Description
GHRL Antibody | 14-523 | Gentaur UK, US & Europe Distribution
Host: Rabbit
Reactivity: Human, Rat
Homology: N/A
Immunogen: Recombinant fusion protein containing a sequence corresponding to amino acids 1-117 of human GHRL (NP_057446.1) .
Research Area: Cancer, Cell Cycle, Growth Factors, Neuroscience, Obesity, Signal Transduction
Tested Application: WB, IHC
Application: WB: 1:500 - 1:2000
IHC: 1:50 - 1:200
Specificiy: N/A
Positive Control 1: Rat liver
Positive Control 2: N/A
Positive Control 3: N/A
Positive Control 4: N/A
Positive Control 5: N/A
Positive Control 6: N/A
Molecular Weight: Observed: 15kDa
Validation: N/A
Isoform: N/A
Purification: Affinity purification
Clonality: Polyclonal
Clone: N/A
Isotype: IgG
Conjugate: Unconjugated
Physical State: Liquid
Buffer: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3.
Concentration: N/A
Storage Condition: Store at -20˚C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.
Alternate Name: MTLRP, appetite-regulating hormone, In2c-preproghrelin, ghrelin, growth hormone secretagogue receptor ligand, ghrelin/obestatin preprohormone, ghrelin/obestatin prepropeptide, growth hormone-releasing peptide, motilin-related peptide, prepro-appetite regulatory hormone, preproghrelin
User Note: Optimal dilutions for each application to be determined by the researcher.
BACKGROUND: This gene encodes the ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein that is cleaved to yield two peptides, ghrelin and obestatin. Ghrelin is a powerful appetite stimulant and plays an important role in energy homeostasis. Its secretion is initiated when the stomach is empty, whereupon it binds to the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the hypothalamus which results in the secretion of growth hormone (somatotropin) . Ghrelin is thought to regulate multiple activities, including hunger, reward perception via the mesolimbic pathway, gastric acid secretion, gastrointestinal motility, and pancreatic glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. It was initially proposed that obestatin plays an opposing role to ghrelin by promoting satiety and thus decreasing food intake, but this action is still debated. Recent reports suggest multiple metabolic roles for obestatin, including regulating adipocyte function and glucose metabolism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. In addition, antisense transcripts for this gene have been identified and may potentially regulate ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein expression.