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Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Mouse

Applications

Flow Cytometry

Label

Alexa Fluor 405 (Excitation = 405 nm, Emission = 421 nm)

Antibody Source

Monoclonal Rat IgG2A Clone # 255821

Product Specifications

Immunogen

Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse IL-6 R alpha
Leu20-Glu357
Accession # P22272

Specificity

Detects mouse IL‑6 R alpha in direct ELISAs. In direct ELISAs, no cross‑reactivity with recombinant human IL-6 R alpha is observed.

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Rat

Isotype

IgG2A

Applications for Mouse IL-6R alpha Alexa Fluor® 405-conjugated Antibody

Application
Recommended Usage

Flow Cytometry

0.25-1 µg/106 cells
Sample: Mouse CD3+ splenocytes
Please Note: Optimal dilutions of this antibody should be experimentally determined.

Formulation, Preparation, and Storage

Purification

Protein A or G purified from hybridoma culture supernatant

Formulation

Supplied 0.2 mg/mL in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

Shipping

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

Stability & Storage

Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.

Background: IL-6R alpha

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine that exerts its activities by binding to a high-affinity receptor complex consisting of two membrane glycoproteins: an 80 kDa ligand binding subunit (IL-6 R alpha/CD126) and a 130 kDa nonligand-binding signal-transducing subunit (gp130/CD130) (1‑4). Mature mouse IL-6 R alpha is a type I transmembrane protein of 460 amino acids (aa) that contains a 345 aa extracellular ligand binding domain, a 21 aa transmembrane region, and a 75 aa cytoplasmic segment (2). The extracellular segment contains an Ig-like and a fibronectin-type III domain, plus a membrane proximal WSxWS motif. In their extracellular regions, mouse IL‑6 R alpha shares 89%, 51% and 50% aa identity with rat, human and porcine IL‑6 R alpha, respectively. Unlike gp130 that is expressed ubiquitously, the cellular distribution of IL-6 R alpha is predominantly limited to hepatocytes and leukocyte subpopulations such as monocytes, neutrophils, T and B cells. Soluble IL-6R alpha has been found in various body fluids (5). Two soluble receptor isoforms that arise either from proteolytic cleavage of the membrane-bound IL‑6 R alpha, or by alternative mRNA splicing (reported only in human) have been described (6, 7). Soluble IL-6 R alpha binds  IL-6 with an affinity similar to that of the membrane-bound IL-6 R alpha. More importantly, the soluble IL-6 R alpha/IL-6 complex is capable of interacting with the membrane-bound gp130 to activate cells that lack an integral membrane IL-6 R alpha. It has been documented that elevated soluble IL-6 R is associated with numerous diseases including arthritic lesions, multiple myeloma and Crohn’s disease (6, 7).

References

  1. Yamasaki, K. et al. (1988) Science 241:825.
  2. Sugita, T. et al. (1990) J. Exp. Med. 171:2001.
  3. Hibi, M. et al. (1990) Cell 63:1149.
  4. Saito, M. et al. (1992) J. Immunol. 148:4066.
  5. Novick, D. et al. (1989) J. Exp. Med. 170:1409.
  6. Jones, S.A. et al. (2001) FASEB J. 15:43.
  7. Jones, S.A. and S. Rose-John (2002) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1592:251.

Long Name

Interleukin 6 Receptor alpha

Alternate Names

CD126, IL-6 R alpha, IL-6Ra, IL6R, IL6R alpha

Entrez Gene IDs

3570 (Human); 16194 (Mouse); 24499 (Rat); 102116430 (Cynomolgus Monkey)

Gene Symbol

IL6R

UniProt

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