Human AGT ELISA kit (ab267592)
Key features and details
- Sensitivity: 1.22 ng/ml
- Range: 1.22 ng/ml - 300 ng/ml
- Sample type: Cell culture supernatant, Plasma, Serum
- Detection method: Colorimetric
- Assay type: Sandwich (quantitative)
- Reacts with: Human
Overview
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Product name
Human AGT ELISA kit
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Detection method
Colorimetric -
Precision
Intra-assay Sample n Mean SD CV% Overall Inter-assay Sample n Mean SD CV% Overall -
Sample type
Cell culture supernatant, Serum, Plasma -
Assay type
Sandwich (quantitative) -
Sensitivity
1.22 ng/ml -
Range
1.22 ng/ml - 300 ng/ml -
Recovery
Sample specific recovery Sample type Average % Range Serum 94 89% - 100% Plasma 89 80% - 107% Cell culture media 90 70% - 109% -
Assay duration
Multiple steps standard assay -
Species reactivity
Reacts with: Human -
Product overview
Human AGT ELISA Kit is designed for the quantitative determination of AGT in cell culture supernatants, plasma and serum samples.
This assay employs an antibody specific for human AGT coated on a 96-well plate. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells and AGT present in a sample is bound to the wells by the immobilized antibody. The wells are washed and biotinylated anti-human AGT antibody is added. After washing away unbound biotinylated antibody, HRP-conjugated streptavidin is pipetted to the wells. The wells are again washed, a TMB substrate solution is added to the wells and color develops in proportion to the amount of AGT bound. The Stop Solution changes the color from blue to yellow, and the intensity of the color is measured at 450 nm.
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Platform
Microplate
Properties
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Storage instructions
Store at -20°C. Please refer to protocols. -
Components 1 x 96 tests 200X HRP-Streptavidin Concentrate 1 x 200µl 20X Wash Buffer 1 x 25ml 5X Assay Diluent 1 x 15ml Anti-Human AGT coated Microplate (12 x 8 wells) 1 unit Biotinylated Anti-Human AGT Detection Antibody 2 vials Human AGT Standard (Lyophilized) 2 vials Stop Solution 1 x 8ml TMB Substrate Solution 1 x 12ml -
Research areas
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Function
Essential component of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), a potent regulator of blood pressure, body fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. In response to lowered blood pressure, the enzyme renin cleaves angiotensinogen to produce angiotensin-1 (angiotensin 1-10). Angiotensin-1 is a substrate of ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) that removes a dipeptide to yield the physiologically active peptide angiotensin-2 (angiotensin 1-8). Angiotensin-1 and angiotensin-2 can be further processed to generate angiotensin-3 (angiotensin 2-8), angiotensin-4 (angiotensin 3-8). Angiotensin 1-7 is cleaved from angiotensin-2 by ACE2 or from angiotensin-1 by MME (neprilysin). Angiotensin 1-9 is cleaved from angiotensin-1 by ACE2.
Angiotensin-2 acts directly on vascular smooth muscle as a potent vasoconstrictor, affects cardiac contractility and heart rate through its action on the sympathetic nervous system, and alters renal sodium and water absorption through its ability to stimulate the zona glomerulosa cells of the adrenal cortex to synthesize and secrete aldosterone.
Angiotensin-3 stimulates aldosterone release.
Angiotensin 1-7 is a ligand for the G-protein coupled receptor MAS1 (By similarity). Has vasodilator and antidiuretic effects (By similarity). Has an antithrombotic effect that involves MAS1-mediated release of nitric oxide from platelets. -
Tissue specificity
Expressed by the liver and secreted in plasma. -
Involvement in disease
Genetic variations in AGT are a cause of susceptibility to essential hypertension (EHT) [MIM:145500]. Essential hypertension is a condition in which blood pressure is consistently higher than normal with no identifiable cause.
Defects in AGT are a cause of renal tubular dysgenesis (RTD) [MIM:267430]. RTD is an autosomal recessive severe disorder of renal tubular development characterized by persistent fetal anuria and perinatal death, probably due to pulmonary hypoplasia from early-onset oligohydramnios (the Potter phenotype). -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the serpin family. -
Post-translational
modificationsBeta-decarboxylation of Asp-34 in angiotensin-2, by mononuclear leukocytes produces alanine. The resulting peptide form, angiotensin-A, has the same affinity for the AT1 receptor as angiotensin-2, but a higher affinity for the AT2 receptor. -
Cellular localization
Secreted. - Information by UniProt
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Alternative names
- Aangiotensinogen (serpin peptidase inhibitor clade A member 8)
- AGT
- AI265500
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Database links
- Entrez Gene: 183 Human
- Omim: 106150 Human
- SwissProt: P01019 Human
- Unigene: 19383 Human