Mouse Clusterin Quantikine ELISA Kit

• Reactivity: Mu
• Applications: ELISA
• Conjugate: HRP

Mouse Clusterin Quantikine ELISA Kit Summary

• Background: The Quantikine Mouse Clusterin Immunoassay is a 4.5 hour solid phase ELISA designed to measure mouse Clusterin levels in cell culture supernates, cell lysates, serum, plasma, and urine. It contains NS0-expressed recombinant mouse Clusterin and antibodies raised against the recombinant factor. This immunoassay has been shown to quantitate the recombinant factor accurately. Results obtained us...ing natural mouse Clusterin showed dose-response curves that were parallel to the standard curves obtained using the recombinant kit standards. These results indicate that this kit can be used to determine relative mass values for natural mouse Clusterin.
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• Specificity: Natural and recombinant mouse Clusterin
• Source: N/A
• Assay Type: Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA
• Inter-Assay: See PDF Datasheet for details
• Intra-Assay: See PDF Datasheet for details
• Spike Recovery: See PDF Datasheet for details
• Sample Volume: See PDF Datasheet for details
• Gene: Clu

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • ELISA
• Application Notes: No significant interference observed with available related molecules.

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.

Notes

This product is produced by and ships from R&D Systems, Inc., a Bio-Techne brand.

Alternate Names for Mouse Clusterin Quantikine ELISA Kit

• 40
• 40, sulfated glycoprotein 2
• Aging-associated gene 4 protein
• aging-associated protein 4
• APOJ
• apo-J
• Apolipoprotein J
• CLI
• CLIclusterin (complement lysis inhibitor, SP-40
• CLU
• Clusterin
• Complement cytolysis inhibitor
• complement lysis inhibitor
• Complement-associated protein SP-40
• Ku70-binding protein 1
• KUB1SGP2
• MGC24903
• NA1/NA2
• SGP-2
• SP-40
• sulfated glycoprotein 2
• Testosterone-repressed prostate message 2
• testosterone-repressed prostate message 2, apolipoprotein J)
• TRPM-2
• TRPM-2TRPM2

Background

Clusterin, also known as Apolipoprotein J, Sulfated Glycoprotein 2 (SGP-2), TRPM-2, and SP-40, is a secreted multifunctional protein that was named for its ability to induce cellular clustering. It binds a wide range of molecules and may function as a chaperone of misfolded extracellular proteins. It also participates in the control of cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis (1, 2). Clusterin is expressed in adult testis, ovary, adrenal gland, liver, heart, brain, and in many epithelial tissues during embryonic development (3). Mouse Clusterin is synthesized as a precursor that contains two coiled coil domains, two nuclear localization signals (NLS), and one heparin binding domain (4-6). Intracellular cleavages of the precursor remove the signal peptide and generate comparably sized alpha and  beta chains which are secreted as an approximately 80 kDa N-glycosylated and disulfide-linked heterodimer (7-9). Mature mouse Clusterin shares 77% and 93% amino acid sequence identity with human and rat Clusterin, respectively. 

An alternately spliced 50 kDa isoform of mouse Clusterin (nCLU) remains intracellular and is neither glycosylated nor cleaved into alpha and beta chains (4). Cellular exposure to ionizing radiation promotes the translocation of nCLU to the nucleus where it interacts with Ku70 and promotes apoptosis (4, 10). This function contrasts with the cytoprotective effect of secreted Clusterin (11). High µg/mL concentrations of Clusterin circulate predominantly as a component of high density lipoprotein particles, and these are internalized and degraded through interactions with LRP-2/Megalin (12, 13). The ability of Clusterin to bind and neutralize non-oxidatively modified LDL reduces cytotoxicity in atherosclerotic plaques (14). The chaperone function of Clusterin also helps to reduce the accumulation of beta -amyloid fibrils and damage due to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease (15). Clusterin levels are elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis (9, 16, 17) and in the urine of patients with kidney injury or bladder cancer (18-20). Clusterin is released by activated platelets at sites of vascular injury and is found in the synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients (21, 22). During human tumor progression, nCLU is downregulated while the secreted form is upregulated and may be aberrantly glycosylated (10, 23-25). Increased circulating levels of Clusterin enhance tumor aggressiveness by inhibiting apoptosis and by promoting epithelial to mesenchymal transition (26-28).

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Publications for Clusterin/APOJ (MCLU00)(5)

Publications using MCLU00

• Fan, L;Tang, Q;Wang, Y;Sun, H;Li, G;Yang, Y;Zhu, H;Liu, Z;Wang, H;Wang, H;Jing, Q;Antos, CL;Xiao, H;Guan, R;Pei, G;Ginhoux, F;Zhou, Z;Zeng, A; Injury-induced Clusterin+ cardiomyocytes suppress inflammation and promote regeneration in neonatal and adult hearts by reprogramming macrophages Cell stem cell 2025-11-07 [PMID: 41205597] (Mouse)
• JA Seo, MC Kang, WM Yang, WM Hwang, SS Kim, SH Hong, JI Heo, A Vijyakumar, L Pereira de, A Uner, H Huang, SH Lee, IS Lima, KS Park, MS Kim, Y Dagon, TE Willnow, V Aroda, TP Ciaraldi, RR Henry, YB Kim Apolipoprotein�J is a hepatokine regulating muscle glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity Nat Commun, 2020-04-24;11(1):2024. 2020-04-24 [PMID: 32332780] (Mouse)
• QJ Wang, YE Shen, X Wang, S Fu, X Zhang, YN Zhang, RT Wang Concomitant memantine and Lactobacillus plantarum treatment attenuates cognitive impairments in APP/PS1 mice Aging (Albany NY), 2020-01-06;12(1):628-649. 2020-01-06 [PMID: 31907339] (Mouse)
• Bauskar A, Mack W, Mauris J, Argueso P, Heur M, Nagel B, Kolar G, Gleave M, Nakamura T, Kinoshita S, Moradian-Oldak J, Panjwani N, Pflugfelder S, Wilson M, Fini M, Jeong S Clusterin Seals the Ocular Surface Barrier in Mouse Dry Eye. PLoS ONE, 2015-09-24;10(9):e0138958. 2015-09-24 [PMID: 26402857] (Mouse)
• Asuni A, Gray B, Bailey J, Skipp P, Perry V, O'Connor V Analysis of the hippocampal proteome in ME7 prion disease reveals a predominant astrocytic signature and highlights the brain-restricted production of clusterin in chronic neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem, 2013-12-23;289(7):4532-45. 2013-12-23 [PMID: 24366862] (Mouse)

FAQs for Clusterin/APOJ (MCLU00). (Showing 1 - 1 of 1 FAQs).

1. What is the difference between the Quantikine and Duoset ELISA kits?
   • Our Quantikine kits are fully optimized and validated for the sample types listed on the product specific webpage and datasheet, as this can vary between kits. Each kit is supplied ready to use with one pre-coated 96-well plate, a detection antibody directly conjugated to HRP, and all other necessary reagents. These kits are ideal for researchers who want the convenience of a ready to use and optimized ELISA product. Some of these kits are also available prepackaged in larger 6 and 50 plate sizes.Our DuoSet Kits, in contrast, are ELISA development kits containing the capture and detection antibody, the mass-value calibrated standard, and streptavidin-HRP to prepare approximately 5 or 15 plates. Ancillary reagents will need to be used/purchased, and for most kits, we will recommend one of our Ancillary Reagent Kits, which contain the reagents we use ourselves in-house. DuoSet kits are validated only for cell culture supernatant samples and therefore require further development and validation for accurate measurement in more complex samples such as serum and plasma. Our DuoSet Kits offer an economical, flexible alternative for the experienced ELISA user.

Bioinformatics

• Gene Symbol: Clu