Active Fibroblast Growth Factor 18 (FGF18)

Fibroblast Growth Factor 18 (FGF-18) is a 20 kDa protein that plays an important role in skeletal development and bone homeostasis. It is expressed in embryonic somites and the neural fold, adult lung, cerebellar and hippocampal neurons. FGF-18 binds to FGF R2c, FGF R3c as well as the Golgi protein GLG1 and induces the proliferation of astrocytes and microglia, vascular endothelial cells, dermal fibroblasts, papilla cells, and keratinocytes. FGF-18 is required for normal skeletal development. A functional binding ELISA assay was conducted to detect the interaction of recombinant human FGF18 and recombinant human FGFR1. Briefly, FGF18 was diluted serially in PBS with 0.01% BSA (pH 7.4). Duplicate samples of 100 μl were then transferred to FGFR1-coated microtiter wells and incubated for 1h at 37℃. Wells were washed with PBST and incubated for 1h with anti-FGF18 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 FGF18 and recombinant human FGFR1 was shown in Figure 1, the EC50 for this effect is 0.26 ug/mL.