Background:
Inimmunoelectrophoresisagainstpooledserumandenrichedserumproteinsfractionsprecipitationcanbeobservedofnotlessthan11individualproteinscomponents.Inprecipitatingtechniquesasimmunoelectrophoresisandr
ADIalimmunodiffusion(Ouchterlony)toidentifytheserumproteinpattern,orthepresenceorabsenceofanindividualcomponent.Toevaluatethepurityofanisolatedserumproteinincludingimmunoglobulins.Sinceimmunoprecipitationdependsonacorrectantigen/antibodyconcentrationratio(zoneofequivalence)inthegelmedium,theproteinanalysisbyimmunoelectrophoresisofserumoranyother
BIOLOGicalfluidorproteinfractionshouldincludedifferentproportionsofthereactants.Itisnotposs
IBLetoobtainanoptimalproteinpatterninasingleanalysis.Theelectroendosmosiseffectofdifferenttypesofagaronproteinswithadifferentnetchargecanbeusedtooptimizetheresolutionpowerofthetestsystem.AgarNordicNr.2containssufficientpositivelychargedionstooptimizetheresolutionoftheproteinsinthebeta-gammaregions,whilethealpharegionswillbecomemoredense.Highlypurifiedagar(AgarNordicnr.1)withlowelectroendosmosisfavourstheresolutionoftheproteinsinthealpharegions,whilethemajorcomponentsinthebeta-gammaregioncanstillbeidentified.
Source:
Pooledwholechickenserumandpartlypurifiedserumfractions.Freund’scompleteadjuvantisusedinthefirststepoftheimmunizationprocedure.
Product:
Delipidated,heatinactivated,lyophilized,stablewholeantiserum.Nopreservativeadded.TotalproteinandIgGconcentrationsintheantiserumarecomparabletothoseofpoolednormalgoatserum.Noforeignproteinsadded.Reconstitutethelyophilizedantiserumbyadding1mlsteriledistilledwater.
Applications:
Precipitationassays.Inimmunoelectrophoresisuse2μlserumorequivalentagainst120μlantiserum.Indoubleradialimmunodiffusion(Ouchterlony)usearosettearrangementwith10μlantiserumin3mmdiametercenterwelland2μlserumsamples(neatandseriallydilutedin2mmdiameterperipheralwells.Differentbleedingsoftheimmunizedanimalsarepooledtoobtainabroadspectrumbalancedagainstthevaryingconcentrationsoftheindividualserumproteincomponents.
CrossReactivity:
Inter-speciescross-reactivityisanormalfeatureofantibodiestoanimalproteinssincehomologousproteinsofdifferentspeciesfrequentlyshareantigenicdeterminants.ThisantiSerumhasnotbeenadsorbedforsuchcross-reactivity.Consequentlyitisnotspecies-specific.
Specificity:
PrecipitatingpolyclonalGoatantiSerumtoChickenSerumproteins
Storage:
Thelyophilizedantiserumisshippedatambienttemperatureandmaybestoredat+4°C;prolongedstorageatorbelow-20°C.Dilutionsmaybepreparedbyaddingphosphatebufferedsaline(PBS,pH7.2).Repeatedthawingandfreezingshouldbeavoided.Ifaslightprecipitationoccursuponstorage,thisshouldberemovedbycentrifugation.Itwillnotaffecttheperformanceoftheantiserum.Dilutedantiserumshouldbestoredat+4°C,notrefrozen,andpreferablyusedthesameday.
Caution:
ThisproductisintendedFORRESEARCHUSEONLY,andFORTESTSINVITRO,notforuseindiagnosticortherapeuticproceduresinvolvinghumansoranimals.Thisdatasheetisasaccurateasreasonablyachievable,but
Nordic-Mubioacceptsnoli
ABIlityforanyinaccuraciesoromissionsinthisinformation.