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Product Usage Information
CST recommends transfection with 100 nM SignalSilence® MetAP2 siRNA I 48 to 72 hours prior to cell lysis. For transfection procedure, follow protocol provided by the transfection reagent manufacturer. Please feel free to contact CST with any questions on use.
Each vial contains the equivalent of 100 transfections, which corresponds to a final siRNA concentration of 100 nM per transfection in a 24-well plate with a total volume of 300 μl per well.
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Specificity / Sensitivity
Species Reactivity:
Human
Species predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology
The antigen sequence used to produce this antibody shares
100% sequence homology with the species listed here, but
reactivity has not been tested or confirmed to work by CST.
Use of this product with these species is not covered under
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Product Performance Guarantee.
Monkey
Source / Purification
SignalSilence® MetAP2 siRNA I inhibits human and monkey MetAP2 expression.
Product Description
Background
Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2)-associated glycoprotein, p67/methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) is one of the three known MetAPs responsible for the co-translational processing of the N-terminal initiator methionine from nascent proteins in cells. MetAP2 regulates the rates of global protein synthesis by controlling the levels of eIF2α phosphorylation (1). MetAP2 has also been shown to bind Erk1/2 to inhibit their activation and activity, thus connecting the protein synthesis machinery with the cell signaling pathway mediated by Erk1/2 MAP kinases (2-4). Although MetAP2 is characterized as having aminopeptidase activity that removes the N-terminal methionine from nascent peptides in vitro, mounting evidence suggests that MetAP2 has no methionine aminopeptidase activity. Rather, MetAP2 possesses auto-proteolytic activity that can be inhibited by several small molecule inhibitors including anti-angiogenic drugs, fumagillin and its derivatives (5). It has also been demonstrated that O-GlcNAcylation of MetAP2 plays a major role in its stability, eIF2α binding, and maintenance of eIF2α phosphorylation (6).
MetAP2 knockout mice show embryonic lethality, suggesting its role in embryonic development and survival at the initiation of gastrulation (7). It is likely that lowering the levels of MetAP2 in mammalian cells causes cell growth inhibition and leads to apoptosis due to the high levels of eIF2α phosphorylation that inhibits global protein synthesis (8). During pathological or various stress conditions, MetAP2 dissociates from eIF2 subunits possibly due to its deglycosylation-induced autoproteolytic cleavage. As a result, eIF2α becomes hyperphosphorylated and global protein synthesis is inhibited. eIF2 complex-dissociated MetAP2 also displays a higher affinity toward Erk1/2, which results in the blockade of Erk1/2 activity. Thus, MetAP2 mediates cooperation between cell signaling and protein synthesis machinery to regulate cell growth and proliferation during physiological and pathological conditions (9). Research studies have shown higher expression of MetAP2 in human cancers, supporting the contention that MetAP2 plays a role in oncogenesis. For example, investigators have reported high MetAP2 expression in follicular lymphomas, large B-cell lymphomas, and Burkitt's lymphomas (10). Elevated expression of MetAP2 has also been reported in human colorectal adenocarcinomas (11).
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- Datta, B. et al. (2004) Arch Biochem Biophys 427, 68-78.
- Datta, B. et al. (2004) Biochemistry 43, 14821-31.
- Datta, B. et al. (2005) Exp Cell Res 303, 174-82.
- Bradshaw, R.A. and Yi, E. (2002) Essays Biochem 38, 65-78.
- Datta, B. et al. (1999) Exp Cell Res 250, 223-30.
- Yeh, J.R. et al. (2006) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 10379-84.
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- Ghosh, A. et al. (2006) Exp Cell Res 312, 3184-203.
- Kanno, T. et al. (2002) Lab Invest 82, 893-901.
- Selvakumar, P. et al. (2004) Clin Cancer Res 10, 2771-5.
Species Reactivity
Species reactivity is determined by testing in at least one approved application (e.g., western blot).
Cross-Reactivity Key
H: human M: mouse R: rat Hm: hamster Mk: monkey Vir: virus Mi: mink C: chicken Dm: D. melanogaster X: Xenopus Z: zebrafish B: bovine Dg: dog Pg: pig Sc: S. cerevisiae Ce: C. elegans Hr: horse GP: Guinea Pig Rab: rabbit All: all species expected
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