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Mouse MDC ELISA Kit

Macrophage-derived chemokine ELISA Kit

Catalog No. Product Name Size List Price (US$) Quantity
EK000030-EK0447-1 Mouse MDC ELISA Kit 1 plate, 96T/plate 456.00
EK000030-EK0447-4 Mouse MDC ELISA Kit 4 plates, 96T/plate 1550.00
Description

EK000030-EK0447: Mouse MDC ELISA Kit

Range 15.6pg/ml-1000pg/ml.
Sensitivity < 1 pg/ml
Specificity: no detectable cross-reactivity with any other cytokine.
Application: for quantitive detection of mouse MDC in sera, plasma, body fluids, tissue lysates or cell culture supernates.
Expiration: four months at 4°C and eight months at -20°C.

Background

Macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC), also called Chemokine, cc motif, ligand 22 (CCL22) or Small inducible cytokine subfamily A, member 22 (SCY22). MDC is a recently identified member of the CC chemokine family. It is not closely related to other chemokines, sharing most similarity with thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC), which contains 37% identical amino acids. In addition, MDC gene is mapped to chromosome 16q13, the same position reported for the TARC gene.1 MDC has the four-cysteine motif and other highly conserved residues characteristic of CC chemokines, but it shares <35% identity with any of the known chemokines. Recombinant MDC was expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells and purified by heparin-Sepharose chromatography. MDC is highly expressed in macrophages and in monocyte-derived dendritic cells, but not in monocytes, natural killer cells, or several cell lines of epithelial, endothelial, or fibroblast origin. High expression was also detected in normal thymus and less expression in lung and spleen. MDC is thus a unique member of the CC chemokine family that may play a fundamental role in the function of dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and monocytes.2

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. Imai, T.; Chantry, D.; Raport, C. J.; Woods, C. L.; Nishimura, M.; Godiska, R.; Yoshie, O.; Gray, P. W. : Macrophage-derived chemokine is a functional ligand for the CC chemokine receptor 4. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 1764-1768, 1998.
2. Godiska, R.; Chantry, D.; Raport, C. J.; Sozzani, S.; Allavena, P.; Leviten, D.; Mantovani, A.; Gray, P. W. : Human macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC), a novel chemoattractant for monocytes, monocyte-derived dendritic cells, and natural killer cells. J. Exp. Med. 185: 1595-1604, 1997.

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