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Human Hepcidin Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680-conjugated Antibody

R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # FAB83071AFP680

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FAB83071AFP680-100UG

Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Human

Applications

ELISA

Label

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

Antibody Source

Recombinant Monoclonal Rabbit IgG Clone # 1033F

Product Specifications

Specificity

Detect human Hepcidin in direct ELISAs.

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Rabbit

Isotype

IgG

Applications

Application
Recommended Usage

ELISA

Optimal dilution of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Background: Hepcidin

Hepcidin, also known as Liver Expressed Antimicrobial Protein 1 (LEAP-1), is a peptide hormone that is involved in the regulation of iron metabolism (1, 2). It is synthesized as a preprohormone that is cleaved intracellularly and secreted as a mature 25 amino acid peptide (1, 3, 4). Hepcidin contains eight cysteine residues that form four disulfide bonds which appear to be important for stability in biological fluids (5). It is predominantly expressed, processed, and secreted by hepatocytes (2, 6). Hepcidin expression is positively regulated by inflammation via IL-6/JAK2/ STAT3 signaling, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and BMP-6 (7-11). BMP-6-dependent Hepcidin induction involves RGM-C/Hemojuvelin, which acts as a co-receptor for BMP-6 (11-13). Conversely, Hepcidin expression is negatively regulated by MMP-15/MT2-MMP and multiple erythropoietic stimuli, including anemia, hypoxia, and Erythropoietin (14-18). MMP-15 downregulates Hepcidin expression by interacting with and cleaving RGM-C (19). Hepcidin was originally identified in human blood and urine as an antimicrobial peptide (1, 3). It has since been shown to regulate iron metabolism. Hepcidin binds the cellular iron exporter Ferroportin, and this interaction results in Ubiquitin-mediated degradation of both Hepcidin and Ferroportin (20-22). Degradation of Ferroportin results in reduced iron release from macrophages, hepatocytes, and duodenal enterocytes, suggesting that Hepcidin may be an effector of inflammatory hypoferremia (20).

Long Name

Hepcidin Antimicrobial Peptide

Alternate Names

HAMP, HEPC, HFE2B, LEAP1, PLTR

Entrez Gene IDs

57817 (Human); 84506 (Mouse); 84604 (Rat)

Gene Symbol

HAMP

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.

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