Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Sandwich ELISA
Principle
HBsAg adopts the "sandwich principle" as the basis of the assay. When a positive
sample is incubated into the well, the coated monclonal antibody (solid phase antibody)
binds the HBsAg of the sample. A further incubation with a second monoclonal anti-
HBsAg labelled with the enzyme peroxidase (anti-HBsAg-HRP) leads to the sandwich
immunocomplex bound onto the well: solid phase antibody: HBsAg Antibody-HRP. The
activity of the HRP is then revealed by the addition of the substrate, which becomes blue
and then turns to yellow after blocking the reaction with acid.
MATERIALS
Samples 1, 2, 3
HBsAg ELISA kit
96-Well Microtiter Plates
HRP conjugates
Negative control
Positive control
Substrate A and B (TMB and H O )
2 2
Stop solution (H SO )
2 4
Washing solution
Incubator
Procedures
1. Write down the relative numbers of specimens and wells on the
data sheet. One well for the blank, additional wells for the
controls and one well for each specimen.
2. . Reserve one well for blank, Add one drop of samples, positive
control and negative controls to each well.
3. Add one drop of Anti-HBsAg peroxidase-conjugate working
solution into each well.
4. Cover the plate with adhesive plastic and incubate the plate in a
+37°C incubator for 30 minutes.
5. At the end of the incubation wash the strips 5 times with the
working wash solution either manually or with an automatic
washer. After the final washing, make sure that whole solution is
perfectly removed from each well.
6. Add one drop of Substrate solution A and B, including 1A. Mix
horizontally and incubate for15 minutes at +37°C
7. Stop the reaction by adding one drop of Blocking Reagent to
each well.
8. After adding the stop solution, read the color developed on the
microplate reader.
Results and analysis
The amount of color intensity can be measured and it is proportional to the amount of
antigen captured in the wells, and to its amount in the sample respectively. Wells
containing samples negative for HBsAg remain colorless. Intensive yellow color
develops in Positive control and HBsAg positive sample wells. If it’s positive that means
you are infected by HBV and if its negative you are not.