Pentraxin 2/SAP Antibody (910136R) [Alexa Fluor® 700]

• Reactivity: Hu
• Applications: ELISA
• Clone: 910136R
• Clonality: Monoclonal
• Host: Mouse
• Conjugate: Alexa Fluor 700

Pentraxin 2/SAP Antibody (910136R) [Alexa Fluor® 700] Summary

• Additional Information: Recombinant Monoclonal Antibody.
• Immunogen: Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant human Pentraxin 2/SAP
  His20-Val233
  Accession # P02743
• Specificity: Detects human Pentraxin 2/SAP in direct ELISAs.
• Isotype: IgG1
• Clonality: Monoclonal
• Host: Mouse
• Purity Statement: Protein A or G purified

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • ELISA

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Protect from light. Do not freeze. 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied
• Buffer: Supplied 0.2mg/ml in 1X PBS with RDF1 and 0.09% Sodium Azide

Notes

This product is produced by and ships from R&D Systems, Inc., a Bio-Techne brand.

Alternate Names for Pentraxin 2/SAP Antibody (910136R) [Alexa Fluor® 700]

• 9.5S alpha-1-glycoprotein
• amyloid P component, serum
• APCS
• MGC88159
• Pentraxin 2
• PTX2
• PTX2serum amyloid P-component
• SAP
• SAPpentaxin-related
• Serum Amyloid P component

Background

Pentraxin 2 (PTX2), also known as Serum Amyoid P Component (SAP), is a secreted serum glycoprotein that is a universal non-fibrillar component of amyloid deposits. These extracellular deposits of insoluble protein fibrils are the result of protein misfolding and can lead to tissue damage and disease (1, 2). PTX2 belongs to the pentraxin (pentaxin) superfamily, whose members have the characteristic pentagonal discoid arrangement of five non-covalently bound subunits. Pentraxins bind to a variety of molecules in a calcium-dependent lectin-like manner through a pattern-recognition-binding site (1, 4, 5). There are two known subfamilies of pentraxins, the classical or short pentraxin subfamily that includes the serum C-reactive Protein (CRP) and PTX2, and the fusion or long pentraxin subfamily whose members contain pentraxin-related carboxyl-terminal halves (1).

PTX2 and CRP share approximately 50% amino acid sequence identity (2, 5). They are produced and secreted by liver hepatocytes and circulates in plasma. Mouse PTX2 is a major acute-phase protein whose plasma concentrations increase dramatically during an acute phase response (2). In human where CRP is the major acute-phase protein, the plasma concentration of human PTX2 remains relatively constant in response to tissue-damage (2, 5).

PTX2 associates ubiquitously with all amyloid deposits that are implicated in a diverse range of diseases including Alzheimer’s and prion diseases, type 2 diabetes and various systemic amyloidoses (3, 6, 7). As a non-fibrillar component, PTX2 regulates the solubility of amyloid fibrils and protects them from degradation by proteolytic enzymes and phagocytic cells. In addition to its role in the pathogenesis of amyloidoses, PTX2 also has an important physiological function in innate immunity (8).

Limitations

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Primary Antibodies are guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.