Principle of Assay
Horse Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide ELISA Kit (A4442) employs the sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique for the quantitative measurement of horse Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide in serum, plasma or other biological fluids. An antibody specific for Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide has been pre-coated onto a 96-well microtiter plate. The standards and test samples are added into the wells and the Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide present in each sample is bound to the wells by the immobilized antibody. Following incubation, the wells are washed and then incubated with Biotinylated Anti-Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide Antibody, which binds the captured Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide present in each well. Following incubation, unbound biotinylated detection antibody is removed by washing, and an HRP-Avidin conjugate is added to the wells and the microtiter plate is incubated. Following incubation and washing, TMB substrate solution is then used to visualize the HRP enzymatic reaction by catalysis to produce a blue-coloured product that changes to yellow after addition of acidic stop solution. The density of yellow is proportional to the amount of Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide captured in each well. The concentration of Procollagen II N-Terminal Propeptide can then be calculated by reading the O.D. absorbance at 450nm in a microplate reader and referring to the standard curve.