利用双向电泳技术分离大豆矮秆突变体相关蛋白

矮秆是大豆育种的重要目标性状之一。本实验以大豆野生型东农42和矮秆突变体东泽11为材料,利用近年来发展起来的双向电泳技术,在蛋白质水平对两个材料的差异蛋白质进行筛选,目的是鉴定与矮秆突变体相关的蛋白,为基因克隆提供依据。通过对酚(Phenol)法与TCA／丙酮沉淀法二种提取方法、100μg和200μg两种加样量、考马斯亮蓝染色和银染两种染色方法的比较,发现用丙酮沉淀法提取叶片可溶性总蛋白、加样量为200μg进行电泳,用考马斯亮蓝染色的效果较好,从而建立了大豆叶片总蛋白双向电泳技术优化体系。用该体系对野生型与突变体叶片全蛋白的差异分析,鉴定出９个蛋白差异点,其中６个上调表达,３个下调表达。     

一种利用普通垂直电泳槽回收PAGE胶蛋白条带的简便方法

植物总蛋白样品经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离之后,直接用考马斯亮蓝染色、切胶回收目的条带,再用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳槽电洗脱纯化得到单一条带的目的蛋白.此法可得到有活性的黄瓜衰老叶片中被特异激活的DNA酶,对样品中含量少,特别是与其他分子量相近的蛋白质十分有效.     

一种改良的肌细胞骨架染色方法

为了观察肌细胞骨架,对传统考马斯亮蓝染色法进行改良,并与免疫荧光染色法进行了比较。培养的血管平滑肌细胞先用多聚甲醛预固定后再进行考马斯亮蓝染色,可使细胞骨架非常清晰的显色,解决了传统考马斯亮蓝染色易使肌细胞变形、脱片的问题,其效果与免疫荧光染色相近。因此,多聚甲醛预固定．考马斯亮蓝染色法是一种适于肌细胞骨架染色的简便方法。     

小菜蛾血淋巴蛋白质双向电泳技术体系的建立及优化

采用不同方法对小菜蛾Plutella xylostella(L.)血淋巴进行双向电泳研究,建立了一套适用于小菜蛾血淋巴蛋白质组分析的双向电泳体系。从样品处理方案、等电聚焦时间、染色方法等因素对小菜蛾双向电泳结果的影响进行了分析和优化。结果表明,TCA/丙酮沉淀法提取蛋白损失少,图谱均匀清晰,分辨率和重复性更高。不同长度胶条的最佳上样量不同,胶条长度为7、17、24cm时,最佳上样量依次为20～50μg、50～300μg、100～500μg,而聚焦时间则分别以24000、50000、65000vhr为宜。第二向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶的浓度以12%为宜,电泳后蛋白点呈均匀分布。银染的灵敏度明显高于考马斯亮蓝染色,可以检测出更多的蛋白点,但考马斯亮蓝染色在后续蛋白点质谱鉴定中具有优势。     

一种转移非特异性蛋白带的染色方法

考马斯亮蓝是常用的聚丙烯酰胺凝胶蛋白电泳的染料,利用硝酸纤维素膜(NCF)对染料的吸附作用,将低浓度的考马斯亮蓝(0.025%)染色液直接对NCF上的转移蛋白带进行染色,经实验反复验证.它是一种较好的NCF上转移非特异性蛋白带的染色方法.     

水稻可溶性糖蛋白的纯化与鉴定研究

从水稻鲜叶中提取总蛋白,对总蛋白中的蛋白质含量进行了测定;通过硫酸铵沉淀将总蛋白提取液进行分级,从而达到了总蛋白细分和放量的目的。四级份的分级蛋白分别通过ConA-Sepharose 4B 亲和层析进行糖蛋白纯化,按吸收峰收集的各级糖蛋白混合物进行冷冻干燥,得到干粉;结合PAS法染色和考马斯亮蓝R-250染色对四级份的糖蛋白样品鉴定,在其中3个级份中均检测出糖蛋白;由于感度的差异,按考马斯亮蓝R-250染色可检测出近30种糖蛋白(包括部分糖肽),按PAS法染色可检测到7种糖蛋白;对3种含量较高的糖蛋白进行了胶上纯化,3种糖蛋白的PAS法染色均证实了3种样品为单一的糖蛋白或者糖肽,分别命名为RG1、RG2和RG3。     

微量蛋白检测中不同银染方法的比较与分析

随着生物化学技术的不断发展,作为检测SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)中微量蛋白的银染方法也在不断改进和发展.采用4种不同的银染方法检测不同含量的牛血清白蛋白,结果显示单纯的银染过程中如果使用戊二醛固定会使蛋白检出更快速灵敏,而结合考马斯亮蓝的复合银染则较单纯银染灵敏度提高了5～7个数量级.     

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中蛋白质快速染色的改良法

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中蛋白质的染色常采用考马斯亮蓝R250为染料进行染色,此法不仅操作繁琐、费时,而且由于需要脱色,很容易将一些染色较弱的蛋白区带颜色褪去,使之不能观察,灵敏度只能达到0.25μg。Reisner等人报道了以考马斯亮蓝G250为染料的快速简便染色方法,它能迅速地观察到凝胶中     

蛋白质组学实验中聚丙烯酰胺凝胶的考马斯亮蓝染色

在蛋白质组学实验中,蛋白质经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳后的染色是一个十分重要的环节。鉴于其良好的质谱兼容性和操作上的便捷,考马斯亮蓝染色是目前众多实验室中最常用的染色方法。本文介绍了四种各具特色的考马斯亮蓝染色方法。     

O’Farrell电泳的显示方法

本文对O’Farrell电泳的显示方法做了比较,特别对荧光谱技术的实际操作步骤进行了探讨。在考马斯亮蓝染色、银染、放射自显影及荧光谱四种方法中,荧光谱是最为灵敏的方法之一,且其结果显示时间较之放射自显影又大大缩短。     

检测聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中蛋白质的3种染色方法比较

用考马斯亮蓝染色、银染色、铜染色等 3种方法对同一种蛋白质染色的灵敏度、快速性进行比较 ,得出 3种蛋白质染色方法的优缺点 ,为蛋白质电泳染色合理选用不同方法提供依据     

家蚕丝腺蛋白质组学研究方法的建立

通过高精度的双向电泳技术对家蚕中部丝腺组织的蛋白质进行分离,采用基质辅助激光解析电离飞行时间质谱(matrix-assistedlaserdesorption/ionizationtimeofflightmassspectrometry,MALDI-TOF-MS)对其中一些表达量较高的蛋白点进行鉴定,并利用GPMAW(GeneralProtein/MassAnalysisforWindows)软件结合家蚕基因组预测的蛋白质数据库构建本地的肽质量指纹图谱数据库,对所得到的肽质量指纹图谱进行分析。研究发现,经过双向凝胶电泳及其图象分析技术,硝酸银染色和考马斯亮蓝染色分别能分离出500个以上和100个以上的蛋白点。这些蛋白质点主要集中在分子量15~90kD区域,等电点pH3·5~7之间。MALDI-TOF-MS鉴定的25个考染蛋白点中有60%以上的PMF(PeptideMassFingerprint)的信号峰较强。在数据库检索过程中,利用家蚕肽质量指纹数据库所得检索结果与在Mascot的检索结果相比,前者不仅能够准确鉴定出一些已有研究报道的蛋白,从而验证检索方法的可行性,而且还能够对一些已经被家蚕基因组数据库所预测但未曾报道的新蛋白质进行鉴定,从而建立了一整套适合于家蚕蛋白质组研究的方法,并为其它绢丝昆虫蛋白质组研究提供了重要参考。     

A faithful double stain of proteins in the polyacrylamide gels with Coomassie blue and silver

The conditions for prior fixing of proteins in a gel in order to attain a greater degree of faithful silver staining and sensitivity were examined. Fixing with formaldehyde enhanced the retention of proteins in a gel, particularly basic proteins such as histones and ribosomal proteins. The gel, one stained with Coomassie blue and following the removal of the free dyes, is capable of undergoing silver staining, and, moreover, the prestain considerably enhanced the staining intensity of various proteins differing in basicity in subsequent silver staining. Coupling the formaldehyde fixation with Coomassie brilliant blue prestain afforded a reproducible and pronounced stainability of various proteins.     

Preparation of colloidal gold for staining proteins electrotransferred onto nitrocellulose membranes

This paper describes a simple method of preparing colloidal gold for staining protein blots. Colloidal gold was prepared from 0.005 or 0.01% HAuCl4 by the addition of formalin as a reductant and potassium hydroxide. Staining of small cell carcinoma tissue extract blotted onto nitrocellulose membranes with this colloidal gold solution resulted in the appearance of a large number of clear wine-red bands. The sensitivity of gold staining was 60 times higher than that of Coomassie brilliant blue staining and almost comparable to that of silver staining of proteins in polyacrylamide gel. The sensitivity of this method was also satisfactory in comparison with that of enzyme immunoblotting. The colloidal gold prepared by this method is usable for routine work.     

Advantages and disadvantages of silver staining of proteins in polyacrylamide gel

Sensitivity of protein staining with Serva blue G-250 (Coomassie brilliant blue G-250 analogue) in polyacrylamide gel was determined. It has been shown that protein staining with 0.1% Serva blue G-250 results in the recovery of 80 to 35 ng of single protein, that is almost 10 times higher than reported previously for Coomassie brill. blue G-250 (or R-250) staining. The comparison of the sensitivity of Serva blue G-250 protein staining in PAAG and AgNO3 has shown that AgNO3 staining was approximately 18-30 (but not 100 times, as it had been thought before) times more effective for the majority of proteins under study. Silver staining of some proteins, for instance ribonuclease and a number of retrovirus-specific structural proteins, was of lower efficacy. Thus, to obtain reliable results protein electrophoresis in PAAG should be followed by both staining procedures.     

A quantitative determination of the relative amount of histones in polyacrylamide gel by silver stain

On the basis of scanning densitometry of the stained gel, the conditions for the quantitative determination of individual histones by silver was examined and compared with the dye-staining method, in terms of higher sensitivity and faithful quantitation. Fixation with formaldehyde, coupled with simultaneous prestaining with Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB), was found to be most suitable. Prior fixation in acidic alcohol alone failed to stain the histones accurately, but this failure could be partly alleviated by prestaining with CBB. Although the sensitivity for detecting histones by silver staining is lower than that for neutral proteins by about 10-fold, it is at least 10-fold higher than the CBB stain.     

The antenna system of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Detection of macromolecular constituents not stainable by Coomassie brilliant blue in solubilized preparations of the B880 complex

A solubilized preparation of the major Rhodospirillum rubrum antenna complex (B880) was obtained by a described procedure and its polypeptide composition was analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Only two polypeptides of molecular weights close to 7000 were detected after staining the gels with Coomassie brilliant blue. However, several other constituents could be visualized by silver staining or by an immunochemical method. When the preparation was chromatographed on Sephacryl, some of the resulting fractions exhibited the characteristic B880 absorption spectrum and contained only the two proteins that were detectable with Coomassie brilliant blue. In those fractions the A ₂₈₀/A ₈₈₀ratio was 0.4, which indicated a significant improvement of the bacteriochlorophyll to protein ratio over the unchromatographed preparation (A ₂₈₀/A ₈₈₀=0.7). Other chromatography fractions lacked bacteriochlorophyll and contained a carotenoid which seemed to be bound to protein. The macromolecular constituents present in these latter fractions differed from those associated to the purified B880 complex in their electrophoretic moblities and/or in their staining properties. That suggested the possible existence of a carotenoprotein that did not result from the B880 complex upon loss of bacteriochlorophyll.     

A Simple Method of Staining the Synaptonemal Complex with Coomassie Brilliant Blue for Light Microscopy

A simple technique for staining synaptonemal complexes with Coomassie brilliant blue for light microscopy has been described. The testis cells were exposed to prolonged hypotonic treatment and dropped on Formvar-coated slides. Following fixation with paraformaldehyde the slides were stained with Coomassie brilliant blue for 15 min to 1 h at room temperature and rinsed in distilled water. For its simplicity and rapidity this technique may serve as an effective alternative to silver staining for light microscopic observation of synaptonemal complexes.     

Fluorescent staining of sialidases in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and ultrathin-layer isoelectric focusing

Polyacrylamide gels were stained with the sialidase substrate 2'-(4-methylumbelliferyl)-alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid showing the activity of Vibrio cholerae and Clostridium sordellii sialidases in the gels after electrophoresis. With this fluorogenic method minimum sialidase activities of 5 microU could be determined. The sensitivity of this staining is about 10,000-fold higher compared to protein-staining with Coomassie brilliant blue. For the visualization of other proteins than sialidases the specific sialidase staining could be followed by a protein-staining method in the same gel.     

A blue dive: from ‘blue fingers’ to ‘blue silver’. A comparative overview of staining methods for in-gel proteomics

Gel-based proteomics are the most useful method for protein separation, even when compared with gel-free proteomics. Proteomic analysis by 2D gel electrophoresis (2-DE) with immobilized pH gradients is in turn the best approach to large-scale protein-expression screening. Spots visualization is pivotal for protein identification by mass spectrometry. Commonly used staining methods with excellent mass spectrometry compatibility are coomassie brilliant blue (CBB) or fluorescent dyes. In this study, an implementation of ‘blue silver’ colloidal CBB staining, characterized by high sensitivity and immediate low background, is discussed. The sensitivity of classical, colloidal and ‘blue silver’ CBB staining methods was compared on monodimensional and 2-DE gels. The implementation of the ‘blue silver’ method performs better, provided the physical state of the micelles is respected. An example of a 2-DE of human urine treated with combinatorial peptide ligand libraries demonstrates that implemented ‘blue silver’ can evidence the complexity of the sample.