• Product NameRecombinant Human Cardiotrophin-1
• Host SpeciesEscherichia coli.
• Purification> 95 % by SDS-PAGE and HPLC analyses.
• Biological ActivityFully biologically active when compared to standard. The ED50 as determined by a cell proliferation assay using human TF-1 cells is less than 1.0 ng/ml, corresponding to a specific activity of > 1.0x10⁶ IU/mg.
• EndotoxinLess than 0.1 EU/ug of rHuCT-1 as determined by LAL method.
• UniprotQ16619
• Gene ID1489
• Calculated MW Approximately 21.2 kDa, a single non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 201 amino acids.
• Target Sequence MSRREGSLED PQTDSSVSLL PHLEAKIRQT HSLAHLLTKY AEQLLQEYVQ LQGDPFGLPS FSPPRLPVAG LSAPAPSHAG LPVHERLRLD AAALAALPPL LDAVCRRQAE LNPRAPRLLR RLEDAARQAR ALGAAVEALL AALGAANRGP RAEPPAATAS AASATGVFPA KVLGLRVCGL YREWLSRTEG DLGQLLPGGS A
• Formulation Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered concentrated solution in 30 % Acetonitrile and 0.1 % TFA.
• 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.- 3 months, -20 to -70 ˚C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.

Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is a member of the cytokine family which also includes IL-6, IL-11, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), oncostatin M (OSM), and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF)[Pennica, 1996 #1320]. CT-1 is a pleiotropic cytokine which is expressed in various tissues including the adult heart, skeletal muscle, ovary, colon, prostate and fetal lung. Studies showed CT-1 which induces cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in vitro can bind to and activate the ILST/gp130 receptor. Human CT-1 encodes a 201 amino acid (a.a.) residue protein that lacks a hydrophobic signal peptide and it shares 78 % a.a. and 80 % a.a. sequence identity with murine and rat CT-1.

• Flow Cytometry (FCM) General Protocol
• Immunofluorescence(IC)
• Immunohistochemistry(Polymer)
• Western Blotting