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Reagent Preparation
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Freshly dilute all reagents and bring all reagents to room temperature before use. MIX Diluent Concentrate (10x): If crystals have formed in the concentrate, mix gently until the crystals have completely dissolved. Dilute the MIX Diluent Concentrate 1:10 with reagent grade water. Store for up to 30 days at 2-8°C. Standard Curve: Reconstitute the 50 µg of Human Albumin Standard with 1 mL of MIX Diluent to generate a working solution of 50 µg/mL. Allow the standard to sit for 10 minutes with gentle agitation prior to making dilutions. Prepare duplicate or triplicate standard points by serially diluting the standard solution (50 µg/mL) 1:4 with MIX Diluent to generate 12.5, 3.125, and 0.781 µg/mL solutions. MIX Diluent serves as the zero standard (0 µg/mL). Any remaining solution should be frozen at - 20°C and used within 30 days. Fluorescent Human Albumin Probe (1x): Dilute Fluorescent Human Albumin with 1.8 mL MIX Diluent to produce a working solution. Allow the probe to sit for 10 minutes with gentle agitation prior to making dilutions. Any remaining solution should be refrigerated at 2-8°C and used within 30 days. Wash Buffer Concentrate (20x): If crystals have formed in the concentrate, mix gently until the crystals have completely dissolved. Dilute the Wash Buffer Concentrate 1:20 with reagent grade water.
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Assay Procedure
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Prepare all reagents, working standards and samples as instructed. Bring all reagents to room temperature before use. The assay is incubated at 37°C. Remove excess microplate strips from the plate frame and return them immediately to the foil pouch with desiccants inside. Reseal the pouch securely to minimize exposure to water vapor and store in a vacuum desiccator. Add 50 µL of Human Albumin Standard or sample per well, and immediately add 50 µL of Fluorescent Human Albumin to each well (on top of the standard or sample) and mix gently. Cover wells with a sealing tape and incubate for 20 minutes and incubate at 37°C. Start the timer after the last sample addition. Wash five times with 200 µL of Wash Buffer manually. Invert the plate each time and decant the contents, hit 4-5 times on absorbent material to completely remove the liquid. If using a machine, wash six times with 300 µL of Wash Buffer and then invert the plate, decanting the contents, hit 4-5 times on absorbent material to completely remove the liquid. Immediately add 50 µL of Stabilizing Solution to each well. Read the endpoint fluorescence on a microplate reader at an excitation wavelength of 488 nm and emission wavelength of 576 nm within 2 hours. For the FLx800 reader, a sensitivity of 100 was used. For the Synergy H1, the Automatic Gain Adjustment setting was used and the option Scale to Low Wells was selected with a threshold of 500. For the Gemini XPS reader, PMT was set to High.
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