Red Fluorescent SR-VAD-OPH in vitro Poly Caspase Apoptosis Detection Reagent

  ICT-6357 146 µg Vial x 4

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Cell culture, tissue  

2-8°C  

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Description

 

O-phenoxy (OPH) inhibitors form a stable covalent thioether adduct with the reactive -SH group of active caspase enzymes. SR-VAD-OPH poly caspase inhibitor can be used with a fluorescence microscope, fluorescent plate reader, or flow cytometry. - Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved process of programmed cell suicide that centers on a cascade of proteolytic enzymes called caspases that are triggered in response to pro-apoptotic signals. Once activated, caspases cleave protein substrates leading to the eventual disassembly of the cell. Early research studies using short peptide sequences linked to an aldehyde or fluoromethyl ketone (FMK) reactive group identified a number of peptide sequences preferentially targeted by different caspase enzymes. For example, the sequence Asp-Glu-Val-Asp (DEVD) is cleaved by caspase-3 and the sequence Val-Ala-Asp (VAD) demonstrates multiple caspase (caspase -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6,-7 -8, -9) recognition properties. ImmunoChemistry Technologies utilized these findings to develop the often-cited FLICA® (Fluorescence Labeled Inhibitors of CAspases) caspase inhibitor reagents, which have been widely used for years as simple and reliable methods for screening apoptosis in live cells and tissues. These reagents were made by sandwiching target peptide sequences with varying caspase specificities between a red fluorescent label, sulforhodamine B (SR), and an FMK reactive moiety. The resulting red fluorescent, cell-permeant, non-cytotoxic inhibitor reagents can be added to cell culture media for in vitro use. They will cross the cell membrane and form irreversible covalent bonds with activated caspase enzymes present inside apoptotic cells, which can then be differentiated from non-apoptotic cells by their retained red fluorescence. ImmunoChemistry Technologies has now released a novel set of inhibitor reagents that employ an O-phenoxy (OPH) reactive group instead of an FMK group. In a manner analogous to the FMK class of cysteine reactive compounds, the OPH inhibitors form a stable covalent thioether adduct with the reactive SH-site of caspase enzymes present in apoptotic cells. OPH inhibitor compounds have the benefit of being extremely non-cytotoxic, display enhanced stability characteristics compared to the FMK analogs, and have been optimized to provide a high level of performance for in vitro applications. - The Human IFN gamma protein can be used in cell culture, as an IFN gamma ELISA Standard, and as a Western Blot Control.

 

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