Anti-Leptin Antibody Picoband®

Leptin is a protein product of the mouse obese gene. Mice with mutations in the obese gene that block the synthesis of Leptin have been found to be obese and diabetic and to have reduced activity, metabolism and body temperature. cDNA clones encoding Leptin have been isolated from human, simian, mouse, and rat cells. The expression of Leptin mRNA has been shown to be restricted to adipose tissue. Although regulation of fat stores is deemed to be the primary function of leptin, it also plays a role in other physiological processes, as evidenced by its multiple sites of synthesis other than fat cells, and the multiple cell types beside hypothalamic cells that have leptin receptors. Many of these additional functions are yet to be defined.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of mouse Leptin, different from the related human sequence by five amino acids, and from the related rat sequence by two amino acids.

Detected in blood plasma (PubMed:8820107) . Produced and secreted by astrocytes (at protein level) (PubMed:19065001) . Abundantly expressed in liver, brain and testis with highest levels in liver. In the brain, found in cerebellum, cerebral cortex, hippocampus and brain stem. Located to neurons and neuroglia. .

Atherosclerosis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes-associated, Growth Factors/Hormones, Heart Disease, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Metabolism, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Obesity, Signal Transduction, Stem Cells

May function as part of a signaling pathway that acts to regulate the size of the body fat depot. An increase in the level of LEP may act ly or inly on the CNS to inhibit food intake and/or regulate energy expenditure as part of a homeostatic mechanism to maintain constancy of the adipose mass.

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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.