Application

Monoclonal Anti-Collagen, Type X antibody produced in mouse has been used in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)dot-blotimmunoblotting and immunohistochemistry

Biochem/physiol Actions

Type X collagen is a product of hypertrophic chondrocytes. Type X collagen is non-fibrillar, but forms fine pericellular filaments in association with cartilage collagen. It interacts with matrix proteins, such as connexin V, chondrocalcein, collagen II and proteoglycans, as well as with Ca²⁺. It acts as a scaffold to avoid local collapse during endochondral ossification and also has a role in cartilage mineralization. Mutations in the NC1-encoding domain of the human α1(X) collagen gene, are associated with Schmid metaphysical chondroplasia.

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General description

Monoclonal Anti-Collagen, Type X (mouse IgM isotype) is derived from the COL-10 hybridoma produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and splenocytes from a BALB/c mouse immunized with porcine collagen type X. Collagen type X shares a similar domain structure with type VIII collagen: a central triple-helical (COL1) domain of 50 kDa is flanked by N-terminal (NC2) and C-terminal (NC1) non-triple-helical domains.

Collagens are extracellular glycoproteins made up of three polypeptides that intermingle to form a triple helix. Type X collagen is a homotrimer of 59 kD α1(X) chains found in fetal hypertrophic cartilage in the growth zones of long bones, vertebrae and ribs, whereas in adults it is also present in thyroid cartilage. Monoclonal anti-collagen, type X antibody can be used in histological and immunohistochemical evaluation of cell cultures. It is also useful in study of specific differential tissue expression.

Immunogen

purified pig collagen type X.