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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 355-360Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.RP007706
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quantification; SIDS-PAGE; optimization; dithiothreitol
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An electrophoretic protocol previously used for the separation of rat myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms was slightly modified to improve the separation of human MHC isoforms in both large and minigel systems. The addition of reducing agents (beta-mercaptoethanol or dithiothreitol) to the top running buffer (TRB) radically improved separated MHC isoform resolution and the intensity of electrophoretic runs lasting longer than 5 h. In minigel systems, the MHC isoforms could be separated in as little as 5 h. The improved resolution of bands with the inclusion of reducing agents to the TRB facilitated the identification of clear boundaries for densitometric quantification of relative MHC isoform content, particularly for MHC lla and MHC llx. No significant effect of these reducing agents added to the TRB was observed for runs lasting only 100 min. Thus the inclusion of reducing agents in the TRB is essential for long electrophoretic runs, usually when separating large molecular mass proteins.
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