Key Product Details
Sample Type & Volume Required Per Well
Cell Culture Supernates (50 µL), Serum (25 µL), Platelet-poor EDTA Plasma (25 µL), Platelet-poor Citrate Plasma (25 µL)
Assay Range
7.8-500 pg/mL (Cell Culture Supernates, Serum, Platelet-poor EDTA Plasma, Citrate Plasma)
Product Summary
for Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES Quantikine ELISA Kit
The Quantikine Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES Immunoassay is a 4.5 hour solid phase ELISA designed to measure mouse or rat RANTES levels in cell culture supernates, serum, and platelet-poor plasma. It contains E. coli-expressed recombinant mouse RANTES as well as antibodies raised against the recombinant factor. This immunoassay has been shown to accurately quantitate recombinant RANTES. Results obtained using natural mouse or rat RANTES showed linear 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 and rat RANTES.
Product Specifications
Assay Type
Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA
Format
96-well strip plate
Measurement
Quantitative ELISA
Detection Method
Colorimetric - 450nm (TMB)
Specificity
Natural and recombinant mouse and rat RANTES. This assay cross-reacts 1.3% with recombinant Human RANTES.
Cross-reactivity
Cross-reactivity observed with 1 or more available related molecules. Cross-species reactivity observed with 1 or more species tested.
Interference
No significant interference observed with available related molecules.
Precision
Intra-Assay Precision (Precision within an assay) Three samples of known concentration were tested on one plate to assess intra-assay precision.
Inter-Assay Precision (Precision between assays) Three samples of known concentration were tested in separate assays to assess inter-assay precision.
Cell Culture Supernates, Citrate Plasma, Platelet-poor Citrate Plasma, Platelet-poor EDTA Plasma, Serum
|
Intra-Assay Precision |
Inter-Assay Precision |
| Sample |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| n |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| Mean (pg/mL) |
18.8 |
104 |
198 |
20.1 |
109 |
208 |
| Standard Deviation |
0.7 |
1.9 |
4.1 |
1.6 |
5.6 |
11.5 |
| CV% |
3.7 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
8.0 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
Recovery
for Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES Quantikine ELISA Kit
The recovery of RANTES spiked to three levels in mouse samples throughout the range of the assay in various matrices was evaluated.
| Sample Type |
Average % Recovery |
Range % |
| Cell Culture Supernates (n=8) |
108 |
98-115 |
| Platelet-poor Citrate Plasma (n=5) |
102 |
95-110 |
| Platelet-poor EDTA Plasma (n=5) |
99 |
86-110 |
| Serum (n=5) |
97 |
90-107 |
Linearity
To assess the linearity of the assay, four or more samples containing or spiked with various concentrations of RANTES in each matrix were diluted with Calibrator Diluent and then assayed.
Scientific Data Images
for Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES Quantikine ELISA Kit
Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES ELISA Standard Curve
Preparation and Storage
Shipping
The product is shipped with polar packs. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Stability & Storage
Store the unopened product at 2 - 8 °C. Do not use past expiration date.
Background: CCL5/RANTES
RANTES (Regulated upon Activation, Normal T cell-expressed, and presumably Secreted), also
known as CCL5, a member of the CC chemokine family of inflammatory and immunoregulatory
cytokines, initially discovered by subtractive hybridization as a T cell-specific molecule (1, 2).
Mouse RANTES cDNA encodes a 91 amino acid (aa) residue precursor protein with a presumed
signal peptide of 23 aa residues that is cleaved to generate the 68 aa residue mature protein
(3). At the amino acid sequence level, mouse RANTES is 84% identical to human RANTES. Both
human and mouse RANTES exhibit cross species activity. Naturally occurring human RANTES
has been found to be a mixture of the 68 aa residue mature protein and a 66 aa residue
amino-terminally truncated form (4, 5). Cells known to express RANTES include keratinocytes,
eosinophils, platelets, endothelium, fibroblasts, respiratory epithelium, astrocytes, vascular
smooth muscle, and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (6-14). As suggested by its acronym, RANTES
production by the various cell types is induced in response to cytokine stimulation (8-13). Like other CC chemokines, RANTES is a monocyte chemoattractant (2). RANTES can also
chemoattract unstimulated CD4+/CD45RO+ memory T cells and stimulated CD4+ and CD8+
T cells with the naive and memory phenotypes. In addition, RANTES can chemoattract and
degranulate eosinophils, as well as chemoattract and induce histamine release from basophils.
Human RANTES has been shown to be an inhibitor of HIV infection of human mononuclear
cells (15, 16). Several CC chemokine receptors, including CCR-1, CCR-3, CCR-4, and CCR-5,
have been shown to bind RANTES and subsequently to transduce a signal by increasing the
intracellular calcium ion level (2, 17-21).
Alternate Names
RANTES, SISd
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Product Specific Notices
for Mouse/Rat CCL5/RANTES Quantikine ELISA Kit
For research use only
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