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Assay Type
Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA
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Format
96-well strip plate
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Sample Type & Volume Required
Cell lysates (100 µL)
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Sufficient Materials
Kits available for two, five, or fifteen 96-well plates*
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Specificity
Please see the
* Provided that the recommended microplates, buffers, diluents, substrates and solutions are used, and the assay is run as summarized in the Assay Procedure provided.
This DuoSet IC ELISA contains the basic components required for the development of sandwich ELISAs to measure phosphorylated in cell lysates. An immobilized capture antibody specific for binds both phosphorylated and unphosphorylated . After washing away unbound material, a biotinylated detection antibody is used to detect only phosphorylated receptor, utilizing a standard HRP format.
Product Features
- Optimized capture and detection antibody pairings with recommended concentrations save lengthy development time
- Development protocols are provided to guide further assay optimization
- Assay can be customized to your specific needs
- Available in 2, 5, and 15- (96-well) plate pack sizes
- Economical alternative to Western blot
Kit Content
- Capture Antibody
- Conjugated Detection Antibody
- Calibrated Immunoassay Standard or Control
- Streptavidin-HRP
Other Reagents Required
PBS: (Catalog # ), or 137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8.1 mM Na
2HPO
4, 1.5 mM KH
2O
4, pH 7.2 - 7.4, 0.2 µm filtered
Wash Buffer: (Catalog # ), or equivalent
Lysis Buffer* IC Diluent*
Blocking Buffer* Substrate Solution: 1:1 mixture of Color Reagent A (H
2O
2) and Color Reagent B (Tetramethylbenzidine) (Catalog # )
Stop Solution: 2 N H
2SO
4 (Catalog # )
Microplates: From Costar EIA Plate (Costar Catalog # 2592) or R&D Systems (Catalog # ), or equivalent
Plate Sealers: ELISA Plate Sealers (Catalog # ), or equivalent
*For the Lysis Buffer, IC Diluent, and Blocking BUffer recommended for a specific DuoSet ELISA Development Kit, please see the product
Preparation and Storage
Background: p38 alpha
The p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases (MAPKs) are a family of four related Ser/Thr kinases activated by proinflammatory cytokines and environmental stresses. All four p38 family members, alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, are phosphorylated by MKK3 and/or MKK6 at dual Thr and Tyr positions within the phosphoacceptor sequence Thr-Gly-Tyr. Once activated, p38 phosphorylates a number of targets, including the nuclear transcription factors ATF2 and Max.
The most frequently analyzed family member, p38 alpha, also known as SAPK2a and MAPK14, was initially purified as a kinase critical to the signaling cascade linking IL-1 to MAPKAPK-2 and the small heat shock protein HSP27. Ubiquitously expressed, p38 alpha is dually phosphorylated by MKK3 and MKK6 at Thr180 and Tyr182. Once activated, p38 alpha phosphorylates a number of targets, including the cytoplasmic kinases MNK 4 and PRAK5 and the nuclear transcription factors ATF2 1 and STAT1. Several promising compounds that inhibit p38 alpha are being investigated as potential therapies for arthritic and inflammatory diseases.