Human TSPAN8 Protein, His Tag

Tspan8 is 1 of the 33 mammalian members of the tetraspanin family, composed of transmembrane proteins that organize laterally, together or with other membrane partners such as integrins, to form ¡¥tetraspanin webs¡¦. These platforms signal within cells to regulate many cellular processes: adhesion, migration, invasion or survival Tspan8 has been implicated in many types of cancer.Overexpression was reported in glioma and colorectal, esophageal, hepatic, gastric and pancreatic carcinoma. Tspan8 exerts a pro-invasive function by controlling cell¡Vcell and cell¡Vmatrix interactions through its association with membrane partners such as £6£]4 integrin-protein kinase C (PKC)-activated, E-cadherin, EpCAM, claudin-7 and CD44. Moreover, Tspan8 may be a promising new therapeutic target, as Tspan8-specific antibodies were shown to reduce cell motility, block tumor angiogenesis in vivo.