ARHGEF2
Reactivity: Human
WB
Host: Mouse
Polyclonal
unconjugated
Application Notes
For immunohistochemistry and Western blotting, dilutions to be used depend on detection system applied. It is recommended that users test the reagent and determine their own optimal dilutions. The typical starting working dilution is 1:50. 1
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Buffer
PBS, containing 0.1 % bovine serum albumin and 0.02 % sodium azide.
Preservative
Sodium azide
Precaution of Use
This product contains Sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Storage
4 °C
Storage Comment
Product should be stored at 4 °C. Under recommended storage conditions, product is stable for at least one year. The exact expiry date is indicated on the label.
Tonami, Kurihara, Arima, Nishiyama, Uchijima, Asano, Sorimachi, Kurihara: "Calpain-6, a microtubule-stabilizing protein, regulates Rac1 activity and cell motility through interaction with GEF-H1." in: Journal of cell science, Vol. 124, Issue Pt 8, pp. 1214-23, (2011) (PubMed).
Saito, Murata-Kamiya, Hirayama, Ohba, Hatakeyama: "Conversion of Helicobacter pylori CagA from senescence inducer to oncogenic driver through polarity-dependent regulation of p21." in: The Journal of experimental medicine, Vol. 207, Issue 10, pp. 2157-74, (2010) (PubMed).
Aijaz, DAtri, Citi, Balda, Matter: "Binding of GEF-H1 to the tight junction-associated adaptor cingulin results in inhibition of Rho signaling and G1/S phase transition." in: Developmental cell, Vol. 8, Issue 5, pp. 777-86, (2005) (PubMed).
Benais-Pont, Punn, Flores-Maldonado, Eckert, Raposo, Fleming, Cereijido, Balda, Matter: "Identification of a tight junction-associated guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates Rho and regulates paracellular permeability." in: The Journal of cell biology, Vol. 160, Issue 5, pp. 729-40, (2003) (PubMed).
The monoclonal antibody B4/7 recognizes human and canine guanine nucleotide exchange factor H1 (GEF-H1). GEFH1 is an ~110 kDa protein belonging to the Dbl family of proto-oncogenes. GEF-H1 can activate the small GTPase RhoA, but not Rac1 or Cdc42. Rho family GTPases are central regulators of epithelial tight junctions and the cytoskeleton. GEF-H1 can associate with different cytoskeletal structures, namely microtubules and the actin cytoskeleton. It has also been proposed to mediate crosstalk between the two types of filaments. Localization of GEF-H1 differs between cell types. In MRC-5 fibroblast cells, GEF-H1 localizes to stress fibers. In epithelial cells, GEF-H1 is associated with apical tight junctions and involved in regulating paracellular permeability of small hydrophilic tracers. Furthermore, its subcellular localization changes in mitotic cells, where endogenous GEF-H1 is concentrated at mitotic spindles. GEF-H1 is capable of binding to the F-actin binding junctional adaptor cingulin. Binding to cingulin inhibits GEF-H1 and results in the downregulation of RhoA and inhibition of G1/S phase transition. In low confluent cultured cells, the localization of GEF-H1 is predominantly cytoplasmic. With increasing density of the cells, free GEF-H1 is sequestered at the tight junctions by cingulin. GEF-H1 is part of the signaling pathway connecting epithelial polarity with the cell cycle, and as such involved in oncogenesis. Aliases Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2 (ARHGEF2), Microtubule-regulated Rho-GEF, Proliferating cell nucleolar antigen p40, KIAA0651, LFP40 1 Immunogen protein fraction isolated from detergent extracts of MDCK cells .