Rat PDGF-AA Antibody Summary
Ser87-Arg196
Accession # AAB59693
Applications
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Scientific Data
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Cell Proliferation Induced by PDGF‑AA and Neutralization by Rat PDGF‑AA Antibody. Recombinant Rat PDGF-AA (Catalog # 1055-AA) stimulates proliferation in the NR6R-3T3 mouse fibroblast cell line in a dose-dependent manner (orange line). Proliferation elicited by Recombinant Rat PDGF-AA (25 ng/mL) is neutralized (green line) by increasing concentrations of Goat Anti-Rat PDGF-AA Antigen Affinity-purified Polyclonal Antibody (Catalog # AF1055). The ND50 is typically 0.2-0.6 µg/mL.
Preparation and Storage
- 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.
- 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
- 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
Background: PDGF-AA
The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) family consists of proteins derived from four genes (PDGF-A, -B, -C, and -D) that form four disulfide-linked homodimers (PDGF-AA, -BB, -CC, and -DD) and one heterodimer (PDGF-AB) (1, 2). These proteins regulate diverse cellular functions by binding to and inducing the homo- or hetero-dimerization of two receptors (PDGF R alpha and R beta ). Whereas alpha / alpha homo-dimerization is induced by PDGF-AA, -BB, -CC, and -AB, alpha / beta hetero-dimerization is induced by PDGF-AB,-BB, -CC, and -DD, and beta / beta homo-dimerization is induced only by PDGF-BB, and -DD (1‑4). Both PDGF R alpha and R beta are members of the class III subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) that have five immunoglobulin-like domains in their extracellular region and a split kinase domain in their intracellular region. Ligand-induced receptor dimerization results in autophosphorylation in trans resulting in the activation of several intracellular signaling pathways that can lead to cell proliferation, cell survival, cytoskeletal rearrangement, cell migration and extracellular matrix production. Rat PDGF-A chain cDNA encodes a 204 amino acid (aa) residue precursor protein with a 20 aa signal peptide, a 65 aa propeptide that is removed by proteolysis, and a 119 aa mature protein. By alternative splicing, a short form lacking 8 C-terminal aa residues also exists. The long form contains the 8 aa basic insert which promotes intracellular cell retention and association with cell matrix. PDGF-A is expressed in multiple cell types and tissues. Based on PDGF-A knockout studies, PDGF-A appears to be important for the development of oligodendrocytes, testicular Leydig cells, alveolar smooth muscle cells, hair follicles and intestinal villus (1).
- Betshotz, C. et al. (2001) BioEssays 23:494.
- Ostman, A. and A.H. Heldin (2001) Advances in Cancer Research 80:1.
- Gilbertson, D. et al. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276:27406.
- LaRochells, W.J. et al. (2001) Nature Cell Biol. 3:517.
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Citations for Rat PDGF-AA Antibody
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Comparative Analysis of the Cell Fates of Induced Schwann Cells from Subcutaneous Fat Tissue and Na�ve Schwann Cells in the Sciatic Nerve Injury Model
Authors: M Zhang, MH Jiang, DW Kim, W Ahn, E Chung, Y Son, G Chi
Biomed Res Int, 2017-06-20;2017(0):1252851.
Species: Rat
Sample Types: Whole Cells
Applications: Neutralization -
Platelet-derived growth factor isoform expression in carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic liver injury.
Authors: Borkham-Kamphorst E, Kovalenko E, van Roeyen CR, Gassler N, Bomble M, Ostendorf T, Floege J, Gressner AM, Weiskirchen R
Lab. Invest., 2008-07-28;88(10):1090-100.
Species: Rat
Sample Types: Tissue Homogenates
Applications: Western Blot
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