Example 306
Microtiter ELISA plate was coated with mannan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sigma-Aldrich, M7504) for overnight at 4° C. in coating buffer [15 mM Na2CO3, 35 mM NaHCO3]. Plate was blocked with 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) (Sigma-Aldrich, A3294) in Tris-buffered Saline (TBS) [10 mM Tris-HCl, 140 mM NaCl] for 2 hours at room temperature. 1% human serum was incubated with serial dilutions of small compounds in GVB++[4 mM Barbital, 145 mM NaCl, 0.2 mM MgCl2, 0.2 mM CaCl2), 1% Gelatin] and incubated for 15 minutes at room temperature. 100 μL of this mixture were then added to the plate and plate was incubated at 37° C. for up to an hour with gentle shaking, 200 rpm. After that, plate was washed thrice in wash buffer [TBS containing 5 mM CaCl2) and 0.05% Tween-20] and 100 μL of rabbit anti human C3c (Dako, A0062) diluted 1:5000 in wash buffer were added and incubated at 37° C. for 30 minutes. Plate was washed and 100 μL, of HRP goat anti rabbit IgG (Southern Biotech, 4050-05) diluted 1:8000 in wash buffer were added and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes. After that, plate was washed three times and 100 μL/well of TMB Colorimetric substrate (Thermo Scientific, 34029) were added and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes and the reaction was stop by adding 100 μL/well of 0.1 N sulfuric acid (BDH7230) and the absorbance was measured at 450 nm.