Key Product Details

Species Reactivity

Porcine

Applications

Intracellular Staining by Flow Cytometry

Label

Alexa Fluor 750 (Excitation = 749 nm, Emission = 775 nm)

Antibody Source

Monoclonal Mouse IgG1 Clone # 99605

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Product Specifications

Immunogen

E. coli-derived recombinant porcine IL-4
His25-Cys133
Accession # Q04745

Specificity

Detects porcine IL-4 in direct ELISAs and Western blots. Does not cross-react with recombinant human IL-13 or with recombinant IL-4 from human, canine, bovine, mouse, rat, cotton rat, or feline systems.

Clonality

Monoclonal

Host

Mouse

Isotype

IgG1

Applications for Porcine IL-4 Alexa Fluor® 750-conjugated Antibody

Application
Recommended Usage

Intracellular Staining by Flow Cytometry

0.25-1 µg/106 cells
Sample: Porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells fixed with paraformaldehyde and permeabilized with saponin

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-4

Interleukin-4 (IL-4), also known as B cell-stimulatory factor-1, is a monomeric, approximately 13 - 18 kDa Th2 cytokine that shows pleiotropic effects during immune responses (1‑3). It is a glycosylated polypeptide that contains three intrachain disulfide bridges and adopts a bundled four alpha-helix structure (4). Porcine IL-4 is synthesized with a 24 amino acid (aa) signal sequence. Mature porcine IL-4 shares 78%, 59%, 41%, and 41% aa sequence identity with bovine, human, mouse, and rat IL-4, respectively. Human IL-4 is active on porcine vascular endothelial cells (5). IL-4 exerts its effects through two receptor complexes (6, 7). The type I receptor, which is expressed on hematopoietic cells, is a heterodimer of the ligand binding IL-4 R alpha and the common gamma chain (a shared subunit of the receptors for IL‑2, ‑7, ‑9, ‑15, and -21). The type II receptor on nonhematopoietic cells consists of IL-4 R alpha and IL-13 R alpha1. The type II receptor also transduces IL-13 mediated signals. IL‑4 is primarily expressed by Th2-biased CD4+ T cells, mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils (1, 2). It promotes cell proliferation, survival, and immunoglobulin class switch to IgE in B cells, acquisition of the Th2 phenotype by naïve CD4+ T cells, priming and chemotaxis of mast cells, eosinophils, and basophils, and the proliferation and activation of epithelial cells (8, 11). IL-4 plays a dominant role in the development of allergic inflammation and asthma (10, 12).

References

  1. Benczik, M. and S.L. Gaffen (2004) Immunol. Invest. 33:109.
  2. Chomarat, P. and J. Banchereau (1998) Int. Rev. Immunol. 17:1.
  3. Bailey, M. et al. (1993) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1171:328.
  4. Redfield, C. et al. (1991) Biochemistry 30:11029.
  5. Stocker, C.J. et al. (2000) J. Immunol. 164:3309.
  6. Mueller, T.D. et al. (2002) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1592:237.
  7. Nelms, K. et al. (1999) Annu. Rev. Immunol. 17:701.
  8. Paludan, S.R. (1998) Scand. J. Immunol. 48:459.
  9. Corthay, A. (2006) Scand. J. Immunol. 64:93.
  10. Ryan, J.J. et al. (2007) Crit. Rev. Immunol. 27:15.
  11. Grone, A. (2002) Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 88:1.
  12. Rosenberg, H.F. et al. (2007) J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 119:1303.

Long Name

Interleukin 4

Alternate Names

BCDF, BCGF-1, BCGF1, BSF-1, BSF1, IL4, IL4E12

Entrez Gene IDs

3565 (Human); 16189 (Mouse); 287287 (Rat); 397225 (Porcine); 280824 (Bovine); 403785 (Canine); 574281 (Primate); 100302454 (Rabbit)

Gene Symbol

IL4

UniProt

Q04745

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Product Specific Notices for Porcine IL-4 Alexa Fluor® 750-conjugated Antibody


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