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PathScan® Phospho-c-Kit (panTyr) Sandwich ELISA Kit #7231

Kit Includes Volume Solution Color
c-Kit Mouse mAb coated microwells 96 tests
Biotinylated Phospho-Tyrosine Mouse Detection Antibody 11 milliliters Green
HRP-linked Streptavidin 11 milliliters Red
TMB Substrate 11 milliliters Colorless
STOP Solution 11 milliliters Colorless
Sealing Tape 2 sheets
20X Wash Buffer 25 milliliters Colorless
Sample Diluent 25 milliliters Blue
Cell Lysis Buffer (10X) # 9803
c-Kit (Ab81) Mouse mAb # 3308
Phospho-Tyrosine Mouse mAb (P-Tyr-100) (Biotinylated) # 9417

Note: 12 8-well modules –Each module is designed to break apart for 8 tests.
Note: Kit should be stored at 4°C with the exception of Cell Lysis Buffer (10X), which is stored at –20°C (packaged separately).

Species Cross-Reactivity

H

Reactivity Key:  H=Human

Description

The PathScan® Phospho-c-Kit (panTyr) Sandwich ELISA Kit is a solid phase sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that detects endogenous levels of c-Kit when tyrosine phosphorylated. A c-Kit Mouse mAb* has been coated onto the microwells. After incubation with cell lysates, c-Kit (phospho and nonphospho) is captured by the coated antibody. Following extensive washing, a Biotinylated Phospho-Tyrosine Mouse Detection Antibody* is added to detect tyrosine phosphorylation of the captured c-Kit protein. HRP-linked Strepavidin* is then used to recognize the bound detection antibody. HRP substrate, TMB, is added to develop color. The magnitude of the absorbance for this developed color is proportional to the quantity of c-Kit phosphorylated on tyrosine.* Antibodies in kit are custom formulations specific to kit.

Specificity / Sensitivity

CST's PathScan® Phospho-c-Kit (panTyr) Sandwich ELISA Kit #7231 detects c-Kit when tyrosine phosphorylated. As shown in Figure 1, a significant induction of c-Kit tyrosine phosphorylation can be detected in H526 cells following treatment with SCF using the c-Kit (panTyr) Sandwich ELISA Kit #7231. The level of total c-Kit (phospho and nonphospho) remains unchanged as shown by Western analysis and by PathScan® Total c-Kit Sandwich ELISA Kit #7197. In Figure 3, Western blot analysis of protein captured in the c-Kit antibody coated microwell shows major band corresponding to the phospho-c-Kit protein.

Sandwich ELISA

Sandwich ELISA

Figure 1. Treatment of H526 cells with SCF stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of c-Kit, detected by PathScan® Phospho-c-Kit (panTyr) Sandwich ELISA Kit #7231, but does not affect the level of total c-Kit protein detected by PathScan® Total c-Kit Sandwich ELISA Kit #7197. The absorbance readings at 450 nm are shown in the top figure, while the corresponding Western blot using Phospho-c-Kit (Tyr719) Antibody #3391 (right panel) or c-Kit Antibody #3392 (left panel), is shown in the bottom figure.

Sandwich ELISA

Sandwich ELISA

Figure 2. The relationship between protein concentration of lysates from untreated and SCF-treated H526 lysates and the absorbance at 450 nm is shown. Cells (0.5x106 cells/ml) were serum starved overnight and then treated with SCF #9907 (40 ng/ml) for 5 min at 37?C.

Sandwich ELISA

Sandwich ELISA

Figure 3. Kit specificity as demonstrated by Western analysis of the ELISA microwell captured protein. Lysates were prepared from untreated and SCF-treated H526 cells and incubated in microwells coated with the c-Kit capture antibody. Wells were washed and the captured protein was solubilized in SDS gel loading buffer. Western analysis of untreated and SCF-treated H526 cell starting lysates (lanes 1 & 2) and the captured protein (lanes 3 & 4) was carried out using Phospho-Tyrosine Mouse mAb (P-Tyr-100) (Biotinylated) #9417. The major band detected in the captured material corresponds to the phospho-c-Kit protein (lane 4).


Background

c-Kit is a member of the subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases that includes PDGF, CSF-1 and FLT3/flk-2 receptors (1,2). It plays a critical role in activation and growth in a number of cell types such as hematopoietic stem cells, mast cells, melanocytes and germ cells (3). Upon binding with its stem cell factor (SCF) ligand, c-Kit undergoes dimerization/oligomerization and autophosphorylation. Activation of c-Kit results in the recruitment and tyrosine phosphorylation of downstream SH2-containing signaling components including PLCγ, the p85 subunit of PI3 kinase, SHP2 and CrkL (4). Molecular lesions that impair the kinase activity of c-Kit are associated with a variety of developmental disorders (5), while mutations that constitutively activate c-Kit can lead to pathogenesis of mastocytosis and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (6). Tyr719 is located in the kinase insert region of the catalytic domain. c-Kit phosphorylated at Tyr719 binds to the p85 subunit of PI3 kinase in vitro and in vivo (7).

  1. Martin, F.H. et al. (1990) Cell 63, 203-211.
  2. Yarden, Y. et al. (1987) EMBO J. 6, 3341-3351.
  3. Gommerman, J.L. et al. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 30519-30525.
  4. Sattler, M. et al. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 10248-10253.
  5. Nocka, K. et al. (1990) EMBO J. 9, 1805-1813.
  6. Hirota, S. et al. (1998) Science 279, 577-580.
  7. Blume-Jensen, P. et al. (2000) Nat. Genet. 24, 157-162.

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