TP MEMBRANE PREPARATION

Stock Code: 3571873
Manufacturer Part No: HTS081M

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Descriptions

Application

Radioligand binding assay, and GTPγS binding.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Target Sub-Family: Prostanoid

GPCR Class: A

Protein Target: TP / TXA2 / PGH2

Disclaimer

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General description

TP receptors (Thromboxane A2 receptors) are widely distributed among different organ systems and have been localized on both cell membranes and intracellular structures. TP receptors belong to G protein-coupled receptor family (Hirata et al., 1991). Activation of TP receptors induces platelet aggregation, vascular and respiratory smooth muscle constriction, and enhances mitogenic responses of vascular smooth muscle cells that are stimulated by growth factors (Ali et al, 1993; Hanasaki et al., 1990). The human TP receptor is encoded by a single gene that is alternatively spliced at the carboxyl terminus, resulting in two isoforms, TPα (343 residues) and TPβ (407 residues). Both isoforms couple to Gq pathway, but couple oppositely to adenylate cyclase. The cDNA encoding human TPα has been stablely expressed in the Chem-1 host, which supports high levels of recombinant receptor expression on the cell surface and contains high levels of the promiscuous G protein Gα15 to couple the receptor to the calcium signaling pathway. The membrane preparations exhibit a Kd of 9.19 nM for [3H]-SQ 29548. With 10 nM [3H]-SQ 29548, 10 ug/well TP Membrane Prep yields greater than 5-fold signal-to-background ratio.

Human Full-length human TBXA2R cDNA encoding the TP short form (TPα)

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Packaging

200 units

2 mL in 200 units

Physical form

One package contains enough membranes for at least 200 assays (units), where an unit is the amount of membrane that will yield greater than 5-fold signal:background with 3H-labeled SQ 29548 at 15 nM. Liquid in packaging buffer: 50 mM Tris pH 7.4, 10% glycerol and 1% BSA with no preservatives. Packaging method: Membranes protein were adjusted to the indicated concentration in packaging buffer, rapidly frozen, and stored at -80°C.

Quality

Signal:background and specific binding values obtained in a competition binding assay with varying amounts of Y₂ membrane prep: