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      Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD8a
      Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD8a
      Immunohistofluorescent analysis of CD8a expression by cells within C57BL/6 mouse spleen. A mouse spleen cryosection (5 µm) was fixed with BD Cytofix™ Fixation Buffer (Cat. No. 554655), blocked with 5% goat serum and 1% BSA diluted in 1x PBS, and stained with Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD8a antibody (Cat. No. 557668, pseudo-colored green) and Alexa Fluor® 647 Rat Anti-Mouse CD19 antibody (Cat. No. 557684, pseudo-colored red). Images were captured on a standard epifluorescence microscope. Original magnification, 20x.
      Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD8a
      Immunohistofluorescent analysis of CD8a expression by cells within C57BL/6 mouse spleen. A mouse spleen cryosection (5 µm) was fixed with BD Cytofix™ Fixation Buffer (Cat. No. 554655), blocked with 5% goat serum and 1% BSA diluted in 1x PBS, and stained with Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD8a antibody (Cat. No. 557668, pseudo-colored green) and Alexa Fluor® 647 Rat Anti-Mouse CD19 antibody (Cat. No. 557684, pseudo-colored red). Images were captured on a standard epifluorescence microscope. Original magnification, 20x.
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      BD Pharmingen™
      Cd8a; CD8 alpha chain; Ly-2; Lyt2; Lyt-2; Ly-35; Ly-B
      Mouse (QC Testing)
      Rat LOU, also known as Louvain, LOU/C, LOU/M IgG2a, κ
      Mouse Spleen Cells or Thymocyte Membranes
      Flow cytometry (Routinely Tested), Immunofluorescence (Tested During Development)
      0.2 mg/ml
      12525
      AB_396780
      Aqueous buffered solution containing ≤0.09% sodium azide.
      RUO


      Preparation And Storage

      Store undiluted at 4°C and protected from prolonged exposure to light. Do not freeze. The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography. The antibody was conjugated to Alexa Fluor® 488 under optimum conditions, and unreacted Alexa Fluor® 488 was removed.
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      Product Notices

      1. Since applications vary, each investigator should titrate the reagent to obtain optimal results.
      2. An isotype control should be used at the same concentration as the antibody of interest.
      3. Caution: Sodium azide yields highly toxic hydrazoic acid under acidic conditions. Dilute azide compounds in running water before discarding to avoid accumulation of potentially explosive deposits in plumbing.
      4. Alexa Fluor® 488 fluorochrome emission is collected at the same instrument settings as for fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC).
      5. The Alexa Fluor®, Pacific Blue™, and Cascade Blue® dye antibody conjugates in this product are sold under license from Molecular Probes, Inc. for research use only, excluding use in combination with microarrays, or as analyte specific reagents. The Alexa Fluor® dyes (except for Alexa Fluor® 430), Pacific Blue™ dye, and Cascade Blue® dye are covered by pending and issued patents.
      6. Alexa Fluor® is a registered trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR.
      7. For fluorochrome spectra and suitable instrument settings, please refer to our Multicolor Flow Cytometry web page at www.bdbiosciences.com/colors.
      8. Please refer to www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources for technical protocols.
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      557668 Rev. 4
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      53-6.7

      The 53-6.7 monoclonal antibody specifically binds to the 38 kDa α and 34 kDa α' chains of the CD8 differentiation antigen (Ly-2 or Lyt-2) of all mouse strains tested. The CD8 α and α' chains (CD8a) form heterodimers with the CD8 β chain (CD8b, Ly-3, or Lyt-3) on the surface of most thymocytes. A subpopulation of mature T lymphocytes (i.e., MHC class I-restricted T cells, including most T suppressor/cytotoxic cells) expresses almost exclusively the CD8 αβ heterodimer. Subsets of γδ TCR-bearing T cells, intestinal intrapithelial lymphocytes, and dendritic cells express CD8a without CD8b. It has been suggested that the expression of the CD8a/CD8b heterodimer is restricted to T lymphocytes which matured in the thymus or in an extrathymic environment that had been influenced by thymus-initiated neuroendocrine signals. CD8 is an antigen coreceptor on the T-cell surface which interacts with MHC class I molecules on antigen-presenting cells or epithelial cells. It participates in T-cell activation through its association with the T-cell receptor complex and protein tyrosine kinase lck (p56 [lck]). The CD8 α and α' chains arise from alternatively spliced messengers of a single CD8a gene. The longer α form associates with p56 [lck] via a CXCP motif in its cytoplasmic domain, which it shares with CD4, but not with CD8b. The truncated α' chain is unable to associate with p56 [lck], and it may function to attenuate the CD8-mediated costimulatory signal during intrathymic T-cell maturation.  In vivo and in vitro treatment with 53-6.7 mAb has reportedly been effective at depleting CD8+ peripheral T lymphocytes. The 53-6.7 antibody has also been reported to cross-react with CD8 α- and α'-like polypeptides on subsets of thymic and peripheral lymphocytes in the Egyptian toad, Bufo regularis.

      557668 Rev. 4
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      Alexa Fluor™ 488
      Alexa Fluor™ 488 Dye is part of the BD blue family of dyes. This is a small organic fluorochrome with an excitation maximum (Ex Max) at 494-nm and an emission maximum (Em Max) at 517-nm. Alexa Fluor™ 488 is designed to be excited by the Blue laser (488 nm) and detected using an optical filter centered near 520-nm (e.g., a 530/30-nm bandpass filter). Please ensure that your instrument’s configurations (lasers and optical filters) are appropriate for this dye.
      Alexa Fluor™ 488
      Blue 488 nm
      494 nm
      517 nm
      557668 Rev.4
      Citations & References
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