Recombinant Human MIP-3/CCL23 (rHu MIP-3/CCL23)

MIP-3/CCL23 is a CC chemokine that signals through the CCR1 receptor. MIP-3 chemoattracts monocytes, resting T-lymphocytes and neutrophils, but does not chemoattract activated lymphocytes. Additionally, MIP-3 has been shown to inhibit colony formation of bone marrow myeloid immature progenitors. Alternative splicing of the MPIF1 gene results in two mRNAs that encode a short (CKβ8) and a long (CKβ81) isoform of the chemokine. CKβ8 cDNA encodes a 120 amino acid (aa) residue precursor protein with a putative 21 aa residue signal peptide that is cleaved to generate a 99 aa residue mature CKβ8 (aa 22 120) . Additional N terminal processing of the 99 aa residue variant can generate a 75 aa residue CKβ8 (aa 46 120) that is significantly more active than the 99 aa residue variant.