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Anti-Aggrecan Antibody, MMP Cleaved, NT FFGVG neoepitopes, clone AF-28

clone AF-28, Chemicon®, from mouse

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
eCl@ss:
32160702
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

mouse

Quality Level

antibody form

purified antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

AF-28, monoclonal

species reactivity

bovine, rat, human, pig, mouse

should not react with

guinea pig, horse

manufacturer/tradename

Chemicon®

technique(s)

ELISA: suitable
western blot: suitable

isotype

IgG1

NCBI accession no.

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... ACAN(176)

General description

Aggrecan is also known as aggregating chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan. Aggrecan is the major proteoglycan present in articular cartilage, composing up to 10% of its dry weight. It is responsible for endowing articular with its intrinsic properties of load bearing and compressive forces.

Specificity

Mouse anti-aggrecan is a cleavage-site-specific monoclonal antibody for detecting metalloproteinase-derived aggrecan fragments. The antibody recognizes neo-epitopes on polypeptides with N-terminal FFGVG sequences. This sequence is found at the N-terminus of aggrecan fragments that have been digested with MMPs. By immunoblotting, AF-28 specifically detected G2 fragments derived from an aggrecan G1-G2 substrate digested with stromelysin, collagenase, gelatinase, and matrilysin, but failed to detect G2 fragments obtained from elastase, trypsin, or cathepsin B digests. Undigested G1-G2 was not detected. Competition experiments confirmed that peptides containing internal FFGVG sequences were not detected by the antibody. Clone AF-28 specifically recognizes a neo-epitope on polypeptides with N-terminal FFGVG Sequences. This sequence is found at the N-terminus of aggrecan fragments that have been digested with matrix metalloproteinases.

Immunogen

Epitope: N-terminus FFGVG neoepitopes
FFGVGGEEDC-KLH peptide

Application

Detect Aggrecan using this Anti-Aggrecan Antibody, MMP Cleaved, N-terminus FFGVG neoepitopes, clone AF-28 validated for use in ELISA & WB.
Research Category
Cell Structure
Research Sub Category
ECM Proteins

Inflammation & Autoimmune Mechanisms
Western blot

ELISA

Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.

Physical form

Format: Purified
Liquid in PBS pH 7.4 containing 0.09% sodium azide as a preservative.
Protein A purified

Storage and Stability

Maintain for 1 year at 2–8°C from date of shipment. Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap.

Analysis Note

Control
Cartilage, neural tube, and brain tissue

Legal Information

CHEMICON is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable


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Maya Arai et al.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 12(8), 599-613 (2004-07-21)
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