• Purity

  >97%, by SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions and visualized by silver stain

• Endotoxin Level

  <0.10 EU per 1 μg of the protein by the LAL method.  

• Activity

  Measured by its ability to chemoattract BaF3 mouse pro‑B cells transfected with mouse CCR3. The ED    ₅₀ for this effect is 1-5 ng/mL.

• Source

  E. coli-derived Gly24-Pro97

• Accession #

• N-terminal Sequence    
  Analysis

  Gly24

• Predicted Molecular Mass

  8.4 kDa

Carrier Free

What does CF mean?

CF stands for Carrier Free (CF). We typically add Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a carrier protein to our recombinant proteins. Adding a carrier protein enhances protein stability, increases shelf-life, and allows the recombinant protein to be stored at a more dilute concentration. The carrier free version does not contain BSA.

What formulation is right for me?

In general, we advise purchasing the recombinant protein with BSA for use in cell or tissue culture, or as an ELISA standard. In contrast, the carrier free protein is recommended for applications, in which the presence of BSA could interfere.

Background: CCL11/Eotaxin

CCL11 is a potent eosinophil chemoattractant that was originally purified from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of guinea pigs sensitized by aerosol challenge with ovalbumin. Microsequencing of the purified protein revealed the guinea pig CCL11 to be a member of the beta (CC) chemokine family of inflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokines. cDNA clones for guinea pig, mouse and human CCL11 have been isolated. Human CCL11 cDNA encodes a 97 amino acid residue precursor protein from which the amino-terminal 23 amino acid residues are cleaved to generate the 74 amino acid residue mature human CCL11. At the protein sequence level, mature human CCL11 is approximately 60% identical to mature mouse and guinea pig CCL11. In addition, human CCL11 also shows high amino acid sequence identity to human MCP-1, 2 and 3. Human CCL11 is chemotactic for eosinophils, but not mononuclear cells or neutrophils. The CC chemokine receptor 3 (CCR3) has now been identified to be a specific human CCL11 receptor (1 - 3). CCR3 has also been shown to serve as a cofactor for a restricted subset of primary HIV viruses and binding of CCL11 to CCR3 inhibited infection by the HIV isolates (4).

• References:

   

1. Kitamura, M. et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem 271:7725.

2. Garcia-Zepeda, E.A. et al. (1996) Nature Medicine 2:449.

3. Ponath, P.D. et al. (1996) J. Clin. Invest. 97:604.

4. Choe, H. et al. (1996) Cell 85:1135.

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  6356 (Human); 20292 (Mouse)

• Alternate Names:

  C-C motif chemokine 11; CCL11; chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 11; Eosinophil chemotactic protein; Eotaxin; eotaxin-1; MGC22554; SCYA11Small-inducible cytokine A11; small inducible cytokine subfamily A (Cys-Cys), member 11 (eotaxin)