Species Reactivity
Human
Specificity
Detects human IL-37/IL-1F7 in ELISAs.
Source
Monoclonal Mouse IgG 2B Clone # 899826
Purification
Protein A or G purified from hybridoma culture supernatant
Immunogen
E. coli-derived recombinant human IL-37/IL-1F7
Lys53-Val206
Accession # Q9NZH6Formulation
Supplied 0.2 mg/mL in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.
Label
Alexa Fluor 750
Applications
Recommended
ConcentrationSample
Intracellular Staining by Flow Cytometry
0.25-1 µg/10 6 cells
Human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) monocytes treated with LPS and monensin fixed with Flow Cytometry Fixation Buffer (Catalog # ) and permeabilized with Flow Cytometry Permeabilization/Wash Buffer I (Catalog # )
Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. are available in the Technical Information section on our website.
Preparation and Storage
Shipping
The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage
Protect from light. Do not freeze.
12 months from date of receipt, 2 to 8 °C as supplied.
Background: IL-37/IL-1F7
Human Interleukin 1 Family Member 7 (IL-1F7), also named IL-37, FIL-1Z, IL-1H4, and IL-1RP1, belongs to the IL-1 cytokine family. With the exception of IL-18 that maps to human chromosome 11, all other IL-1 family members map to the same cluster on human chromosome 2. Five alternatively spliced transcripts that arise through alternate exon usage have been described. These transcripts encode five different IL-1F7 isoforms (IL-1F7a through e also referred to as isofoms 1 through 5) that have distinct expression profiles. Polymorphism in the protein sequence of IL-1F7 isoforms also exists. Like IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-18, all of the IL-1F7 variants lack a typical signal peptide. The longest IL-1F7 transcript, referred to as IL-1F7b or IL-1F7 isoform 1, encodes a 218 amino acid (aa) residues proprotein containing a 45 aa propeptide, which is removed by caspase-1 to generate the 173 aa mature segment. Mature IL-1F7b and other IL-1F7 variants lack potential N-linked glycosylation sites. IL-1F7 shares approximately 21%, 24%, and 30% aa sequence identity with mature IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta and IL-1ra, respectively. Mouse IL-1F7 has not been reported, but human IL-1F7 is active on mouse cells. IL-1F7b binds to IL-18 R alpha with low affinity but does not exert any IL-18 agonistic or antagonistic effects. IL-1F7b also binds to the IL-18BP to enhance the antagonistic effects of IL-18BP. It has been proposed that IL-1F7b form a trimeric complex with IL-18BP and IL-18 R beta. This complex blocks IL-18 activity by sequestering the signal transducing subunit and preventing it from participating in IL-18 signaling (1‑8).
References:
Smith, D.E. et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275:1169.
Kumar S. et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275:10308.
Busfield S.J. et al. (2000) Genomics 66:213.
Kumar S. et al. (2002) Cytokine 18:61.
Bufler, P. et al. (2002) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:13723.
Gao, W. et al. (2003) J. Immunol. 170:1077.
Pan, G. et al. (2001) Cytokine 13:1.
Sims, J.E. et al. (2001) Trends Immunol. 22:533.
Long Name:
Interleukin 37
Entrez Gene IDs:
27178 (Human)
Alternate Names:
FIL1 zeta; FIL1; FIL1(ZETA); FIL1ZFIL1 zeta; IL-1F7; IL-1F7IL-1 zeta; IL1H4IL1F7 (canonical product IL-1F7b); IL-1H4IL-1F7b (IL-1H4, IL-1H, IL-1RP1); IL-1RP1IL-1X protein; IL1RP1interleukin 1 family member 7; IL-1X; IL37; IL-37; interleukin 1 family, member 7 (zeta); interleukin 1, zeta; interleukin-1 family member 7; Interleukin-1 homolog 4; interleukin-1 superfamily z; Interleukin-1 zeta; Interleukin-1-related protein
