• Species Reactivity

  Mouse

• Specificity

  Detects mouse uPAR in Western blots. In Western blots, no cross-reactivity with recombinant human uPAR is observed.

• Source

  Monoclonal Rat IgG2a Clone # 109801

• Immunogen

  Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse uPAR isoform 1    
  Leu24-Thr297    
  Accession # P35456

• Formulation

  Supplied 0.2 mg/mL in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

• Label

  Alexa Fluor 350

Applications

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  Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Flow Cytometry

  0.25-1 µg/10    ⁶ cells

  Mouse whole blood

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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.

Preparation and Storage

• Shipping

  The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.

• Stability & Storage

  Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.

Background: uPAR

The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is one of two activators that converts the extracellular zymogen plasminogen to plasmin, a serine protease that is involved in a variety of normal and pathological processes that require cell migration and/or tissue destruction. uPA is synthesized and released from cells as a
single-chain (sc) pro-enzyme with limited enzymatic activity and is converted to an active two-chain (tc) disulfide-linked active enzyme by plasmin and other specific proteinases. Both the scuPA and tcuPA bind with high-affinity to the cell surface via the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-linked receptor uPAR which serves to localize the uPA proteolytic activity. The enzymatic activity of scuPA has also been shown to be enhanced by binding to uPAR. Independent of their proteolytic activity, the uPA/uPAR interaction also initiates signal transduction responses resulting in activation of protein tyrosine kinases, gene expression, cell adhesion, and chemotaxis. uPAR can interact with integrins to suppress normal integrin adhesive function and promote adhesion to vitronectin through a high affinity vitronectin binding site on uPAR. Mouse uPAR-1/Fc cDNA encodes a 327 amino acid (aa) residue precursor protein with a 23 aa residue signal peptide, seven potential N-linked glycosylation sites and a C-terminal GPI-anchor site. An alternate spliced variant of uPAR encoding a secreted soluble form of uPAR also exists. Human and mouse uPAR share approximately 60% aa sequence identity and the receptor-ligand interaction is highly species-specific. Human uPA binds rmuPAR at a lower affinity compared to rhuPAR.

• References:

1. Dear, A.E. and R.L. Medcalf (1998) Eur. J. Biochemistry 252:185.

• Long Name:

  Urokinase-type Plasminogen Activator Receptor

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  5329 (Human); 18793 (Mouse)

• Alternate Names:

  CD87 antigen; CD87; Monocyte activation antigen Mo3; plasminogen activator, urokinase receptor; PLAUR; uPAR; U-PAR; UPARurokinase plasminogen activator surface receptor; u-plasminogen activator receptor form 2; URKRMO3