| ReagentPreparation | Allowthekitreagentstothawandcometoroomtemperaturefor30-60minutes. WerecommendthatallstandardsandsamplesberuninduplicatetoallowtheendusertoaccuratelydeterminecGMPconcentrations. Ensurethatallsampleshavereachedroomtemperatureandhavebeendilutedasappropriatepriortorunningtheminthekit. WashBufferDiluteWashBufferConcentrate1:20byaddingonepartoftheconcentratetonineteenpartsofdeionizedwater. Oncedilutedthisisstableatroomtemperaturefor3months. SampleDiluentPreparetheSampleDiluentbydilutingtheSampleDiluentConcentrate1:4,addingonepartoftheconcentratetothreepartsofdeionizedwater. Oncedilutedthisisstableat4°Cfor3months. CyclicGMPConjugateThesuppliedCyclicGMPCLIAConjugateConcentrateshouldbediluted1:20withtheConjugateDiluentasindicatedinthetablebelow. OncedilutedtheCyclicGMPconjugateisstableforonemonthwhenstoredat4°C.1Plate2Plates3Plates4Plates5PlatesConjugateConcentrate125μL250μL375μL500μL625μLConjugateDiluent2.375mL4.75mL7.125mL9.5mL11.875mLFinalMixture2.5mL5mL7.5mL10mL12.5mLChemiluminescentSubstrateMixonepartoftheSubstrateSolutionAwithonepartofSubstrateSolutionBinabrownbottle. Oncemixedthesubstrateisstableforonemonthwhenstoredat4°C.®www.ArborAssays.com9reagentpreparatiOn-regularfOrmatAllstandardsandsamplesshouldbedilutedinglasstesttubes. StandardPreparation-regularfOrmatLabeloneglasstesttubeasStock2andseventubesas#1through#7. Pipet150μLofSampleDiluentintotheStock2tubeand296μLofSampleDiluentintotube#1. Pipet150μLofSampleDiluentintotubes#2to#7. TheCyclicGMPstocksolutioncontainsanorganicsolvent. Prerinsethepipettipseveraltimestoensureaccuratedelivery. Carefullyadd10μLofthecGMPstocksolutiontotheStock2tubeandvortexcompletely. Take24μLofthecGMPsolutionintheStock2tubeandaddittotube#1andvortexcompletely. Take150μLofthecGMPsolutionintube#1andaddittotube#2andvortexcompletely. Repeattheserialdilutionsfortubes#3through#7. TheconcentrationofCyclicGMPintubes1through7willbe3,1.5,0.75,0.375,0.188,0.094,and0.047pmol/mL. Non-AcetylatedStock2Std1Std2Std3Std4Std5Std6Std7SampleDiluent(μL)150296150150150150150150AdditionCyclicStockStd1Std2Std3Std4Std5Std6GMPStd.2VolofAddition(μL)1024150150150150150150FinalConc(pM/mL)4031.50.750.3750.18750.09380.0469UseStandardswithin1hourofpreparation.®www.ArborAssays.com10aSSayprOtOcOl-regularfOrmat1. Usetheplatelayoutsheetonthebackpagetoaidinpropersampleandstandardidentification. Determinethenumberofwellstobeusedandreturnunusedwellstothefoilpouchwithdesiccant. Sealtheziplocplatebagandstoreat4°C.2. Add50μLofPlatePrimerintoallwellsused.failuretOaddplateprimertOallWellSfirStWillcauSeaSSaytOfail.3. Pipet75μLSampleDiluentintothenon-specificbinding(NSB)wells.4. Pipet50μLofSampleDiluentintowellstoactasmaximumbindingwells(B0or0pmol/mL).5. Pipet50μLofsamplesorstandardsintowellsintheplate. NOTE:SampleDiluentwillturnfromorangetobrightpinkuponsampleorstandardadditiontothePlatePrimerinthewells.6. Add25μLofthedilutedDetectX®cGMPCLIAConjugatetoeachwellusingarepeaterpipet.7. Add25μLoftheDetectX®cGMPCLIAAntibodytoeachwell,excepttheNSBwells,usingarepeaterpipet.8. Covertheplatewiththeplatesealerandshaketheplatefor15minutesatroomtemperature.9. Placethecoveredplateina4°Crefrigeratorfor16hours.10. ThefollowingdayremovetheChemiluminescentSubstratefromtherefrigeratorandallowtocometoroomtemperatureforatleast30minutes. AdditionofcoldSubstratewillcausedepressedsignal.11. Taketheplatefromtherefrigeratorandwasheachwell4timeswith300μLwashbuffer. Taptheplatedryoncleanabsorbenttowels.12. Add100μLofthemixedChemiluminescentSubstratetoeachwell,usingarepeaterpipet.13. Incubatetheplateatroomtemperaturefor5minuteswithoutshaking.14. Readtheluminescencegeneratedfromeachwellinamutimodeorchemiluminescentplatereaderusinga0.1secondreadtimeperwell. Thechemiluminescentsignalwilldecreaseabout40%over60minutes.15. Usetheplatereadersbuilt-in4PLCsoftwarecapabilitiestocalculatecGMPconcentrationforeachsample. |
| SamplePreparation | CellsCelllysisbufferscontaininghighconcentrationsofSDSorotherdetergentsmaynotbecompat-iblewiththisassayormayrequireextradilution.PleasereadInterferentssectiononpage22formoreinformation.Thiskitiscompatiblewitheitheradherentornon-adherentcells.ThecellscanbegrowninanysuitablesterilecontainerssuchasPetridishes,12-,48-or96-wellcultureplatesorflasks.ThecellsmustbeisolatedfromthemediapriortobeinglysedwiththeprovidedSampleDiluent.TheacidicSampleDiluentcontainsdetergentstolysethecells,inactivateendogenousphosphodiesterasesandstabilizethecGMP.Somecelltypesareextremelyhardyandtheendusershouldoptimizethelysisconditionsutilizingfreeze-thawcyclesandultrasonictreatmentstofullylysetheircells.Weused~107JurkatcellspermLofSampleDiluent.Cellnumberneedstobedeterminedbytheendusersinceitwillbedependantoncelltypeandtreatmentconditions.Caremustbetakennottooverdilutethesamples.Foradherentcells,themediashouldbeaspiratedfromthecellsandthecellswashedwithPBS.TheadherentcellsshouldbetreateddirectlywiththeSampleDiluentfor10minutesatroomtemperature.Cellscanbescrapedtodislodgethemfromtheplatesurfaceandcellsshouldbeinspectedtoensurelysis.DetergenthasbeenaddedtotheSampleDiluenttohelplysisoccur.Centrifugethesamplesat≥600xgat4°Cfor15minutesandassaythesupernatantdirectly.Ifrequired,theTCMcanbeassayedforcGMPasoutlinedbelow.Fornon-adherentcells,pelletandwashthecellswithPBSbycentrifugingthesamplesat≥600xgat4°Cfor15minutesasdescribedabove.Treattheaspirated,washedpelletdirectlywiththeSampleDiluentfor10minutesatroomtemperature.Cellsshouldbeinspectedtoensurelysis.DetergenthasbeenaddedtotheSampleDiluenttohelplysisoccur.Centrifugethesamplesat≥600xgat4°Cfor15minutesandassaythesupernatantdirectly.Ifrequired,theTCMcanbeassayedforcGMPasoutlinedbelow. |
| CalculationofResults | AllluminometersreadRelativeLightUnits(RLU). TheseRLUreadingswillvarywithmakeormodelofplatereader. AveragetheduplicateRLUreadingsforeachstandardandsample. Cre-ateastandardcurvebyreducingthedatausingthe4PLCfittingroutineontheplatereader,aftersubtractingthemeanRLUsfortheNSB. Thesampleconcentrationsobtained,calculatedfromthe%B/B0curve,shouldbemultipliedbythedilutionfactortoobtainneatsamplevalues. Orusetheonlinetoolfromhttp://www.myassays.com/arbor-assays-cyclic-gmp-direct-chemiluminescent-kit-non-acetyl.assaytocalculatethedata.*TheMyAssayslogoisaregisteredtrademarkofMyAssaysLtd.typicaldata-regularfOrmatSampleMeanRLUNetRLU%B/B0CyclicGMPConc.(pmol/mL)NSB12,9450--Standard122,5309,58513.523Standard229,60516,66023.511.5Standard337,48024,53534.620.75Standard448,80535,86050.600.375Standard560,93047,98567.700.1875Standard671,46558,52082.570.0938Standard776,60063,65589.810.0469B083,82070,8751000Sample126,65513,71019.341.86Sample240,69527,75039.150.62Alwaysrunyourownstandardcurveforcalculationofresults.®www.ArborAssays.com12TypicalStandardCurve-RegularFormat10070,000908060,0007050,0006040,00050%B/B0NetRLU4030,0003020,0002010,00010000.010.1110cGMPConc.(pmol/mL)Alwaysrunyourownstandardcurveforcalculationofresults. Donotusethisdata. ValidatiOndata-regularfOrmatSensitivityandLimitofDetectionSensitivitywascalculatedbycomparingtheRLUsfortwentywellsrunforeachoftheB0andstandard#7. Thesensitivitywasdeterminedattwo(2)standarddeviationsfromtheB0alongthestandardcurve. Sensitivitywasdeterminedas0.034pmol/mL. TheLimitofDetectionfortheassaywasdeterminedinasimilarmannerbycomparingtheRLUsfortwentyrunsforeachofthezerostandardandalowconcentrationhumanurinesample. LimitofDetectionwasdeterminedas0.047pmol/mL®www.ArborAssays.com13%B/B0NetRLUacetylatedprOtOcOl-OVerVieWUsethisformatforanysamplewithlowcGMPconcentrations. Priortorunningtheacetylatedassay,allstandards,samplesandtheSampleDiluentusedfortheB0andNSBwellsmustbeacetylated. Acetylationiscarriedoutbyadding10μLoftheAcetyla-tionReagent(aspreparedbelow)foreach200μLofthestandard,sampleandSampleDiluent. Immediatelyvortexeachtreatedstandard,sampleorSampleDiluentafteradditionoftheAcetyla-tionReagentandusewithin30minutesofpreparation. Note:UponAcetylation,allofthestandardsandsamplesdilutedintheorangeSampleDiluentwillchangetoapaleyellowcolour.reagentpreparatiOn-acetylatedfOrmatAcetylationReagentWorkinginafumehoodmixonepartofAceticAnhydridewith2partsofTriethylamineinaglasstesttube. UsethefollowingtabletohelpdeterminetheamountofAcetylationReagenttomake. ReagentsNumberofSamplestobeTested2040100200AceticAnhydrideVolume(μL)2004001,0002,000TriethylamineVolume(μL)4008002,0004,000AcetylationReagentVol(mL)0.61.236UsetheAcetylationReagentwithin60minutesofpreparation.®www.ArborAssays.com14StandardPreparation-AcetylatedFormatAllstandardsandsamplesshouldbedilutedinglasstesttubes. LabeloneglasstesttubeasStock2andsixtubesas#1through#6. Pipet150μLofSampleDiluentintotheStock2tubeand585μLofSampleDiluentintotube#1. Pipet300μLofSampleDiluentintotubes#2to#6. TheCyclicGMPstocksolutioncontainsanorganicsolvent. Prerinsethepipettipseveraltimestoensureaccuratedelivery. Carefullyadd10μLofthecGMPstocksolutiontotheStock2tubeandvortexcompletely. Take15μLofthecGMPsolutionintheStock2tubeandaddittotube#1andvortexcompletely. Take300μLofthecGMPsolutionintube#1andaddittotube#2andvortexcompletely. Repeattheserialdilutionsfortubes#3through#6. TheconcentrationofCyclicGMPintubes1through6willbe1,0.5,0.25,0.125,0.0625,and0.0313pmol/mL. AcetylatedStock2Std1Std2Std3Std4Std5Std6SampleDiluent(μL)150585300300300300300AdditionCyclicStock2Std1Std2Std3Std4Std5GMPStd. VolofAddition(μL)1015300300300300300FinalConc(pM/mL)4010.50.250.1250.06250.03125StandardandSampleAcetylationPipet300μLofSampleDiluentintoaglasstubetoactastheZerostandard/NSBtube. Add15μLofAcetylationReagenttothistubeandvorteximmediately. Proceedtoassaywithin30minutes. Pipet200μLofeachstandardorsampletobetestedintofreshglasstubes. Add10μLoftheAcetylationReagentintoeachtubeandvorteximmediately. Proceedtoassaywithin30minutes. NOTE:SamplesandSampleDiluentwillturnfromorangetopaleyellowuponacetylation. UseAcetylatedStandardsandSampleswithin30minutesofpreparation. |