Hyaluronidase - Assay

Prepare stock solution of enzyme at one mg/ml in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer pH 5.3 with 0.15 M sodium chloride. Immediately prior to use dilute further in the same buffer. For crude grade material concentrations of 0.01 - 0.05 mg/ml are recommended. For purified grade concentration of 0.001 - 0.01 mg/ml are recommended.

Procedure: I. Standard Curve

Into a series of numbered tubes, pipette as follows:

		Corresponding to
Tube #1	ml HA	mg HA	ml HSE buffer
1	0.00	0.00	1.00
2	0.10	0.04	0.90
3	0.20	0.08	0.80
4	0.25	0.10	0.75
5	0.30	0.12	0.70
6	0.40	0.16	0.60
7	0.50	0.20	0.50
8	0.60	0.24	0.40
9	0.70	0.28	0.30
10	0.80	0.32	0.20

Place all tubes in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Add 9.0 ml of albumin reagent and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Read absorbance at 540 nm. Plot absorbance at 540 nm versus mg HA to form standard curve.

Hyaluronic acid should be soluble under the defined conditions and should produce a standard curve with a slope of 1.5 or greater.

II. Test Procedure

Pipette 0.5 ml of a 0.4 mg/ml hyaluronic acid solution into a series of test tubes. Incubate at 37°C for 4 - 5 minutes to achieve temperature equilibrium. Incubate one blank tube with one ml of 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer, pH 5.3 with 0.15 M sodium chloride. At timed intervals add 0.5 ml of appropriately diluted enzyme or standard to respective tubes. Incubate each tube exactly 10 minutes and cool in an ice bath to room temperature. Add 9.0 ml of albumin reagent to each tube and incubate at room temperature for 10 minutes. Read A₅₄₀ of each tube versus the blank.