Premium
A general method for the rapid characterization of tyrosine‐phosphorylated proteins by mini two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis
Author(s) -
Ducret Axel,
Desponts Caroline,
Desmarais Sylvie,
Gresser Michael J.,
Ramachandran Chidambaram
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/1522-2683(20000601)21:11<2196::aid-elps2196>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - gel electrophoresis , chromatography , electroblotting , immunostaining , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , chemistry , staining , phosphorylation , membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , nitrocellulose , biology , enzyme , immunohistochemistry , genetics , immunology
Our preliminary results are reported in the investigation of the tyrosine phosphorylation cascade triggered by the stimulation of the insulin receptor in the adipocyte cell line 3T3‐L1 using a mini two‐dimensional gel electrophoresis approach. The minigel format, 8 × 10 cm, was found sufficiently resolving and reproducible to study complex biological samples while considerably increasing throughput and lowering costs compared to larger gel formats. Consequently, we used the minigel format to rapidly screen a large number of samples, of which only the most relevant were then analyzed by optimized, preparative two‐dimensional gels. The accurate localization and relative quantification of tyrosine‐phosphorylated proteins was performed using a nonradioactive triple labeling method. After transfer onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes, proteins were stained with Sypro Ruby to verify the separation quality and to localize the general region of interest for immunostaining. The membranes were subsequently blocked with polyvinylpyrrolidone‐40 and probed with the relevant antibodies for visualization of the phosphorylated proteins by chemiluminescence. Finally, membranes were stained with colloidal gold to obtain a pattern reminiscent of the silver staining of a polyacrylamide gel. We believe that the presented strategy can be generalized for any gel application in which a protein has to be detected and identified based on its immunoreactivity.