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Human/Mouse Frizzled-4 Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680-conjugated Antibody

R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # FAB194AFP680

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FAB194AFP680-100UG

Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Human, Mouse

Applications

Western Blot, Flow Cytometry, Immunocytochemistry, CyTOF-ready

Label

Alexa Fluor Plus 680 (Excitation = 687 nm, Emission = 704 nm)

Antibody Source

Monoclonal Rat IgG2A Clone # 145901

Product Specifications

Immunogen

Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse Frizzled-4

Specificity

Detects human and mouse Frizzled-4 in Western blots. In Western blots, no cross-reactivity with recombinant mouse (rm) Frizzled-1, -2, -3, -6, -7, -8, or recombinant human Frizzled-5 is observed. Detects Frizzled-4 by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry on mouse differentiated embryoid bodies derived from the mouse embryonic cell line, D3.

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Rat

Isotype

IgG2A

Applications

Application
Recommended Usage

CyTOF-ready

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Flow Cytometry

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Immunocytochemistry

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Western Blot

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Formulation, Preparation, and Storage

Formulation

Supplied 0.2 mg/mL in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

Shipping

The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.

Stability & Storage

Protect from light. Do not freeze. 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied

Background: Frizzled-4

Frizzled-4, designated CD344, is a 7-transmembrane glycoprotein of the Frizzled family within the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily (1, 2). Frizzled proteins function as receptors for Wnt proteins and can activate canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling as well as planar cell polarity and calcium flux pathways (1). Frizzled-4 is particularly important in angiogenic Wnt pathway signaling (1, 5). Frizzleds contain a divergent N-terminal signal peptide, a highly conserved ~120  amino acid (aa) cysteine-rich domain (CRD), a variable length linker region, seven transmembrane domains, and a variable-length C-terminal tail (1). The mouse Frizzled-4 cDNA encodes 537 aa with a 36 aa signal sequence and a 186 aa N-terminal extracellular sequence (4). The portion expressed includes aa 37-180, and shares 93%, 94%, 90%, 89% and 88% identity with human, rat, equine, bovine and canine Frizzled-4, respectively. This portion competes for Wnt binding with endogenous receptors. In humans, a 122 aa soluble form that diverges at aa 95 is proposed to be a positive regulator of Wnt signaling pathways (5). Frizzled-4 is unusual in binding a non-wnt ligand, Norrin, in addition to binding Wnt ligands (1, 3, 6). Norrin binds the Frizzled-4 CRD, activates Wnt signaling pathways and uses LRP5/6 as co-receptors (3, 6). Deletion of either Frizzled-4 or Norrin in mice results in a similar phenotype including malformation of vasculature in the retina, cerebellar degeneration, and loss of hair cells in the inner ear (1, 3, 7). In humans, blindness due to familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) is associated with mutations producing loss of function of Frizzled-4 or Norrin, designated EVR1 and EVR2, respectively (1, 3, 8). Frizzled-4 expression has been found in many tissues, including mouse ovary, where it influences corpus luteum vasculogenesis and is necessary for fertility (4, 9).

References

  1. Huang, H-C. and P.S. Klein (2004) Genome Biol. 5:234.
  2. Parmalee, N.L. and J. Kitajewski (2008) Curr. Drug Targets 9:558.
  3. Xu, Q. et al. (2004) Cell 116:883.
  4. Wang, Y. et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271:4468.
  5. Sagara, N. et al. (2001) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 282:750.
  6. Smallwood, P.M. et al. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 282:4057.
  7. Wang, Y. et al. (2001) J. Neurosci. 21:4761.
  8. Robitaille, J. et al. (2002) Nat. Genet. 32:326.
  9. Hsieh, M. et al. (2005) Biol. Reprod. 73:1135.

Alternate Names

CD344, Frizzled4, FZD4

Entrez Gene IDs

8322 (Human); 14366 (Mouse)

Gene Symbol

FZD4

UniProt

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Product Specific Notices


This product is provided under an intellectual property license from Life Technologies Corporation. The transfer of this product is conditioned on the buyer using the purchased product solely in research conducted by the buyer, excluding contract research or any fee for service research, and the buyer must not (1) use this product or its components for (a) diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic purposes; (b) testing, analysis or screening services, or information in return for compensation on a per-test basis; or (c) manufacturing or quality assurance or quality control, and/or (2) sell or transfer this product or its components for resale, whether or not resold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for purposes other than as described above, contact Life Technologies Corporation, 5781 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 USA or outlicensing@thermofisher.com.

For research use only

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