Overview
Properties
Providing storage is as stated on the product vial and the vial is kept tightly sealed, the product can be stored for up to 6 months.
Wherever possible, you should prepare and use solutions on the same day. However, if you need to make up stock solutions in advance, we recommend that you store the solution as aliquots in tightly sealed vials at -20°C. Generally, these will be useable for up to one month. Before use, and prior to opening the vial we recommend that you allow your product to equilibrate to room temperature for at least 1 hour.
Synthetic
Applications
Our Abpromise guarantee covers the use of ab120033 in the following tested applications.
The application notes include recommended starting dilutions; optimal dilutions/concentrations should be determined by the end user.
| Application | Notes |
|---|---|
| Functional Studies | FuncS: Use at an assay dependent concentration. |
(R,S)-MCPG images
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Immunocytochemistry/ Immunofluorescence - (R,S)-MCPG (ab120033)ab17722 staining FMRP in SK-N-SH cells treated with (R,S)-MCPG (ab120033), by ICC/IF. Decrease in FMRP expression correlates with increased concentration of (R,S)-MCPG, as described in literature.
The cells were incubated at 37°C for 2h in media containing different concentrations of ab120033 ((R,S)-MCPG) in DMSO, fixed with 4% formaldehyde for 10 minutes at room temperature and blocked with PBS containing 10% goat serum, 0.3 M glycine, 1% BSA and 0.1% tween for 2h at room temperature. Staining of the treated cells with ab17722 (5 µg/ml) was performed overnight at 4°C in PBS containing 1% BSA and 0.1% tween. A DyLight 488 goat anti-rabbit polyclonal antibody (ab96899) at 1/250 dilution was used as the secondary antibody. Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI and are shown in blue.
References for (R,S)-MCPG (ab120033)
This product has been referenced in:
- Kim JH & Vezina P The metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonist (RS)-MCPG produces hyperlocomotion in amphetamine pre-exposed rats. Neuropharmacology 37:189-97 (1998). Read more (PubMed: 9680243) »
- Watkins J & Collingridge G Phenylglycine derivatives as antagonists of metabotropic glutamate receptors. Trends Pharmacol Sci 15:333-42 (1994). Read more (PubMed: 7992387) »
- Eaton SA et al. Competitive antagonism at metabotropic glutamate receptors by (S)-4-carboxyphenylglycine and (RS)-alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine. Eur J Pharmacol 244:195-7 (1993). Read more (PubMed: 8381746) »
