Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - Apoptosis / Autophagy

Caspase-9 Antibody (Rat Specific) #9506

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W R Endogenous 17, 38, 40, 51 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
Reactivity Key:  R=Rat
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

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Specificity / Sensitivity

Caspase-9 Antibody (Rat Specific) detects endogenous levels of full length (51 kDa) and large fragments of caspase-9. The antibody does not recognize any other cleaved caspases.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding aspartic acid 353 of rat caspase-9. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from PC12 cells, untreated or staurosporine-treated (3 µM), using Caspase-9 Antibody (Rat Specific). 51 kDa (full length); 40 kDa (prodomain + large fragment cleaved at Asp368); 38 kDa (prodomain + large fragment cleaved at Asp353); 17 kDa (large fragment)

Background

Caspase-9 (ICE-LAP6, Mch6) is an important member of the cysteine aspartic acid protease (caspase) family (1,2). Upon apoptotic stimulation, cytochrome c released from mitochondria associates with the 47 kDa procaspase-9/Apaf 1. Apaf-1 mediated activation of caspase-9 involves instrinsic proteolytic processing resulting in cleavage at Asp315 and producing a p35 subunit. Another cleavage occurs at Asp330 producing a p37 subunit that can serve to amplify the apoptotic response (3-6). Cleaved caspase-9 further processes other caspase members, including caspase-3 and caspase-7, to initiate a caspase cascade, which leads to apoptosis (7-10).

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