This product is an unconjugated, non-therapeutic recombinant analog of tanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody directed against nerve growth factor (NGF), supplied strictly for research use only. It reproduces the antigen-binding specificity of the originator molecule but is manufactured as a laboratory reagent rather than a clinical drug, and it is not intended for human or veterinary use. The molecule is built around the NGF target and carries a human IgG2 framework with A330S/P331S substitutions that reduce Fc effector engagement, making it useful as a clean binding and neutralisation tool. Researchers use this analog as a positive control and benchmarking reagent in ligand-blocking assays, in NGF/TrkA signalling studies, in comparability and bioanalytical method development (including anti-drug-antibody and pharmacokinetic assay standards), and as a starting reagent for ADC or engineering workflows. It is offered at research grade with low endotoxin (<1 EU/mg; ultra-low <0.5 EU/mg options), in bulk milligram-to-gram quantities suitable for in-vitro and preclinical experimentation. No clone identity is implied or specified.
Nerve growth factor (NGF; UniProt P01138) is the prototypical neurotrophin, secreted as a precursor (proNGF) and processed to a mature 118-amino-acid beta subunit that functions as a non-covalent homodimer. NGF signals through two receptors: the high-affinity receptor tyrosine kinase TrkA (NTRK1), which drives neuronal survival, differentiation and neurite outgrowth via Ras-MAPK, PI3K-Akt and PLCgamma pathways, and the low-affinity p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR), which can modulate affinity or trigger apoptotic signalling. NGF is essential for the development and maintenance of sympathetic and sensory neurons and basal-forebrain cholinergic neurons. In adults, NGF is a key mediator of nociceptive sensitisation and inflammatory and chronic pain: it is upregulated at sites of injury and inflammation, sensitises peripheral nociceptors, and modulates mast-cell and immune-cell activity, which is the rationale for anti-NGF antibodies.