• Species Reactivity

  Mouse

• Specificity

  Detects mouse H60 in ELISAs and Western blots. In flow cytometry, stains mouse H60 transfectants but not irrelevant transfectants.

• Source

  Monoclonal Rat IgG2a Clone # 205326

• Immunogen

  BaF3 mouse pro-B cell line transfected with mouse H60 and mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse H60    
  Asp30-Gln212    
  Accession # Q3TDZ7

• Formulation

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

• Label

  Alexa Fluor 647

Applications

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  Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Flow Cytometry

  0.25-1 µg/10    ⁶ cells

  RAW 264.7 mouse monocyte/macrophage cell line

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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

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

Background: H60

H60 was originally described as an immunodominant histocompatibility antigen that is expressed in BALB mice but not in B6 mice. More recently it was reported to function as a ligand for mouse NKG2D, an activating receptor found on NK cells, on some T cell subsets, and on stimulated macrophages. H60 shares approximately 25 percent amino acid identity with the Rae-1 family, a small group of proteins that also function as ligands for mouse NKG2D. H60 and the Rae-1 proteins are distantly related to MHC class I proteins, but they possesses only the alpha 1 and alpha 2 Ig-like domains, and have no capacity to bind peptide or interact with beta 2‑microglobulin. The genes encoding these proteins are not found within the Major Histocompatibility Complex on mouse chromosome 17, but rather map to mouse chromosome 10. Unlike the GPI-linked Rae-1 proteins, H60 appears to be anchored to the membrane via a hydrophobic transmembrane segment. H60 transcripts were found in embryonic tissue, in spleen, and in some transformed cell lines. Transcripts were also observed in mouse skin cells after exposure to carcinogens. Binding of H60 to NKG2D results in the activation of cytolytic activity and/or cytokine production by the NKG2D-expressing effector cells. Ectopic expression of H60 on mouse tumor cell lines resulted in the in vivo rejection of the tumors (1‑6).

• References:

1. Malarkannan, S. et al. (1998) J. Immunol. 161:3501.

2. Diefenbach, A. et al. (2000) Nature Immunol. 1:119.

3. Cerwenka, A. et al. (2000) Immunity 12:721.

4. Cerwenka, A. et al. (2001) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:11521.

5. Diefenbach, A. et al. (2001) Nature 413:165.

6. NKG2D and its Ligands, .

• Long Name:

  Histocompatibility 60a

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  15101 (Mouse)

• Alternate Names:

  H60