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Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse Anti-Mouse Foxp3
Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse Anti-Mouse Foxp3
Multicolor flow cytometric analysis of Foxp3 expression in mouse splenocytes. C57BL/6 mouse spleen cells were treated with BD Pharm Lyse™ Lysing Buffer (Cat. No. 555899) to lyse erythrocytes. The leucocytes were washed, fixed and permeabilized using the BD Pharmingen™ Mouse Foxp3 Buffer Set (Cat. No. 560409). The cells were then stained with BD Horizon™ BV421 Rat Anti-Mouse CD4 antibody (Cat. No. 562891), BD Horizon™ BUV395 Rat Anti-Mouse CD25 antibody (Cat. No. 564022) and with either Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse IgG1, κ Isotype Control (Cat. No. 567121; Top Plots) or Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse Anti-Foxp3 antibody (Cat. No. 567453; Bottom Plots) at 0.25 µg/test. Left Plots: Bivariate pseudocolor density plots showing the correlated expression of Foxp3 (or Ig Isotype control staining) versus CD4 were derived from gated events with the forward and side light-scatter characteristics of intact cells. Right Plots: Bivariate pseudocolor density plots showing the correlated expression of Foxp3 (or Ig Isotype control staining) versus CD25 were derived from CD4 positive-gated events with the light-scatter characteristics of intact cells. Flow cytometric analysis was performed using a BD LSRFortessa™ X-20 Flow Cytometer System and FlowJo™ software. Data shown on this Technical Data Sheet are not lot specific.
Multicolor flow cytometric analysis of Foxp3 expression in mouse splenocytes. C57BL/6 mouse spleen cells were treated with BD Pharm Lyse™ Lysing Buffer (Cat. No. 555899) to lyse erythrocytes. The leucocytes were washed, fixed and permeabilized using the BD Pharmingen™ Mouse Foxp3 Buffer Set (Cat. No. 560409). The cells were then stained with BD Horizon™ BV421 Rat Anti-Mouse CD4 antibody (Cat. No. 562891), BD Horizon™ BUV395 Rat Anti-Mouse CD25 antibody (Cat. No. 564022) and with either Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse IgG1, κ Isotype Control (Cat. No. 567121; Top Plots) or Alexa Fluor™ 488 Mouse Anti-Foxp3 antibody (Cat. No. 567453; Bottom Plots) at 0.25 µg/test. Left Plots: Bivariate pseudocolor density plots showing the correlated expression of Foxp3 (or Ig Isotype control staining) versus CD4 were derived from gated events with the forward and side light-scatter characteristics of intact cells. Right Plots: Bivariate pseudocolor density plots showing the correlated expression of Foxp3 (or Ig Isotype control staining) versus CD25 were derived from CD4 positive-gated events with the light-scatter characteristics of intact cells. Flow cytometric analysis was performed using a BD LSRFortessa™ X-20 Flow Cytometer System and FlowJo™ software. Data shown on this Technical Data Sheet are not lot specific.
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BD Pharmingen™
Foxp3; JM2; scurfin; scurfy; sf
Mouse (QC Testing)
Mouse BALB/c IgG1, κ
Mouse Foxp3 Recombinant Protein
Intracellular staining (flow cytometry) (Routinely Tested)
0.2 mg/ml
Aqueous buffered solution containing ≤0.09% sodium azide.
RUO


Preparation And Storage

Store undiluted at 4°C and protected from prolonged exposure to light. Do not freeze. The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography. The antibody was conjugated to the dye under optimum conditions and unreacted dye was removed.

Recommended Assay Procedures

BD® CompBeads can be used as surrogates to assess fluorescence spillover (Compensation).  When fluorochrome conjugated antibodies are bound to CompBeads, they have spectral properties very similar to cells.   However, for some fluorochromes there can be small differences in spectral emissions compared to cells, resulting in spillover values that differ when compared to biological controls.  It is strongly recommended that when using a reagent for the first time, users compare the spillover on cells and CompBead to ensure that BD® CompBeads are appropriate for your specific cellular application.

Product Notices

  1. Please refer to www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources for technical protocols.
  2. Alexa Fluor® 488 fluorochrome emission is collected at the same instrument settings as for fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC).
  3. Caution: Sodium azide yields highly toxic hydrazoic acid under acidic conditions. Dilute azide compounds in running water before discarding to avoid accumulation of potentially explosive deposits in plumbing.
  4. Since applications vary, each investigator should titrate the reagent to obtain optimal results.
  5. For fluorochrome spectra and suitable instrument settings, please refer to our Multicolor Flow Cytometry web page at www.bdbiosciences.com/colors.
  6. An isotype control should be used at the same concentration as the antibody of interest.
  7. This product is provided under an intellectual property license between Life Technologies Corporation and BD Businesses. The purchase of this product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use the purchased amount of the product and components of the product in research conducted by the buyer (whether the buyer is an academic or for-profit entity). The buyer cannot sell or otherwise transfer (a) this product (b) its components or (c) materials made using this product or its components to a third party or otherwise use this product or its components or materials made using this product or its components for Commercial Purposes. Commercial Purposes means any activity by a party for consideration and may include, but is not limited to: (1) use of the product or its components in manufacturing; (2) use of the product or its components to provide a service, information, or data; (3) use of the product or its components for therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic purposes; or (4) resale of the product or its components, whether or not such product or its components are resold for use in research. For information on purchasing a license to this product for any other use, contact Life Technologies Corporation, Cell Analysis Business Unit Business Development, 29851 Willow Creek Road, Eugene, OR 97402, USA, Tel: (541) 465-8300. Fax: (541) 335-0504.
  8. Please refer to http://regdocs.bd.com to access safety data sheets (SDS).
  9. Alexa Fluor™ is a trademark of Life Technologies Corporation.
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Antibody Details
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3G3

The 3G3 monoclonal antibody specifically binds to Forkhead box protein P3 (Foxp3) which is also known as Scurfin and JM2. Foxp3 is a 50-55 kDa protein that is encoded by Foxp3 (forkhead box P3) which belongs to the forkhead/winged helix family of transcriptional regulators. FoxP3 contains a single C2H2-type zinc-finger motif, a leucine-zipper region, and a C-terminal forkhead DNA-binding domain. Foxp3 is expressed by natural (nTreg) and induced/adaptive (iTreg) T regulatory cells. Foxp3 is a key transcription factor for Treg cell development and regulatory function. Treg cells play crucial roles in maintaining immune homeostasis by enforcing immunological tolerance to self-antigens and by suppressing excessive responses made by other immune cells to foreign antigens. Ectopic expression of Foxp3 in conventional T cells is sufficient to induce suppressive activity, repress the production of cytokines such as IL2 and IFN-γ, and upregulate Treg cell-associated molecules such as CTLA4/CD152 and GITR/TNFRSF18. A mutation in Foxp3 causes a lack of functional Tregs in Scurfy (sf) mice which develop a systemic disease state with autoimmune manifestations. The 3G3 antibody reportedly binds to the N-terminus of Foxp3.

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Alexa Fluor™ 488
Alexa Fluor™ 488 Dye is part of the BD blue family of dyes. This is a small organic fluorochrome with an excitation maximum (Ex Max) at 494-nm and an emission maximum (Em Max) at 517-nm. Alexa Fluor™ 488 is designed to be excited by the Blue laser (488 nm) and detected using an optical filter centered near 520-nm (e.g., a 530/30-nm bandpass filter). Please ensure that your instrument’s configurations (lasers and optical filters) are appropriate for this dye.
Alexa Fluor™ 488
Blue 488 nm
494 nm
517 nm
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Citations & References
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View product citations for antibody "567453" on CiteAb

Development References (5)

  1. Brunkow ME, Jeffery EW, Hjerrild KA, et al. Disruption of a new forkhead/winged-helix protein, scurfin, results in the fatal lymphoproliferative disorder of the scurfy mouse. Nat Genet. 2001; 27(1):68-73. (Biology). View Reference
  2. Gavin MA, Torgerson TR, Houston E, et al. Single-cell analysis of normal and FOXP3-mutant human T cells: FOXP3 expression without regulatory T cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; 103(17):6659-6664. (Immunogen: Flow cytometry). View Reference
  3. Hadaschik EN, Wei X, Leiss H, et al. Regulatory T cell-deficient scurfy mice develop systemic autoimmune features resembling lupus-like disease. Arthritis Res Ther. 2015; 17(35):1-12. (Biology). View Reference
  4. Law JP, Hirschkorn DF, Owen RE, Biswas HH, Norris PJ, Lanteri MC. The importance of Foxp3 antibody and fixation/permeabilization buffer combinations in identifying CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. Cytometry A. 2009; 75(12):1040-1050. (Clone-specific: Flow cytometry). View Reference
  5. Mailer RKW. Alternative Splicing of FOXP3-Virtue and Vice. Front Immunol. 2018; 9(530):1-11. (Clone-specific). View Reference
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