Polyclonal Anti-Fascin

Price

200.00 USD

Size

100ug/vial

Reactivities

Hum, Mouse, Rat

Format

Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3.

References

1.Saishin, Y., Shimada, S., Morimura, H., Sato, K., Ishimoto, I., Tano, Y., Tohyama, M.Isolation of a cDNA encoding a photoreceptor cell-specific actin-bundling protein: retinal fascin.FEBS Lett. 414: 381-386, 1997.\n2.Wada, Y., Abe, T., Takeshita, T., Sato, H., Yanashima, K., Tamai, M.Mutation of human retinal fascin gene (FSCN2) causes autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci. 42: 2395-2400, 2001.\n

Storage Temp

At -20 degree C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4 degree C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20 degree C for a longer time.Avoid repeated freezing and thawing.

Scientific Background

Fascin is a actin cross-linking protein.The Fascin gene contains 5 exons and spans 7 kb. It is a 54-58 kilodalton monomeric actin filament bundling protein originally isolated from sea urchin egg but also found in Drosophila and vertebrates, including humans. Fascin (from the Latin for bundle) is spaced at 11 nanometre intervals along the filament. The bundles in cross section are seen to be hexagonally packed, and the longitudinal spacing is compatible with a model where fascin cross-links at alternating 4 and 5 actins. It is calcium insensitive and monomeric. Fascin binds beta-catenin, and colocalizes with it at the leading edges and borders of epithelial and endothelial cells. The role of Fascin in regulating cytoskeletal structures for the maintenance of cell adhesion, coordinating motility and invasion through interactions with signalling pathways is an active area of research especially from the cancer biology perspective. Abnormal fascin expression or function has been implicated in breast cancer, colon cancer, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, gallbladder cancer and prostate cancer.