The following commercially available ELISAs were used to determine CSF protein levels of AGT, ENPP-2 and TRX-1: [AGT (JP27412; TECAN, IBL International GmbH, Europe), ENPP-2 (DENP20; R&D Systems, Europe), TRX-1 (RAB1756; Sigma-Aldrich, Merck KGaA, Germany)]. All ELISAs were performed according to the manufacturers’ protocols with samples diluted 1:200 for AGT, 1:40 for ENPP-2 and 1:2 for TRX-1. NG and NFL were determined by ELISA, as previously described.5 (link),26 (link) TRX-80 was quantified by an in-house ELISA, as previously published.10 (link),27 (link) Samples were tested in duplicate, and the average was considered for the statistical analyses. The calculated intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation (CV%) were <6 and <15%, respectively, for the overall ELISAs. Samples with duplicate CV above 15% were remeasured or excluded from the analyses. Absorbance was measured with a microplate reader (Tecan Life Sciences, Männedorf, Switzerland). Concentrations were calculated by interpolation from the standard curves using GraphPad Prism 9 software, through a 4PL curve fit.
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