Anti-TIMP3 Antibody Picoband®

Metalloproteinase inhibitor 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TIMP3 gene. It is mapped to 22q12.1-q13.2. This gene belongs to the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases gene family. The proteins encoded by this gene family are inhibitors of the matrix metalloproteinases, a group of peptidases involved in degradation of theextracellular matrix (ECM) . Expression of this gene is induced in response to mitogenic stimulation and this netrin domain-containing protein is localized to the ECM. Mutations in this gene have been associated with the autosomal dominant disorder Sorsby's fundus dystrophy.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence in the middle region of human TIMP3, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by two amino acids.

Angiogenesis, Apoptosis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Cell Biology, Cytoskeleton/ECM, ECM Enzymes, Extracellular Matrix, Invasion/Microenvironment, Neuroscience, Protease Inhibitors, Proteolysis/Ubiquitin, Sensory System, Signal Transduction, Visual System

Complexes with metalloproteinases (such as collagenases) and irreversibly inactivates them by binding to their catalytic zinc cofactor. May form part of a tissue-specific acute response to remodeling stimuli. Known to act on MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-7, MMP-9, MMP-13, MMP-14 and MMP-15.

1. Entrez Gene: TIMP3 TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 3 (Sorsby fundus dystrophy, pseudoinflammatory) . 2. Apte, S. S.; Mattei, M.-G.; Olsen, B. R. : Cloning of the cDNA encoding human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) and mapping of the TIMP3 gene to chromosome 22. Genomics 19: 86-90, 1994. 3. Qi JH, Ebrahem Q, Moore N, Murphy G, Claesson-Welsh L, Bond M, Baker A, Anand-Apte B (Apr 2003) . A novel function for tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP3) : inhibition of angiogenesis by blockage of VEGF binding to VEGF receptor-2. Nat Med 9 (4) : 407–15.

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.