Anti-Periostin/POSTN Antibody Picoband®

POSTN (Periostin), also known as PN or OSF2, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POSTN gene. The International Radiation Hybrid Mapping Consortium mapped the POSTN gene to chromosome 13. Gillan et al. (2002) found that purified recombinant PN supported adhesion of ovarian epithelial cells. Shao et al. (2004) found that periostin was overexpressed by the majority of human primary breast cancers examined. Transfected tumor cell lines overexpressing periostin showed accelerated growth and angiogenesis as xenografts in immunocompromised animals. Kuhn et al. (2007) showed that extracellular periostin induced reentry of differentiated mammalian cardiomyocytes into the cell cycle.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminus of mouse Periostin, identical to the related rat sequence, and different from the related human sequence by three amino acids.

Atherosclerosis, Cancer, Cardiogenesis, Cardiovascular, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cell Type Markers, Cytoskeleton/ECM, Extracellular Matrix, Invasion/Microenvironment, Signal Transduction, Structures, Tags & Cell Markers, Vascular Inflammation

Induces cell attachment and spreading and plays a role in cell adhesion. May play a role in extracellular matrix mineralization. Enhances incorporation of BMP1 in the fibronectin matrix of connective tissues, and subsequent proteolytic activation of lysyl oxidase LOX. .

1. Gillan, L., Matei, D., Fishman, D. A., Gerbin, C. S., Karlan, B. Y., Chang, D. D. Periostin secreted by epithelial ovarian carcinoma is a ligand for alpha-V-beta-3 and alpha-V-beta-5 integrins and promotes cell motility. Cancer Res. 62: 5358-5364, 2002. 2. Kuhn, B., del Monte, F., Hajjar, R. J., Chang, Y.-S., Lebeche, D., Arab, S., Keating, M. T. Periostin induces proliferation of differentiated cardiomyocytes and promotes cardiac repair. Nature Med. 13: 962-969, 2007. 3. Shao, R., Bao, S., Bai, X., Blanchette, C., Anderson, R. M., Dang, T., Gishizky, M. L., Marks, J. R., Wang, X.-F. Acquired expression of periostin by human breast cancers promotes tumor angiogenesis through up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 expression. Molec. Cell. Biol. 24: 3992-4003, 2004.

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.