Product Pathways - Akt Signaling

Akt2 (54G8) Rabbit mAb (IHC Specific) #4057

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Applications	Reactivity	MW (kDa)	Source	Isotype
IHC-P	H M (R)	60	Rabbit	IgG

Applications Key:  IHC-P=Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin)
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat
Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology. Species cross-reactivity is determined by Western blot.

Specificity / Sensitivity

Akt2 (54G8) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (IHC Specific) preferentially binds to non-phosphorylated endogenous levels of Akt2. It does not cross-react with recombinant Akt1 or Akt3.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing rabbits with a synthetic peptide (KLH-coupled) corresponding to residues of human Akt2.

Background

Akt, also referred to as PKB or Rac, plays a critical role in controlling survival and apoptosis (1-3). This protein kinase is activated by insulin and various growth and survival factors to function in a wortmannin-sensitive pathway involving PI3 kinase (2,3). Akt is activated by phospholipid binding and activation loop phosphorylation at Thr308 by PDK1 (4) and by phosphorylation within the carboxy terminus at Ser473. The previously elusive PDK2 responsible for phosphorylation of Akt at Ser473 has been identified as mammalian target of rapamycin (mTor) in a rapamycin-insensitive complex with rictor and Sin1 (5,6). Akt promotes cell survival by inhibiting apoptosis by phosphorylating and inactivating several targets, including Bad (7), forkhead transcription factors (8), c-Raf (9) and caspase-9. PTEN phosphatase is a major negative regulator of the PI3 kinase/Akt signaling pathway (10). LY294002 is a specific PI3 kinase inhibitor (11).Another essential Akt function is the regulation of glycogen synthesis through phosphorylation and inactivation of GSK-3α and β (12,13). Akt may also play a role in insulin stimulation of glucose transport (12).In addition to its role in survival and glycogen synthesis, Akt is involved in cell cycle regulation by preventing GSK-3β mediated phosphorylation and degradation of cyclin D1 (14) and by negatively regulating the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p27 Kip (15) and p21 Waf1/CIP1 (16). Akt also plays a critical role in cell growth by directly phosphorylating mTOR in a rapamycin-sensitive complex containing raptor (17). More importantly, Akt phosphorylates and inactivates tuberin (TSC2), an inhibitor of mTOR within the mTOR-raptor complex (18). Inhibition of mTOR stops the protein synthesis machinery due to inactivation of its effector, p70 S6 kinase and activation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (4E-EP1), an inhibitor of translation (18,19).

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13. Cross, D.A. et al. (1995) Nature 378, 785-9.
14. Diehl, J.A. et al. (1998) Genes Dev 12, 3499-511.
15. Gesbert, F. et al. (2000) J Biol Chem 275, 39223-30.
16. Zhou, B.P. et al. (2001) Nat Cell Biol 3, 245-52.
17. Nave, B.T. et al. (1999) Biochem J 344 Pt 2, 427-31.
18. Inoki, K. et al. (2002) Nat Cell Biol 4, 648-57.
19. Manning, B.D. et al. (2002) Mol Cell 10, 151-62.

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Rabbit Monoclonals Produced Using Epitomics® Technology, U.S. Patent No. 5,675,063.