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ELISA Protocol

Antibody Capture

ELISA

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MATERIALS

  • 96‐Well Microtiter Plates
  • Eppendorf Tubes
  • Twelve‐Channel Pipettor
  • 1mL Adjustable Pipettor
  • Humid Chamber
  • Wash Bottle or ELISA Plate Washer
  • ELISA Plate Reader
  • TMB
  • Staining dishes with lids
  • Orbital shaker & Transfer pipettes

Buffer Formulations

Carbonate Buffer

1 Liter – pH 9.5 – Store at 4°C

  • 1.59g Na2CO3
  • 2.93g NaHCO3
  • 2mL 10% NaN3
  • DI H2O to 1L

Wash Buffer

  • PBS
  • 0.02% Thimerosal
  • 0.05% Tween‐20

Blocking Buffer

  • PBS
  • 0.1% BSA
  • 0.02% Thimerosal
  • Store in a dark bottle

Plate Design

Mark each column with the project number. The first three rows are reserved for 3 dilutions of the pre‐bleed and the following 5 rows are for dilutions of the bleed. See chart below:

ELISA Chart


DAY ONE

Antigen Preparation

  1. The working peptide antigen concentration is 10μg/mL: Dissolve 1mg peptide in 200μL DI H2O (5mg/mL). Add 2μL peptide to 1mL of 50mM carbonate buffer.
  2. The working protein antigen concentration is 5μg/mL: Concentrate protein to 4mg/mL and dialyze against 50mM carbonate buffer overnight. Then dilute the protein to 5μg/mL with carbonate buffer.

Coating

  1. Add 100μL of antigen at the recommended dilutions above to each well on the plate. Incubate at room temperature for 24 hours in a humid chamber.
    1. Humid chamber: Place wet paper towels in the bottom of a bin and stack the plates on top of the towels. Cover with a lid.

DAY TWO

Blocking

  1. Remove coating solution and rinse twice (2) with DI H2O
  2. Flip dry on a stack of paper towels – slap to remove all traces of liquid from the wells.
  3. Add 280μL blocking buffer to each well. Incubate in a humid chamber at room temperature for two (2) hours.
    1. More blocking buffer is better, about 200‐300μL per well, but make sure not to overfill each well.

Serum Sample

  1. Dilute serum (pre‐bleed and bleed in separate Eppendorf tubes) with blocking buffer to 1:1000 (1μL serum to 1mL blocking buffer).
  2. Add 125μL of 1:1000 diluted pre‐immune serum to row A of the plate.
  3. Using a twelve‐channel pipettor, take 25μL from row A and add to row B, mixing with the pipettor. Repeat with rows B and C, removing 25μL from row B and mixing it with row C. Remove 25μL from row C and discard.
  4. Add 125μL of 1:1000 diluted serum to row D of the plate.
  5. Using a twelve‐channel pipettor make a series of 5 dilutions for rows E through H as described above for the pre‐bleed, discarding 25μL after row H.
  6. Incubate for one hour at room temperature.

Secondary Antibody

  1. Dispose of the serum samples and wash the wells with the wash buffer using a wash bottle or an ELISA plate washer one (1) time. Follow with one wash using DI H2O. Drain the remaining liquid on a stack of paper towels.
  2. Dilute the HRP conjugated secondary to the dilution recommended below with the blocking buffer.
    1. Goat anti‐rabbit IgG: 1:20000
    2. anti‐chicken IgY: 1:5000
    3. anti‐goat IgG: 1:10000
    4. anti‐mouse IgG: 1:5000
    5. Note: Dilutions are only recommendations. Optimal dilutions will vary for each secondary and should be determined for each new lot.
  3. Incubate at room temperature for one (1) hour.

Development

  1. Dispose of the secondary and wash the wells with the wash buffer one (1) time. Follow with one wash using DI H2O. Drain the remaining liquid on a stack of paper towels.
  2. Add TMB per manufacturer instructions.
    1. Positive wells will change to a blue color depending on signal intensity.
  3. Add 90μL of 1M HCl to each well (or recommended media) to stop the color development and read immediately on a microtiter plate reader at A450.
    1. The blue will change to yellow when the reaction is stopped.
  4. Read multiple plates in the order the color development was stopped.

It is not recommended to have more than two plates developing at the same time. Have two timers so that the reaction is stopped after 5 minutes.

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