Rat VIP PharmaGenie ELISA Kit (SBRS0168)

1. Pre-Coated 96-well Strip Microplate
2. Wash Buffer
3. Standard Peptide
4. Assay Diluent(s)
5. Biotinylated Peptide
6. HRP-Streptavidin
7. TMB One-Step Substrate
8. Stop Solution
9. Assay Diagram
10. Positive Control Sample
11. Capture Antibody
12. Technical Manual

Other materials and equipment required:

The Assay Genie Rat VIP PharmaGenie ELISA Kit (SBRS0168) will require other equipment and materials to carry out the assay. Please see list below for further details.

• Distilled or deionized water
• Precision pipettes to deliver 2 ul to 1 ml volumes
• Adjustable 1-25 ml pipettes for reagent preparation
• 100 ml and 1 liter graduated cylinders
• Tubes to prepare standard and sample dilutions
• Orbital shaker
• Aluminum foil
• Saran Wrap
• Absorbent paper
• Microplate reader capable of measuring absorbance at 450nm
• SigmaPlot software (or other software that can perform four-parameter logistic regression models)

1. Prepare all reagents, samples and standards as instructed.
2. Add 100 ul detection antibody to each well.
3. Incubate 1.5 h at RT or O/N at 4°C.
4. Add 100 ul standard or sample to each well.
5. Incubate 2.5 h at RT.
6. Add 100 ul prepared streptavidin solution.
7. Incubate 45 min at RT.
8. Add 100 ul TMB One-Step Substrate Reagent to each well.
9. Incubate 30 min at RT.
10. Add 50 ul Stop Solution to each well.
11. Read plate at 450 nm immediately.

Vasoactive intestinal peptide also known as the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide or VIP is a peptide hormone containing 28 amino acid residues. VIP is a neuropeptide that belongs to a glucagon/secretin superfamily, the ligand of class II G protein-coupled receptors. VIP is produced in many tissues of vertebrates including the gut, pancreas, and suprachiasmatic nuclei of the hypothalamus in the brain. In the digestive system, VIP seems to induce smooth muscle relaxation (lower esophageal sphincter, stomach, gallbladder), stimulate secretion of water into pancreatic juice and bile, and cause inhibition of gastric acid secretion and absorption from the intestinal lumen. It is also found in the brain and some autonomic nerves. One region of the brain includes a specific area of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), the location of the 'master circadian pacemaker'. The SCN coordinates daily timekeeping in the body and VIP plays a key role in communication between individual brain cells within this region. Further, VIP is also involved in synchronising the timing of SCN function with the environmental light-dark cycle. Combined, these roles in the SCN make VIP a crucial component of the mammalian circadian timekeeping machinery. It is also found in the heart and has significant effects on the cardiovascular system. It causes coronary vasodilation as well as having a positive inotropic and chronotropic effect. Research is being performed to see if it may have a beneficial role in the treatment of heart failure.