• Species Reactivity

  Mouse

• Specificity

  Detects mouse PILR-alpha in direct ELISAs and Western blots. In Western blots, approximately 20% cross-reactivity with recombinant mouse PILR-beta is observed and 5% cross-reactivity with recombinant human PILR-alpha is observed.

• Source

  Polyclonal Goat IgG

• Purification

  Antigen Affinity-purified

• Immunogen

  Mouse myeloma cell line NS0-derived recombinant mouse PILR-alpha isoform 1    
  Leu21-Val197    
  Accession # Q2YFS3

• Formulation

  Supplied in a saline solution containing BSA and Sodium Azide.

• Label

  Alexa Fluor 488

Applications

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  Recommended    
  Concentration

  Sample

• Flow Cytometry

  5 µL/10    ⁶ cells

  See below

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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.

Data Examples

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: PILR-alpha

PILR-alpha (Paired Immunoglobulin-like type 2 Receptor-alpha), also named FDF03, is one of two members of a small family of immunoregulatory Ig-superfamily receptors (1, 2). It is a counterpart to PILR-beta and it likely gave rise to PILR-beta through gene duplication and rearrangement (1). The PILRs represent one of many pairs of Ig-like domain-containing receptors that participate in immune regulation. PILR-alpha and -beta should not be confused with the similarly named PIRs (also paired immunoglobulin‑like receptors), or the functionally-related SIRP and ILT/LILR/CD85/LIR family of receptors (2). While PIRs, ILTs and SIRPs contain three to six Ig‑like domains in their extracellular region, PILR-alpha and -beta show only one Ig-like region in their extracellular domain (ECD) (1, 2). Mouse PILR-alpha is a monomeric, 271 amino acid (aa) type I transmembrane (TM) protein (3). It contains a 167 aa ECD, a 21 aa TM segment, and a long, 83 aa cytoplasmic region. The ECD shows one V‑type Ig-like domain between aa 40-134, while the cytoplasmic region contains two ITIMs (immunoreceptor Tyr-based inhibitory motifs) between aa 265-270 and 294‑299. Given that ITIMs are known to interact with phosphatases such as PTPN6 and PTPN11, the presence of these motifs makes mouse PILR-alpha an inhibitory receptor. In human, activation of PILR-alpha inhibits CD32/Fc gamma RII-induced calcium mobilization (3). Although CD99 is a known ligand for both PILR-alpha and -beta (4), highest affinity binding seems to occur between CD99 and PILR-alpha (4). Mouse PILR-alpha is found on neutrophils and macrophages (4). The additional ligands for PILR-alpha have been reported. One is PANP that is expressed in neural tissue, while two others are NPDC1 and Collectin-12. In all cases, O-linked carbohydrates on the ligands are central to binding (5,6). Mouse PILR-alpha ECD is 43% and 69% aa identical to human and rat PILR-alpha ECD, respectively; it is 75% aa identical to the ECD of mouse PILR-beta (3).

• References:

1. Wilson, M.D. et al. (2006) Physiol. Genomics 27:201.

2. Lanier, L.L. (2001) Curr. Opin. Immunol. 13:326.

3. Fournier, N. et al. (2000) J. Immunol. 165:1197.

4. Shiratori, I. et al. (2004) J. Exp. Med. 199:525.

5. Kogure, A. et al. (2011) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 405:428.

6. Sun, Y. et al. (2012) J. Biol. Chem. 287:15837.

• Long Name:

  Paired-Ig-likeType 2 Receptor alpha

• Entrez Gene IDs:

  29992 (Human); 231805 (Mouse); 288568 (Rat)

• Alternate Names:

  Cell surface receptor FDF03; FDF03; inhibitory receptor PILRalpha; Inhibitory receptor PILR-alpha; paired immunoglobin-like receptor alpha; paired immunoglobin-like type 2 receptor alpha; paired immunoglobulin-like receptor alpha; paired immunoglobulin-like type 2 receptor alpha; PILRA; PILRalpha; PILR-alpha