SLC30A8 Antibody
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Application
| WB, E |
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Primary Accession | Q8IWU4 |
Other Accession | 64762489, NP_776250, 169026 |
Reactivity | Human |
Host | Rabbit |
Clonality | Polyclonal |
Isotype | IgG |
Calculated MW | 40755 Da |
Application Notes | SLC30A8 antibody can be used for Western blot at 1 - 2 µg/mL. |
Gene ID | 169026 |
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Other Names | SLC30A8 Antibody: Solute carrier family 30 member 8, zinc transporter 8, ZNT8, Zn-T8 |
Precautions | SLC30A8 Antibody is for research use only and not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. |
Name | SLC30A8 (HGNC:20303) |
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Function | Proton-coupled zinc ion antiporter mediating the entry of zinc into the lumen of pancreatic beta cell secretory granules, thereby regulating insulin secretion. |
Cellular Location | Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Note=Associated with insulin and glucagon secretory granules. |
Tissue Location | In the endocrine pancreas, expressed in insulin- producing beta cells. Expressed at relatively high levels in subcutaneous fat tissue from lean persons; much lower levels in visceral fat, whether from lean or obese individuals, and in subcutaneous fat tissue from obese individuals. Expressed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, including T-cells and B-cells, with great variation among individuals ranging from negative to strongly positive |
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Background
SLC30A8 Antibody: SLC30A8 is a zinc efflux transporter involved in the accumulation of zinc in intracellular vesicles and is expressed at a high level in the pancreas, particularly in islets of Langerhans, and co-localizes with insulin in the secretory pathway granules of the insulin-secreting INS-1 cells (1). Allelic variants of SLC30A8 have been identified as major genetic risk factors for the development of Type 2 diabetes (2), but no genetic association has been found with Type 1 diabetes (3). SLC30A8 expression in -cells was found to be influenced by cytokine expression, particularly IFN-gamma and IL-1beta (4).
References
Chimienti F, Devergnas S, Favier A, et al. Identification and cloning of a beta-cell-specific zinc transporter, ZnT-8, localized into insulin secretory granules. Diabetes 2004; 53:2330-7.;Sladek R, Rocheleau G, Rung J, et al. A genome-wide association study indentifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes. Science 2007; 445:881-5.;Qu HQ, Grant SF, Bradfield JP, et al. Association analysis of type 2 diabetes Loci in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2008; 57:1983-6.;Egefjord L, Jensen JL, Bang-Berthelsen CH, et al. Zinc transporter gene expression is regulated by pro-inflammatory cytokines: a potential role for zinc transporters in beta-cell apoptosis? BMC Endocrine Disorders 2009; 9:7.
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