SHBG
Reactivity: Human
WB, IHC, ICC
Host: Rabbit
Polyclonal
unconjugated
Application Notes
The stated application concentrations are suggested starting amounts. Titration of the SHBG antibody may be required due to differences in protocols and secondary/substrate sensitivity.\. Western blot: 0.5-1 μg/mL
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Buffer
0.5 mg/mL if reconstituted with 0.2 mL sterile DI water
Storage
-20 °C
Storage Comment
After reconstitution, the SHBG antibody can be stored for up to one month at 4°C. For long-term, aliquot and store at -20°C. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein that binds to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. SHBG is produced mostly by the liver and is released into the bloodstream. Other sites that produce it include the brain, uterus, testes, and placenta. It has both enhancing and inhibiting hormonal influences. It decreases with high levels of insulin, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), androgens, prolactin and transcortin. High estrogen, andthyroxine cause it to increase. It has been found that the monosaccharides glucose and fructose reduced human SHBG production by hepatocytes, irrespective of the presence of insulin, by downregulation of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4A and replacement of HNF4A by COUP-TFI at a cis-element within the human SHBG promoter, coincident with repression of its transcriptional activity.