Mouse IL-7R alpha/CD127 Antibody

Catalog #: MAB7473 Datasheet / COA / SDS

Recombinant Monoclonal Antibody

Catalog #	Availability	Size / Price	Qty
MAB7473
MAB7473-SP

Detection of IL‑7 R alpha /CD127 in Mouse Splenocytes by Flow Cytometry.

1 Image

Product Details

Supplemental Products

Reviews

Summary Data Examples Preparation and Storage Reconstitution Calculator Background Product Datasheets Related Research Areas

Mouse IL-7R alpha/CD127 Antibody Summary

Species Reactivity

Mouse

Specificity

Stains mouse IL‑7 R alpha /CD127 transfectants but not irrelevant transfectants in flow cytometry.

Source

Recombinant Monoclonal Rabbit IgG Clone # 1140A

Purification

Protein A or G purified from cell culture supernatant

Immunogen

NSO mouse myeloma cell line transfected with mouse IL‑7 R alpha /CD127
Glu21-Asp239
Accession # P16872

Formulation

Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution in PBS with Trehalose. *Small pack size (SP) is supplied either lyophilized or as a 0.2 µm filtered solution in PBS.

Label

Unconjugated

Applications

Recommended Concentration

Sample

Flow Cytometry

0.25 µg/10⁶ cells

See below

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Scientific Data

Flow Cytometry

View Larger

Detection of IL‑7 R alpha /CD127 in Mouse Splenocytes by Flow Cytometry. Mouse splenocytes were stained with Rat Anti-Mouse CD3 APC-conjugated Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # FAB4841A) and either (A) Rabbit Anti-Mouse IL-7 Ra/CD127 Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # MAB7473) or (B) Normal Rabbit IgG Control (Catalog # AB-105-C) followed by Phycoerythrin-conjugated Anti-Rabbit IgG Secondary Antibody (Catalog # F0110).

Reconstitution Calculator

Preparation and Storage

Reconstitution

Reconstitute at 0.5 mg/mL in sterile PBS.

Shipping

Lyophilized product is shipped at ambient temperature. Liquid small pack size (-SP) is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store immediately at the temperature recommended below.

Stability & Storage

Use a manual defrost freezer and avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.
1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Background: IL-7R alpha/CD127

Interleukin 7 Receptor alpha (IL-7 R alpha ), also known as CD127, is a 75 kDa hematopoietin receptor superfamily member that plays an important role in lymphocyte differentiation, proliferation, and survival (1, 2). Mature mouse IL-7 R alpha consists of a 219 amino acid (aa) extracellular domain (ECD) with one fibronectin type III domain and a WSxWS motif, a 25 aa transmembrane segment, and a 195 aa cytoplasmic domain (3). Within the ECD, mouse IL-7 R alpha shares 67% and 79% aa sequence identity with human and rat IL‑7 R alpha, respectively. IL-7 R alpha associates with the common gamma chain ( gamma _c) to form the functional high affinity IL-7 receptor complex (4). The gamma _c is also a subunit of the receptors for IL-2, -4, -9, -15, and -21. Human and mouse IL-7 show cross-species activity through the IL-7 receptor (3, 5). IL‑7 R alpha is expressed on double negative (CD4^-CD8^-) and CD4⁺ or CD8⁺ single positive T cells as well as on CD8⁺ memory T cells and their precursors (6, 7). It is expressed early in B cell development, prior to the appearance of surface IgM (6). In mouse, IL-7 activation of IL‑7 R alpha is critical for both T cell and B cell lineage development (8). In human it is required for T cell but not for B cell development (9). IL‑7 induces the down regulation and shedding of cell surface IL-7 R alpha (10). IL-7 R alpha additionally associates with TSLP R to form the functional receptor for thymic stromal lymphopoietin (11, 12). TSLP indirectly regulates T cell development by modulating dendritic cell activation (2, 13). Knockout of TSLP R in mice provokes minor changes in B and T cell development compared to those seen with IL‑7 R alpha deletion (8, 14). The complexity of IL-7 R alpha biology is suggested by the competition between IL-7 and TSLP for receptor binding and by the ability of IL‑7 R alpha to form functional complexes with SCF R and HGF R (11, 12, 15, 16).

References

Mazzucchelli, R. and S.K. Durum, 2007, Nat. Rev. Immunol. 7:144.
Liu, Y.-J. et al. (2007) Annu. Rev. Immunol. 25:193.
Goodwin, R.G. et al. (1990) Cell 60:941.
Noguchi, M. et al. (1993) Science 262:1877.
Barata, J.T. et al. (2006), Exp. Hematol. 34:1133.
Sudo, T. et al. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 90:9125.
Kaech, S.M. et al. (2003) Nat. Immunol. 4:1191.
Peschon, J.J. et al. (1994) J. Exp. Med. 180:1955.
Prieyl, J.A. and T.W. LeBien (1996) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93:10348.
Vranjkovic, A. et al. (2007) Int. Immunol. 19:1329.
Park, L.S. et al. (2000) J. Exp. Med. 192:659.
Pandey, A. et al. (2000) Nat. Immunol. 1:59.
Reche, P.A. et al. (2001) J. Immunol. 167:336.
Al-Shami, A. et al. (2004) J. Exp. Med. 200:159.
Jahn, T. et al. (2007) Blood 110:1840.
Lai, L. et al. (2006) Blood 107:1776.

Long Name

Interleukin 7 Receptor alpha

Entrez Gene IDs

3575 (Human); 16197 (Mouse); 294797 (Rat); 102143679 (Cynomolgus Monkey)

Alternate Names

CD127 antigen; CD127; CD127ILRA; CDW127; IL-7 R alpha; IL-7 receptor subunit alpha; IL7R alpha; IL-7R alpha; IL-7R subunit alpha; IL7R; IL7RA; IL-7Ra; IL-7R-alpha; interleukin 7 receptor alpha chain; interleukin 7 receptor isoform H5-6; interleukin 7 receptor; interleukin-7 receptor subunit alpha