Active Cluster Of Differentiation 147 (CD147) (APB540Ra61)

Extracellular matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inducer (EMMPRIN), also known as basigin and CD147, is a 4466 kDa, variably N and Oglycosylated, type I transmembrane protein that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Human EMMPRIN is 269 amino acids (aa) in length and contains a 24 aa signal sequence, a 183 aa extracellular domain (ECD), a 21 aa transmembrane (TM) segment and a 41 aa cytoplasmic tail. The ECD contains one C2type and one Vtype Iglike domain. EMMPRIN is expressed in areas of tissue remodeling, including endometrium, placenta, skin, and regions undergoing angiogenesis. It is also expressed on cells with high metabolic activity, such as lymphoblasts, macrophages and particularly tumor cells. A functional ELISA assay was conducted to detect the interaction of recombinant rat EMMPRIN/CD147 and Spike glycoprotein . Briefly, biotin-linked CD147 were diluted serially in PBS, with 0.01% BSA (pH 7.4). Duplicate samples of 100 μl were then transferred to Spike glycoprotein-coated microtiter wells and incubated for 1h at 37℃. Wells were washed with PBST 3 times and incubation with Streptavidin-HRP for 30min, then wells were aspirated and washed 5 times. With the addition of substrate solution, wells were incubated 15-25 minutes at 37℃. Finally, add 50 μl stop solution to the wells and read at 450nm immediately. The binding activity of CD147 and Spike glycoprotein was shown in Figure 1, the EC50 for this effect is 0.343 ug/mL.