• Species Reactivity

  Human

• Specificity

  Detects human ABCG2 in flow cytometry and immunocytochemistry.

• Source

  Monoclonal Mouse IgG    _2B Clone # 5D3

• Purification

  Protein A or G purified from hybridoma culture supernatant

• Immunogen

  3T3 cells transduced with human ABCG2

• Formulation

  Supplied in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

• Label

  Alexa Fluor 488

Applications

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  Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Flow Cytometry

  5 µL/10    ⁶ cells

  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

• Shipping

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

• Stability & Storage

  Protect from light.    Do not freeze.    

• 12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied.

Background: ABCG2

Hematopoietic stem cells are known to express a membrane transporter molecule, known as P-glycoprotein (Pgp), that is encoded by the Multidrug Resistance Gene 1 (MDR1) (1, 2). Expression of Pgp appears to confer a proliferative advantage to stem cells through its anti-apoptotic effects (3, 4). An additional transporter molecule known as ABCG2 (ATP-Binding Cassette Gene 2) or Bcrp1 (Breast Cancer Resistance Protein 1), first identified in a breast cancer cell line (5), is expressed on stem cells (6). ABCG2 belongs to a family of molecules that span the cell membrane six times and can exist as either homo or hetero dimers linked by a short intracellular flexible linker region that plays an important role in the efflux of a wide range of substrates (7, 8). Although these transporter molecules have initially been thought to play a role in drug resistance, they have been found to have utility in better characterizing primitive stem cells. For example, the “side-population” of hematopoietic stem cells, characterized by their inability to retain high levels of the intracellular staining dyes Hoechst 33342 and Rhodamine 123, has been found to express high levels of ABCG2. Of interest is the observation that ABCG2 function has been linked to the efflux of the Hoechst dye (6). Furthermore, there is now evidence that this monoclonal can be used as a cell surface marker to identify hematopoietic stem cells within the bone marrow fraction of lineage negative cells (6). The expression of ABCG2 appears greatest on CD34  ^- cells and is downregulated with the acquisition of CD34 on the cell surface (6).

• References:

1. Chaudhary, P.M. and I.B. Roninson (1991) Cell 66:85.

2. Sorrentino, B.P. et al. (1995) Blood 86:491.

3. Pallis, M. and N. Russell (2000) Blood 95:2897.

4. Johnstone, R.W. et al. (1999) Blood 93:1075.

5. Doyle, L.A. et al. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:15665.

6. Zhou, S. et al. (2001) Nat. Medicine 7:1028.

7. Hrycyna, C.A. et al. (1998) Biochem. 37:13660.

8. Bunting, K.D. (2002) Stem Cells 20:11.

• Long Name:

  ATP-binding Cassette Transporter G2

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  9429 (Human)

• Alternate Names:

  ABC transporter; ABC15; ABCG2; ABCP; ABCPMGC102821; ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2; ATP-binding cassette transporter G2; ATP-binding cassette, sub-family G (WHITE), member 2; BCRP; BCRP1; BCRPMRX; BMDP; Breast cancer resistance protein; CD338 antigen; CD338; CDw338; EST157481; mitoxantrone resistance protein; Mitoxantrone resistance-associated protein; MXR; MXRMXR1; placenta specific MDR protein; Placenta-specific ATP-binding cassette transporter