Bovine Glucagon EasyTestTM competitive ELISA kit

Brand

BioAim Scientific (Kanada)

short description

The BioAim bovine Glucagon EasyTestTM Competitive ELISA kit can quantitatively measure Glucagon in bovine serum or plasma. Other matrices, such as urine and tissue, may be suitable but have not been validated. It is a simple and rapid technology for the quantitation of antigen in a range of sample matrices. The whole process takes 2 hours with high accuracy and precision.
Research Area Peptide hormone;

specific against

Bovine

detection target

glucagon(Glucagon)
Background: Glucagon is a peptide hormone, produced by alpha cells of the pancreas, which raises the concentration of glucose in the bloodstream. Its effect is opposite that of insulin, which lowers the glucose concentration. The pancreas releases glucagon when the concentration of glucose in the bloodstream falls too low. Glucagon generally elevates the concentration of glucose in the blood by promoting gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis. When glucagon binds to the glucagon receptors, the liver cells convert the glycogen into individual glucose molecules and release them into the bloodstream, in a process known as glycogenolysis. As these stores become depleted, glucagon then encourages the liver and kidney to synthesize additional glucose by gluconeogenesis. Glucagon turns off glycolysis in the liver, causing glycolytic intermediates to be shuttled to gluconeogenesis. Glucagon also regulates the rate of glucose production through lipolysis. Glucagon induces lipolysis in humans under conditions of insulin suppression. Glucagon binds to the glucagon receptor, a G protein-coupled receptor, located in the plasma membrane. The conformation change in the receptor activates G proteins, a heterotrimeric protein with α, β, and β subunits. The alpha subunit specifically activates adenylate cyclase. Glucagon stimulation of PKA also inactivates the glycolytic enzyme pyruvate kinase.

sensitivity

120 pg/ml

detection range

9.8-40000 pg/ml

sample type

Serum, plasma

pack size

1x96 Wells

Assay time

2.0 h

Principle of the Elisa

EIA

SwissProtID

P01272