INHA (Inhibin alpha) Antibody
Purified Mouse Monoclonal Antibody
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| IHC, ICC, E |
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Primary Accession | P05111 |
Reactivity | Human |
Host | Mouse |
Clonality | Monoclonal |
Clone Names | 4A2 |
Isotype | IgG1 |
Calculated MW | 40kDa |
Description | INHA (A-inhibin subunit precursor, inhibin alpha subunit ), also called inhibin (alpha) ,which is located on chromosome 2q33-q36. Inhibin is a gonadal protein that preferentially suppresses the secretion of pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). Inhibin comprises of two subunits,Inhibin A and B. Inhibin has been shown to regulate gonadal stromal cell proliferation negatively and to have tumor suppressor activity. In addition, serum levels of inhibin have been shown to reflect the size of granulosa cell tumors and can therefore be used as a marker for primary as well as recurrent disease. In addition to their role in endocrine feedback in the reproductive sytem, inhibins subserve local regulatory roles in numerous extragonadal tissues, including brain, adrenal,bone marrow, placenta, and most notably anterior pituitary. Inhibin alpha subunit gene expression is down regulated in human prostate cancer, suggesting a tumor suppressive role. |
Immunogen | Purified recombinant fragment of human INHA expressed in E. Coli. |
Formulation | Ascitic fluid containing 0.03% sodium azide. |
Gene ID | 3623 |
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Other Names | Inhibin alpha chain, INHA |
Dilution | IHC~~1/200 - 1/1000 IF~~1/200 - 1/1000 WB~~1:500~~2000 |
Storage | Maintain refrigerated at 2-8°C for up to 6 months. For long term storage store at -20°C in small aliquots to prevent freeze-thaw cycles. |
Precautions | INHA (Inhibin alpha) Antibody is for research use only and not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. |
Name | INHA |
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Function | Inhibins and activins inhibit and activate, respectively, the secretion of follitropin by the pituitary gland. Inhibins/activins are involved in regulating a number of diverse functions such as hypothalamic and pituitary hormone secretion, gonadal hormone secretion, germ cell development and maturation, erythroid differentiation, insulin secretion, nerve cell survival, embryonic axial development or bone growth, depending on their subunit composition. Inhibins appear to oppose the functions of activins. |
Cellular Location | Secreted. |
Tissue Location | Originally found in ovary (granulosa cells) and testis (Sertoli cells), but widely distributed in many tissues including brain and placenta. In adrenal cortex expression is limited to the zona reticularis and the innermost zona fasciculata in the normal gland, extending centripetally into the zona fasciculata in hyperplasia. Also found in adrenocortical tumors. Also expressed in prostate epithelium of benign prostatic hyperplasia, in regions of basal cell hyperplasia and in nonmalignant regions of high grade prostate cancer. Only circulating inhibin B is found in male, whereas circulating inhibins A and B are found in female |
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References
1. Mayo, K.E., Cerelli, G.M., Spiess, J., et al. 1986. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83: 5849-5853. 2. GM LM, WF Crowley, Jr, AL Schneyer.1995.J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., Oct . 80:3043-3049. 3. Knight, P.G. 1996.Front. Neuroendocrinol. 17: 476-509. 4. PA Fahy, CA Wilson, AJ Beard, et al. 1995.J Endocrinol Nov.147:271-283.
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