Principle of Assay
Human Cystatin SA/CST2 ELISA Kit (A6773) employs the sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique for the quantitative measurement of human Cystatin SA/CST2 in tissue homogenates, cell lysates, cell culture supernates or other biological fluids. An antibody specific for Cystatin SA/CST2 has been pre-coated onto a 96-well microtiter plate. The standards and test samples are added into the wells and the Cystatin SA/CST2 present in each sample is bound to the wells by the immobilized antibody. Following incubation, the wells are washed and then incubated with Biotinylated Anti-Cystatin SA/CST2 Antibody, which binds the captured Cystatin SA/CST2 present in each well. Following incubation, unbound biotinylated detection antibody is removed by washing, and an HRP-Avidin conjugate is added to the wells and the microtiter plate is incubated. Following incubation and washing, TMB substrate solution is then used to visualize the HRP enzymatic reaction by catalysis to produce a blue-coloured product that changes to yellow after addition of acidic stop solution. The density of yellow is proportional to the amount of Cystatin SA/CST2 captured in each well. The concentration of Cystatin SA/CST2 can then be calculated by reading the O.D. absorbance at 450nm in a microplate reader and referring to the standard curve.