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Human PAI-1 ELISA Kit

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 ELISA Kit

Catalog No. Product Name Size List Price (US$) Quantity
EK000042-EK0859-1 Human PAI-1 ELISA Kit 1 plate, 96T/plate 480.00
EK000042-EK0859-4 Human PAI-1 ELISA Kit 4 plates, 96T/plate 1632.00
Description

EK000042-EK0859: Human PAI-1 ELISA Kit

Range 156pg/ml-10,000pg/ml
Sensitivity < 10pg/ml
Application: for quantitative detection of human PAI-1 in plasma, tissue lysates or cell culture supernates
Expiration: four months at 4°C and eight months at -20°C.

INTRODUCTION

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the primary inhibitor of tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activator, playing a major role in fibrinolysis1-2. PAI-1 is mainly produced by the endothelium, but is also secreted by other tissue types, such as adipose tissue3. It is normally present at low levels in plasma and tissue, but its expression and release increased in various disease states (such as a number of forms of cancer), as well as in obesity and the metabolic syndrome4. PAI-1 is also involved in the pathophysiology of renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and metabolic diseases5-8. Elevated local or systemic PAI-1 can also exacerbate such pathologic conditions.

PRINCIPLE

This assay is a quantitative sandwich ELISA. The immunoplate is pre-coated with a mouse monoclonal antibody specific for human PAI-1. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells and any human PAI-1 present is bound by the immobilized antibody. After washing away any unbound substances, a biotin labelled polyclonal antibody specific for human PAI-1 is added to the wells. After wash step to remove any unbound reagents, streptavidin-HRP conjugate (STP-HRP) is added. After the last wash step, an HRP substrate solution is added and colour develops in proportion to the amount of human PAI-1 bound initially. The assay is stopped and the optical density of the wells determined using a microplate reader. Since the increases in absorbance are directly proportional to the amount of captured human PAI-1, the unknown sample concentration can be interpolated from a reference curve included in each assay.

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