• Species Reactivity

  Human, Mouse

• Specificity

  Detects human and mouse Pentraxin 2/SAP in direct ELISAs and Western blots. In direct ELISA, less 75% cross-reactivity with recombinant rat Pentraxin 2/SAP is observed, and approximately 25% cross-reactivity with recombinant human CRP is observed.

• Source

  Polyclonal Sheep IgG

• Purification

  Antigen Affinity-purified

• Immunogen

  Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse Pentraxin 2/SAP    
  Gln21-Asp224    
  Accession # P12246

• Formulation

  Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS with Trehalose. *Small pack size (SP) is supplied as a 0.2 µm filtered solution in PBS.

• Label

  Unconjugated

Applications

• Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Western Blot

  0.2 µg/mL

  See below

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• Simple Western

  2 µg/mL

  See below

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Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application.  are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Data Examples

Preparation and Storage

• Reconstitution

  Reconstitute at 0.2 mg/mL in sterile PBS.

• Shipping

  The product is shipped at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below. *Small pack size (SP) is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at -20 to -70 °C

• Stability & Storage

  Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.    

• 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.

• 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

• 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: Pentraxin 2/SAP

Pentraxin 2 (also known as Serum Amyoid P Component or SAP) is a secreted glycoprotein that is a universal non-fibrillar component of amyloid deposits. Amyloid is an abnormal extracellular deposit of insoluble protein fibrils that can lead to tissue damage and disease (1‑3). Pentraxin 2 belongs to the pentraxin (pentaxin) family, whose members have a characteristic pentagonal discoid arrangement of five non-covalently bound subunits (4). Pentraxin domains contain the consensus sequence, HxCx(S/T)WxS (x = any amino acid), a lectin fold, and two calcium-binding sites (1). They bind to a variety of unrelated molecules in a calcium-dependent lectin-like manner (1, 4, 5). Pentraxin 2 and C-reactive protein (CRP) are members of the classical or short pentraxin subfamily and share 46% amino acid (aa) identity (1). Mouse Pentraxin 2 is the major acute-phase protein whose expression is dependent on complement activation, IL-6 and/or IL-1 beta, while in humans, CRP is the major acute-phase protein (2, 5, 9). Both are produced and secreted by liver hepatocytes and circulate in plasma. The 204 aa mature mouse Pentraxin 2 shares 79% aa identity with rat Pentraxin 2 and 63‑70% aa identity with human, guinea pig, golden hamster, porcine, and bovine Pentraxin 2 (2, 5). Amyloid deposits containing Pentraxin 2 are implicated in a diverse range of diseases including Alzheimer’s, prion diseases, type 2 diabetes and various systemic amyloidoses (3, 6, 7). Pentraxin 2 regulates the solubility of amyloid fibrils and protects them from degradation. In addition to its pathogenic role, Pentraxin 2 also has an important physiological function in innate immunity (8). It is an opsonin that interacts with all three types of human Fc gamma receptors that mediate neutrophil phagocytosis (8). Pentraxin 2 has been proposed to bind and sequester a variety of ligands including auto-antigens, apoptotic cells, chromatin, DNA, and micro-organisms (1‑3). Pentraxin 2 is also a normal component of basement membranes (1).

• References:

1. Garlanda, C. et al. (2005) Annu. Rev. Immunol. 23:337.

2. Steel, D. and A. Whitehead (1994) Immunol. Today 15:81.

3. Alexandrescu, A.T. (2005) Protein Sci. 14:1.

4. Emsley, J. et al. (1994) Nature 367:338.

5. Mole, J.E. et al. (1988) J. Immunol. 141:3642.

6. Gillmore, J.D. et al. (2004) Immunology 112:255.

7. Pepys, M. et al. (2002) Nature 417:254.

8. Bharadwaj, D. et al. (2001) J. Immunol. 166:6735.

9. Szalai, A.J. et al. (2000) J. Immunol. 165:1030.

• Long Name:

  Serum Amyloid P Component

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  325 (Human); 20219 (Mouse); 29339 (Rat)

• Alternate Names:

  9.5S alpha-1-glycoprotein; amyloid P component, serum; APCS; MGC88159; Pentraxin 2; PTX2; PTX2serum amyloid P-component; SAP; SAPpentaxin-related