Optimal working dilution should be determined by the investigator.
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Format
Liquid
Buffer
100 μLin 10 mM HEPES ( pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 μg per mL BSA and 50 % glycerol.
Storage
-20 °C
Storage Comment
Choline Acetyltransferase antibody can be stored at -20°C and is stable at -20°C for at least 1 year.
Gonzales, Pare, Wichmann, Smith: "GABAergic inputs from direct and indirect striatal projection neurons onto cholinergic interneurons in the primate putamen." in: The Journal of comparative neurology, Vol. 521, Issue 11, pp. 2502-22, (2014) (PubMed).
Choline acetyltransferase is a neuronal enzyme which catalyzes the reaction between Acetyl CoA and choline resulting in the formation of acetylcholine. It is therefore found primarily in cholinergic neurons making it a valuable marker for diseases associated with decreased cholinergic function such as Schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease (AD) and Down syndrome (Holt et al. 1999). Decreased choline acetyltransferase activity in particular has been shown in Schizophrenic subjects (Karson et al 1993). It has furthermore been demonstrated that in patients with AD, there are significantly lower levels of cortical ChAT that correlate with severity of the disease as measured by loss of neuropsychological function (Baskin et al. 1999).