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M-Cadherin Antibody #45863

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    Product Specifications

    REACTIVITY H M
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 130
    SOURCE Rabbit
    Application Key:
    • WB-Western Blotting 
    Species Cross-Reactivity Key:
    • H-Human 
    • M-Mouse 

    Product Information

    Product Usage Information

    Application Dilution
    Western Blotting 1:1000

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Protocol

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    M-Cadherin Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of total M-cadherin protein. This antibody also cross-reacts with a number of unidentified proteins between 40 kDa and 95 kDa.

    Species Reactivity:

    Human, Mouse

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Arg434 of mouse M-cadherin protein. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

    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 that are found in adherens junctions, 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). While β- and γ-catenin play structural roles in the junctional complex, p120 regulates cadherin adhesive activity and trafficking (1-4). Investigators consider E-cadherin an active suppressor of invasion and growth of many epithelial cancers (1-3). Research studies indicate that cancer cells have upregulated 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 overexpression of MMP-9 and cellular invasion (3). Research studies have shown that in endothelial cells, VE-cadherin signaling, expression, and localization correlate with vascular permeability and tumor angiogenesis (5,6). Investigators have also demonstrated that expression of P-cadherin, which is normally present in epithelial cells, is also altered in ovarian and other human cancers (7,8).
    M-cadherin is a cell-cell adhesion molecule expressed in satellite cells, a collection of adult stem cells/myogenic progenitors found in mature muscle tissue (9). Research studies indicate that M-cadherin may be involved in the recognition and fusion of adjacent cells, and may play an important role in activating satellite cell division (10).

    Alternate Names

    AI323380; CAD15; cadherin 15; Cadherin-14; Cadherin-15; Cdh14; Cdh15; M cadherin; M-cadherin; Mca; Mcad; Muscle cadherin

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