CST, 4600S, Integrin alpha4 Antibody

Polyclonal Antibody for studying Integrin Alpha 4. Validated for Western Blotting,Immunoprecipitation. Highly specific and rigorously validated in-house, Integrin alpha4 Antibody (CST #4600) is ready to ship. Product Usage Information Western Blotting: 1:1000 Immunoprecipitation: 1:100 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 Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunoprecipitation Specificity / Sensitivity Integrin alpha4 Antibody detects endogenous levels of integrin α4 mature protein (150kDa), α4 precursor protein (140kDa), as well as 70 kDa cleaved C-terminal α4 fragment. Species Reactivity: Human Source / Purification Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Ser1027 of human integrin α4. Antibodies are purified by peptide affinity chromatography. Background Integrins are α/β heterodimeric cell surface receptors that play a pivotal role in cell adhesion and migration, as well as in growth and survival (1,2). The integrin family contains at least 18 α and 8 β subunits that form 24 known integrins with distinct tissue distribution and overlapping ligand specificities (3). Integrins not only transmit signals to cells in response to the extracellular environment (outside-in signaling), but also sense intracellular cues to alter their interaction with the extracellular environment (inside-out signaling) (1,2). A pair of important α4 integrins, α4β1 and α4β7, interact with VCAM-1, fibronectin, and MAdCAM-1 at cell adhesions (3). Gene knockout and antibody blocking research reveal that α4 integrins play important roles in embryonic liver and heart development and in fetal lymphocyte homing (4-6). Phosphorylation at Ser988 within the cytoplasmic tail of integrin α4 blocks binding to paxillin and promotes leading edge migration (7,8). On SDS-PAGE, integrin α4 can migrate at several different apparent molecular sizes, a 150 kDa mature protein and a 140 kDa precursor protein (a 180 kDa protein also exists under mild non-reducing conditions) (9). Integrin α4 has a cleavage site at Arg558, which results in a small portion of the protein as either an 80 kDa N-terminal or 70 kDa C-terminal fragment (10). Alternate Names 269C wild type; alpha 4 subunit of VLA-4 receptor; antigen CD49D, alpha-4 subunit of VLA-4 receptor; CD49 antigen-like family member D; CD49D; IA4; integrin alpha 4; Integrin alpha-4; integrin alpha-4 subunit; Integrin alpha-IV; integrin subunit alpha 4; integrin, alpha 4 (antigen CD49D, alpha 4 subunit of VLA-4 receptor); ITA4; ITGA4; MGC90518; very late activation protein 4 receptor, alpha 4 subunit; VLA-4 subunit alpha Specification REACTIVITY: H SENSITIVITY: Endogenous MW (kDa): 70, 140, 150, (180) SOURCE: Rabbit