MyBioSource.com's Rabbit Anti-AEG1 Antibody is a Rabbit Polyclonal antibody. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: EIA, Immunoassay, ELISA, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry, Immunoprecipitation, and Western Blot. The Rabbit Anti-AEG1 Antibody was generated using Metadherin, and MTDH as the antigen and it reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat, and Bovine.
Description
AEG1 (Astrocyte elevated gene 1), also called Metadherin (MTDH), or L LYsine-RIch CEACAM1 co-isolated (LYRIC), is 582 aa single transmembrane domain (TMD) protein, this protein is widely expressed and highly conserved between species. It is not a structural component for tight junctional (TJ) complexes, it is recruited during the maturation of the tight junction complex and co-localizes with tight junction proteins ZO-1 and occludin in polarized epithelial cells. This novel protein is also reported as an HIV-1 inducible gene, which is expressed ubiquitously with higher expression in tissues containing muscular actin and its expression is increased in astrocytes infected with HIV-1 or treated with gp120 or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. AEG1 expression is elevated in subsets of breast carcinomas, malignant gliomas and melanomas. AEG1 may affect tumor progression in multiple cell lineages by augmenting expression of the transformed phenotype and/or by inducing glutamate excitotoxicity in malignant glioma. In these contexts, an HIV-1-inducible gene, AEG-1, may contribute to multiple brain abnormalities and tumor formation, by both common and distinct mechanisms