Cadherin-5 (UniProt P55284; also known as Vascular endothelial cadherin, VE-Cad, VE-cadherin, VEcad, CD144) is encoded by the Cdh5 gene (Gene ID 12562) in murine species. Cadherins (calcium-dependent adhesion) are type-1 transmembrane proteins that form adherens junctions in tissues and play important roles in mediating cell adhesion. Cadherins are designated with a prefix that specifies their tissue association. Vascular endothelial-cadherin (VE-cadherin) is the transmembrane component of the endothelial adherens junction between vascular endothelial cells (ECs) and plays a pivotal role in endothelium integrity and in the control of vascular permeability. One characteristic of VEGF-induced vascular permeability is the phosphorylation of VE-cadherin, which leads to VE-cadherin internalization and the destabilization of adherens junctions. Likewise, VE-cadherin overexpression is shown to decrease the permeability of endothelial monolayers in vitro. VE-cadherin is initially produced with a signal peptide (a.a. 1-24) and a propeptide (a.a. 25-45) sequence, the removal of which yields tthe mature protein containing a large extracellular region (a.a. 46-599) with five cadherine repeats (a.a. 46-149, 150-256, 257-371, 372-476, 477-593), followed by a transmembrane segment (a.a. 600-620) and a cytoplasmic domain (a.a. 621-784).
Synonyms: Cadherin-5, CD144, Vascular endothelial cadherin, VE-Cad, VE-cadherin, VEcad
Application: Western Blotting Analysis: An 1:500 dilution of this antibody detected VE-Cadherin in 10 µg of mouse brain endothelial bEnd.3 cell lysate. Western Blotting Analysis: An 1:2,000 dilution from a representative lot detected VE-cadherin expression in lysastes from mouse lung tissue, mouse brain endothelial bEnd.3 cells, and bovine aortic endothelial GM7372 cells (Courtesy of Dr. Volkhard Lindner, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME). Immunohistochemistry Analysis: An 1:250-5,000 dilution from a representative lot detected VE-cadherin immunoreactivity in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embeded mouse lung, aorta, and liver tissue sections (Courtesy of Dr. Volkhard Lindner, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME).Immunocytochemistry Analysis: An 1:500-5,000 dilution from a representative lot detected VE-cadherin immunoreactivity in bovine aortic endothelial GM7372 cells (Courtesy of Dr. Volkhard Lindner, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME).
Other Notes: Concentration: Please refer to lot specific datasheet.