Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence: Tat-Beclin 1 D11 Autophagy Inducing Peptide [NBP2-49888] - HeLa GFP-LC3B cells were treated with Tat-D11, Tat-L11, Tat-Beclin 1 or Tat-L11S for 1.5 hours. Thereafter, the cells ...read more
In vitro assay: Tat-Beclin 1 D11 Autophagy Inducing Peptide - Retroinverso form [NBP2-49888] - Analysis of lysates from HeLa cells that were left untreated (blank) or were treated with 10-20 uM each of Tat-D11, Tat-L11, ...read more
In vivo assay: Tat-Beclin 1 D11 Autophagy Inducing Peptide - Retroinverso form [NBP2-49888] - In vivo dose study in 10wk old C57BL/6J mice. Either 1mg/kg or 10mg/kg IP once daily was administered for 2 days, mice were ...read more
Tat-Beclin 1 D11 Autophagy Inducing Peptide - Retroinverso form Summary
Description
Tat-D11 [NBP2-49888]: peptides comprising 11 amino acids derived from Beclin 1 linked to the HIV Tat protein with a diglycine linker. These peptides are in the retero-inverso D-configuration. The amino acid sequence of Tat-Beclin 1 D11 is RRRQRRKKRGYGGDHWIHFTANWV (Bio-Techne's exclusive patent license: US Patent 8,802,633).
Background
Cell-penetrating autophagy inducing peptides engineered in 2013 were demonstrated to induce autophagy through interaction with the autophagy suppressor GAPR-1/GLIPR2 (Nature, 2013; PMID 23364696). These Tat-Beclin 1 peptides were comprised of AA 267-284 of the autophagy inducer Beclin 1 (18 amino acids), a diglycine linker, and 11 amino acids of the HIV Tat protein transduction domain. Tat-B...eclin 1 peptides were re-engineered to remove 7 AA from the beclin 1 domain. These shorter peptides, Tat-D11 [NBP2-49888] and Tat-L11 [NBP2-49886], demonstrate enhanced autophagy inducing function over the original Tat-Beclin 1 peptides and the scrambled control peptide Tat-L11S [NBP2-49887]. Tat-D11 and Tat-L11 are potent autophagy inducers which function both in vitro and in vivo to specifically induce autophagy. Tat-D11 and Tat-L11 peptides are comprised of 11 amino acids of the autophagy-inducing region of beclin 1 fused to the HIV Tat protein. Both Tat-D11 and Tat-L11 peptides function by binding the negative regulator of autophagy GAPR-1/GLIPR2. Upon peptide binding, beclin 1 bound to GARP-1 is released, resulting in beclin 1 mediated autophagosome formation and autophagy induction. Data indicate Tat-D11 is more potent than both Tat-L11 and Tat-Beclin 1 in vivo. In addition, initial data derived from HeLa cells also suggests Tat-D11 is more potent than Tat-L11 in vitro. However, ongoing experiments indicate Tat-L11 may be more potent than Tat-D11 in select cell lines.
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Protein/Peptide Type
Autophagy Inducing Peptide
Applications/Dilutions
Dilutions
Functional
In vitro assay
In vivo assay
Theoretical MW
3.08 kDa. Disclaimer note: The observed molecular weight of the protein may vary from the listed predicted molecular weight due to post translational modifications, post translation cleavages, relative charges, and other experimental factors.
Reviewed Applications
Read 1 Review rated 5 using NBP2-49888 in the following applications:
Store at -20C in powder form. Store at -80C once reconstituted.
Buffer
This product is supplied lyophilized. Purity is >= to 97% (HPLC)
Concentration
LYOPH
Reconstitution Instructions
Reconstitute with DMSO or water to desired concetration. Note:- D11 should NOT be reconstituted at a concentration greater than 5 mM.
Notes
Note: Tat-L11 and Tat-D11, are exclusively available from Novus Biologicals (Bio-Techne's exclusive patent license: US Patent 8,802,633).
Alternate Names for Tat-Beclin 1 D11 Autophagy Inducing Peptide - Retroinverso form
Autophagy Inducing peptide
Tat-Beclin 1 peptide
Tat-Beclin 1
Tat-Beclin peptide
Tat-Beclin
Tat-D11
Background
Many standard methods to induce autophagy lack desired specificity. Both starvation and rapamycin, an allosteric inhibitor of MTORC1, are known to regulate biological processes other than autophagy. The non-specific nature of these methods complicates data interpretation and has driven the preference for loss-of-function Atg mutants to analyze autophagy. In 2013, the discovery of engineered Tat-Beclin 1 provided the first method to induce autophagy without regulating other pathways non-specifically. Peptides composed of the autophagy-inducing region of Beclin 1 fused to the HIV-Tat protein were demonstrated to increase autophagosome and autolysosome numbers, as well as protein degradation. Since then, Tat-Beclin 1 peptides have been widely used to successfully induce autophagy both in vitro and in vivo. The peptides below are of a shorter Tat-Beclin 1 peptide with an enhanced potency to induce autophagy. This shorter peptide, Tat-D11, increases autophagosome and autolysosome induction by over fivefold compared to the longer peptide, Tat-Beclin 1. Results have demonstrated the superior potency of Tat-D11 over Tat-Beclin 1.
Limitations
This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. This product is guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.
Publications for Tat-Beclin 1 Autophagy Inducing Peptide (NBP2-49888)(21)
We have publications tested in 3 confirmed species: Human, Mouse, Rat.
We have publications tested in 3 applications: Func, In Vivo, In vitro.
Increased basal expression of LC3-II on immunoblot as expected in the kidneys at a dose of 1mg/kg.Soluble in PBS.
Comments
Comments
I used this peptide for an in vivo dose study in 10wk old C57BL/6J mice. I administered either 1mg/kg or 10mg/kg IP once daily for 2 days, sacrificed the mice, and prepared the kidneys for western blot analysis (image shown). Additionally, the lysosomal inhibitor bafilomycin A1 was used to provide a measurement of autophagic flux. *vehicle is scrambled tat-beclin (NBP2-49887-5mg)
Product General Protocols
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