Catalogue number: |
PA1223 |
Price: |
$200.00 |
Reactivities: |
Human, Mouse, Rat |
Applications: |
Western Blot |
Size: |
100ug/vial |
Gene: |
HPSE |
Swiss prot: |
Q9Y251 |
Form: |
Lyophilized |
Format: |
Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3. |
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.
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Scientific background: |
Heparanase, also known as HPSE, is an enzyme that acts both at the cell-surface and within the extracellular matrix to degrade polymeric heparan sulfate molecules into shorter chain length oligosaccharides. Heparanase is an endo-beta-D-glucuronidase capable of cleaving heparan sulfate and has been implicated in inflammation and tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. The successful penetration of the endothelial cell layer that lines the interior surface of blood vessels is an important process in the formation of blood borne tumour metastases. Heparan sulfate proteoglycans are major constituents of this layer and it has been shown that increased metastatic potential corresponds with increased heparanase activity for a number of cell lines. |
References: |
1. Vlodavsky I, Friedmann Y, Elkin M, Aingorn H, Atzmon R, Ishai-Michaeli R, Bitan M, Pappo O, Peretz T, Michal I, Spector L, Pecker I (July 1999), "Mammalian heparanase: gene cloning, expression and function in tumor progression and metastasis", Nature medicine 5 (7): 793 |
Additional info: |
A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminal of human Heparanase, identical to the related rat and mouse sequence. |