Technote | Activin A (Qk001Qk005)
Qkine activin A and activin A PLUS™ have equivalent bioactivity
Activin A (Qk001) is frequently used to maintain pluripotency in induced pluripotent and embryonic stem cell cultures. It is also used in many stem cell differentiation protocols, including endoderm lineage differentiation and further maturation into hepatocyte and pancreatic cells. Human recombinant activin A PLUS™ protein (Qk005) is an optimized biologically active truncation of the mature domain of human activin A protein designed to be manufactured at scale for cost-effective, large-scale stem cell culture applications. The EC50 and activity in stem cell culture of activin A PLUS™ is equivalent to the full mature domain activin A.
Qkine activin A vs activin A PLUS™ bioactivity
Activin A activity was determined using the activin-responsive firefly luciferase reporter assay in transiently transfected HEK293T cells. Cells were treated in triplicate with a serial dilution of Qkine activin A (Qk001, green) or activin A PLUS™ (Qk005, black) for 6 hours. Firefly luciferase activity was measured and normalized.
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