Description: ACTH (same as Corticotropin) is a 39 amino acid active peptide produced by the anterior pituitary. This MAb is specific to Synacthen (aa1-24 of ACTH); does not react with CLIP (aa17-39 of ACTH). POMC (pro-opiomelanocortin or corticotropin-lipotropin) is a 267 amino acid polypeptide hormone precursor that goes through extensive, tissue-specific posttranslational processing by convertases. POMC is cleaved into ten hormone chains named NPP, ACTH, alpha-MSH (Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone), beta-MSH, gamma-MSH, CLIP (corticotropin-like intermediary peptide), Lipotropin-beta, Lipotropin-gamma, beta-endorphin and Met-enkephalin. ACTH is also produced by cells of immune system (T-cells, B-cells, and macrophages) in response to stimuli associated with stress. Anti-ACTH is a useful marker in classification of pituitary tumors and the study of pituitary disease. It reacts with ACTH-producing cells (corticotrophs).It also may react with other tumors (e.g. some small cell carcinomas of the lung) causing paraneoplastic syndromes by secreting ACTH.Primary antibodies are available purified, or with a selection of fluorescent CF® Dyes and other labels. CF® Dyes offer exceptional brightness and photostability. Note: Conjugates of blue fluorescent dyes like CF®405S and CF®405M are not recommended for detecting low abundance targets, because blue dyes have lower fluorescence and can give higher non-specific background than other dye colors.
Product Origin: Animal - Mus musculus (mouse), Bos taurus (bovine)
Conjugate: CF740
Concentration: 0.1 mg/mL
Storage buffer: PBS, 0.1% rBSA, 0.05% azide
Clone: 57
Immunogen: N-terminal fragment of human ACTH conjugated to KLH
Antibody Reactivity: ACTH
Entrez Gene ID: 5443
Z-Antibody Applications: IHC, FFPE (verified)
Verified AB Applications: IHC (FFPE) (verified)
Antibody Application Notes: Higher concentration may be required for direct detection using primary antibody conjugates than for indirect detection with secondary antibody/Immunofluorescence: 0.5-1 ug/mL/Immunohistology (formalin)/Staining of formalin-fixed tissues requires boiling tissue sections in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for 10-20 min followed by cooling at RT for 20 minutes/Flow Cytometry 0.5-1 ug/million cells/0.1 mL/ELISA For coating, order Ab without BSA/Predicted to show broad species reactivity/Optimal dilution for a specific application should be determined by user