Reactivity | CaSpecies Glossary |
Applications | Bioactivity |
Format | Carrier-Free |
Details of Functionality | Measured by its ability to induce IL-6 secretion by NIH‑3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Yao, Z. et al. (1995) Immunity 3:811. The ED50 for this effect is 0.3-1.5 ng/mL. |
Source | E. coli-derived canine IL-17/IL-17A protein Gly81-Ala210 |
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Structure / Form | Disulfide-linked homodimer |
Protein/Peptide Type | Recombinant Proteins |
Gene | IL17A |
Purity | >95%, by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and visualized by silver stain |
Endotoxin Note | <0.01 EU per 1 μg of the protein by the LAL method. |
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Theoretical MW | 15.2 kDa (monomer). Disclaimer note: The observed molecular weight of the protein may vary from the listed predicted molecular weight due to post translational modifications, post translation cleavages, relative charges, and other experimental factors. |
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SDS-PAGE | 14 kDa, reducing conditions |
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Storage | Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
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Buffer | Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in HCl. |
Purity | >95%, by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and visualized by silver stain |
Reconstitution Instructions | Reconstitute at 100 μg/mL in 4 mM HCl. |
Interleukin 17 (IL-17; also IL-17A and CTLA-8) is a 17 kDa member of the IL-17 family of cytokines (1). Members of this family demonstrate a structural motif termed a cysteine knot that also characterizes a large superfamily of growth factors. Although most cysteine knot superfamily members use three intrachain disulfide bonds to create a knot, IL-17 family molecules generate the same structural form with only two disulfide links (2-4). Based on the amino acid (aa) sequence alignment with human IL-17, canine IL-17 is 130 aa in length. It is secreted as a 35 kDa disulfide-linked homodimer and as a 40 kDa disulfide-linked heterodimer with IL-17F (5). Canine IL-17 is 81% identical on the aa level to human IL-17. IL-23 drives Th17 lymphocytes to produce IL-17 (6-8). IL-17’s production has also been demonstrated in gamma δ T cells (9), CD8+ memory T cells (10, 11), eosinophils (12), neutrophils (10), and monocytes (13). Studies have identified that the widely expressed receptors IL‑17RA and IL-17RC form a heterodimer for the binding of IL-17 (6, 14‑15). The predominant function of IL-17 is thought to be as a proinflammatory mediator through a variety of mechanisms (16). Locally, IL-17 stimulates production of IL-6, prostaglandin E and nitric oxide (16-19), and synergy with other inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha , IL-1 beta and IFN -gamma leads to up-regulation of gene expression and progression and amplification of local inflammation (16, 20‑22). IL-17 also mediates chemotaxis of neutrophils and monocytes to sites of inflammation through the chemoattractant mediators IL-8, Gro-alpha , and MCP-1 (16, 22-25) while augmenting production of hematopoietic growth factors, such as G-CSF and GM‑CSF (16, 26, 27), which promote the growth and maturation of the recruited myeloid cells. In addition, IL-17 serves as a bridge between innate and adaptive immune responses by enhancing the induction of co-stimulatory molecules such as ICAM-1 and other cytokines (16, 22, 28), thereby supporting T cell activation. IL-17 expression has been associated with many inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, asthma, systemic lupus erythematosus and allograft rejection (15).
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Gene Symbol | IL17A |
Uniprot |