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1 Kit

(6 x 20 microliters)

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Product Includes Product # Quantity Mol. Wt Isotype/Source
Tau (D1M9X) XP® Rabbit mAb 46687 20 µl 50-80 kDa Rabbit IgG
Phospho-Tau (Ser202) (D4H7E) Rabbit mAb 39357 20 µl 50-80 kDa Rabbit IgG
Phospho-Tau (Ser396) (PHF13) Mouse mAb 9632 20 µl 50-80 kDa Mouse IgG2b
Phospho-Tau (Ser404) (D2Z4G) Rabbit mAb 20194 20 µl 50-80 kDa Rabbit IgG
Phospho-Tau (Ser404) (D2Z4G) Rabbit mAb 35834 20 µl 50-80 kDa Rabbit IgG
Phospho-Tau (Ser416) (D7U2P) Rabbit mAb 15013 20 µl 50-80 kDa Rabbit IgG
Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody 7074 100 µl Goat 
Anti-mouse IgG, HRP-linked Antibody 7076 100 µl Horse 

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Description

The Phospho-Tau Family Antibody Sampler Kit provides an economical means of detecting the activation of Tau family members using phospho-specific and control antibodies. The kit includes enough antibody to perform two western blot experiments with each primary antibody.

Storage

Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

Background

Tau is a heterogeneous microtubule-associated protein that promotes and stabilizes microtubule assembly, especially in axons. Six isoforms with different amino-terminal inserts and different numbers of tandem repeats near the carboxy terminus have been identified, and tau is hyperphosphorylated at approximately 25 sites by Erk, glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), and CDK5 (1,2). Phosphorylation decreases the ability of tau to bind to microtubules. Neurofibrillary tangles are a major hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD); these tangles are bundles of paired helical filaments (PHFs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau. In particular, phosphorylation at Ser396 by GSK-3 or CDK5 destabilizes microtubules. Furthermore, research studies have shown that inclusions of tau are found in a number of other neurodegenerative diseases, collectively known as tauopathies (1,3).

Investigators have shown that Tau phosphorylation at Ser404 destabilizes microtubules and that Tau is hyperphosphorylated at Ser404 in Alzheimer's disease (2,4-6). Research studies indicate that calcium-/calmodulin-dependent protease kinase II (CAM-kkinase II) is responsible for the phosphorylation of Tau at Ser416. Phosphorylated Tau protein is localized with neuronal soma or hippocampal neurons and immortalized GnRH neurons (7). Investigators have shown that Tau is phosphorylated during development and hyperphosphorylated at Ser202 in Alzheimer's disease (8).

  1. Johnson, G.V. and Stoothoff, W.H. (2004) J Cell Sci 117, 5721-9.
  2. Hanger, D.P. et al. (1998) J Neurochem 71, 2465-76.
  3. Bramblett, G.T. et al. (1993) Neuron 10, 1089-99.
  4. Shiurba, R.A. et al. (1996) Brain Res 737, 119-32.
  5. Evans, D.B. et al. (2000) J Biol Chem 275, 24977-83.
  6. Bertrand, J. et al. (2010) Neuroscience 168, 323-34.
  7. Yamamoto, H. et al. (2005) J Neurochem 94, 1438-47.
  8. Goedert, M. et al. (1993) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90, 5066-70.

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