Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - MAPK Signaling

ASK1 Antibody #3762

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W H Transfected Only 155 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
Reactivity Key:  H=Human
Species cross-reactivity is determined by Western blot.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

ASK1 Antibody detects transfected ASK1 protein independent of its phosphorylation state.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding amino acid residue 280 of human ASK1. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from NIH/3T3 cells, untransfected (lane 1) or transfected with wild type (lane 2) or Ser83Ala mutant (lane 3) ASK1, using ASK1 Antibody.

Background

Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), a MAP kinase kinase kinase, plays essential roles in stress-induced apoptosis (1,2). ASK1 is activated in response to a variety of stress-related stimuli through distinct mechanisms and activates MKK4 and MKK3, which in turn activate JNK and p38 (3). Overexpression of ASK1 activates JNK and p38 and induces apoptosis in several cell types through signals involving the mitochondrial cell death pathway. Embryonic fibroblasts or primary neurons derived from ASK1-/- mice are resistant to stress-induced JNK and p38 activation and cell death (4,5). Phosphorylation at Ser967 is essential for ASK1 association with 14-3-3 protein and suppression of cell death (6). Oxidative stress induces dephosphorylation of Ser967 and phosphorylation of Thr845 in the activation loop of ASK1, and both are correlated with ASK1 activity and ASK1-dependent apoptosis (7,8). On the other hand, Akt phosphorylates ASK1 at Ser83, which attenuates ASK1 activity and promotes cell survival (9).

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  2. Wang, X.S. et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 31607-31611.
  3. Matsuzawa, A. and Ichijo, H. (2001) J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 130, 1-8.
  4. Tobiume, K. et al. (2001) EMBO Rep. 2, 222-228.
  5. Nishitoh, H. et al. (2002) Genes Dev. 16, 1345-1355.
  6. Zhang, L. et al. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 8511-8515.
  7. Tobiume, K. et al. (2002) J. Cell. Physiol. 191, 95-104.
  8. Goldman, E.H. et al. (2004) J. Biol. Chem. in press, .
  9. Kim, A.H. et al. (2001) Mol. Cell. Biol. 21, 893-901.

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