Cetuximab (anti-EGFR)

Catalog No.A2000        Batch: A200008

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Technical Data

CAS No. 205923-56-4
Formulation PBS buffer, pH 7.2
Isotype Human IgG1
Source CHO cells
Storage
(From the date of receipt)
Store the undiluted solution at 4°C in the dark to avoid freeze-thaw cycles
Purity 99%
Protein concentration 3.35 mg/ml
Endotoxin Level <1EU/mg

Biological Activity

Description Cetuximab, a novel molecular-targeted agent,is an inhibitor of EGFR monoclonal humanized antibody interacting with the extracellular binding site of EGFR to block ligand stimulation. MW:145.781 KD.
Targets
EGFR [4]
(Cell-free assay)
0.39 nM(Kd)
In vitro

Cetuximab treatment increases mitochondrial priming of EGFR-expressing HeLa cells but not in EGFR-expressing MDA-MD-231 cells.[2]

In vivo

C225 enhanced the antitumor activity of several chemotherapeutic drugs in mouse xenograft models[1]. Cetuximab, exerts its antitumor efficacy by multiple mechanisms that include the inhibition of cell cycle progression by arrest in the G1- phase and decreased cell number in the S-phase. Cell cycle arrest in the G1-phase also induces apoptosis by the induction and activation of proapoptotic molecules. cetuximab alone and in synergy with carboplatin resulted in decreases of tumor size, metastatic spread, and MVD in NCI-N87 tumors with EGFR cell surface expression and absence of mutations in BRAF and K-ras, whereas cetuximab had minimal in vitro effect and no in vivo treatment efficacy in tumors derived from MKN-45, in which the phenotype was also BRAF and K-ras wildtype, but which had only weak cytoplasmic EGFR protein expression[3].

Protocol (Only for Reference)

Cell Assay:
  • Cells were lysed at a density of 1 x 106/50 μL in lysis buffer (0.25 M Tris-HCl, 2% sodium dodecylsulfate, 4% β-mercaptoethanol, 10% glycerol, 0.02% bromophenol blue) supplemented with 1 X protease/phosphatase inhibitor cocktail. Cell lysates were then loaded onto polyacrylamide gels with sodium dodecyl sulfate. After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes. The transblotted membranes were blocked for 1 hr and then probed with appropriate primary antibodies overnight at 4 ℃. Next day, the membranes were washed three times for a total of 30 min and then incubated with IRDye 680RD Donkey anti-Rabbit IgG (H + L) or IRDye 800CW Donkey anti-Mouse IgG (H + L) in darkness at room temperature for 1 h. After another three washes, scan immunoblot membranes and quantify band intensity.

Animal Study:
  • Objective: Antitumor activity of cetuximab in murine gastric cancer model
    Animal Models: Nude mouse model for human gastric cancer (CD-1/nu-nu mice)
    Formulation: 0.9% NaCl
    Dosages: 1 mg/kg
    Administration: i.p.
    Reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22011788

    Objective: To investigate the relationship between the EGFR levels and the responsiveness to cetuximab treatment in human cancer xenograft models
    Animal Models: Female athymic, nude mice were implanted s.c. with ~1 mm3 tumor fragments
    Formulation: PBS
    Dosages: 0.25, 0.5 or 1 mg/mouse
    Administration: i.p.
    Reference: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27186886

    Cetuximab can apply to nude mice, various cancer cell lines and other related assays (Only for Reference)

Customer Product Validation

Data from [Data independently produced by , , J Thorac Oncol, 2018, 13(6):810-820]

Mice showed progression disease to first-line treatment were randomized 1:1 to the two arms of treatment and were treated until onset of progression disease or until the end-time of experiment in case of response (fixed to 52 weeks from the start of first-line therapy ), as indicated in in the Materials and Methods section. Growth curves of HCC827 xenografts treated in secondline with osimertinib plus selumetinib or cetuximab are represented as changes in the values of volumes as percentage compared to baseline tumor volume at the time of progression diasease to first-line (defined as 100%) for each case. Median tumor volume at PD2 was of 348 mm3.

Data from [Data independently produced by , , ]

Selleck's Cetuximab (anti-EGFR) has been cited by 43 publications

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Double Digital Assay for Single Extracellular Vesicle and Single Molecule Detection [ Adv Sci (Weinh), 2023, 10(33):e2303619] PubMed: 37802976
Feedback activation of EGFR/wild-type RAS signaling axis limits KRASG12D inhibitor efficacy in KRASG12D-mutated colorectal cancer [ Oncogene, 2023, 42(20):1620-1633] PubMed: 37020035
EGFR-T790M Mutation-Derived Interactome Rerouted EGFR Translocation Contributing to Gefitinib Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ Mol Cell Proteomics, 2023, 22(9):100624] PubMed: 37495186
EGFR-T790M Mutation-Derived Interactome Rerouted EGFR Translocation Contributing to Gefitinib Resistance in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer [ Mol Cell Proteomics, 2023, 22(9):100624] PubMed: 37495186
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Lenvatinib-Loaded Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Antibody Conjugation as a Preclinical Approach to Therapeutically Improve Thyroid Cancer with Aggressive Behavior [ Biomolecules, 2023, 13(11)1647] PubMed: 38002329
3-Bromopyruvate overcomes cetuximab resistance in human colorectal cancer cells by inducing autophagy-dependent ferroptosis [ Cancer Gene Ther, 2023, 30(10):1414-1425] PubMed: 37558749
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