This product is an unconjugated, non-therapeutic recombinant analog of narsoplimab, supplied for research use only and not for human or veterinary use. Narsoplimab is a fully human antibody directed against mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2 (MASP-2), the effector enzyme of the lectin pathway of complement. The research-grade analog is built around this MASP-2 target and reproduces the originator's binding specificity, making it useful as a positive control, a reference or benchmarking reagent, and a tool for interrogating lectin-pathway biology in vitro. Typical applications include lectin-pathway complement neutralization assays, target-engagement and binding studies, ELISA and surface-based affinity work, and preclinical model characterization. It is offered at low endotoxin (research grade less than 1 EU/mg; ultra-low less than 0.5 EU/mg) and in bulk milligram-to-gram quantities suitable for assay development and scale-up. Because it is a laboratory reagent rather than the clinical drug, it is intended for functional and mechanistic experiments, not for therapeutic administration. Isotype is human IgG4, lambda light chain.
MASP-2 (mannan-binding lectin-associated serine protease-2), encoded by MASP1's paralog gene MASP2 (UniProt O00187), is the key effector protease of the lectin pathway of complement activation. It circulates in complex with pattern-recognition molecules such as mannose-binding lectin (MBL), ficolins, and collectins. When these recognition molecules engage carbohydrate or acetylated patterns on microbial or damaged-cell surfaces, associated MASP-2 becomes activated and cleaves complement components C4 and C2 to form the C3 convertase (C4b2a). This drives downstream C3 activation, opsonization, inflammation, and membrane attack complex formation. MASP-2 thus initiates lectin-pathway-driven complement activity independently of the classical and alternative pathways, and is implicated in thrombotic microangiopathy and complement-mediated tissue injury, making it a focus of inhibitor research.