
ExcitatoryAminoAcidTransporter1MonoclonalAntibody
Excitatoryamino-acidtransporters(EAATs),alsoknownasglutamatetransporters,belongtothefamilyofneurotransmittertransporters.EAATsservetoterminatetheexcitatorysignalbyremovalofglutamatefromtheneuronalsynapseintoneurogliaandneurons.Afterglutamateisreleasedastheresultofanactionpotential,glutamatetransportersquicklyremoveitfromtheextracellularspacetokeepitslevelslow,therebyterminatingthesynaptictransmission.Theactivityofglutamatetransportersalsoallowsglutamatetoberecycledforrepeatedrelease.Glutamatetransportersalsotransportaspartateandarepresentinvirtuallyallperipheraltissue.TheyexhibitstereoselectivityforL-glutamatebuttransportbothL-andD-aspartate.
ThisantibodyreactswithratEAAT1protein.Cross-reactivitywithhumanandmouseEAAT1ispredictedbasedonsequencehomology.
ELISA:useat0.1-2ug/ml.Immunoblotting:useat1-5ug/ml.Abandof~60kDaisdetected.
Immunohistochemistry:Useat2-10ug/ml.
Thesearerecommendedconcentrations.Endusershoulddetermineoptimalconcentrationsfortheirapplications.
Reconstituteindistilledwater.
Thisproductisstableforatleastone(1)yearat-20oCto-70oC.Reconstitutedproductshouldbestoredinappropriatealiquotstoavoidrepeatedfreeze-thawcycles.
Forinvitroinvestigationaluseonly.Notforuseintherapeuticordiagnosticprocedures.