Rat clusterin isolated from primary Sertoli cell-enriched culture medium is sulfated glycoprotein-2 (SGP-2).
Rat clusterin isolated from primary Sertoli cell-enriched culture medium is sulfated glycoprotein-2 (SGP-2).
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81099-4
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发表时间:
1988-08
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
C. Cheng;C. L. Chen;Z. Feng;A. Marshall;C. Bardin
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作者:
C. Cheng;C. L. Chen;Z. Feng;A. Marshall;C. Bardin
Clusterin, a glycoprotein originally isolated from ram rete testis fluid, is a dimer composed of monomers with non-identical NH2-terminal amino acid sequences. In view of its possible role in cell-cell interactions in the seminiferous epithelium, we sought to identify such a protein in the rat. Using the bioassay developed for the ovine protein, rat clusterin was purified to apparent homogeneity by HPLC from primary Sertoli cell-enriched culture media. This protein is also a heterodimer consisting of monomers of Mr 43,000 (α) and Mr 35,000 (β). NH2-Terminal amino acid sequence analysis indicated that the (α) subunit has a sequence of NH2-SLMPLSHYGPLSFHNMFQPFFDMIHQAQQA and the β subunit, NH2-EQEFSDNELQELSTQGSRYVNKEIQNAVQG. These two subunits show marked similarity with the corresponding subunits of ram clusterin isolated from rete testis fluid. Using an antibody against the (α) subunit of rat clusterin, a cDNA clone was isolated from a rat testicular lambda gt11 cDNA library. Analyses of the amino acid sequence derived from the isolated rat clusterin cDNA and of the NH2-terminal amino acid sequences indicate that rat clusterin is identical to a Sertoli cell glycoprotein previously designated sulfated glycoprotein-2.