Preparation And Storage
Recommended Assay Procedures
For optimal and reproducible results, BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer should be used anytime two or more BD Horizon Brilliant dyes (including BD OptiBuild Brilliant reagents) are used in the same experiment. Fluorescent dye interactions may cause staining artifacts which may affect data interpretation. The BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer was designed to minimize these interactions. More information can be found in the Technical Data Sheet of the BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer (Cat. No. 563794).
Product Notices
- This antibody was developed for use in flow cytometry.
- The production process underwent stringent testing and validation to assure that it generates a high-quality conjugate with consistent performance and specific binding activity. However, verification testing has not been performed on all conjugate lots.
- Researchers should determine the optimal concentration of this reagent for their individual applications.
- An isotype control should be used at the same concentration as the antibody of interest.
- 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.
- For fluorochrome spectra and suitable instrument settings, please refer to our Multicolor Flow Cytometry web page at www.bdbiosciences.com/colors.
- Please refer to www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources for technical protocols.
- BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer is covered by one or more of the following US patents: 8,110,673; 8,158,444; 8,575,303; 8,354,239.
- BD Horizon Brilliant Violet 421 is covered by one or more of the following US patents: 8,158,444; 8,362,193; 8,575,303; 8,354,239.
- Pacific Blue™ is a trademark of Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR.
Companion Products
The pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) expressed during the early stages of B lymphocyte development is a heterodimer of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) with surrogate light chain, which is an Ig-light-chain-like molecule composed of the non-covalently linked CD179b (λ5) and CD179a (VpreB) proteins. The pre-BCR is believed to control IgH repertoire selection and proliferation of differentiating B lymphocytes. The R3/VpreB antibody reacts with CD179a and pre-BCR in pre-B-cell lines, but not CD179b alone. It detects pre-BCR on the surface of early B-lineage cell lines. R3/VpreB antibody has been reported to detect both cell-surface and intracytoplasmic surrogate light chain in normal bone marrow. However, in CD179b-deficient (λ5[-/-]) bone marrow, R3 antibody can detect only intracytoplasmic CD179a. At the earliest stages of B chain associates with a complex of glycoproteins, including a nonclassical cadherin, which could be involved in selective adhesion events during B-lymphocyte development.
The antibody was conjugated to BD Horizon™ BV421 which is part of the BD Horizon Brilliant™ Violet family of dyes. With an Ex Max of 407-nm and Em Max at 421-nm, BD Horizon BV421 can be excited by the violet laser and detected in the standard Pacific Blue™ filter set (eg, 450/50-nm filter). BD Horizon BV421 conjugates are very bright, often exhibiting a 10 fold improvement in brightness compared to Pacific Blue conjugates.
Development References (6)
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Martensson IL, Ceredig R. Review article: role of the surrogate light chain and the pre-B-cell receptor in mouse B-cell development. Immunology. 2000; 101(4):435-441. (Biology). View Reference
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Melchers F, ten Boekel E, Seidl T, et al. Repertoire selection by pre-B-cell receptors and B-cell receptors, and genetic control of B-cell development from immature to mature B cells. Immunol Rev. 2000; 175:33-46. (Biology). View Reference
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Ohnishi K, Shimizu T, Karasuyama H, Melchers F. The identification of a nonclassical cadherin expressed during B cell development and its interaction with surrogate light chain. J Biol Chem. 2000; 275(40):31134-31144. (Biology). View Reference
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Shimizu T, Mundt C, Licence S, Melchers F, Martensson IL. VpreB1/VpreB2/lambda 5 triple-deficient mice show impaired B cell development but functional allelic exclusion of the IgH locus. J Immunol. 2002; 168(12):6286-6293. (Biology). View Reference
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Stephan RP, Elgavish E, Karasuyama H, Kubagawa H, Cooper MD. Analysis of VpreB expression during B lineage differentiation in lambda5-deficient mice. J Immunol. 2001; 167(7):3734-3739. (Immunogen: ELISA, Flow cytometry, Immunoprecipitation, Western blot). View Reference
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Wang YH, Stephan RP, Scheffold A, et al. Differential surrogate light chain expression governs B-cell differentiation. Blood. 2002; 99(7):2459-2467. (Clone-specific: Flow cytometry). View Reference
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