Rabbitpolyclonalantibody
- Size:
- 100µl
- Formulation:
- Affinitypurified
- Specificity:
- Rat,Mouse,Human,Bovine,Non-humanprimate,Canine
- Applications:
- WB1:1,000
- Species:
- Rabbit
- GeneName:
- GABRB2
- MolecularReference:
- ~55kDa
- CiteThisAntibody:
- PhosphoSolutionsCat#862-GB2C,RRID:AB_2492109
Antigen/Purification:Collapse
Theantigenisafusionproteinfromthecytoplasmicloopoftheβ2-subunitofratGABAAreceptor.
Theantibodyispreparedfromrabbitserumbyaffinitypurificationusingacolumntowhichthefusionproteinimmunogenwascoupled.
BIOLOGicalSignificance:Collapse
Gamma-aminobutyricacid(GABA)istheprimaryinhibitoryneurotransmitterinthecentralnervoussystem,causingahyperpolarizationofthemembranethroughtheopeningofaCl−channelassociatedwiththeGABAAreceptor(GABAA-R)subtype.GABAA-Rsareimportanttherapeutictargetsforarangeofsedative,anxiolytic,andhypnoticagentsandareimplicatedinseveraldiseasesincludingepilepsy,anxiety,depression,andsubstanceabuse.TheGABAA-Risamultimericsubunitcomplex.Todatesixαs,fourβsandfourγs,plusalternativesplicingvariantsofsomeofthesesubunits,havebeenidentified(OlsenandTobin,1990;Whitingetal.,1999;Ogrisetal.,2004).InjectioninoocytesormammaliancelllinesofcRNAcodingforα-andβ-subunitsresultsintheexpressionoffunctionalGABAA-RssensitivetoGABA.However,coexpressionofaγ-subunitisrequiredforbenzodiazepinemodulation.Thevariouseffectsofthebenzodiazepinesinbrainmayalsobemediatedviadifferentα-subunitsofthereceptor(McKernanetal.,2000;MehtaandTicku,1998;Ogrisetal.,2004;Pöltletal.,2003).
Storage
100µlin10mMHEPES(pH7.5),150mMNaCl,100µgpermlBSAand50%glycerol.Adequateamountofmaterialtoconduct10-miniWesternBlots.
Forlongtermstorage–20°Cisrecommended.Stableat–20°Cforatleast1year.
ProductSpecificReferences
RaIBLe,D.J.,Frey,L.C.,DelAngel,Y.C.,Carlsen,J.,Hund,D.,Russek,S.J.,Smith,B,&Brooks-Kayal,A.R.(2015).JAK/STATpathwayregulationofGABAAReceptorexpressionafterdifferingseveritiesofexperimentalTBI.Experimentalneurology.Jul11;271:445-456.PMID:26172316
