| Description | CNTFisasurvivalpromotingfactorfordifferenttypesofneuronsinvitroandinvivo.TheessentialstructuralfeaturesfortheBIOLOGicalfunctionofhumanCNTFwereinvestigatedbyThier,M.etal.Theyshowedthatdeletionof14N-terminaland18C-terminalaminoacidssignificantlyincreasedbioactivitycomparedtowild-typeCNTF.FUNCTION:CNTFisasurvivalfactorforvariousneuronalcelltypes.Seemstopreventthedegenerationofmotoraxonsafteraxotomy.SUBUNIT:Homodimer.SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.TISSUESPECIFICITY:Nervoussystem.PHARMACEUTICAL:CNTFisbeingtestedunderthenameAxokinebyRegeneronPharmaceuticalsfortreatmentofhumanmotorneurondiseases,suchasamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS).Asitinducessubstantialweightloss,preferentiallyoffatasopposedtoleanbodymass,itisbeingusedforobesitytreatment.SIMILARITY:BelongstotheCNTFfamily. |
| BatchNo. | Seeproductlabel |
| Unitsize | 100µg |
| Sequence | Histidine-V5epitopefusedtohumanCNTF(aa:15-200)MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDDDDKDPTLDLCSRSIWLARKIRSDLTALTESYVKHQGLNKNINLDSADGMPVASTDQWSELTEAERLQENLQAYRTFHVLLARLLEDQQVHFTPTEGDFHQAIHTLLLQVAAFAYQIEELMILLEYKIPRNEADGMPINVGDGGLFEKKLWGLKVLQELSQWTVRSIHDLRFISSHQTGIPARGSHYIANNKKM |
| OtherNames | CiliaryNeuroTrophicFactor |
| Accession | CNTF_HUMAN |
| Producedin | E.coli |
| MolecularWeight | 22.8kDa |
| Purity | 95%bySDS-PAGE |
| Biol.activity | Increasedsurvivalpromotingactivityonneurons |
| Form | Lyophilised |
| Reconstitution | Reconstitutethefreeze-driedCNTFproteininthebufferofchoice,forexamplePBS. |
| Storage | Aliquotandkeepat-20°Cforlong-termstorage.Forshorttermkeepat4°C.Avoidrepetitivefreeze/thawcycles. |
| SpecificReferences | WilliamsECetal.(2014)MutantastrocytesdifferentiatedfromRettsyndromepatients-specificiPSCshaveadverseeffectsonwild-typeneurons.HumMolGenet.2014Jun1;23(11):2968-80. |
| GeneralReferences | 1.Lin,L.F.etal(1989)Science246,1023-5 2.Stockli,K.A.etal(1991)JCellBiol115,447-59 3.Saggio,I.etal(1995)EmboJ14,3045-54 4.Hermann,D.M.etal(2001)NeurobiolDis8,655-66 5.Thier,M.etal(1995)JNeurosciRes40,826-35 |
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