Description:
TumourNecrosisFactoralpha(TNFa),isaninflammatorycytokineproducedbymacrophages/monocytesduringacuteinflammationandisresponsIBLeforadiverserangeofsignalingeventswithincells,leADIngtonecrosisorapoptosis.Theproteinisalsoimportantforangiogenesisthatiscriticaltothegrowth,progression,andmetastasisofsolidtumors. FurThermore,TNFaisassociatedwithobesity. Itischronicallyelevatedinadiposetissuesofobeserodentsandhumansandmayrepresentanimportantlinkbetweenobesityandinsulinresistance. Inbothobesemiceandhumans,TNFaisoverexpressedinadiposetissue. TNFainhibitsinsulinsignaling,atleastinpartbyblockinginsulinreceptortyrosinekinaseactivityandinducingserinephosphorylationofinsulinreceptorsubstrate-1(IRS-1).However,itisunclearwhatthephysiologicalstimulatorofTNF-aproductionbyadipocyteduringobesityisandhowIRS-1inhibitsthetyrosinekinaseactivityoftheinsulinreceptorafterTNF-atreatmentofthecells.Abetterunderstandingoftheconnection(s)betweentheTNF-aandtheinsulinsignalingpathwayscouldbeimportanttofindacureforthestateofinsulinresistanceobservedduringobesity.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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