Mouse VCAM-1 ELISA Kit EZ-Set™ (DIY Antibody Pairs)

Description
Capture Antibody
Detection Antibody
Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Complex (ABC)
Lyophilized Standard|

Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) is a cell surface glycoprotein adhesive for certain blood leukocytes and tumor cells, which is expressed by activated endothelium in a variety of pathologic conditions including atherosclerosis.Increased expression of VCAM1 is associated with a variety of chronic inflammatory conditions, making its expression and function a target for therapeutic intervention.Integrin alpha4beta1 (VLA-4) and VCAM-1 facilitate a critical cell-cell adhesion event required for survival of endothelial and mural cells during vascularization.The VCAM1 gene is assigned to the 1p31-32 region of chromosome 1 based on the analysis of human-mouse hybrid cell lines and in situ hybridization.The standard product used in this kit is recombinant mouse VCAM-1, a dimeric protein linking with a disulfide bond. It consists of Phe25-Glu698 amino acid sequence of a single chain with the molecular mass of 101.9KDa. As a result of glycosylation, the molecular mass of 120KDa is revealed by SDS-PAGE.

1. Microplate reader in standard size.
2. Automated plate washer.
3. Incubator.
4. Adjustable pipettes and pipette tips. Multichannel pipettes are recommended in the condition of large amount of samples in the detection.
5. Clean tubes and Eppendorf tubes.
6. 96 well microplate (Cat# AR1100)
7. Plate Sealers.
8. Capture Antibody Diluent: PBS.
9. Reagent Diluent: 1% BSA in PBS, pH 7.2-7.4, 0.2 µm filtered.
10. Substrate Solution: Tetramethylbenzidine (Cat# AR1104)
11. Stop Solution: 2 N H2SO4 (Cat# AR1105)
12. Wash Buffer (PBS and PBS-T). Recipes:
PBS: 8g NaCl, 0.2g KCl, 1.15g Na2HPO4, 0.2g KH2PO4, adjust the total volume to 1 L with distilled water, pH 7.2-7.4, 0.2 µm filtered.
PBS-T: 0.1% Tween® 20 in PBS, pH 7.2-7.4.
*Item 6 – 12 are included in the EZ Set Accessory Kit (EZA001)

Important in cell-cell recognition. Appears to function in leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. Interacts with integrin alpha-4/beta-1 (ITGA4/ITGB1) on leukocytes, and mediates both adhesion and signal transduction. The VCAM1/ITGA4/ITGB1 interaction may play a pathophysiologic role both in immune responses and in leukocyte emigration to sites of inflammation.

Mouse VCAM-1 ELISA Kit EZ-Set™ (DIY Antibody Pairs) (antibody pairs and standards for assay development). Quantitate Mouse VCAM1 in cell culture supernatants, cell lysates, serum and plasma (heparin, EDTA).