Recombinant Human SHH Protein

Name: Recombinant Human SHH Protein
Brand: Beta LifeScience
SKU: BL-2025NP
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BL-2025NP: Greater than 95% as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE. (QC verified)

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Description	Recombinant Human Sonic Hedgehog is produced by our E.coli expression system and the target gene encoding Cys24-Gly197 is expressed.
Accession	Q15465
Synonym	Sonic Hedgehog Protein; SHH; HHG-1
Gene Background	Sonic Hedgehog Homolog (SHH) belongs to a three-protein family called hedgehog. The other two family members are Indian Hedgehog (IHH) and Desert Hedgehog (DHH). Hedgehog proteins are key signaling molecules in embryonic development. SHH is expressed in various embryonic tissues and plays critical roles in regulating the patterning of many systems, such as limbs and brain. SHH also plays an important role in adult, including the division of adult stem cells and the development of certain cancers and other diseases. Human SHH is expressed as a 45kDa precursor, and undergoes a series of processing during secretion. After the removal of the signal peptide, a protease within the C-terminal domain catalyzes the cleavage of SHH into a 20 kDa N-terminal signaling domain (SHH-N) and a 25 kDa C-terminal domain (SHH-C). SHH-N has the “all signaling” capability. SHH-N binds to the 12 pass transmembrane protein Patched (Ptc) on cell surface, which releases the repression of the activity of Smoothened (Smo), a G-protein coupled receptor, by Ptc.
Molecular Mass	19.69 KDa
Apmol Mass	19 KDa, reducing conditions
Formulation	Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution of 20mM PB, 100mM NaCl, 1mM DTT, pH 7.5.
Endotoxin	Less than 0.001 ng/µg (0.01 EU/µg) as determined by LAL test.
Purity	Greater than 95% as determined by reducing SDS-PAGE. (QC verified)
Biological Activity	Not tested
Reconstitution	Always centrifuge tubes before opening.Do not mix by vortex or pipetting.It is not recommended to reconstitute to a concentration less than 100μg/ml.Dissolve the lyophilized protein in distilled water.Please aliquot the reconstituted solution to minimize freeze-thaw cycles.
Storage	Lyophilized protein should be stored at ≤ -20°C, stable for one year after receipt.Reconstituted protein solution can be stored at 2-8°C for 2-7 days.Aliquots of reconstituted samples are stable at ≤ -20°C for 3 months.
Shipping	The product is shipped at ambient temperature.Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature listed below.
Usage	For Research Use Only

Target Details

Target Function	The C-terminal part of the sonic hedgehog protein precursor displays an autoproteolysis and a cholesterol transferase activity. Both activities result in the cleavage of the full-length protein into two parts (ShhN and ShhC) followed by the covalent attachment of a cholesterol moiety to the C-terminal of the newly generated ShhN. Both activities occur in the reticulum endoplasmic. Once cleaved, ShhC is degraded in the endoplasmic reticulum.; The dually lipidated sonic hedgehog protein N-product (ShhNp) is a morphogen which is essential for a variety of patterning events during development. Induces ventral cell fate in the neural tube and somites. Involved in the patterning of the anterior-posterior axis of the developing limb bud. Essential for axon guidance. Binds to the patched (PTCH1) receptor, which functions in association with smoothened (SMO), to activate the transcription of target genes. In the absence of SHH, PTCH1 represses the constitutive signaling activity of SMO.
Subcellular Location	Endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Golgi apparatus membrane.; [Sonic hedgehog protein N-product]: Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor.
Protein Families	Hedgehog family
Database References	HGNC: 10848 OMIM: 135750 KEGG: hsa:6469 STRING: 9606.ENSP00000297261 UniGene: PMID: 28496132 Disturbed SHH link between KIF7 and C5orf42 contributes to neurodevelopmental features characteristic of C5orf42-related ciliopathies. PMID: 29321670 Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibition enhanced glioma stem cells (GSCs) radiosensitivity via inactivating sonic hedgehog protein (SHH)/glioma-associated oncogene homolog 1 (Gli1) pathway. PMID: 29222038 Blockade of the Shh signaling pathway could reduce cell proliferation and migration only in MDA-MB-231 cells. Hh pathway inhibitor-1 (HPI-1) increased the percentages of late apoptotic cells in MDA-MB-231 cells and early apoptotic cells in T2 cells PMID: 29734730 Structure-guided mutational analysis shows that interaction between ShhN and Ptch1 is steroid-dependent. PMID: 29954986 Protease nexin-1 prevents growth of human B cell lymphoma via inhibition of sonic hedgehog signaling. PMID: 29483508 SHH-related signaling pathway affects antineoplastic drug resistance in cultured glioma cells. PMID: 29313231 SHH is expressed in cilia in the airway epithelial cells.SHH may mediate noncanonical hedgehog signaling through motile cilia to dampen respiratory defenses. PMID: 29358407 High SHH expression is associated with radioresistance in esophageal adenocarcinoma. PMID: 29715275 Identify SMO-dependent Shh signalling as a specific process for the activation of adventitial fibroblasts and the subsequent proliferation of smooth muscle cells and neointima formation. PMID: 29088375 In conclusion, our data suggest that overexpression of the Hedgehog components SHH, GLI2 and FOXA2 might be used as markers of an aggressive hemangioma. PMID: 28370639 These findings showed the upexpression of sonic hedgehog and vascular endothelial growth factor with co-localization in varicocele veins which imply that the reducing hypoxia or using sonic hedgehog antagonists may be helpful for this vascular disease. PMID: 26867642 Shh and Gli1 expression were associated with lymph node metastasis, TNM stage and tumor recurrence, suggesting Shh and Gli1 protein could become the valuable biomarker in evaluating the lymph node metastasis in oral squamous cell carcinoma. PMID: 28886265 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition programs promote basal mammary stem cell and tumor-initiating cell stemness by inducing primary ciliogenesis and Hedgehog signaling. PMID: 29158396 Case Report: medullablastoma with activated SHH expression. PMID: 29517209 NAFLD progression is usually accompanied by activation of the Sonic hedgehog (SHH) pathway leading to fibrous buildup (scar tissue) and inflammation of the liver tissue. For the first time patients with holoprosencephaly, a disease caused by SHH signaling mutations, are shown to have increased liver steatosis independent of obesity. PMID: 28645738 Gpr161 is a critical factor in the basal suppression machinery of Shh signaling, neural tube morphogenesis and closure. (Review) PMID: 27731925 Oncogenic activation of SHH is associated with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome and Medulloblastoma. PMID: 29551561 The results showed that Shh and Gli1 were upregulated in prostate cancer tissues and were targeted by a phytogenic neoplastic compound carnosol. PMID: 28886322 Hh signaling activation might reflect aggressive tumoral behavior, since high epithelial GLI2 expression positively correlates with a higher pathological Gleason score. Moreover, higher epithelial GLI3 expression is an independent marker of a more favorable prognosis. PMID: 28877722 GPT2 reduced alpha-ketoglutarate level in cells leading to the inhibition of proline hydroxylase 2 (PHD2) activity involved in the regulation of HIF1alpha stability. Accumulation of HIF1alpha, resulting from GPT2-alpha-ketoglutarate-PHD2 axis, constitutively activates sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway. PMID: 28839461 Results show SHH proteolysis is under the mechanism of Scube2 which is enriched at the surface of Shh-producing cells by heparan sulfate proteoglycans. PMID: 27199253 influences sweat gland differentiation of stem cells PMID: 27120089 during Hedgehog signaling, ligand binding inhibits Patched by trapping it in an inactive conformation, a mechanism that explains the dramatically reduced activity of oncogenic Patched1 mutants. PMID: 27647915 In an in vitro model of LPS inflammation of the blood-brain barrier, sonic hedgehog signaling was activated by Wip1 overexpression and inhibited by silencing. Wip1 may protect the BBB against LPS damage via SHH signaling. PMID: 29128669 the effect gene of the Shh pathway, gli1, was found to have a reduced level of expression along with a decreased expression of gli2. PMID: 26446020 SHH can promote cell growth and cell osteoblastic/cementoblastic differentiation via BMP pathway PMID: 27289556 Findings suggest that oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)derived sonic hedgehog protein (SHH) stimulates angiogenesis at the tumor invasive front. PMID: 29187450 Expression of SHH and GLI1 may be useful prognostic markers of Merkel cell carcinoma because increased expression was associated with better prognosis. PMID: 28551328 High SHH expression is associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. PMID: 29054489 Studies suggest significance of other signaling aside from hedgehog in the pathogenesis of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the skin. PMID: 28574612 Gorlin syndrome-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) expressed lower basal levels than control iPSCs of the genes encoding the Hh ligands Indian Hedgehog (IHH) and Sonic Hedgehog (SHH). PMID: 29088246 SHH activation is associated with Rhabdomyosarcoma. PMID: 28881358 Studies suggest that embryonic signaling pathways, the likes of Notch, Wnt, and Hedgehog and tumor marker Oct-4 offer targets for cascade-specific molecular inhibition as they are fundamental to (cancer and normal) stem cell maintenance and growth. PMID: 27730468 Methylation at K436 and K595 respectively by Set7 increases the stability and DNA binding ability of Gli3, resulting in an enhancement of Shh signaling activation. PMID: 27146893 Altogether, these data suggested that curcumin inhibited the activities of BCSCs through suppressing Shh pathway, which might be an effective chemopreventive agent for bladder cancer intervention. PMID: 28870814 High SHH expression is associated with Small Cell Lung Cancer. PMID: 28870922 Accumulating evidence suggest that cytochrome P450 (CYP26), the primary retinoid-inactivating enzyme, plays a critical role in the integration of two neoplastic molecular programs: the retinoid metabolism and Hedgehog pathways. (Review) PMID: 28754309 CHSY1 overexpression in HCC contributes to the malignant behavior of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via activation of the hedgehog signaling pathway. PMID: 28652022 We found a novel 7q36.3 duplication involving 2 genes (SHH and RBM33) in a patient with complete corpus callosum agenesis (Figure), moderate learning difficulties, and macrocephaly PMID: 28284480 Study showed that SHH expression was significantly high among breast cancer patients with advanced tumor grade, stage, nodal involvement and metastasis and this expression strongly correlated with proliferation marker. PMID: 28739739 This suggests an important cross-talk between SHH and WIP1 pathways that accelerates tumorigenesis and supports WIP1 inhibition as a potential treatment strategy for MB. PMID: 27086929 YB-1 is induced by Shh in CGNPs PMID: 26725322 SHH siRNA synergistically enhanced cytotoxicity induced by itraconazole in MCF-7 cells. PMID: 27810405 Hedgehog pathway activation in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia predicts response to SMO and GLI1 inhibitors. PMID: 27694322 Data suggest that negative feedback mediated by GLI3 (GLI-Kruppel family member) acts to finely tune SHH (sonic hedgehog) signaling. During medulloblastoma (MB) formation, nerve tissue cells appear to express nestin which hyperactivates SHH signaling by abolishing negative feedback by GLI3. Restoration of intrinsic negative feedback by repressing nestin expression represents a promising approach to treat MB. [REVIEW] PMID: 28389227 The study reveals several novel individual and repetitive mutations of SHH gene in Gallbladder Cancer and Cholelithiasis samples that may be used as diagnostic markers for gallbladder carcinogenesis. PMID: 28058596 Data indicate that agedunin induces its anti-metastatic effect through inhibition of sonic hedgehog protein [SHH] signaling. PMID: 26988754 findings suggest that Usp7 is important for MB cell proliferation and metastasis by activating Shh pathway, and is a putative therapeutic target for MBs PMID: 28137592 importance of MAOA for initiating the pre-metastatic niche in stromal cells and promoting PCa metastasis to bone and visceral organs, mediated by activation of paracrine Shh-IL6-RANKL signaling underlying tumor-stromal interactions. PMID: 28292438

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