Notch1 Pathway Reporter Kit (Human)

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79503
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Size: 500 reactions
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Notch Pathway Reporter kit is designed for monitoring the activity of the Notch signaling pathway in cultured cells. The kit contains a transfection-ready expression vector for Human NOTCH1 that has a deletion of the entire extracellular domain, leaving the transmembrane and intracellular domains intact (Notch1DE). Inside the cells, the NOTCH1 DE is cleaved by γ-secretase and active NOTCH1 NICD is released into the nucleus. The kit also contains CSL (CBF1/RBP-Jk) luciferase reporter vector, which is a Notch pathway-responsive reporter. This reporter contains the firefly luciferase gene under the control of multimerized CSL responsive elements upstream of a minimal promoter. The CSL (CBF1/RBP-Jk) reporter is premixed with constitutively expressing Renilla (sea pansy) luciferase vector, which serves as an internal positive control for transfection efficiency.

The kit also includes a non-inducible firefly luciferase vector premixed with constitutively-expressing Renilla luciferase vector as a negative control. The non-inducible luciferase vector contains a firefly luciferase gene under the control of a minimal promoter, but without any additional response elements. The negative control is critical for determining pathway specific effects and background luciferase activity.

This kit contains the expression vector for Human Notch1DE. We also offer the Mouse Notch1DE expression vector (BPS Bioscience #60509), as well as a Mouse Notch1 NICD expression vector, which is constitutively active without processing by γ-secretase (BPS Bioscience #79504).

 

This product has been cited 10 times.

Purchase of this cell line is for research purposes only; commercial use requires a separate license. View the full terms and conditions.

Synonyms
Notch reporter, PKA reporter, cAMP reporter, luciferase reporter , CSL reporter, CBF1 reporter, RBP-J reporter, Cell based assay kit, cell-based assay, reporter assay kit
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Background
The Notch signaling pathway controls cell fate decisions in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. NOTCH signaling is triggered through the binding of a transmembrane ligand to Notch transmembrane receptor (NOTCH1/ NOTCH2/NOTCH3/NOTCH4) on a neighboring cell. This results in proteolytic cleavage of the NOTCH receptor, releasing the constitutively active intracellular domain of NOTCH (NICD). NICD translocates to the nucleus and associates with transcription factors CSL (CBF1/RBPJκ/Suppressor of Hairless/Lag-1) and coactivator Mastermind to turn on the transcription of Notch-responsive genes.
References

1. Lu FM et al. (1996). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93(11): 5663-5667.
2. Kanungo et al (2008). J.Neurochem. 106 2236.