CoraLite® Plus 488-conjugated PRAME Monoclonal antibody

The PRAME (preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma) gene was previously shown to be overexpressed in ovarian/primary peritoneal serous carcinoma compared with malignant mesothelioma using gene expression arrays. It is considered a melanocyte differentiation antigen which is overexpressed in both solid and hematologic tumors. In normal tissue, a very low level of PRAME expression is found in normal testis, adrenals, ovary and endometrium. A high level of PRAME expression has been reported for several solid tumors, including ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and melanomas, medulloblastoma, sarcomas, head and neck cancers, neuroblastoma, renal cancer, and Wilms'tumor. As a nuclear transcriptional repressor protein, PRAME binds to retinoic acid receptor a, thereby inhibiting retinoic acid induced differentiation, growth arrest, and apoptosis.