Recombinant Mouse beta-NGF Protein, CF

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Key Product Details

Accession #

Q6LDU8

Source

NS0

Conjugate

Unconjugated

Applications

Bioactivity

Product Specifications

Source

Mouse myeloma cell line, NS0-derived mouse beta-NGF protein
Ser122-Gly241

Purity

>95%, 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

Ser122

Predicted Molecular Mass

13.5 kDa

Activity

Measured in a cell proliferation assay using TF‑1 human erythroleukemic cells. Kitamura, T. et al. (1989) J. Cell Physiol. 140:323.
The ED50 for this effect is 0.1-1 ng/mL.

Formulation, Preparation and Storage

1156-NG/CF
Formulation Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS.
Reconstitution Reconstitute at 100 μg/mL in sterile PBS.
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.
  • 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.
  • 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
  • 3 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: beta-NGF

NGF was discovered as a molecule that promoted the survival and differentiation of sympathetic and sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system (1). In addition, beta-NGF can act in the central nervous system as a trophic factor for basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (2).  beta-NGF has also been shown to have biological effects on a variety of neurons, glia, and nonneural cells (3). NGF was initially isolated from the mouse submandibular gland as a 7S complex composed of three non-covalently linked subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma. It is now known that both the alpha and gamma subunits of NGF are members of the kallikrein family of serine proteases while the beta subunit, called beta-NGF, exhibits all the biological activities ascribed to NGF (4 - 5). Recombinant mouse beta-NGF is a homodimer of two 120 amino acid polypeptides. It shares approximately 90% homology at the amino acid level with human beta-NGF and 95.8% with rat beta-NGF (6).

NGF is the first member discovered in the Neurotrophin family, which includes brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), and neurotrophin-4 (NT-4). NT-6 and NT-7 were also identified in fish (7, 8). Biological activities of the NGF family are mediated through binding and activation of two types of receptors, TrKs (TrKA, TrKB, and TrKC) and NGF receptor. TrKs are single-pass membrane proteins belonging to the receptor tyrosine kinase family. The neurotrophins bind to TrKs specifically. NGF is specific for TrKA, BDNF and NT-4 for TrKB, and NT-3 mostly for TrKC. NGF receptor is a TNF receptor superfamily protein that binds to all the neurotrophins with similar affinity (9). TrkA is often referred to as the high-affinity receptor. However, most high affinity binding is mediated by the interaction of NGF receptor with TrKA. Both NGF and its receptors are expressed during development, adult life and aging in many cell types in CNS and PNS, immune and inflammatory systems. NGF signaling has been shown to play an important role in neuroprotection and repair (3, 10).

References

  1. Levi-Montalcini, R and V. Hamberger (1951) J. Exp. Zool. 116:321.
  2. Levi-Montalcini, R. (1982) Ann. Rev. Neurosci. 5:341.
  3. Sofroniew, M.V. et al. (2001) Ann Rev Neurosci. 24:1217.
  4. Edwards, R.H. et al. (1988) J Biol Chem. 263:6810.
  5. Angeletti, R H. et al. (1973) Biochemistry 12:100.
  6. Ullrich, A. et al. (1983) Nature 303:821.
  7. Gotz, R. et al. (1994) Nature 372:266.
  8. Lai, K.O. et al. (1998) Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 11:64.
  9. Bothwell, M. (1995) Ann Rev Neurosci. 18:223.
  10. E.J. Huang and L.F. Reichardt (2001) Ann Rev Neurosci. 24:677.

Long Name

beta Nerve Growth Factor

Alternate Names

betaNGF, NGFB

Entrez Gene IDs

4803 (Human); 18049 (Mouse); 310738 (Rat); 403402 (Canine); 103350089 (Rabbit)

Gene Symbol

NGF

UniProt

Q6LDU8

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