MicroVue PYD **
For In Vitro Diagnostic Use
MicroVue PYD provides a quantitative measure of pyridinium cross-links (Pyd and Dpd) as an indicator of type I collagen resorption, especially bone collagen. Pyd and Dpd are excreted unmetabolized in urine.
Specifications
8010 |
ELISA |
96 well/plate |
Urine |
Intended Use
MicroVue PYD is intended for use as an indicator of type I collagen resorption, especially bone collagen.
The Assay
Format |
96-well microplate with reagents sufficient to test 40 samples in duplicate |
Antibody Specificity |
The antibody in the assay has a selective, high affinity for free Pyd and Dpd and negligible binding to Pyd and Dpd peptides. |
Species Reactivity |
Mouse, Rat, Guinea Pig, Rabbit, Pig, Dog, Sheep, Horse, Cynomolgus Monkey, Rhesus Macaque, Human Cell Culture |
Assay Steps |
- Add 50 µL of 1
- 10 diluted Standards, Controls and samples
- Add 100 µL cold Enzyme Conjugate
- Incubate 3 hours ± 10 minutes at 2-8°C
- Wash 3 times with 1X Wash Buffer
- Add 150 µL room temperature Working Substrate Solution
- Incubate 60 ± 5 minutes at room temperature
- Add 100 µL Stop Solution and read OD at 405 nm
- Data Reduction: 4 Parameter
- Correct for creatinine concentration |
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Performance Characteristics
Competitive |
Pyridinium cross-links |
Urine |
50 µL |
7.5 nM/L |
15-750 nM |
6-10% |
3-11% |
4 Hours |
- Free Dpd 100%
- Free Pyd 100%
- Pyd/Dpd peptides < 2.5% |
- Females
- >25 yr. premenopausal
- 16.0-37.0 nmol Pyd/mmol Cr
- Males
- 12.8-25.6 nmol Pyd/mmol Cr |