Rat TIMP-1 ELISA Kit

Brand

BioAim Scientific (Kanada)

short description

The Bioaim Rat TIMP-1 ELISA kit is a solid phase sandwich ELISA for the quantitative measurement of TIMP-1 in rat serum, plasma and cell culture media. An antibody specific for rat TIMP-1 was coated on a 96-well plate. Standards and samples are added to the wells and any TIMP-1 present binds to the immobilized antibody. The wells are washed and biotinylated anti-rat TIMP-1 antibody is added. After washing away unbound biotinylated antibody, HRP-conjugated streptavidin is added to the wells. The wells are again washed and TMB substrate solution is added, which produces a blue color in direct proportion to the amount of TIMP-1 present in the initial sample. The Stop Solution changes the color from blue to yellow, and the microwell absorbances are read at 450 nm.
Research Area Angiogenesis; Cancer Biomarker;

specific against

Rat

detection target

TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 ( TIMP-1 )
Background: TIMPs-1 through -4 regulate the activity of zinc metalloproteases known as MMPs, ADAMs and ADAMTSs. Structurally, TIMPs contain two domains. The N-terminal domain binds to the active site of mature metalloproteases via a 1:1 non-covalent interaction, blocking access of substrates to the catalytic site. In addition, The C-terminal domain of TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 binds to the hemopexin- like domain of pro-MMP-9 and pro-MMP-2, respectively. In addition to its inhibitory role against most of the known MMPs, the encoded protein is able to promote cell proliferation in a wide range of cell types, and may also have an anti-apoptotic function. In adrenocortical cells the trophic hormone ACTH induces expression of TIMP-1 and the increase in TIMP expression is also associated with decreased collagenase activity. Increased expression of TIMP1 has been found to be associated with worse prognosis of various tumors, such as laryngeal carcinoma or melanoma.

alias

TIMP-1, Timp

sensitivity

2 pg/ml

detection range

4.1-3000 pg/ml

sample type

Serum, plasma, Cell culture supernatant

pack size

1x96 Wells

Assay time

4.5 h

Principle of the Elisa

Sandwich ELISA

SwissProtID

P30120