Species : |
Human |
Source : |
HEK293 |
Tag : |
Fc&His |
Protein Length : |
678-751 aa |
Form : |
Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH7.4, containing 0.01% SKL, 1mM DTT, 5% Trehalose and Proclin300. |
Bio-activity : |
Complement Component 5a (C5a) is a component of the complement system which plays a key role in promoting migration and adherence of neutrophils and monocytes to vessel walls. C5a has been proven to be able to induce chemotactic migration of THP-1 cells. Therefore, chemotaxis assay used 24-well microchemotaxis system was undertaken to detect the chemotactic effect of C5a on the human monocytic cell line THP-1. Briefly, THP-1 cells were seeded into the upper chambers (100µL cell suspension, 10^6 cells/mL in RPMI 1640 with 0.5% FBS) and C5a (50ng/mL and 100ng/mL diluted separately in serum free RPMI 1640) was added in lower chamber with a polycarbonate filter (8µm pore size) used to separate the two compartments. After incubation at 37°C with 5% CO2 for 2h, the filter was removed, then cells in low chamber were observed by inverted microscope at low magnification (×100) and the number of migrated cells were counted at high magnification (×400) randomly (five fields for each filter). Result: C5a is able to induce migration of THP-1 cells. The migrated THP-1 cells in low chamber at low magnification (×100) were shown. |
Molecular Mass : |
35.0kDa |
Endotoxin : |
<1.0EU per 1μg (determined by the LAL method). |
Purity : |
> 95% as determined by SDS-PAGE. |
Storage : |
Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Store at -20°C for 12 months. Aliquot and store at -80°C for 12 months. |
Reconstitution : |
Reconstitute in 10mM PBS (pH7.4) to a concentration of 0.1-1.0 mg/mL. Do not vortex. |