Figure 7. Estimating the binding of aptamers to thrombin in a label free assay.
The binding of aptamers to Recothrom was monitored in real time using BLI and the kinetic parameters obtained using the Octet data analysis software version 7.0. (A) Correlation between Kdis values obtained in the label-free assay with the apparent Kds estimated using the ELISA based assay (r = 0.842, P<0.05). (B) Effect of heat-treatment of human thrombins on the kdis for all 6 aptamers. Recothrom was heat-treated as described in Fig. 3 and the kdis determined following heat treatment for 0 and 17 h. The percent of the binding at time 0 is represented. Data presented is the mean (± SD) of three independent experiments.