Mitochondrial Antibody ELISA
The Calbiotech Mitochondrial IgG ELISA Kit is intended for the detection of IgG antibody to Mitochondrial in human serum or plasma.
Mitochondrial Antibodies (MA) are directed against the E2 subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex located at the inner mitochondrial membrane (PDC-E2), the E2 subunit of the branched chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex (BCOADC-E2), the E2 subunit of the 2-oxo-glutarate dehydrogenase complex (OGDC-E2), protein X, and PDC-Ela and PDCE1. MA are found in ~95% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). MA in low titers are common in chronic active hepatitis and their presence does not preclude response to corticosteroids. MA disappear in about one month after orthotopic liver ransplantation (OLT) and decrease with cyclosporine treatment which might be useful in PBC. MA are found in <1% of apparently healthy Caucasoid adults. Approximately 3% of patients with PBC have scleroderma, usually of the CREST syndrome variety. In addition, MA reactive with the PDC-E2 complex are found in some patients with CREST or diffuse scleroderma, sometimes in the absence of overt liver disease. Scleroderma typically precedes PBC in those patients with both diseases.
Diluted patient serum is added to wells coated with purified antigen. IgG specific antibody, if present, binds to the antigen. All unbound materials are washed away and the enzyme conjugate is added to bind to the antibody-antigen complex, if present. Excess enzyme conjugate is washed off and substrate is added. The plate is incubated to allow the hydrolysis of the substrate by the enzyme. The intensity of the color generated is proportional to the amount of IgG specific antibody in the sample.
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