Polyclonal Anti-GLUT4

Price

200.00 USD

Size

100ug/vial

Reactivities

Hum, Mouse, Rat

Format

Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3.

References

1.Birnbaum, M. J. : Identification of a novel gene encoding an insulin-responsive glucose transporter protein. Cell 57: 305-315, 1989. \n2.Bell, G. I.; Kayano, T.; Buse, J. B.; Burant, C. F.; Takeda, J.; Lin, D.; Fukumoto, H.; Seino, S. : Molecular biology of mammalian glucose transporters. Diabetes Care 13: 198-208, 1990. \n3.Garvey, W. T.; Maianu, L.; Zhu, J.-H.; Brechtel-Hook, G.; Wallace, P.; Baron, A. D. : Evidence for defects in the trafficking and translocation of GLUT4 glucose transporters in skeletal muscle as a cause of human insulin resistance. J. Clin. Invest. 101: 2377-2386, 1998. \n

Storage Temp

At -20 degree C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4 degree C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20 degree C for a longer time.Avoid repeated freezing and thawing.

Scientific Background

Facilitated glucose transport by mammalian cells is not a property of a single protein but an activity associated with a family of structurally related proteins. Glucose transporter 4 is a insulin-responsive glucose transporter . It belongs to solute carrier family 2,member 1. Insulin alters the subcellular localization of GLUT4 vesicles in human muscle, and that this effect is impaired equally in insulin-resistant subjects with and without diabetes. A similar pattern of defects cause insulin resistance in human adipocytes.Human insulin resistance involves a defect in GLUT4 traffic and targeting leading to accumulation in a dense membrane compartment from which insulin is unable to recruit GLUT4 to the cell surface.