Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - Metabolism

Insulin (C27C9) Rabbit mAb (Pacific Blue™ Conjugate) #8472

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity Isotype
F H M R Endogenous Rabbit IgG

Applications Key:  F=Flow Cytometry
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

Insulin (C27C9) Rabbit mAb (Pacific Blue™ Conjugate) detects endogenous levels of total insulin protein.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the sequence of human insulin.

Flow Cytometry

Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometric analysis of HeLa (blue) and beta-TC-6 (green) cells using Insulin (C27C9) Rabbit mAb (Pacific Blue™ Conjugate).

Description

This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to Pacific Blue™ fluorescent dye and tested in-house for direct flow cytometry in human and mouse cells. The antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated antibody Insulin (C27C9) Rabbit mAb #3014.

Background

The maintenance of glucose homeostasis is an essential physiological process that is regulated by hormones. An elevation in blood glucose levels during feeding stimulates insulin release from pancreatic β cells through a glucose sensing pathway (1). Insulin is synthesized as a precursor molecule, proinsulin, which is processed prior to secretion. A- and B-peptides are joined together by a disulfide bond to form insulin, while the central portion of the precursor molecule is cleaved and released as the C-peptide. Insulin stimulates glucose uptake from blood into skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Insulin deficiency leads to type 1 diabetes mellitus (2).

  1. Straub, S.G. and Sharp, G.W. (2002) Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev. 18, 451-463.
  2. Concannon, P. et al. (1998) Nat. Genet. 19, 292-296.

Application References

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Rabbit monoclonal antibody is produced under license (granting certain rights including those under U. S. Patent No. 5,675,063) from Epitomics, Inc.


For Research Use Only. Not For Use In Diagnostic Procedures.

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