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AB244460

Anti-Calpastatin antibody

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Rabbit Polyclonal Calpastatin antibody. Suitable for IHC-P, ICC/IF and reacts with Human samples. Cited in 1 publication. Immunogen corresponding to Recombinant Fragment Protein within Human Calpastatin aa 500-600.

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Calpastatin, Calpain inhibitor, Sperm BS-17 component, CAST

2 Images
Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Calpastatin antibody (AB244460)
  • IHC-P

Unknown

Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-Calpastatin antibody (AB244460)

Paraffin-embedded human prostate tissue stained for Calpastatin using ab244460 at 1/1000 dilution in immunohistochemical analysis.

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Calpastatin antibody (AB244460)
  • ICC/IF

Unknown

Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - Anti-Calpastatin antibody (AB244460)

PFA-fixed, Triton X-100 permeabilized A549 (human lung carcinoma cell line) cells stained for Calpastatin (green) using ab244460 at 4 μg/ml in ICC/IF.

Key facts

Host species

Rabbit

Clonality

Polyclonal

Isotype

IgG

Carrier free

No

Reacts with

Human

Applications

ICC/IF, IHC-P

applications

Immunogen

Recombinant Fragment Protein within Human Calpastatin aa 500-600. The exact immunogen used to generate this antibody is proprietary information.

P20810

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Reactivity data

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Properties and storage information

Form
Liquid
Purification technique
Affinity purification Immunogen
Storage buffer
pH: 7.2 Preservative: 0.02% Sodium azide Constituents: PBS, 40% Glycerol (glycerin, glycerine)
Shipped at conditions
Blue Ice
Appropriate short-term storage duration
1-2 weeks
Appropriate short-term storage conditions
+4°C
Appropriate long-term storage conditions
-20°C
Aliquoting information
Upon delivery aliquot
Storage information
Avoid freeze / thaw cycle
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Supplementary information

This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.

Calpastatin is an endogenous inhibitor of calpain proteases with popular alternate names including CAST. The mass of calpastatin is approximately 70 kDa. It is expressed in various tissues throughout the body such as the brain heart and muscle. Calpastatin regulates the activity of the calpain family of cysteine proteases by binding to their catalytic domains. By modulating calpain activity calpastatin plays a role in several cellular processes including cytoskeletal remodeling and signal transduction.
Biological function summary

Calpastatin regulates intracellular protein degradation by inhibiting calpain activity. This inhibition prevents uncontrolled proteolysis of specific substrate proteins. Calpastatin is not part of a larger protein complex but interacts independently with multiple isoforms of calpain. It helps maintain cellular homeostasis by influencing autophagy apoptosis and cell migration integrating signals that drive various physiological processes.

Pathways

Calpain activity modulation through calpastatin takes place in several key biological pathways including apoptosis and the Wnt signaling pathway. Calpain-mediated cleavage affects cell survival and death by modifying Bcl-2 family proteins. In the Wnt signaling pathway calpastatin regulates calpain which influences β-catenin degradation therefore affecting cell proliferation and differentiation pathways. These interactions highlight calpastatin’s central role in managing fundamental cellular events.

Uncontrolled calpain activity due to insufficient calpastatin levels relates to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and muscular dystrophies. In Alzheimer's disease reduced calpastatin levels may lead to excessive calpain activity resulting in tau protein hyperphosphorylation and neurofibrillary tangles. Calpastatin-related calpain dysregulation also contributes to muscle cell degeneration seen in muscular dystrophies by affecting structural proteins like dystrophin. These connections highlight the critical balance that calpastatin maintains in cellular processes pertinent to human health.
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Product protocols

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Target data

Specific inhibition of calpain (calcium-dependent cysteine protease). Plays a key role in postmortem tenderization of meat and have been proposed to be involved in muscle protein degradation in living tissue.
See full target information Calpastatin
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Publications (1)

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Nature 644:516-526 PubMed40681898

2025

Pathology-oriented multiplexing enables integrative disease mapping.

Applications

Unspecified application

Species

Unspecified reactive species

Malte Kuehl,Yusuke Okabayashi,Milagros N Wong,Lukas Gernhold,Gabriele Gut,Nico Kaiser,Maria Schwerk,Stefanie K Gräfe,Frank Y Ma,Jovan Tanevski,Philipp S L Schäfer,Sam Mezher,Jacobo Sarabia Del Castillo,Thiago Goldbeck-Strieder,Olga Zolotareva,Michael Hartung,Fernando M Delgado Chaves,Lukas Klinkert,Ann-Christin Gnirck,Marc Spehr,David Fleck,Mehdi Joodaki,Victor Parra,Mina Shaigan,Martin Diebold,Marco Prinz,Jennifer Kranz,Johan M Kux,Fabian Braun,Oliver Kretz,Hui Wu,Florian Grahammer,Sven Heins,Marina Zimmermann,Fabian Haas,Dominik Kylies,Nicola Wanner,Jan Czogalla,Bernhard Dumoulin,Nikolay Zolotarev,Maja Lindenmeyer,Pall Karlson,Jens R Nyengaard,Marcial Sebode,Sören Weidemann,Thorsten Wiech,Hermann-Josef Groene,Nicola M Tomas,Catherine Meyer-Schwesinger,Christoph Kuppe,Rafael Kramann,Alexandre Karras,Patrick Bruneval,Pierre-Louis Tharaux,Diego Pastene,Benito Yard,Jennifer A Schaub,Phillip J McCown,Laura Pyle,Ye Ji Choi,Takashi Yokoo,Jan Baumbach,Pablo J Sáez,Ivan Costa,Jan-Eric Turner,Jeffrey B Hodgin,Julio Saez-Rodriguez,Tobias B Huber,Petter Bjornstad,Matthias Kretzler,Olivia Lenoir,David J Nikolic-Paterson,Lucas Pelkmans,Stefan Bonn,Victor G Puelles
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