L, H, K, S, V, and W
The CTSB (Cathepsin B) gene encoding cathepsin B is mapped to human chromosome 8p23.1. Cathepsin B are normally localized in lysosomes of almost all mammalian cells, but under certain conditions they can be secreted from the cell that take part in local proteolysis. Cathepsin B is both an endo- and exopeptidase, composed of a dimer of disulfide-linked heavy and light chains, both produced from a single protein precursor.

Immunogen

Recombinant human cathepsin B.

Application

indirect ELISA, immunohistochemistry, In HCT-116 cells. 4-8μg/mL of antibody concentration may be used. A dilution of 1:800 in human pancreatic carcinoma cell line PANC-1 was used for immunoblotting

Biochem/physiol Actions

Cathepsins are lysosomal proteases activation of enzyme precursors, and tumor invasion and metastasis. It is involved in the proteolysis of many proteins involved in different physiological and pathological pathways. In the brain, this protease, also known as amyloid precursor protein secretase, is responsible for the proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP). An incomplete proteolytic processing of APP has been found as a causative factor in Alzheimer disease. Furthermore, ablated genes coding cathepsin B and L leads to enormous neuronal cell death,probably due to autophagy abnormalities. Cathepsin B has been implicated in tumor progression by virtue of localization at the invading front of the tumor. For example, blocking cathepsin B expression in human glioblastoma SNB19 cells by a stable transfection of an expression vector expressing antisense cathepsin B, caused suppression of glioblastoma-induced neovascularization.
Monoclonal Anti-Cathepsin B specifically recognizes human1 and rat1 cathepsin B (~ 25 kDa). The antibody epitope resides within the peptide sequence EPGYSP which corresponds to amino acids 212-217 of human cathepsin B. The antibody does not cross react with the closely related lysosomal cysteine proteases: cathepsins L, H, K, S, V, and W.
Cathepsins significantly takes part in the immune response, by processing antigens into peptides for its presentation through MHC class II molecules.

Physical form

Solution in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 15 mM sodium azide.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Cysteine Cathepsins and the Cutting Edge of
Cancer Invasion
Gocheva V and Joyce JA
Cell Cycle, 6:1, 60-64 (2007)
Protease signalling in cell death: caspases versus cysteine cathepsins
Turk B and Stoka V
Febs Letters, 581, 2761?2767-2761?2767 (2007)
Enzymatically active lysosomal proteases are associated with
amyloid deposits in Alzheimer brain
Cataldo AM and Nixon RA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 87, 3861-3865 (1990)
Localization and Activity of Various Lysosomal Proteases in
Leishmania amazonensis-Infected Macrophages
Prina E
Infection and Immunity, 58, 1730-1737 (1990)
Blockade of cathepsin B expression in human glioblastoma cells is
associated with suppression of angiogenesis
Yanamandra N
Oncogene, 23, 2224?2230-2224?2230 (2004)

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