Oct 31, 2024
SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting to assess whole-cell lysates from cell culture systems
- Frances V Hundley1,2,
- Miguel A. Gonzalez-Lozano1,2,
- Felix Kraus3,
- Harper JW1,2
- 1Harvard Medical School;
- 2Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) Collaborative Research Network, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA;
- 3Department of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave, Boston MA 02115, USA
Protocol Citation: Frances V Hundley, Miguel A. Gonzalez-Lozano, Felix Kraus, Harper JW 2024. SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting to assess whole-cell lysates from cell culture systems. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.4r3l295qqv1y/v1
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: October 31, 2024
Last Modified: October 31, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 111343
Keywords: ASAPCRN, cell lysates from cell culture system, cell lysate, immunoblotting, cell culture system, general protocol for western blotting, cell, sd, western blotting, protein
Funders Acknowledgements:
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's
Grant ID: ASAP-025160
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's
Grant ID: ASAP-000282
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Abstract
This is a general protocol for Western blotting to detect proteins or interest from whole-cell lysates derived from cell culture systems (HeLa, iNeurons).
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SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting
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For whole-cell lysates, prepare samples following standard protocols, and final samples should be in LDS buffer with DTT or similar. Incubate samples at 80 °C for 00:05:00 .
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Load samples into a NuPAGE Novex‱ 4-12% Bis-Tris Midi Protein Gels and separate by electrophoresis in 1xTris/Glycine/SDS buffer.
Transfer proteins to PVDF or nitrocellulose membranes by standard wet transfer in 20% methanol Tis/Glycine buffer.
Block membrane in blocking buffer (5% non-fat dry milk or 3% BSA in TBST) at Room temperature for 01:00:00 .
1h
Incubate membrane in primary antibody solution (blocking solution plus primary antibody at 1:500-1:1,000, depending on the primary antibody) at 4 °C for 12:00:00 to16:00:00 .
1d 4h
Wash membrane six times with TBST for 00:05:00 each wash.
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Incubate membrane in secondary antibody solution (blocking solution plus secondary antibody conjugated to HRP at 1:5,000-1:10,000) at Room temperature for 01:00:00 .
1h
Wash membrane four times with TBST for 00:05:00 each wash.
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Apply Western Lightning Plus Chemiluminescence substrate (Revvity) to membrane and acquire blot images using a ChemiDoc MP imager.
Process raw image files with Image Lab software (Bio-Rad).