Mouse anti PSMA

The antibody is shipped at ambient temperature and may be stored at +4°C. For prolonged storage prepare appropriate aliquots and store at or below -20°C. Prior to use, an aliquot is thawed slowly in the dark at ambient temperature, spun down again and used to prepare working dilutions by adding sterile phosphate buffered saline (PBS, pH 7.2). Repeated thawing and freezing should be avoided. Working dilutions should be stored at +4°C, not refrozen, and preferably used the same day. If a slight precipitation occurs upon storage, this should be removed by centrifugation. It will not affect the performance or the concentration of the product.

107.1A4 recognizes an antigen, which appeared to be distinct from those previously described and shows specific tumor targeting in preliminary in vivo studies. MAb 107-1A4 is suggested to recognize a distinct conformational and unique epitope in the extracellular domain of PSMA. PSMA is a type II membrane glycoprotein of 100kDa that has a short intracellular N-terminal domain (residues 1 to 18), a transmembrane region (residues 19 to 43) and a large extracellular domain consisting of residues 44 to 750.