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CT-1 ELISA Kit

Cardiotrophin-1 ELISA Kit

Catalog No. Product Name Size List Price (US$) Quantity
EK000109-EK0563-1 Human Cardiotrophin-1 ELISA Kit 1 plate, 96T/plate 504.00
EK000109-EK0563-4 Human Cardiotrophin-1 ELISA Kit 4 plates, 96T/plate 1714.00
Description

EK000109-EK0563: Human Cardiotrophin-1 ELISA Kit

Range 31.2ug/ml-2000ug/ml
Sensitivity < 10ug/ml
Specificity: No detectable cross-reactivity with any other cytokine.
Application: For quantitative detection of human CT-1 in sera, body fluids, tissue lysates or cell culture supernates.
Expiration: four months at 4°C and eight months at -20°C.

Background

Cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1) is a member of the family of cytokines that includes leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), oncostatin M (OSM), interleukin-6 (IL6), and interleukin-11 (IL11). And the CT-1 gene is mapped to 1p21-p13. The human CT-1 protein contains 201 amino acids and shares 80% amino acid identity with the 203-amino acid mouse CT-1 sequence; however, unlike the mouse protein, human CT-1 has 2 rather than 1 cys and has no N-glycosylation site1. Despite lacking a signal sequence, secreted CT-1 and mouse CT-1 induce cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in cell culture and bind to both mouse and human LIFR but not to OSMR. Furthermore, A 1.7-kb CT-1 transcript was detected at high levels in heart, skeletal muscle, prostate, and ovary. Low levels were detected in lung, kidney, pancreas, thymus, testis, and small intestine, with little or no expression detected in brain, placenta, spleen, colon, and peripheral blood leukocytes. And it was also observed strong expression in fetal lung and kidney1.

Principle

The ELISA Kit is based on standard sandwich enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay technology. The target specific antibodies are precoated onto 96-well plates. The target from the sample is bound to the microwell. The biotinylated target specific detection antibodies are added to the microwells and followed by washing with the PBS or TBS buffer. Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Complex is added and unbound conjugates are washed away with the PBS or TBS buffer. TMB, the HRP (horseradish peroxidase) substrate, is used to visualize color change resulting from the HRP enzymatic reaction. TMB is catalyzed by HRP to produce the blue color. The color changes into yellow after the acidic stop solution is added. The density of the yellow color is proportional to the target amount from the sample captured in the microwells.

Reference

1. Pennica, D.; Swanson, T. A.; Shaw, K. J.; Kuang, W.-J.; Gray, C. L.; Beatty, B. G.; Wood, W. I. : Human cardiotrophin-1: protein and gene structure, biological and binding activities, and chromosomal localization. Cytokine 8: 183-189, 1996.

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