Overview
- Peptide (C)PLEGKEVDESRRE, corresponding to amino acid residues 303-315 of rat NCX3 (Accession P70549). 3rd intracellular loop.
Western blot analysis of rat brain lysates (lanes 1 and 4), mouse brain lysates (lanes 2 and 5) and human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell lysates (lanes 3 and 6):1-3. Anti-NCX3 (SLC8A3) Antibody (#ANX-013), (1:200).
4-6. Anti-NCX3 (SLC8A3) Antibody, preincubated with NCX3/SLC8A3 Blocking Peptide (#BLP-NX013).
Expression of NCX3 in rat cerebellumImmunohistochemical staining of immersion-fixed, free floating rat brain frozen sections using Anti-NCX3 (SLC8A3) Antibody (#ANX-013), (1:100). A. NCX3 staining (green) is expressed mostly in molecular layer (Mol) interneurons (arrow). B. The same section, stained with Parvalbumin (Red). C. Merge of A and B demonstrates that NCX3 appears to be expressed in several GABAergic neurons in the molecular layer of which Parvalbumin positive cells are only one sub-group (see arrow). DAPI counterstain (blue) displays the layout of cerebellar layers.
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Ca2+ has proven to be a universal signaling molecule in excitable and non-excitable cells. However, being that its intracellular concentration is 1000 times lower than that of the extracellular milieu, it is important for the cell to keep this ratio for proper function. NCX, a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is responsible for most of the efflux of Ca2+ from the cell1-3. The NCX transporter is a member of the SLC8 family of solute carriers which in turn belong to the CaCA superfamily1,4,5.
NCX-1 is one of three Na+/Ca2+ exchangers (NCX-1, NCX-2, NCX-3) leading to one Ca2+ movement across the plasma membrane in exchange of three Na+ influx. However, the transporter can reverse the direction of the transport if the concentrations of Na+ and Ca2+ change6. The transporter has nine transmembrane domains and intracellular N- and C-terminals. Between tansmembrane domains 5 and 6, the presence of an extra-long intracellular loop, termed the f-loop, is responsible for regulating the activity of NCX-1 via several different mechanisms like ion binding, phosphorylation, etc. The f-loop also has sites which undergo alternative splicing7.
Of the three NCX expressed in mammalian cells, NCX-1 is the most widely expressed. Its expression is detected in the heart, brain, and kidney. NCX-1 undergoes alternative splicing in a tissue-dependent manner. The first splice region does not change the overall structure of the protein but rather enables the expression of the gene specific to the tissues which require the expression of the gene. The second splicing site leads to a number of proteins varying in length. NCX-2 expression is much more limited; it is expressed only in neurons. NCX-3 is expressed in skeletal muscle and in some regions of the brain and undergoes alternative splicing in a similar fashion to that of NCX-11,8.
Due to their central role in modulating Ca2+ levels in the cell, NCX exchangers are involved in various pathophysiological diseases/disorders such as hypoxia, aging, Alzheimer’s disease7, to name a few.
Alomone Labs is pleased to offer a highly specific antibody directed against an epitope of the rat Na+/Ca2+ exchange protein 3. Anti-NCX3 (SLC8A3) Antibody (#ANX-013) can be used in western blot and immunohistochemistry applications. It has been designed to recognize NCX3 from human, rat and mouse samples.
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