Description
Principle of the assay: MBPAb ELISA kit applies the competitive enzyme immunoassay technique utilizing myelin basic protein antigen and an MBPAb-HRP conjugate. The assay sample and buffer are incubated together with MBPAb-HRP conjugate in pre-coated plate for one hour. After the incubation period, the wells are decanted and washed five times. The wells are then incubated with a substrate for HRP enzyme. The product of the enzyme-substrate reaction forms a blue colored complex. Finally, a stop solution is added to stop the reaction, which will then turn the solution yellow. The intensity of color is measured spectrophotometrically at 450nm in a microplate reader. The intensity of the color is inversely proportional to the MBPAb concentration since MBPAb from samples and MBPAb-HRP conjugate compete for the myelin basic protein antigen binding site. Since the number of sites is limited, as more sites are occupied by MBPAb from the sample, fewer sites are left to bind MBPAb-HRP conjugate. A standard curve is plotted relating the intensity of the color (O.D.) to the concentration of standards. The MBPAb concentration in each sample is interpolated from this standard curve