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Monoclonal Anti-Caldesmon (Smooth) antibody produced in mouse

clone hHCD, ascites fluid

Synonym(s):

Anti-CDM, Anti-H-CAD, Anti-HCAD, Anti-L-CAD, Anti-LCAD, Anti-NAG22, Anti-h-CD

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About This Item

MDL number:
MFCD00164554
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

mouse

Quality Level

200

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

ascites fluid

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

hHCD, monoclonal

contains

15 mM sodium azide

species reactivity

sheep, rabbit, human, pig, bovine, mouse

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry: 1:500 using methacarn-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of human or animal tissue
immunoprecipitation (IP): suitable
western blot: 1:4,000 using human uterus extract

isotype

IgG1

UniProt accession no.

Q05682

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... CALD1(800)
mouse ... Cald1(109624)

Specificity

The antibody (also cited as h-CD) reacts in immunoblotting assays with caldesmon polypeptide of 150 kDa (h-caldesmon). It does not cross-react with skeletal or cardiac muscle or with the 70 kDa non-muscle caldesmon. In immunohistochemical staining, the antibody exhibits smooth muscle specificity. It stains vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells but not epithelial, endothelial or connective tissue fibroblast cells. In normal and malignant breast tissue, the myoepithelial component of galactophorous sinuses (but not in ducts of lobules) is stained; however, the antibody may be non-reactive by immunocytochemical methods with cultured smooth muscle cells. This probably reflects the down regulation of caldesmon commonly observed in tissue culture.

Immunogen

human uterus smooth muscle extract.

Application

Applications in which this antibody has been used successfully, and the associated peer-reviewed papers, are given below.
Immunohistochemistry (1 paper)
Western Blotting (1 paper)
Monoclonal Anti-Caldesmon (Smooth) antibody produced in mouse is suitable for:
  • immunohistochemistry at a dilution of 1:500 using methacarn-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections of human or animal tissue
  • immunoprecipitation
  • western blot at a dilution of 1:4,000 using human uterus extract

Biochem/physiol Actions

Monoclonal Anti-Caldesmon (Smooth) (mouse IgG1 isotype) reacts in immunoblotting assays with caldesmon polypeptide of 150 kDa (h-Caldesmon).

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Melissa F Brereton et al.
PloS one, 8(2), e57451-e57451 (2013-02-26)
Adequate blood flow through placental chorionic plate resistance arteries (CPAs) is necessary for oxygen and nutrient transfer to the fetus and a successful pregnancy. In non-placental vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs), K(+) channels regulate contraction, vascular tone and blood flow.
E Vardar et al.
Biomaterials, 206, 41-48 (2019-03-30)
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a life changing condition, affecting 20 million women worldwide. In this study, we developed a bioactive, injectable bulking agent that consists of Permacol™ (Medtronic, Switzerland) and recombinant insulin like growth factor-1 conjugated fibrin micro-beads (fib_rIGF-1)
M G Frid et al.
Developmental biology, 153(2), 185-193 (1992-10-01)
Expression of the regulatory contractile proteins, heavy caldesmon (h-caldesmon) and calponin was studied in human aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) during development and compared with the expression of alpha-SM-actin and smooth muscle-myosin heavy chain (SM-MHCs). For this study, novel monoclonal
Jennifer M Kleinhenz et al.
PloS one, 10(10), e0139756-e0139756 (2015-10-10)
Activation of the nuclear hormone receptor, PPARγ, with pharmacological agonists promotes a contractile vascular smooth muscle cell phenotype and reduces oxidative stress and cell proliferation, particularly under pathological conditions including vascular injury, restenosis, and atherosclerosis. However, pharmacological agonists activate both
Isolation, culture, and characterization of human intestinal smooth muscle cells.
Martin Graham et al.
Methods in molecular medicine, 78, 417-423 (2003-06-27)
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