Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting
Specificity / Sensitivity
Angiopoietin-2 Antibody detects transfected levels of mouse angiopoietin-2 protein.
Species Reactivity: Mouse
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Lys275 of mouse angiopoietin-2. Antibodies are purified by peptide affinity chromatography.
Background
Angiopoietins are a family of Tie receptor ligands. There are four angiopoietins discovered so far: angiopoietins 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Ang1, 2, 3, and 4) (1-3). Ang1 binds to the Tie-2 receptor and leads to its autophosphorylation and subsequent activation of downstream signaling pathways. It plays an important role in blood vessel formation, maturation and subsequent stabilization (1,4,5). Ang2 is an endothelium-specific growth factor that functions as an antagonist to Ang1, promotes vascular associated proinflammatory function, destabilizes quiescent endothelium, leads to vascular leakage and vascular destabilization and remodeling (2,6,7). Ang2 is selectively expressed in many tumor tissues where, combined with other growth factors such as VEGF, it can promote vascular remodeling, angiogenesis and inflammation (7-9).
Alternate Names
AGPT2; ANG-2; ANG2; angiopoietin 2; Angiopoietin-2; angiopoietin-2a; angiopoietin-2B; ANGP2; ANGPT2; Tie2-ligand
