| ReagentPreparation | Allowthekitreagentstocometoroomtemperaturefor30minutes. Werecommendthatallstandardsandsamplesberuninduplicatetoallowtheendusertoaccuratelydeterminecorticos-teroneconcentrations. Ensurethatallsampleshavereachedroomtemperatureandhavebeendilutedasappropriatepriortorunningtheminthekit. AssayBufferDiluteAssayBufferConcentrate1:5byaddingonepartoftheconcentratetofourpartsofdeion-izedwater. Oncedilutedthisisstableat4°Cfor3months. WashBufferDiluteWashBufferConcentrate1:20byaddingonepartoftheconcentratetonineteenpartsofdeionizedwater. Oncedilutedthisisstableatroomtemperaturefor3months. CortisoneConjugateThesuppliedCortisoneConjugateConcentrateshouldbediluted1:4withtheConjugateDiluent. OncedilutedtheCortisoneconjugateisstableforonemonthwhenstoredat4°C. StandardPreparationLabelninetesttubesas#1through#9. Pipet490μLofAssayBufferintotube#1and250μLintotubes#2to#9. Carefullyadd10μLofthecortisonestocksolutiontotube#1andvortexcomplete-ly. Take250μLofthecortisonesolutionintube#1andaddittotube#2andvortexcompletely. Re-peattheserialdilutionsfortubes#3through#9. Theconcentrationofcortisoneintubes1through9willbe20,000,10,000,5,000,2,500,1,250,625,312.5156.3,and78.1pg/mL. UseallStandardswithin2hoursofpreparation. |
| CalculationofResults | AllluminometersreadRelativeLightUnits(RLU). TheseRLUreadingswillvarywithmakeormodelofplatereader. AveragetheduplicateRLUreadingsforeachstandardandsample. Cre-ateastandardcurvebyreducingthedatausingthe4PLCfittingroutineontheplatereader,aftersubtractingthemeanRLUsfortheNSB. Thesampleconcentrationsobtained,calculatedfromthe%B/B0curve,shouldbemultipliedbythedilutionfactortoobtainneatsamplevalues. Or,usetheMyAssays™onlinetoolfromhttp://www.myassays.com/arbor-assays-cortisone-chemiluminescent-clia-kit.assaytocalculatethedata. QRcodeforDataAnalysis:*TheMyAssayslogoisaregisteredtrademarkofMyAssaysLtd.typicaldataSampleMeanRLUNetRLU%B/B0CortisoneConc.(pg/mL)NSB7,6600-Standard1290,990283,33022.0720,000Standard2366,485358,82527.9510,000Standard3443,125435,46533.925,000Standard4525,230517,57040.312,500Standard5626,385618,72548.191,250Standard6755,005747,34558.21625Standard7901,865894,20569.65312.5Standard81,032,5401,024,88079.83156.25Standard91,147,0601,139,40088.7578.1B01,291,5001,283,8401000Sample1384,985377,32529.397,879Sample2947,150939,49073.18237.5Alwaysrunyourownstandardcurveforcalculationofresults. Donotusethisdata. ConversionFactor:100pg/mLofcortisoneisequivalentto277.6pM. |