Cell Signaling Technology

Product Pathways - Apoptosis / Autophagy

Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate) #9669

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity Source
IF-IC F H M R Mk B (Pg) Endogenous Rabbit

Applications Key:  IF-IC=Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)  F=Flow Cytometry
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey  B=Bovine  Pg=Pig
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate) detects endogenous levels of the large fragment (17/19 kDa) of activated caspase-3 resulting from cleavage adjacent to aspartic acid 175. The antibody does not recognize full length caspase-3 or other cleaved caspases. Alexa Fluor® 488 conjugates are excited at 494 nm and emit at 520 nm.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino-terminal residues adjacent to Asp175 of human caspase-3. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography. The antibody was conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 488 under optimal conditions with an F/P ratio of 2-6.

Flow Cytometry

Flow Cytometry

Flow cytometric analysis of Jurkat cells, untreated (blue) or etoposide-treated (green), using Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate).

IF-IC

IF-IC

Confocal immunofluorescent analysis of HeLa cells, untreated (left) or staurosporine-treated (right), using Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate) (green). Actin filaments have been labeled with Alexa Fluor® 555 phalloidin (red). Blue pseudocolor = DRAQ5® (fluorescent DNA dye).

Description

This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 488 fluorescent dye and tested in-house for direct flow cytometry and immunofluorescent analysis in human cells. The antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody #9661.

Background

Caspase-3 (CPP-32, Apoptain, Yama, SCA-1) is a critical executioner of apoptosis, as it is either partially or totally responsible for the proteolytic cleavage of many key proteins such as the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) (1). Activation of caspase-3 requires proteolytic processing of its inactive zymogen into activated p17 and p12 fragments. Cleavage of caspase-3 requires aspartic acid at the P1 position (2).

  1. Fernandes-Alnemri, T. et al. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 30761-30764.
  2. Nicholson, D. W. et al. (1995) Nature 376, 37-43.

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This product is intended for research purposes only. The product is not intended to be used for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes in humans or animals.

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