Human Caspase 8/CASP8 ELISA Kit PicoKine®

Description|Quantity
Pre-coated 96-well strip microplate|1
Standard|2 vials
Biotinylated antibody (100x)|100ul
Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Complex (100x)|100ul
Sample Diluent|30ml
Antibody Diluent|12ml
Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Diluent|12ml
Color Developing Reagent (TMB)|10ml
Stop Solution|10ml
Wash Buffer (25x)|20ml
Adhesive plate sealers|4

Caspase-8 is a caspase protein, encoded by the CASP8 gene. It is mapped to human chromosome 2q33-q34 and mouse chromosome 1B-proximal C. This gene encodes a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes composed of a prodomain, a large protease subunit, and a small protease subunit. Activation of caspases requires proteolytic processing at conserved internal aspartic residues to generate a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of the large and small subunits. This protein is involved in the programmed cell death induced by Fas and various apoptotic stimuli. The N-terminal FADD-like death effector domain of this protein suggests that it may interact with Fas-interacting protein FADD. And this protein was detected in the insoluble fraction of the affected brain region from Huntington disease patients but not in those from normal controls, which implicated the role in neurodegenerative diseases. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described, although not all variants have had their full-length sequences determined.

Microplate Reader capable of reading absorbance at 450nm.
Incubator.
Automated plate washer (optional).
Pipettes and pipette tips capable of precisely dispensing 0.5 µl through 1 ml volumes of aqueous solutions.
Multichannel pipettes are recommended for large amount of samples.
Deionized or distilled water.
500ml graduated cylinders.
Test tubes for dilution.

Caspase-8

Cytoplasm.

Isoform 1, isoform 5 and isoform 7 are expressed in a wide variety of tissues. Highest expression in peripheral blood leukocytes, spleen, thymus and liver. Barely detectable in brain, testis and skeletal muscle.