MITF (microphthalmia transcription factor) is a basic helix-loop-helix-leucine-zipper (bHLH-Zip) transcription factor that regulates the development and survival of melanocytes and retinal pigment epithelium, and also is involved in transcription of pigmentation enzyme genes such as tyrosinase TRP1 and TRP2. MITF has been shown to be phosphorylated by MAP kinase in response to c-kit activation, resulting in upregulation of MITF transcriptional activity. Multiple isoforms of MITF exist, including MITF-A, MITF-B, MITF-C, MITF-H, and MITF-M, which differ in the amino-terminal domain and in their expression patterns. The MITF-M isoform is restricted to the melanocyte cell lineage. Anti-MITF, D5, recognizes a nuclear protein and is a useful aid for classification of primary and metastatic epithelioid malignant melanomas.
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Specifications
Application
Formalin
HIER
Clone
D5
Code Number
M3621
Immunogen
Histidine fusion protein of the amino-terminal Taq-Sac fragment of human MITF cDNA (1,2). See package insert for reference(s).
Isotype
IgG1, kappa
Reagent Provided
Monoclonal mouse antibody provided in liquid form as tissue culture supernatant (containing fetal bovine serum) dialyzed against 0.05 mol/L Tris-HCl, pH 7.2, and 0.015 mol/L sodium azide. Contains stabilizing protein.
Solutions
Concentrate
Species
Mouse Anti-Human
Specificity
In Western blot anaylsis of human melanoma cell line, 501mel, anti-MITF demonstrated 54 and 60 kDa bands corresponding to MITF variants differing in phosphorylation status. Further, specificity was demonstrated in gel-mobility assays where anti-MITF produced a specific gel-mobility supershift with MITF but not with related bHLHzip factors TFEB, TFEC and TFE3 (1). See package insert for reference(s).
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