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FGF9 ELISA Kit

Fibroblast Growth Factor-9 ELISA Kit

Catalog No. Product Name Size List Price (US$) Quantity
EK000070-EK0348-1 Human FGF9 ELISA Kit 1 plate, 96T/plate 516.00
EK000070-EK0348-4 Human FGF9 ELISA Kit 4 plates, 96T/plate 1754.00
Description

EK000070-EK0348: Human FGF9 ELISA Kit

Range 62.5pg/ml-4000pg/ml
Sensitivity < 15pg/ml
Specificity: no detectable cross-reactivity with any other cytokine.
Application: for quantitative detection of human FGF9 in sera, plasma, body fluids, tissue lysates or cell culture supernates.
Expiration: four months at 4°C and eight months at -20°C.

Background

Fibroblast growth factor-9 (FGF-9) is a steroid-regulated mitogen and survival factor for nerve and mesenchymal cells.1 The human FGF-9 cDNA cloned by using oligonucleotide probes encodes a polypeptide consisting of 208 amino acids. Sequence similarity to other members of the FGF family has been estimated to be around 30%.2 FGF-9 is an autocrine estromedin endometrial stromal growth factor that plays roles in cyclic proliferation of uterine endometrial stroma.3 FGF9 is produced and secreted by the prostatic stromal cells. It is a potent mitogen for both prostatic epithelial and stromal cells in culture. FGF9 is an abundant secreted growth factor that can act as both a paracrine mitogen for epithelial cells and an autocrine mitogen for stromal cells. Overexpression of this paracrine and autocrine growth factor may play an important role in the epithelial and stromal proliferation in benign prostatic hyperplasia.4 The standard product used in this kit is recombinant human FGF9, consisting of 208 amino acids with the molecular mass of 23KDa. As a result of glycosylation, the molecular mass is 25-27KDa.

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. Wing LY, Chuang PC, Wu MH, Chen HM, Tsai SJ. Expression and mitogenic effect of fibroblast growth factor-9 in human endometriotic implant is regulated by aberrant production of estrogen. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Nov;88(11):5547-54.
2. Miyamoto, M.; Naruo, K.-I.; Seko, C.; Matsumoto, S.; Kondo, T.; Kurokawa, T. Molecular cloning of a novel cytokine cDNA encoding the ninth member of the fibroblast growth factor family, which has a unique secretion property. Molec. Cell. Biol. 13: 4251-4259, 1993.
3. Tsai SJ, Wu MH, Chen HM, Chuang PC, Wing LY. Fibroblast growth factor-9 is an endometrial stromal growth factor. Endocrinology. 2002 Jul;143(7):2715-21.
4. Giri D, Ropiquet F, Ittmann M. FGF9 is an autocrine and paracrine prostatic growth factor expressed by prostatic stromal cells. J Cell Physiol. 1999 Jul;180(1):53-60.

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