Active Fibroblast Growth Factor 12 (FGF12)

Fibroblast Growth Factor 12 (FGF12) is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. FGF family members possess broad mitogenic and cell survival activities, and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including embryonic development, cell growth, morphogenesis, tissue repair, tumor growth, and invasion. Fibroblast Growth Factor 12 (FGF12) may represent an important modulator of neuronal network activity and has been associated with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). Besides, it is reported that both domains of (Ca2 )4-CaM directly bind two sites in the N-terminal domain (NTD) of A-type FGF splice variants (FGF11A, FGF12A, FGF13A, and FGF14A) with high affinity. Calmodulin 1 (CALM1) has been identified as an interactor of FGF12, thus a binding ELISA assay was conducted to detect the interaction of recombinant human FGF12 and recombinant human CALM1. Briefly, FGF12 was diluted serially in PBS with 0.01% BSA (pH 7.4). Duplicate samples of 100 μl were then transferred to CALM1-coated microtiter wells and incubated for 1h at 37℃. Wells were washed with PBST and incubated for 1h with anti-FGF12 pAb, then aspirated and washed 3 times. After incubation with HRP labelled secondary antibody for 1h at 37℃, 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 450/630nm immediately. The binding activity of recombinant human FGF12 and recombinant human CALM1 was shown in Figure 1, the EC50 for this effect is 4.44 ug/mL.