ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein

R&D Systems | Catalog # PRD308

Supplied as ready-to-use 5 ug protein balls
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Key Product Details

Pre-aliquoted, lyophilized protein dots for use in cell culture medium

Features and Benefits
  • Rolls out of bottle for easy cell culture medium preparation
  • Eliminates time spent aliquoting
  • One protein dot can be used to make 500 mL of 10 ng/mL cell culture medium

Source

Sf 21 (baculovirus)

Accession Number

AAA17999.1

Applications

Bioactivity
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Why use ProDots™ Proteins Instead of Standard Lyophilized Protein?

ProDots® proteins are designed to reduce cell culture media preparation time while ensuring optimal protein recovery and bioactivity. Unlike standard lyophilized protein, which is shipped as a diffuse residue within a vial, ProDots® proteins are neatly bundled into the shape of a ball. In this form ProDots® proteins can be rolled directly into cell culture media. ProDots® proteins rehydrate instantly in media to maximize the recovery of purchased protein and to reliably reconstitute it at a desired concentration for use in cell culture media. ProDots® proteins can be conveniently stored at room temperature where they will remain stable for 6 months or at 4 ºC where they will remain stable for 12 months. The accessible storage and high stability of ProDots® proteins makes them ideal for quick and easy preparation of cell culture media.


Product Specifications

Source

Spodoptera frugiperda, Sf 21 (baculovirus)-derived human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L protein
Thr27-Pro185

Purity

>97%, by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and visualized by silver stain.

Endotoxin Level

<0.10 EU per 1 μg of the protein by the LAL method.

N-terminal Sequence Analysis

Thr27

Predicted Molecular Mass

17.5 kDa

SDS-PAGE

17-30 kDa, reducing conditions

Activity

Measured in a cell proliferation assay using BaF3 mouse pro‑B cells transfected with mouse Flt-3.
The ED50 for this effect is 0.2-1 ng/mL.

Scientific Data Images for ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein

ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein Bioactivity

ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein Bioactivity

ProDots®Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand stimulates cell proliferation in the BaF3 mouse Pro-B cell line transfected with mouse Flt-3. The ED50 for this effect is 0.2-1 ng/mL.
ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein SDS-PAGE

ProDots Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L Protein SDS-PAGE

1 μg/lane of ProDots®Recombinant Human Flt-3 Ligand was resolved with SDS-PAGE under reducing (R) conditions and visualized with silver staining, showing major bands at 20-24 kDa. The multiple bands are due to variable glycosylation of the protein.

Formulation, Preparation, and Storage

PRD308
Reconstitution For a stock solution, reconstitute at 100 μg/mL in sterile PBS, or simply roll ProDot® directly into cell culture medium for immediate use.
Shipping The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
• 6 months from date of receipt at room temperature as supplied.
• 12 months from date of receipt at 2-8 °C as supplied.
• 1 month at 2-8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
• 3 months at -20 to -80 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Calculators

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Background: Flt-3 Ligand/FLT3L

Flt‑3 Ligand, also known as FLT3L, is an alpha-helical cytokine that promotes the differentiation of multiple hematopoietic cell lineages (1-3). Mature human Flt‑3 Ligand consists of a 158 amino acid (aa) extracellular domain (ECD) with a cytokine-like domain and a juxtamembrane tether region, a 21 aa transmembrane segment, and a 30 aa cytoplasmic tail (4-7). Within the ECD, human Flt‑3 Ligand shares 71% and 65% aa sequence identity with mouse and rat Flt‑3 Ligand, respectively (4-6). The human and mouse Flt‑3 Ligand proteins show cross-species activity. Flt-3 Ligand is also structurally related to M-CSF and SCF. Flt-3 Ligand is widely expressed in various human and mouse tissues. It is expressed as a noncovalently-linked dimer by T cells and bone marrow and thymic fibroblasts (1, 8). Each 36 kDa chain of the Flt-3 Ligand dimer carries approximately 12 kDa of N- and O-linked carbohydrates (8). Alternate splicing and proteolytic cleavage of the transmembrane form of the Flt-3 Ligand protein can generate a soluble 30 kDa fragment that includes the cytokine-like domain (4, 8). Alternate splicing of human Flt‑3 Ligand also generates membrane-associated isoforms that contain either a truncated cytoplasmic tail or an 85 aa substitution following the cytokine-like domain in the ECD of the Flt-3 Ligand protein (4, 5, 8). Both transmembrane and soluble forms of Flt‑3 Ligand signal through the tyrosine kinase receptor Flt-3/Flk-2 (3, 4, 6, 7). Flt‑3 Ligand induces the expansion of monocytes and immature dendritic cells as well as early B cell lineage differentiation (2, 9). Additionally, Flt-3 Ligand synergizes with IL-3, GM-CSF, and SCF to promote the mobilization and myeloid differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells (4-6). Flt-3 Ligand also cooperates with IL-2, IL-6, IL-7, and IL-15 to induce NK cell development and with IL-3, IL-7, and IL-11 to induce terminal B cell maturation (1, 10). Animal studies show that Flt‑3 Ligand reduces the severity of experimentally induced allergic inflammation (11).

References

  1. Wodnar-Filipowicz, A. (2003) News Physiol. Sci. 18:247.
  2. Dong, J. et al. (2002) Cancer Biol. Ther. 1:486.
  3. Gilliland, D.G. and J.D. Griffin (2002) Blood 100:1532.
  4. Hannum, C. et al. (1994) Nature 368:643.
  5. Lyman, S.D. et al. (1994) Blood 83:2795.
  6. Lyman, S.D. et al. (1993) Cell 75:1157.
  7. Savvides, S.N. et al. (2000) Nat. Struct. Biol. 7:486.
  8. McClanahan, T. et al. (1996) Blood 88:3371.
  9. Diener, K.R. et al. (2008) Exp. Hematol. 36:51.
  10. Farag, S.S. and M.A. Caligiuri (2006) Blood Rev. 20:123.
  11. Edwan, J.H. et al. (2004) J. Immunol. 172:5016.

Long Name

fms-like Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand

Alternate Names

FLG3L, Flt3L, FLT3LG

Entrez Gene IDs

2323 (Human); 14256 (Mouse); 102125470 (Cynomolgus Monkey); 493796 (Feline)

Gene Symbol

FLT3LG

UniProt

AAA17999.1

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