Feb 02, 2024
Clusterin cellular uptake assay
- Patricia Yuste Checa1,
- F Ulrich Hartl1
- 1Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Protocol Citation: Patricia Yuste Checa, F Ulrich Hartl 2024. Clusterin cellular uptake assay. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.14egn3k2yl5d/v1
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: January 24, 2024
Last Modified: May 31, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 94599
Keywords: ASAPCRN, clusterin cellular uptake, clusterin, cellular uptake, substrate uptake in different cell type, cell, substrate uptake, different cell type, assay, ineuron
Funders Acknowledgements:
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's
Grant ID: ASAP-000282
Abstract
This protocol details how to efficiently monitor Clusterin and Clusterin/Substrate uptake in different cell types, like HEK293T, iNeurons and iMicroglia.
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Guidelines
- To study Clusterin-A488 uptake in the presence of substrate, incubate 1 micromolar (µM) Clusterin-A488 with the corresponding amount of substrate, e.g. denatured Luciferase or Aβ aggregates, in PBS for 00:20:00 at 37 °C or 42 °C (denatured Luciferase) in a total volume of 30 µL or 40 µL in the case of HEK293T or iNeurons, respectively. After the incubation time dilute the mix 1/10 in media and add it to the cells resulting in a final concentration of 0.1 micromolar (µM) Clusterin-A488 (5 µL ).
- To monitor substrate uptake e.g., denatured luciferase or Aβ aggregates, in the presence of Clusterin, mix 0.2 micromolar (µM) of denatured Luciferase-pHrodo or 0.5 micromolar (µM) of Aβ-pHrodo aggregates with the corresponding amount of unlabeled Clusterin in a total volume of 30 µL or 40 µL in the case of HEK293T or iNeurons, respectively. Dilute the mix 1/10 in media. pHrodo Red dye is pH sensitive dye which fluoresces brightly only in acidic environments and therefore can be used to specifically monitor phagocytosis and endocytosis, but substrates labeled with A488 can be also used.
- The indicated Clusterin-A488 or substrate concentrations and incubation times for each cell line are tentative. These parameters should be experimentally tested to be in the linear range of the assay.
Materials
ACCUTASE™ 100 mL
STEMCELL Technologies Inc.Catalog #7920
Trypan Blue Solution 0.4%Thermo Fisher ScientificCatalog #15250061
Clusterin cellular uptake assay - HEK293T cells
25m
Plate 100,000 HEK293T cells per well in a 24-well plate.
On the next day, add 5 µL of Clusterin-A488 together with 300 µL of fresh DMEM (without fetal bovine serum, 1.5 µg in 300 µL medium) to the cells and place the cells back in the incubator.
After 04:00:00 incubation, place the plate on ice to stop endocytosis.
4h
Wash the cells gently with cold 1x PBS.
Add 100 µL TrypL Express Enzyme (Gibco). Incubate for few minutes On ice .
Collect the cells with 400 µL of cold medium and transfer them to an Eppendorf tube placed On ice .
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 .
5m
Discard the supernatant and fix the cells by resuspending the cell pellet with 200 µL 4% Paraformaldehyde (PFA) in 1x PBS. Incubate for 00:10:00 at Room temperature .
10m
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 .
5m
Wash the cell pellet with 1x PBS.
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 .
5m
Resuspend the cell pellets with 160 µL 1x PBS 7.2 and store at 4 °C until analyzed.
iNeurons
1h
Add 5 µL of Clusterin-A488 to 250,000 iNeurons cultured in a well of a 12-well plate (add 2 µg Clusterin-A488 to 200 µL of fresh medium and add the mix to the well with cells containing 200 µL conditioned medium) and place the cells back in the incubator.
After 01:00:00 incubation place the plate On ice to stop endocytosis.
1h
Wash the cells gently with cold 1x PBS.
Add 100 µL Accutase. Incubate for 5-10 minutes On ice .
Collect the cells with 400 µL of cold medium and transfer them to Eppendorf low binding tubes placed On ice .
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C for 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
Note
The use of low binding tubes and swing-bucked centrifuge significantly reduces cell loss.
5m
Discard the supernatant and fix the cells by resuspending the cell pellet with 200 µL 4% PFA in 1x PBS. Incubate for 00:10:00 at Room temperature .
10m
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
5m
Wash the cell pellet with 1x PBS.
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
5m
Resuspend the cell pellets with 160 µL 1x PBS 7.2 and store at 4 °C until analyzed.
iMicroglia
1h 15m
Dispense 150,000 iMicroglia cells per well with 300 µL medium into a Geltrex-coated 24-well plate.
Add 5 5 µL of Clusterin-A488 (1.5 µg in 300 µL medium) and place the cells back in the incubator.
After 00:30:00 incubation place the plate on ice to stop endocytosis, collect the cells and transfer them to Eppendorf low binding tubes placed On ice .
30m
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
Note
The use of low binding tubes and swing-bucked centrifuge significantly reduces cell loss.
5m
Wash the cell pellet with 1x PBS.
Discard the supernatant and fix the cells by resuspending the cell pellet with 200 µL 4% PFA in 1x PBS. Incubate for 00:10:00 at Room temperature .
10m
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
5m
Wash the cell pellet with 1x PBS.
Centrifuge at 1000 x g, 4°C, 00:05:00 (swing-bucked centrifuge preferred).
5m
Resuspend the cell pellets with 160 µL 1x PBS 7.2 and store at 4 °C until analyzed.
Uptake quantification
1h 15m
Quantify Clusterin or substrate uptake by measuring A488 or pHrodo Red intensity inside the cells by flow cytometry. If A488 is used, add 50 µL of Trypan blue solution 0.4% (refer materials section) right before measuring to quench the 488 fluorescence outside the cells.
Note
An Attune NxT flow cytometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific) can be used with the following settings:
- Alexa485: Excitation 488 nm - Emission 550/30.
- pHrodo Red: Excitation 561 nm - Emission 585/16.