Human Brevican Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680‑conjugated Antibody

R&D Systems | Catalog # FAB4009AFP680

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Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Human

Applications

Western Blot, Blockade of Receptor-ligand Interaction, Immunoprecipitation

Label

Alexa Fluor Plus 680 (Excitation = 687 nm, Emission = 704 nm)

Antibody Source

Monoclonal Mouse IgG1 Clone # 450613
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Product Specifications

Specificity

Detects human Brevican in direct ELISAs and Western blots. Also detects a truncated version of recombinant human Brevican (aa 23‑649).

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Mouse

Isotype

IgG1

Applications for Human Brevican Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680‑conjugated Antibody

Application
Recommended Usage

Blockade of Receptor-ligand Interaction

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Immunoprecipitation

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Western Blot

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Formulation, Preparation, and Storage

Formulation

Supplied 0.2 mg/mL in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

Shipping

The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.

Stability & Storage

Protect from light. Do not freeze. 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied

Background: Brevican

Brevican, also called BEHAB, is a secreted member of the the lectican family of proteoglycans that share a common domain structure (1). Brevican contains an Ig‑like V-set domain, two link domains, a Glu-rich region, a central region with glycosaminoglycan (GAG) modifications, an EGF-like domain, a C-type lectin domain, and a C-terminal Sushi/CRP-like domain (2). Brevican is restricted to the CNS and is expressed by astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and neurons (3‑7). A GPI-anchored alternate splice form exists that is truncated following the central (GAG) region (2, 8). An additional isoform results from an alternate start site at Met228. Brevican is cleaved by multiple proteases and exists in a number of distinct fragments (5, 9, 10). Full-length brevican consists of a 97 kDa core protein with up to approximately 100 kDa of attached chondroitin sulfate but not heparan sulfate chains (4, 7, 11, 12). Brevican associates with the extracellular matrix, perineuronal nets, and astrocyte cell surfaces by means of its chondroitin sulfate, GPI anchor, hyaluronic acid-binding link domains, and the core protein (4, 7, 8, 13). The secreted isoform is dominant during brain development and is upregulated in astrocytes following brain injury (2, 14). In human and rat, an under-glycosylated form of brevican is upregulated in highly aggressive glioma but not in low-grade glioma or other brain pathologies (15, 16). In mouse and rat, levels of an ADAMTS4-generated 55 kDa N‑terminal fragment increase during remodeling after excitotoxic injury (11, 12). Human brevican shares 90%, 80%, and 80% aa sequence identity with bovine, mouse, and rat brevican, respectively. Within the Ig‑like and two link domains, brevican shares 45%‑51% aa sequence identity with aggrecan, neurocan, and versican.

References

  1. Viapiano, M.S. and R.T. Matthews (2006) Trends Mol. Med. 12:488. 
  2. Gary, S.C. et al. (2000) Gene 256:139. 
  3. Jaworski, D.M. et al. (1994) J. Cell Biol. 125:495. 
  4. Seidenbecher, C.I. et al. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270:27206. 
  5. Hamel, M.G. et al. (2005) J. Neurochem. 93:1533. 
  6. Ogawa, T. et al. (2001) J. Comp. Neurol. 432:285  
  7. Yamada, H. et al. (1997) J. Neurosci. 17:7784.  
  8. Seidenbecher, C.I. et al. (2002) J. Neurochem. 83:738.
  9. Matthews, R.T. et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275:22695.
  10. Nakamura, H. et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275:38885.
  11. Mayer, J. et al. (2005) BMC Neurosci. 6:52.
  12. Yuan, W. et al. (2002) Neuroscience 114:1091.
  13. Deepa, S.S. et al. (2006) J. Biol. Chem. 281:17789.
  14. Jaworski, D.M. et al. (1999) Exp. Neurol. 157:327.
  15. Viapiano, M.S. et al. (2005) Cancer Res. 65:6726.
  16. Viapiano, M.S. et al. (2003) J. Biol. Chem. 278:33239.

Long Name

Brain Specific Proteoglycan in the Aggrecan Family

Alternate Names

ALPBRE, BCAN, BEHAB, CSPG7

Entrez Gene IDs

63827 (Human); 12032 (Mouse); 25393 (Rat)

Gene Symbol

BCAN

UniProt

AAH09117

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This product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. The transfer of this product is conditioned on the buyer using the purchased product solely in research conducted by the buyer, excluding contract research or any fee for service research, and the buyer must not (1) use this product or its components for (a) diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic purposes; (b) testing, analysis or screening services, or information in return for compensation on a per-test basis; or (c) manufacturing or quality assurance or quality control, and/or (2) sell or transfer this product or its components for resale, whether or not resold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than as described above, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@thermofisher.com.

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