CD8a Monoclonal Antibody (OX8), Super Bright™ 780, eBioscience™, Invitrogen™

Description

• Description: The OX8 monoclonal antibody reacts with rat CD8 alpha
• CD8 alpha is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily which heterodimerizes with CD8 beta to form the CD8 antigen expressed on CD4+CD8+, double-positive thymocytes, the majority of MHC class I-restricted peripheral T cells, and on some macrophages
• CD8 binds to MHC class I expressed on the surface of antigen-presenting cells during antigen presentation, and participates in T-cell receptor signal transduction through association with the kinase Lck
• Applications Reported: This OX8 antibody has been reported for use in flow cytometric analysis
• Applications Tested: This OX8 antibody has been tested by flow cytometric analysis of rat splenocytes
• This may be used at less than or equal to 1.0 μg per test
• A test is defined as the amount (μg) of antibody that will stain a cell sample in a final volume of 100 μL
• Cell number should be determined empirically but can range from 10^5 to 10^8 cells/test
• It is recommended that the antibody be carefully titrated for optimal performance in the assay of interest
• Super Bright 780 is a tandem dye that can be excited with the violet laser line (405 nm) and emits at 780 nm
• We recommend using a 780/60 bandpass filter
•  Please make sure that your instrument is capable of detecting this fluorochrome
• Cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8), a type I transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin family of receptors, plays an integral role in signal transduction, and T cell differentiation and activation
• CD8 is predominantly expressed on T cells as a disulfide-linked heterodimer of CD8alpha and CD8beta, where it functions as a co-receptor, along with T cell receptor (TCR), for major histocompatibilty complex class I (MHC-I) molecules; whereas its counterpart, CD4, acts as a co-receptor for MHC-II molecules
• CD8 exists on the cell surface, where the CD8alpha chain is essential for binding to MHC-I
• CD8 is also expressed on a subset of T cells, NK cells, monocytes and dendritic cells as disulfide-linked homodimers of CD8alpha
• Ligation of MHC-I/peptide complexes presented by antigen-presenting cells (APCs), triggers the recruitment of lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (Lck), which leads to lymphokine production, motility and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activation
• Once activated, CTLs play a crucial role in the clearance of pathogens and tumor cells
• Differentiation of naive CD8+ T cells into CTLs is strongly enhanced by IL-2, IL-12 and TGF-beta1.