期刊
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS
卷 277, 期 1-2, 页码 117-125出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(03)00183-2
关键词
Western blot; direct fluorescence labeling; cyanine dyes; quantitative analysis
资金
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM28575] Funding Source: Medline
The procedures for Western blots have been around for a long time and recent developments have increased the sensitivity for luminescent techniques so that the need for radioactive probes has been limited to only a few applications. Nevertheless, most protocols require more than 6 h and are often performed over more than a day. The majority of techniques require a secondary antibody conjugated to an enzyme that catalyzes a color reaction in order to amplify a detectable signal. However, both processes, the binding of a secondary antibody and the catalyzed reaction with the dye, are sources for errors and the latter is disadvantageous for a signal that is linear over a larger range of detected antigen. In order to improve the procedure most commonly used for quantitative analysis and convenience, we investigated the use of fluorescence labeling of primary monoclonal antibodies against Escherichia coli RNA polymerase subunits (beta', sigmaE and sigmaFecI) and their use in Western blots. We achieved a sensitivity (< 1 ng detectable protein) comparable to most luminescent techniques. Additionally, we reduced the procedure time significantly to less than 1 h after SDS-PAGE and transfer to a membrane. Above all, we obtained a linear signal over the range of 30 ng to 1 mug of protein (dependent on protein size) making quantitative analysis of Western blots easier and more reliable. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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