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PathScan® Total E-Cadherin Sandwich ELISA Antibody Pair #7887

Kit Includes Volume Cap Color
E-Cadherin Capture Ab(100X) 0.4 milliliters Pink
Pan-Cadherin Detection Ab (100X) 0.4 milliliters Blue
Anti-rabbit IgG HRP-Linked Ab 0.04 milliliters Yellow

Capture and detection antibodies are stored at 4°C. HRP-linked secondary reagent is stored at -20°C.

Species Cross-Reactivity

H

Reactivity Key:  H=Human

Protocols

Description

CST's PathScan® Total E-Cadherin Sandwich ELISA Antibody Pair #7887 is being offered as an economical alternative to our PathScan® Total E-Cadherin Sandwich ELISA Kit #7886. Capture and detection antibodies (100X stocks) and an HRP-conjugated secondary antibody (1000X stock) are supplied. Sufficient reagents are supplied for 4 x 96 well ELISAs. The E-cadherin mouse capture antibody is coated onto a 96 well microplate overnight in PBS. After blocking, cell lysate is added followed by a pan-cadherin rabbit detection antibody and HRP-conjugated, anti-rabbit IgG antibody. HRP substrate (TMB) is then added for color development. The magnitude of the absorbance for this developed color is proportional to the quantity of E-cadherin.

Sandwich ELISA

Sandwich ELISA

Figure 1. The relationship between the protein concentration of the lysate from A431 (E-cadherin positive) and Jurkat (E-cadherin negative) cells and the absorbance at 450 nm using the PathScan® Total E-Cadherin Sandwich ELISA Antibody Pair is shown.

Background

Cadherins are a superfamily of transmembrane glycoproteins that contain cadherin repeats of approximately 100 residues in their extracellular domain. Cadherins mediate calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion and play critical roles in normal tissue development (1). The classic cadherin subfamily includes N-, P-, R-, B- and E-cadherins as well as about ten other members which are found in adherens junctions (AJ), a cellular structure near the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells. The cytoplasmic domain of classical cadherins interacts with β-catenin, γ-catenin (also called plakoglobin) and p120 catenin. β-catenin and γ-catenin associate with α-catenin, which links the cadherin-catenin complex to the actin cytoskeleton (1,2). Unlike β- and γ-catenin, p120 regulates cadherin adhesive activity and trafficking rather than having a structural role in the junctional complex (1-4). E-cadherin is considered an active suppressor of invasion and growth of many epithelial cancers (1-3). Recent studies indicate that cancer cells have up-regulated N-cadherin in addition to loss of E-cadherin. This change in cadherin expression is called the "cadherin switch." N-Cadherin cooperates with the FGF receptor, leading to over-expression of MMP-9 and cellular invasion (3). In endothelial cells, VE-cadherin signaling, expression and localization are correlated with vascular permeability and tumor angiogenesis (5,6). Expression of P-cadherin, which is normally present in epithelial cells, is also altered in ovarian and other human cancers (7,8).

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  2. Christofori, G. (2003) EMBO J. 22, 2318-2323.
  3. Hazan, R.B. et al. (2004) Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 1014, 155-163.
  4. Bryant, D.M. and Stow, J.L. (2004) Trends Cell Biol. 14, 427-434.
  5. Rabascio, C. et al. (2004) Cancer Res. 64, 4373-4377.
  6. Yamaoka-Tojo, M. et al. (2006) Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 26, 1991-1997.
  7. Patel, I.S. et al. (2003) Int. J. Cancer 106, 172-177.
  8. Sanders, D.S. et al. (2000) J. Pathol. 190, 526-530.

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