CoraLite® Plus 488-conjugated CD147 Monoclonal antibody

CD147, also known as Basigin or extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN), is a transmembrane glycoprotein that belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily (PMID: 7812975). The molecule is composed of an intracellular portion and an extracellular portion and a single transmembrane region. CD147 is expressed on a variety of cell types (e.g., hematopoietic, epithelial, and endothelial cells) and at varying levels (PMID: 32968061). Increased expression of CD147 occurs in many tumors. CD147 is a pleiotropic molecule that plays an important role in fetal, neuronal, lymphocyte and extracellular matrix development (PMID: 17945211). CD147 has been identified as a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum (PMID: 22080952). It has been reported that spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 binds to CD147 on host cells, thereby mediating the viral invasion (Wang, Ke, et al, BioRxiv, 2020). The CD147 gene, designated BSG for basigin, is located on chromosome 19p13.3. Four transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found (PMID: 21536654). CD147 migrates on SDS-PAGE usually between 35 and 65 kDa, depending on the degree of glycosylation (PMID: 17945211).