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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles can be separated into subfractions according to size by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis. Established research methods require specialised equipment and are frequently unsuited to the clinical laboratory. In this study, we utilised a colour flat bed scanner in conjunction with shareware image analysis software to compare LDL particle diameters of isolated LDL with LDL in whole plasma. LDL was isolated by ultracentrifugation and electrophoresed on 3-13% gels (Gradipore; Sydney, Australia) for 2400 Volt-hours in parallel with plasma and molecular size standards. Coomassie Blue-stained gels were scanned in reflexive mode using a colour flat-bed scanner and Adobe Photoshop 3.0 software. Density traces of each lane were obtained using NIH Image software (public domain, USA). LDL particle diameters were determined from calibration curves of the log of molecular diameter of standards against migration distance. There was a good correlation between LDL particle diameters obtained using isolated LDL and whole plasma (r = 0.87, P &lt; 0.001; n = 22). However, the group means (+/- S.D.) (24.7 +/- 0.6 and 24.8 +/- 0.5 nm respectively) were statistically different on the paired t-test (P &lt; 0.05). It is unclear whether this numerically small difference is due to alterations in LDL during the longer preparative procedures for LDL, or to matrix effects during electrophoresis of plasma samples. In conclusion, plasma samples stained with Coomassie Blue and scanned with a colour flat bed scanner can conveniently be used for LDL particle sizing by non-denaturing polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis.

Simplified Sizing of Low-Density Lipoprotein Using Polyacrylamide Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of Plasma