Anti-FABP4 Antibody Picoband®

Fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) are small cytoplasmic proteins that are expressed in a highly tissue-specific manner and bind to fatty acids such as oleic and retinoic acid. Adipocyte fatty-acid-binding protein, aP2 (FABP4) is expressed in adipocytes and macrophages, and integrates inflammatory and metabolic responses. Studies in aP2-deficient mice have shown that this lipid chaperone has a significant role in several aspects of metabolic syndrome, including type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. It regulates allergic airway inflammation and may provide a link between fatty acid metabolism and asthma.

Fatty acid-binding protein, adipocyte; Adipocyte lipid-binding protein; ALBP; Adipocyte-type fatty acid-binding protein; A-FABP; AFABP; Fatty acid-binding protein 4; FABP4

Cancer, Cancer Metabolism, Cardiovascular, Fatty Acid Oxidation, Fatty Acids, Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism, Lipid Metabolism, Lipids/Lipoproteins, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Metabolic Signaling Pathway, Metabolic Signaling Pathways, Metabolism, Metabolism of Lipids and Lipoproteins, Pathways and Processes, Redox Metabolism, Signal Transduction, Stem Cells

Lipid transport protein in adipocytes. Binds both long chain fatty acids and retinoic acid. Delivers long-chain fatty acids and retinoic acid to their cognate receptors in the nucleus (By similarity) . .

1. Hotamisligil, G. S.; Johnson, R. S.; Distel, R. J.; Ellis, R.; Papaioannou, V. E.; Spiegelman, B. M. : Uncoupling of obesity from insulin resistance through a targeted mutation in aP2, the adipocyte fatty acid binding protein. Science 274: 1377-1379, 1996. 2. Furuhashi, M.; Tuncman, G.; Gorgun, C. Z.; Makowski, L.; Atsumi, G.; Vaillancourt, E.; Kono, K.; Babaev, V. R.; Fazio, S.; Linton, M. F.; Sulsky, R.; Robl, J. A.; Parker, R. A.; Hotamisligil, G. S. : Treatment of diabetes and atherosclerosis by inhibiting fatty-acid-binding protein aP2. Nature 447: 959-965, 2007. 3. Shum, B. O. V.; Mackay, C. R.; Gorgun, C. Z.; Frost, M. J.; Kumar, R. K.; Hotamisligil, G. S.; Rolph, M. S. : The adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein aP2 is required in allergic airway inflammation. J. Clin. Invest. 116: 2183-2192, 2006.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.

Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Depending on the nature of the ligand, a conformation change exposes a nuclear localization motif and the protein is transported into the nucleus. Subject to constitutive nuclear export (By similarity) . .