Multiplex Cytokine Assay Kits

Kit Components for Multiplex Cytokine Assay Kits

• Standard Cocktail(s)
• Bead Diluent
• Biotin Antibody Diluent
• Calibrator Diluent
• Wash Buffer
• Streptavidin-PE
• One flat-bottom 96-well Microplate
• Foil Plate Sealers (4)
• Mixing Bottle
• Standard Value Card**

**A standard curve must be generated each time an assay is run, utilizing values from the Certificate of Analysis provided with each Luminex Assay.

Assays for the Luminex platform are offered as High Performance Assays  or Discovery Assays . The Luminex High Performance Assays are fully validated panels with a focused selection of analytes. They are available as Configurable User Mix and Premixed options or as Fixed Panels. The Luminex Discovery Assays allow for the maximum number of analytes in a multiplex and is supplied as a premixed kit. View a table comparing the features and benefits of these bead-based multiplex assays on rndsystems.com .

Magnetic Luminex High Performance Assays  are designed for use with the Luminex MAGPIX CCD Imager. Alternatively, kits can be used with the Luminex 200™ or FLEXMAP 3D, dual laser, flow-based sorting and detection platforms.

Analyte-specific antibodies are pre-coated onto color-coded microparticles. Microparticles, standards, and samples are pipetted into wells and the immobilized antibodies bind the analytes of interest. After washing away any unbound substances, a biotinylated antibody cocktail specific to the analytes of interest is added to each well. Following a wash to remove any unbound biotinylated antibody, Streptavidin-Phycoerythrin conjugate (Streptavidin-PE), which binds to the biotinylated detection antibodies, is added to each well. A final wash removes unbound Streptavidin-PE and the microparticles are resuspended in buffer and read using a Luminex analyzer. One laser is bead-specific and determines which analyte is being detected. A magnet in the analyzer captures and holds the superparaMagnetic microparticles in a monolayer. Two spectrally distinct Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) illuminate the beads. One LED identifies the analyte that is being detected and the second LED determines the magnitude of the PE-derived signal, which is in direct proportion to the amount of analyte bound. Each well is imaged with a CCD camera. Kits can also be used with Luminex 100/200 or a FLEXMAP 3D dual laser, flow-based systems.