Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Human

Applications

Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot

Label

Alexa Fluor Plus 405 (Excitation = 404 nm, Emission = 455 nm)

Antibody Source

Monoclonal Mouse IgG2B Clone # 121723

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Product Specifications

Specificity

Detects human CNTF R alpha in direct ELISAs and Western blots. In Western blots, approximately 100% cross-reactivity with recombinant rat CNTF R alpha is observed.

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Mouse

Isotype

IgG2B

Applications

Application
Recommended Usage

Immunohistochemistry

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Western Blot

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Background: CNTFR alpha

The high-affinity CNTF receptor complex, which mediates the biological action of CNTF, contains three proteins: the ligand-binding alpha subunit (CNTF R alpha), and the two signal-transducing proteins LIF R beta and gp130. Whereas LIF R beta and gp130 are widely expressed in many cell types, the expression of CNTF R alpha is restricted to the central and peripheral nervous systems. cDNAs encoding human and rat CNTF R alpha share 94% amino acid (aa) sequence identity. Human CNTF R alpha cDNA encodes a 372 aa precursor protein with a 22 aa residue signal peptide and four potential glycoslyation sites. CNTF R alpha differs from other cytokine receptors in that it lacks transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains and is anchored to cell membranes by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage. Similar to other GPI-linked proteins, soluble CNTF receptor alpha (CNTF sR alpha) can be released from the cell surface by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. CNTF sR alpha can be released from skeletal muscle in response to peripheral nerve injury and high concentrations of CNTF sR alpha have also been detected in human cerebrospinal fluid. CNTF sR alpha binds CNTF in solution and the complex can act on cells that express only LIF R beta and gp130 but not CNTF R alpha.

Long Name

Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Receptor alpha

Alternate Names

CNTF R alpha, CNTFR, CNTFRa

Entrez Gene IDs

1271 (Human); 12804 (Mouse); 313173 (Rat)

Gene Symbol

CNTFR

UniProt

P26992

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