AssayPro—Human Factor VIIa Chr

Introduction
Factor VII (FVII) is a vitamin K-dependent plasma glycoprotein that is synthesized in the liver and circulates in blood as a single-chain inactive zymogen with a molecular mass of 50 kDa (1). Upon tissue damage and vascular injury, the cell surface receptor and cofactor tissue factor (TF) binds and allosterically activates FVII to its active form, FVIIa. The TF/FVIIa complex catalyzes the conversion of both factor IX to factor IXa and factor X to factor Xa to initiate coagulation via the extrinsic pathway (2, 3). Very low levels of FVII are associated with severe coagulation disorders (4). Elevated plasma levels of FVII coagulant activity constitute an independent risk factor for fatal outcomes of coronary heart disease in middle-aged men (5).

Principle of Assay
The AssaySense Human FVIIa Chromogenic Activity Assay Kit is developed to determine human FVIIa activity in plasma and cell culture supernatants. The assay couples immunofunctional and indirect amidolytic assay. A polyclonal antibody specific for human FVIIa has been pre-coated onto a microplate and FVIIa is bound to the immobilized antibody. The assay measures the ability of FVIIa to activate factor X (FX) to factor Xa. The amidolytic activity of the FVIIa is quantitated by the amount of FXa produced using a highly specific FXa substrate releasing a yellow para-nitroaniline (pNA) chromophore. The change in absorbance of the pNA at 405 nm is directly proportional to the FVIIa enzymatic activity.