Background

Isoprostanes are a group of prostaglandin-like compounds that are produced by the reaction of free radicals with arachidonic acid, including arachidonic esters in phospholipids. Initially reported by Roberts and Morrow as major products of radical mediated lipid oxidation in vivo, they are now widely recognized as reliable biomarkers for oxidative stress. Isoprostane is present in numerous biological fluids including urine, saliva, cell lysates, and blood. In urine, an average of 50% of isoprostane is excreted as a glucuronide so it is important to pre-treat samples with glucuronidase prior to assay. Oxford's ELISA includes glucuronidase as well as a specially formulated buffer allowing direct measurement of isoprostane without the need for expensive SepPaks or immunoaffinity columns. This brings the cost per sample down to 20% of what competing assays cost to run and a fraction of the technician time.  This extraction free assay can be used with urine, saliva, and other simple mixtures.  Plasma, serum, and cell lysates should be assayed using our CR01) in conjunction with your samples since urinary creatinine levels may be used to normalize the rate of excretion of other analytes.
 

Recommended References

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3. Morrow, et. al., The Isoprostanes: Unique Bioactive Products of Lipid Peroxidation. Prog. Lipid Res. 36:1-21, 1997.
4. Morrow, J., Awad, J. A., Boss, H. J., Blair, I. A., and Roberts, L. J., Proc. Natl Acad. Sci USA 89:10721-10725 (1992).
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