Anti-Human CD38 (HB-7) - FITC - 500 µg

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CD38 is a type II transmembrane glycoprotein that functions as an adhesion molecule with ectoenzymatic activities that contribute to intracellular calcium mobilization 1, 2. Dysregulation is associated with a number of diseases, including HIV, autoimmune, type II diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and hematological malignancies such as multiple myeloma (MM) 1, a neoplasm characterized by clonal expansion of malignant plasma cells 2. Because CD38 is strongly and uniformly expressed on myeloma cells, but has limited expression on normal cells, anti-CD38 antibody HB-7 was used to develop an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) capable of killing human myeloma and lymphoma cell lines 3. This ADC is composed of HB-7 conjugated to a chemically modified ricin molecule and is able to block protein synthesis in multiple myeloma cells and in normal bone marrow mononuclear cells. HB-7 was developed by immunizing BALB/c mice with viable cells of the Human Burkitt lymphoma B cell line BJAB 4. The antibody binds to an epitope in the carboxyl terminus of CD38 between residues 273-285, which is also the site of enzyme activity 5. Binding is unaffected by the presence of NAD+ and does not influence CD38 catalytic activity 6.

0.2 mg/ml

CD38 is expressed on plasma cells, other lymphoid and myeloid cell populations, natural killer cells, B cells, activated T cells, some peripheral regulatory T cells, monocytes, lymph node germinal center lymphoblasts, intrafollicular cells, dendritic cells, erythrocytes, platelets, committed stem cells, Purkinje cells, neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, epithelial cells in the prostate, β‐cells in the pancreas, retinal cells in the eye, and sarcolemma of smooth and striated muscle. CD38 can also be detected on early osteoclast progenitors but not on osteoblasts and mature osteoclasts. CD38 expression is very high and uniform on all malignant cells in multiple myeloma. While generally found on the plasma membrane, CD38 has also been detected in the cytosol or nucleus in brain, pancreatic acinar cells, smooth muscle, and osteoclasts.