Principle of Assay
Mouse MT1-MMP ELISA Kit (A336624) employs the sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique for the quantitative measurement of mouse MT1-MMP in serum, plasma, cell culture supernatant, cell or tissue lysate, and other liquid samples. An antibody specific for MT1-MMP has been pre-coated onto a 96-well microtiter plate. The standards and test samples are added into the wells and the MT1-MMP 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-MT1-MMP Antibody, which binds the captured MT1-MMP present in each well. Following incubation, unbound biotinylated detection antibody is removed by washing, and an HRP-Streptavidin 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 MT1-MMP captured in each well. The concentration of MT1-MMP can then be calculated by reading the O.D. absorbance at 450nm in a microplate reader and referring to the standard curve.