This IL-10 enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) applies a technique called a quantitative sandwich immunoassay. The microtiter plate provided in this kit has been pre-coated with a monoclonal antibody specific to IL-10. Standards or samples are then added to the appropriate microtiter plate wells with a biotin-conjugated monoclonal antibody preparation specific for IL-10 and incubated. IL-10, if present, will bind and become immobilized by the antibody pre-coated on the wells and then will become “sandwiched” by biotin conjugate. The microtiter plate wells are thoroughly washed to remove unbound IL-10 and other components of the sample. In order to quantitatively determine the amount of IL-10 present in the sample, Avidin conjugated to Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) is added to each microplate well and incubated. Avidin is a tetramer containing four identical subunits, each having a high affinity-binding site for biotin. The wells are thoroughly washed to remove all unbound HRP-conjugated Avidin and a TMB (3,3'5, 5' tetramethyl-benzidine) substrate solution is added to each well. The enzyme (HRP) and substrate are allowed to react over a short incubation period. Only those wells that contain IL-10, biotin-conjugated antibody and enzyme-conjugated Avidin will exhibit a change in color. The enzyme-substrate reaction is terminated by the addition of a sulphuric acid solution and the color change is measured spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 450 nm ± 2 nm. In order to measure the concentration of IL-10 within the samples, this kit includes two calibration diluents (Calibrator Diluent I for serum/plasma testing and Calibrator Diluent II for cell culture supernatant testing.) According to the testing system, the standard provided is diluted (2-fold) with the appropriate Calibrator Diluent and assayed at the same time as the samples. This allows the operator to produce a standard curve of Optical Density (O.D) versus IL-10 concentration (pg/mL). The concentration of IL-10 in the samples is then determined by comparing the O.D. of the samples to the standard curve.
Plattform
Microplate
Nachweismethode
Colorimetric
Probentyp
Serum, plasma, cell culture supernatant, and other biological fluids.
Sensitivität
< 4 pg/ml
Detektionsbereich
4-1000 pg/ml
Testdauer
3h 30m
Spezifität
This sandwich ELISA can detect both natural and recombinant human IL-10.
Reaktivität
Human
Kreuzreaktivität
This assay has shown no cross-reactivity with other cytokines tested.