Anti-Prolactin Receptor/PRLR Antibody Picoband®

PRLR (Prolactin Receptor) is a cytokine receptor. By somatic cell hybrid analysis and by in situ hybridization, Arden et al. (1989, 1990) demonstrated that the prolactin receptor gene resides in the same chromosomal region as the growth hormone receptor gene, which has been mapped to 5p13-p12. Cunningham et al. (1990) demonstrated that zinc greatly increases the affinity of GH for the extracellular binding domain of PRLR, although it is not required for binding of GH to the growth hormone receptor or for binding of prolactin to the prolactin receptor. By mutational analysis, they showed that a cluster of 3 residues (histidine-18, histidine-21, and glutamic acid-174) in GH and histidine-188 in PRLR (conserved in all PRL receptors but not GH receptors) are likely zinc-ion ligands.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human PRLR, different from the related mouse sequence by eleven amino acids, and from the related rat sequence by fourteen amino acids.

This is a receptor for the anterior pituitary hormone prolactin (PRL) . Acts as a prosurvival factor for spermatozoa by inhibiting sperm capacitation through suppression of SRC kinase activation and stimulation of AKT. Isoform 4 is unable to transduce prolactin signaling. Isoform 6 is unable to transduce prolactin signaling. .

1. Arden, K. C., Boutin, J.-M., Djiane, J., Kelly, P. A., Cavenee, W. K. The receptors for prolactin and growth hormone are localized in the same region of human chromosome 5. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 53: 161-165, 1990. 2. Arden, K. C., Cavenee, W. K., Boutin, J.-M., Kelly, P. A. The genes encoding the receptors for prolactin and growth hormone map to human chromosome 5. (Abstract) Am. J. Hum. Genet. 45 (suppl.) : A129 only, 1989. 3. Cunningham, B. C., Bass, S., Fuh, G., Wells, J. A. Zinc mediation of the binding of human growth hormone to the human prolactin receptor. Science 250: 1709-1712, 1990.

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.