Reproducibility and quality assurance of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of serum specimens.

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 908-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
R P Tracy ◽  
R M Currie ◽  
D S Young
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Protein Loss ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Silver Stain ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Report Quality ◽  
Wide Range

Abstract Currently we are using two different ISO-DALT two-dimensional gel electrophoresis systems, designated MC-Iso 1 and MC-Iso 2, for the analysis of serum and plasma samples. Here we report quality-assurance data for both of these systems. CV values for the slopes of the pH gradient (ISO dimension) are 5.6% of less; CV values for the slopes of the molecular-mass curves (log Mr vs relative mobility in the DALT dimension) are 3.4% or less. We examined the various steps of the analysis in detail for reproducibility and protein loss, using radiolabeled albumin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, and beta 2-microglobulin. Generally, in the first dimension, less protein enters the MC-Iso 2 gels (our routine system in which silver stain is used) than enters the MC-Iso 1 gels (our wide-range system for myeloma serum samples, in which the gel is stained with Coomassie Blue), on the average, 87% as much. The CV at this stage for both systems is 5--8%. During equilibration, considerable amounts of protein are lost (approximately 30% in 10 min) from the ISO gel, and the reproducibility is also decreased. Resolution in the DALT dimension has, in most cases, little or no effect on either recovery or reproducibility. Overall, for most proteins expected to appear in an ISO gel of a given pH range, approximately 50--60% of the starting material may be expected to reside in the sodium dodecyl sulfate slab gel, under our conditions. The two most important variables affecting recovery are the concentration of the NaOH (used as catholyte) and the pH of the starting sample. The overall CV for the process is between 8 and 12%.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid proteins.

1980 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 1317-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Goldman ◽  
C R Merril ◽  
M H Ebert
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Spinal Fluid ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Silver Stain ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteins ◽  
High Resolution Analysis

Abstract Two-dimensional electrophoresis, with isoelectric focusing in the first dimension and sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the second, has been adapted for the high-resolution analysis of cerebrospinal fluid proteins. Proteins were detected with a new, highly sensitive silver stain that made visible more than 300 polypeptides from 60 microL of spinal fluid, in highly reproducible patterns. We have mapped these patterns, noting difference between the proteins observed in spinal fluid and plasma, and have prepared a partial map of cerebrospinal fluid proteins.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of serum specimens from a normal population.

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 890-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
R P Tracy ◽  
R M Currie ◽  
D S Young
Keyword(s):  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Serum Proteins ◽  
Protein Pattern ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Silver Stain ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Finger Stick ◽  
Effects Of Aging

Abstract We examined sera from a normal population by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, to establish the normal pattern of serum proteins and to investigate genetic polymorphisms. With such information in hand, specimens from patients with certain diseases may be readily evaluated. Towards this goal, we optimized the ISO-DALT system (Proc. Natl, Acad, Sci, USA 74: 5421--5425, 1977) for routine phenotyping of alpha 1-antitrypsin, haptoglobin, GC-globulin, alpha 2-HS-glycoprotein, and transferrin, as well as a previously unknown polymorphic protein. We examined the effects of aging the specimens for 2 h at room temperature (no changes) or at -20 degrees C for several months (small changes), as well as serum/plasma differences and the effect of protease inhibitors. Silver-stain methods were modified to allow simultaneous staining of 10 gels, with reasonably good reproducibility of stain intensity. We quantitated silver-stained gels by densitometry of photographic transparencies. Very small samples suffice with this stain (0.5 microL of serum or plasma), allowing the use of "finger-stick" methods instead of venipuncture, yet the patterns are better resolved and easier to read than those for 10-microL specimens processed on gels stained with Coomassie Blue. Our techniques for rapidly removing albumin and IgG allow the investigator to examine areas on the gel that ordinarily are obscured. The region of haptoglobin has been examined by using serum from an ahaptoglobinemic donor. Finally, we present an expanded "normal" map illustrating the composite protein pattern.

scholarly journals Analysis of H-2 and Ia molecules by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

1977 ◽  
Vol 146 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261-1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
P P Jones
Keyword(s):  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Surface Proteins ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Cell Surface Proteins ◽  
Ia Antigens ◽  
Polypeptide Chains ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Electrophoresis Technique

Mouse lymphocyte H-2 and Ia glycoproteins have been analyzed with a two-dimensional (2-D) acrylamide gel electrophoresis technique, in which proteins are separated first according to their charge in isoelectrofocusing gels and then according to their size in sodium dodecyl sulfate gels. Individual polypeptide chains from radiolabeled cells are resolved as discrete spots on autoradiograms of the gels, forming patterns which are characteristic of the proteins in the sample. 2-D gels of H-2K, H-2D, and Ia glycoproteins immunoprecipitated from 35S-methionine-labeled cells reveal that these proteins exist in the cells as complex arrays of molecules heterogeneous in both size and charge. Lactoperoxidase-catalyzed radioiodination of lymphocyte surfaces labels only subsets of the total H-2 and Ia molecules with 125I, indicating that some of the molecules may represent cytoplasmic precursors of the cell surface proteins. This theory is supported by the kinetics of labeling of various spots in 35S-methionine pulse-chase experiments. The 2-D gel patterns obtained for both H-2 and Ia antigens have also been shown to be haplotype-specific and independent of the genetic background.

A New Method for Proteome Screening with Two-Dimensional Urea-Sds Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Areeba Ahmad ◽  
Riaz Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Protein Separation ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Present System ◽  
Liver Protein ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

AbstractTwo-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) separating proteins on the basis of their pI and molecular mass remain the best available technique for protein separation and characterization to date. But due to several limitations, including streak formation in IEF gels, partial solubility of proteins, expensive running conditions and relatively longer time taken, a simple urea-SDS-2D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (US2DE) is described here. The system is reasonably sensitive, cost effective with good reproducibility. The method described in this paper employs a chaotropic agent, urea, in the first dimension and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), like conventional system, in the second dimension with an addition of polyacrylamide to screen the liver proteome of healthy and chemically induced fibrotic rats. The system separates the protein on the basis of chargeto- mass ratio and clearly demonstrates differential expression in the liver protein repertoire of healthy and fibrotic rats. Moreover, the present system, like other 2D electrophoretic procedures revealed at least 22 novel spots in the investigated tissues. The technique may be utilized for comprehensive proteome screening of any biological sample and would provide an overview to narrow down the candidate proteins or biomarkers.

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of four serum samples from patients with IgD myeloma

1993 ◽  
Vol 218 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Stulík ◽  
Miloš Tichý ◽  
Hana Kovářová
Keyword(s):  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Serum Samples ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

Effect of Triton X-100 and Dtt Concentrations on Wide Range Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis of Tissue, Cell and Fluid Proteomes

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Charneau ◽  
Gabriel Costa Nunes da Cruz ◽  
Camila Miranda Costa ◽  
Marcelo Valle de Sousa ◽  
Carlos André Ornelas
Keyword(s):  
Isoelectric Focusing ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Tissue Cell ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Ph Gradients ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Triton X

AbstractHigh-resolution separation by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2- DE) is still challenging due to the intrinsic behavior of proteins, principally throughout isoelectric focusing separation. It is often observed low resolution of proteins in the alkaline pH region when using wide range pH gradients. Herein, we show the effect of different concentrations of Triton X‑100 and DTT in the sample buffer on wide range pH (3-10) 2-DE profiles of three different biological samples as Trypanosoma cruzi cells, honey bee brain tissue and human saliva fluid. Higher resolution, number and intensity of spots were achieved when 85 mM DTT and 2.5% Triton X‑100 were employed for cell and tissue samples. No improvement was observed for fluid proteins, probably because water-soluble proteins do not require special conditions for extraction and prevention of precipitation during isoelectric focusing.

scholarly journals A novel two-dimensional polyacrylamide-gel pattern, which may be due to allelic genes, of phenylalanine hydroxylase in monkeys

1985 ◽  
Vol 231 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
S C Smith ◽  
W McAdam ◽  
R G H Cotton ◽  
J F B Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Isoelectric Focusing ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Phenylalanine Hydroxylase ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Monkey Liver

Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of immunopurified monkey liver phenylalanine hydroxylase showed a novel form of the enzyme, in 4 out of 24 monkeys, in which each polypeptide spot was split into a doublet with the same charge but slightly different mobility in the sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel-electrophoresis (as opposed to the isoelectric-focusing) dimension. Phenylalanine hydroxylase formed by translation of RNA from a liver containing the novel form showed the doublet pattern, suggesting that it is due to differences in mRNA. By analogy with the rat, this mRNA difference could be due to allelic genes.

Fractionation of nucleolar proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jackowski ◽  
D. Suria ◽  
C. C. Liew
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Guanidine Hydrochloride ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Nucleolar Proteins ◽  
Dodecyl Sulfate ◽  
Ph Range

Isolation of nucleolar proteins was obtained by dissociation in the presence of urea – guanidine hydrochloride, followed by high-speed centrifugation to remove nucleic acids. At least 31 fractions of nucleolar proteins were detected by isoelectrofocusing gel electrophoresis in the pH range 3.5–10. Following two-dimensional gel electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide slab gels, more than 100 components of nucleolar proteins were identified. Two-thirds of nucleolar proteins were located in the pH range 5–8 following isoelectrofocusing. The molecular weights of these classes of proteins were shown to be mostly 30 000 – 70 000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

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