Mouse IL-17F Alexa Fluor® 647-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Data Example

Intracellular Staining by Flow Cytometry View Larger

Detection of IL‑17F in Mouse Splenocytes Stimulated to Induce Th17 Cells by Flow Cytometry. Mouse splenocytes stimulated to induce Th17 cells were stained with Rat Anti-Mouse CD4 PE‑conjugated Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # FAB554P) and either (A) Rabbit Anti-Mouse IL‑17F Alexa Fluor® 647‑conjugated Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # IC20571R) or (B) Normal Rabbit IgG Alexa Fluor® 647‑conjugated Control.  To facilitate intracellular staining, cells were fixed with Flow Cytometry Fixation Buffer (Catalog # FC004) and permeabilized with Flow Cytometry Permeabilization/Wash Buffer I (Catalog # FC005). View our protocol for Staining Intracellular Molecules.

Preparation and Storage

Background: IL-17F

IL-17F, also called ML-1, is a 21-33 kDa member of the IL-17 family of protein. It is one of six glycoproteins with conserved cysteines that form a cystine knot structure.  IL-17F is expressed by multiple cell types, including bronchial epthelium, neutrophils (likely), monocytes, mast cells, colonic epithelium, gamma δ T cells, CD4⁺ Th17 cells, group 3 (NKp46^- ROR gamma t) innate lymphoid cells, NKT cells and CD8⁺ Tc17 cells. IL-17F is known to form disulfide-linked homodimers, and covalent heterodimes with IL-17A. Notable, the IL-17A and IL-17F homodimers, plus the IL-17A:F heterodimer use the same receptor combination (IL-17RA:IL-17RC), but elicit somewhat different outcomes. For instance, on macrophages, IL-17A induces IL-9, KC and GM-CSF secretion, while IL-17F does not. Both molecules, however, induce the secretion of the same molecules (IL-9, KC, and GM-CSF) by colonic epithelium. Mouse IL-17F has a long form and a short form, which have alternate start sites but identical lengths. Over amino acids (aa) 21-153, mouse IL-17F shares 88% and 56% aa sequence identity with rat and human IL-17F, respectively.

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Related Research Areas

• Helper T (Th) Cells
• IL-17 Family
• T Cell Cytokine Signaling
• Th17 Cells