Chickenpolyclonalantibody
Theantigenisa recombinantratalpha-internexinexpressedinandpurifiedfromE.coli.
TheantibodyistotalIgYfraction.
Alpha-internexinisaClassIVintermediatefilamentoriginallydiscoveredasitco-purifieswithotherneurofilamentsubunits(1).Alpha-internexinisrelatedtobutdistinctfromthebetterknownneurofilamenttripletproteins,NF-L,NF-MandNF-H,havingsimilarproteinsequencemotifsandasimilarintronorganization.Itisexpressedonlyinneuronsandinlargeamountsearlyinneuronaldevelopment,butisdown-regulatedinmanyneuronsasdevelopmentproceeds.Manyclassesofmatureneuronscontainalpha-internexininadditiontoNF-L,NF-MandNF-H.Insomematureneuronsalphainternexinistheonlyneurofilamentsubunitexpressed.Antibodiestoalpha-internexinarethereforeuniqueprobestostudyandclassifyneuronaltypesandfollowtheirprocessesinsectionsandintissueculture.Inaddition,recentstudiesshowamarkedup-regulationofalpha-internexinduringneuronalregeneration(2).Theuseofantibodiestothisproteininthestudyofbraintumorshasnotbeenexaminedtodate,butislikelytobeofinterest.RecentlyCairnsetal.usedthisantibodytoshowthatalphainternexinisanabundantcomponentoftheinclusionsofneurofilamentinclusionbodydisease(NFID),aserioushumanneurodegenerativedisorder(3,4).Theantibodywasalsousedtoconfirmthepresenceofcirculatingauto-antibodiestoalpha-internexinintheseraofsomepatientswithendocrineautoimmunity,aswellasinsomenormalindividuals(5).
Liquidcontaining10mMsodiumazide.
Forlongtermstorage–20°Cisrecommendedinundilutedaliquots.Stableat–20°Cforatleast1year.Avoidfreeze/thawcycles.
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