This product includes 40 ul of 100 x Reagent A, 40 ul of 100 x Reagent B, 200 ul of 100 x fluorescence dye and 50 ul of 10 mM potassium iodide solution.
Iodide is an important ingredient of various products. The MicroMolar Iodide Assay Kit (Catalog number MIA200) provides a quick and simple method for quantification of iodide in solutions. The assay is based on measurement of fluorescence intensity at 535 nm (excitation 485 nm). The assay linear range is 0.1 µM – 5 µM. Samples with higher iodide concentrations can be diluted to be in the linear range. The assay is compatible with a 10 mM HEPES buffer. It is not compatible with solutions containing heavy metal ions or thiol compounds.
The MicroMolar Iodide Assay Kit (catalog number MIA200) includes 40 µl of 100 x Reagent A, 40 µl of 100 x Reagent B, 200 µl of 100 x fluorescence dye and 50 µl of 10 mM potassium iodide solution. It is for measurement of 200 samples using 96-well plates. Cuvettes may also be used for measurements.
ASSAY PROTOCOL
The following assay protocol is based on using a 96-well plate for the measurement. The sample volume is 150 µl and the final assay volume is 290 µl. Please adjust the sample volume and reagent volume proportionally if a 384-well plate or a cuvette is used for the measurement.
STANDARD CURVE
1. Sample preparation: Prepare 150 µl of potassium iodide solutions in a 96-well black plate with a two-fold serial dilution from 10 µM to zero in water or a 10 mM HEPES, pH 7.4 buffer. Freshly make the 1 x reagents by 10-fold dilution of the 100 x Reagents with water.
2. Detection: Mix 20 µl of 1 x Reagent A with 150 µl of the iodide solutions and incubate the mixture for 5 min. Then add 20 µl of 1 x Reagent B and mix the solution and incubate the mixture for 5 min. Finally mix 100 µl of 1 x fluorescence dye with the sample and read the fluorescence at 535 nm with excitation at 485 nm in 5 min.
Note: a longer incubation after addition of the dye will yield a higher assay sensitivity but compromise the assay linearity.
3. Data Analysis: Plot the fluorescence intensity Fc and the cysteine concentration [Iodide] to generate the linear standard curve.
Fc = a [Iodide] + b
Where the Fc values are from experimental data, the a and b values are from the linear fitting between the Fc values and the Iodide concentrations.
UNKNOWN SAMPLES
Follow the same procedure to measure the fluorescence intensity Fc values from the unknown samples. Calculate the Iodide concentrations in the unknown samples using the Fc values from the unknown samples and the a and b values from the standard curve.