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Phospho-ATF-2 (Thr69/71) Antibody #9225

Applications Reactivity MW (kDa) Source
W IHC-P H M R Mk 70 Rabbit

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

Specificity / Sensitivity

Phospho-ATF-2 (Thr69/71) Antibody detects endogenous levels of ATF-2 only when dually phosphorylated at both threonine 69 and threonine 71. It does not recognize ATF-2 singly phosphorylated at either threonine 69 or threonine 71.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing rabbits with a synthetic phospho-peptide (KLH-coupled) corresponding to residues surrounding Thr69 and Thr71 of human ATF-2. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from 293 cells, untreated or UV-treated (lanes 1 and 2), NIH/3T3 cells, untreated or anisomycin-treated (lanes 3 and 4), and C6 cells, untreated or anisomycin-treated (lanes 5 and 6), using Phospho-ATF-2 (Thr69/71) Antibody.

IHC-P (paraffin)

IHC-P (paraffin)

Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded human colon carcioma using Phospho-ATF2 (Thr69/71) Antibody.

IHC-P (paraffin)

IHC-P (paraffin)

Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded human breast carcinoma, showing nuclear localization, using Phospho-ATF-2 (Thr69/71) Antibody.


IHC-P (paraffin)

IHC-P (paraffin)

Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded NIH/3T3 cells, untreated (left) or anisomycin treated (right), using Phospho-ATF-2 (Thr69/71) Antibody.

IHC-P (paraffin)

IHC-P (paraffin)

Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded human lung carcioma, control (left) or lambda phosphatase-treated (right), using Phopsho-ATF2 (Thr69/71) Antibody.

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Background

The transcription factor ATF-2 (also called CRE-BP1) binds to both AP-1 and CRE DNA response elements and is a member of the ATF/CREB family of leucine zipper proteins (1). ATF-2 interacts with a variety of viral oncoproteins and cellular tumor suppressors and is a target of the SAPK/JNK and p38 MAP kinase signaling pathways (2-4). Various forms of cellular stress, including genotoxic agents, inflammatory cytokines and UV irradiation, stimulate the transcriptional activity of ATF-2. Cellular stress activates ATF-2 by phosphorylation of Thr69 and Thr71 (2-4). Both SAPK and p38 MAPK have been shown to phosphorylate ATF-2 at these sites in vitro and in cells transfected with ATF-2. Mutations of these sites result in the loss of stress-induced transcription by ATF-2 (2-4). In addition, mutations at these sites reduce the ability of E1A and Rb to stimulate gene expression via ATF-2 (2).

  1. Abdel-Hafiz, H.A. et al. (1992) Mol. Endocrinol. 6, 2079-2089.
  2. Gupta, S. et al. (1995) Science 267, 389-393.
  3. van Dam, H. et al. (1995) EMBO J. 14, 1798-1811.
  4. Livingstone, C. et al. (1995) EMBO J. 14, 1785-1797.

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