
Description:
Epidermalgrowthfactor(EGF)isastrongmitogenformanycells,suchasfibroblasts.EGFalsostimulatestheproliferationofembryoniccells. TheproliferationofsomecelllineshasbeenshowntobeinhibitedbyEGF.EGFactsasadifferentiationfactorforsomecelltypes.ToalimitedextentEGFalsoaugmentsangiogenesisbecauseitismitogenicforendothelialcells.ThemitogenicactivityofEGFforendothelialcellscanbepotentiatedbythrombin. EGFisastrongchemoattractantforfibroblastsandepithelialcells.EGFaloneandalsoincombinationwithothercytokinesisanimportantfactormediatingwoundhealingprocesses.Principle:
Mouse CytokineELISAisbasedontheprincipleofasolidphaseenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay.Theassayutilizesrabbitanti-mouseantibodiesforimmobilizationonthemicrotiterwellsandrabbitanti-mouseantibodiesalongwithstreptavidinconjugatedtohorserADIshperoxidase(HRP)fordetection.Thetestsampleisallowedtoreactsimultaneouslywiththetwoantibodies,resultinginthemoleculesbeingsandwichedbetweenthesolidphaseandenzyme-linkedantibodies.Afterincubation,thewellsarewashedtoremoveunbound-labeledantibodies.AHRPsubstrate,TMB,isaddedtoresultinthedevelopmentofabluecolor.ThecolordevelopmentisthenstoppedwiththeadditionofStopSolutionchangingthecolortoyellow.The concentrationofVEGFisdirectlyproportionaltothecolorintensityofthetestsample.Absorbanceismeasuredspectrophotometricallyat450nm.
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