Recombinant Mouse CXCL12/SDF-1 beta

Stable at 2-8C, but best kept desiccated -20C. Upon reconstitution, stable for up to 1 week at 2-8C. For longer term, store in working aliquots below -20C. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

SDF-1alpha and SDF-1beta, members of the chemokine alpha subfamily that lack the ELR domain, were initially identified using the signal sequence trap cloning strategy from a mouse bone-marrow stromal cell line. These proteins were subsequently also cloned from a human stromal cell line as cytokines that supported the proliferation of a stromal cell-dependent pre-B-cell line. SDF-1alpha and SDF-1beta cDNAs encode precursor proteins of 89 and 93 amino acid residues, respectively. Both SDF-1alpha and SDF-1beta are encoded by a single gene and arise by alternative splicing. The two proteins are identical except for the four amino acid residues that are present in the carboxy-terminus of SDF-1beta and absent from SDF-1alpha. SDF-1/PBSF is highly conserved between species, with only one amino acid substitution between the mature human and mouse proteins. SDF-1/PBSF acts via the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and has been shown to be a chemoattractant for T-lymphocytes, monocytes, pro- and pre- B cells, but not neutrophils. Mice lacking SDF-1 or CXCR4 have been found to have impaired B-lymphopoiesis, myelopoiesis, vascular development, cardiogenesis and abnormal neuronal cell migration and patterning in the central nervous system.

Centrifuge vial prior to opening. Add sterile distilled water or aqueous buffer to a concentration of 0.1-1.0 mg/mL. Further dilutions should be made in appropriate buffered solutions.

Less than 1EU/ug of rMuSDF-1beta/CXCL12 as determined by LAL method.