CD3e Monoclonal Antibody (CD3-12), Invitrogen™

Description

This antibody reacts with CD3 epsilon. Predicted to react with birds and all mammals based on sequence homology. Heat-mediated antigen retrieval using Tris/EDTA (pH 9) is recommended for the staining of paraffin sections. A suggested positive control for immunohistochemical applications is tonsil. Rat anti Human CD3, clone CD3-12 raised against a peptide representing an invariant cytoplasmic sequence within the CD3 epsilon chain recognizes human CD3 epsilon.

The CD3 subunit complex which is crucial in transducing antigen-recognition signals into the cytoplasm of T cells and in regulating the cell surface expression of the TCR complex. T cell activation through the antigen receptor (TCR) involves the cytoplasmic tails of the CD3 subunits CD3 gamma, CD3 delta, CD3 epsilon and CD3 zeta. These CD3 subunits are structurally related members of the immunoglobulins super family encoded by closely linked genes on human chromosome 11. The CD3 components have long cytoplasmic tails that associate with cytoplasmic signal transduction molecules and this association is mediated at least in part by a double tyrosine-based motif present in a single copy in the CD3 subunits. CD3 may play a role in TCR-induced growth arrest, cell survival and proliferation. The CD3 antigen is present on 68-82% of normal peripheral blood lymphocytes, 65-85% of thymocytes and Purkinje cells in the cerebellum. It is never expressed on B or NK cells. Decreased percentages of T lymphocytes may be observed in some autoimmune diseases. The genes encoding the CD3 epsilon, gamma and delta polypeptides are located on chromosome 11. Defects in the CD3 gene are associated with CD3 immunodeficiency.