Electroelution of protein fractions from a polyacrylamide gel

A method for electroelution of protein fractions from polyacrylamide gel and device for performing such a process have been developed. The application of two tris-glycine buffers with the low and high ionic strength, pH 9.0-9.2 provides a concentration of protein simultaneously to extraction from the gel. The duration of elution is in the range of 1-3 hours and depends on the protein mobility. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated for disc-electrophoretic separation and electrophoresis in slab gel in the presence of SDS. The maximal amount of pure protein fraction obtained is about 4.5-5.0 mg. The method may be useful especially for the fractionation of limited quantities of protein samples.     

Affinity chromatographic studies on antigen-antibody dissociation

An analytical affinity chromatography assay has been developed for the investigation of the dissociation of antigen-antibody complexes. Albumin-coupled Sepharose 4B and anti-albumin has been used as a model system. At extremely low or high pH, in the presence of highly concentrated chaotropic ions at pH 7 or by elution with 100% ethylene glycol after pretreating with high pH buffer, most of the bondings could be ruptured. The latter two-step desorption procedure provides recovery of intact antibody with high yield. The technique was also utilized for the preparation of antibody against human growth hormone.     

Purification of immunologically active HLA-A and -B antigens by a series of monoclonal antibody columns.

Serologically and biochemically pure preparations of detergent and papain-solubilized HLA-A2 and HLA-B7 antigens were isolated by high pH elution from a series of immunoaffinity columns constructed from monoclonal antibodies with specificity for HLA-A2 and HLA-B7 antigens. These preparations retained the immunological activity and quaternary structure of the native molecule and should provide suitable reagents for insertion into liposomes and probing the role of major histocompatibility antigens in lymphocyte interactions.     

Electroelution of fixed and stained membrane proteins from preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels into a membrane trap

The membrane trap is a new device for the electroelution of all kinds of charged macromolecules from gels. Instead of dialysis membranes, the membrane trap uses a new membrane. Retention of macromolecules in an electric field by dialysis membranes depends on the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the buffer. The new membrane retains all charged macromolecules larger than approximately 5000 Da without adsorbing them, independent of the use of SDS. Here we report the electroelution of five different lipophilic membrane proteins (33 to 193 kDa) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae from preparative SDS-polyacrylamide gels into a 300-microliter recovery volume. After an 8-h elution period, recovery ranged from 80 (193 kDa) to 97% (33 kDa). The "losses" were generally due to proteins still remaining in the gel slice. All of the eluted proteins tested in a dot-blot assay proved to be antigenically active. The advantages of the device described here are easy handling (insertion of membranes, open system), quantitative recovery, and high reproducibility of the elution results.     

吸附树脂AB—8对甘草酸的吸附性能及其在提取纯化中的应用

考察了大孔吸附树脂AB-8对甘草酸的吸附性能和原液浓度pH值、流速、洗脱剂的种类对树脂吸附性能的影响。结果表明,AB-8树脂对甘草酸吸附量高,易于洗脱,分离效果较好,回收率较一般方法高,达70％～80％,纯度达90％以上。     

Peptide mapping of proteins in cerebrospinal fluid utilizing a rapid preparative two-dimensional electrophoretic procedure and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry

A quick two-step procedure involving liquid phase isoelectric focusing in the Rotofor cell in combination with electroelution in the Mini whole cell gel eluter has been used for purification of proteins from human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Fractions, each highly enriched in a single protein band and virtually free of other proteins, were selected for characterization by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS). Six CSF proteins, transferrin, alpha1-acid-glycoprotein, Zn-alpha2-glycoprotein, apolipoprotein A1, apolipoprotein E and beta-trace were identified by MALDI-TOFMS analysis of the tryptic digests. These results demonstrate that the combination of liquid phase IEF and electroelution is a rapid preparative two-dimensional separation which can provide single proteins of high purity, in yields sufficient for characterization by MALDI-TOFMS. Characterization of such brain-specific proteins in CSF will be useful in the investigation of the pathophysiology of different brain disorders.     

Recovery of DNA from agarose gels using a modified Elutrap.

We have made a significant improvement in the electroelution device, Elutrap (Schleicher and Schuell) by substituting an agarose gel barrier, which is made from 0.6% agarose (SeaKem GTG; FMC Corporation), into the elution chamber in place of the manufacturer specified BT2 membrane. This modification substantially increases the DNA recovery from agarose gels, even in samples containing less than 1 microgram of DNA, and shortens elution times particularly for large sizes of DNA (greater than 4.4 kbp). Additionally, the gel barrier provides a reproducible quantity and quality of DNA recovery. The high quality of the eluted DNA using the modified Elutrap makes this system suitable for further DNA manipulations.     

Immunoaffinity chromatography of human thyroid peroxidase: The stability of the three-dimensional structure and immunoreactivity of antigen and antibodies under various elution conditions

Actions of various chemical agents modeling immunoaffinity chromatography elution conditions caused structural changes of the components of human thyroid peroxidase (TPO) complexes with monoclonal antibodies (MABs) F8 and A1 whose antigenic determinants have a conformational nature and are located in the immunodominant region and a peripheral region of TPO, respectively. These changes became apparent in the circular dichroism and fluorescence spectra of TPO and both MABs as well as in the immunoassay. The effectiveness of the chemical reagents with respect to TPO desorption from an immobilized MAB decreased in the following order: 0.2 M ammonia (pH 11.5) > 0.1 M lithium 3,5-diiodosalycilate > 0.1 M glycine-HCl (pH 2.5) > 1 M NaI > 30% propylene glycol + 1 M NaCl > 30% propylene glycol > 1 M NaCl. At pH 11.5, the three-dimensional structure and immunoreactivity of TPO retained completely and only minor alterations of MAB analogical parameters took place, thus providing a high yield of the functional active human TPO and favoring repeated use of the immobilized MABs in immunoaffinity chromatography. The results may be used as a strategy for the optimization of various protein antigens immunoaffinity chromatography.     

Efficacy and compatibility with mass spectrometry of methods for elution of proteins from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and polyvinyldifluoride membranes

The resolving power of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) combined with isoelectric focusing in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has made it one of the most important techniques for resolving complex mixtures, and it is of great importance for proteome mapping projects. As a result of this, methods for postelectrophoretic protein characterization are of great interest as exemplified by in situ protease digestion combined with mass spectrometry (MS), which is the method of choice for identification of proteins. In this study we have developed and compared methods for recovering intact proteins from polyacrylamide gels and electroblotting membranes to define efficient methods compatible with MS. These methods complement in situ digestion protocols and allow determination of the molecular mass of whole proteins separated by SDS-PAGE. Passive elution of proteins from SDS-PAGE gels was efficient only in the presence of SDS, whereas electroelution was achieved using buffers without SDS. Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization MS (SELDI-MS) analysis of proteins eluted in the presence of SDS was possible using ion exchange ProteinChip arrays for concentration of sample and removal of SDS. Comparison of different electroblotting methods verified that the different membranes and buffers were equally efficient for transfer of proteins in the range 20-100 kDa. Elution from polyvinyldifluoride membranes was most efficient using either concentrated solutions of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) or combinations of 8M urea and 1% Triton X-100, 1% Tween 20, or 40% isopropanol. The same result was obtained using nitrocellulose membranes, except that these were incompatible with organic solvent and TFA. Elution by TFA was compatible with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS (MALDI-MS) but was complicated by a high degree of trifluoroacetylation of the proteins. Alternatively, elution by 8M urea+1% Triton X-100, 1% Tween 20, or 40% isopropanol was compatible with both SELDI-MS and MALDI-MS. Eluted proteins were identified in MS experiments by intact mass determination, by peptide mapping, and by MS/MS analysis.     

Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin in foods.

A method has been developed for the detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin A in the boiled rice extract. The procedure utilized was the batch adsorption of enterotoxin from the cell-free culture supernatant by CG-50 ion exchange resin at pH 5.6. The enterotoxin was eluted by various concentrations of elution solution with different pH values. The lyophilized eluate was dissolved in Phosphate Buffer Saline (PBS) solution and analyzed with a quantitative double diffusion method. The desorption of enterotoxin from ion exchange resin appeared to be less effective by increasing the concentration of elution solution than by elevating the pH value of elution solution. The pH below 6.2 seemed to lose the ability to elute the enterotoxin from ion exchanger but enough to elimate non-specific extra proteins. The quantitative double diffusion method was able to detect enterotoxin in food with approximation in quantitation.     

AB-8大孔树脂吸附分离红花桑寄生总黄酮的影响因子研究

AB-8大孔吸附树脂对红花桑寄生总黄酮静态吸附和动态洗脱的效果,受提取液质量浓度、pH值及环境温度、振速以及洗脱剂乙醇浓度、流速等因素影响。试验表明,提取液质量浓度和pH值对AB-8树脂的吸附效果有显著影响,其吸附分离总黄酮的工艺条件为:浓度为1.2~2.0 mg/ml、pH 3.0~4.0的红花桑寄生提取液,置于摇床上,于室温条件下振荡(振速160 r/min)吸附2~3 h,然后用5倍于树脂体积(5BV)的50%乙醇以1.5 ml/min流速进行柱上动态解吸。AB-8树脂对红花桑寄生总黄酮的饱和吸附量可达29.0 mg/g,动态洗脱率达95.0%,获得产品中黄酮纯度为46.0%,得率为5.5%。     

Elution of High-affinity (>10-9 KD) Antibodies from Tissue Sections: Clues to the Molecular Mechanism and Use in Sequential Immunostaining

Inconsistent results obtained with published methods for the elution of antibodies from tissue sections prompted the assessment of both old and new methods in combination with monoclonal rabbit antibodies of known, increased affinity (above 1×10^-9 K_D). We tested an acidic (pH 2) glycine buffer, a 6 M urea hot buffer and a 2-Mercaptoethanol, SDS buffer (2-ME/SDS). Some antibodies were not removed by the glycine pH 2 or 6 M urea hot buffers, indicating that antibodies survive much harsher conditions than previously believed. We found that the elution is dependent upon the antibody affinity and is reduced by species-specific crosslinking via a dimeric or Fab fragments of a secondary antibody. The high affinity bond of exogenous streptavidin with the endogenous biotin can be removed by 6 M urea but not by the other buffers. 2-ME/SDS buffer is superior to glycine pH 2 and 6 M urea hot elution buffers for all antibodies because of its irreversible effect on the structure of the antibodies. It also has a mild retrieving effect on some antigens present on routinely treated sections and no detrimental effect on the immunoreactivity of the tissue. Therefore, 2-ME/SDS buffer is the method of choice to perform multiple rounds of immunostaining on a single routine section.     

Affinity chromatographic procedure for the quantitative recovery of DNA fragments from agarose gels

A simple and reliable method for the recovery of specific fragments of DNA from agarose gels is presented. The electroelution of the DNA onto the NENSORB cartridge matrix with the subsequent elution of the bound DNA by a methanol (50% v/v) wash has been shown to result in the quantitative recovery of the restriction fragment. Of importance is the fact that the DNA purified by this procedure is a viable substrate for further digestion by a second restriction endonuclease. The method does not require either phenol extraction or extensive desalting of the sample.     

蜘蛛HMW-gDNA的电洗脱纯化提取

该文研究了蜘蛛大分子量基因组DNA（HMW-gDNA）的提取以及一种高效电洗脱纯化装置的构建。以蜘蛛胸部肌肉组织为原料,通过自改良CTAB法提取蜘蛛HMW-gDNA,利用透析膜和2 mL离心管构建一种新的HMW-gDNA快速凝胶回收装置,并对蜘蛛HMW-gDNA进行电洗脱分离回收。结果显示,改良CTAB法可高效提取蜘蛛HMW-gDNA（>48.5 kb）,且通过透析膜的截留作用,对普通琼脂糖凝胶中目的HMW-gDNA进行快速电洗脱分离,其回收率超过75%,OD₂₆₀/OD₂₈₀处于1.8～2.0之间,对HMW-gDNA完整性无影响。综合结果表明, 改良CTAB法可用于蜘蛛HMW-gDNA的提取,此电洗脱纯化装置可从普通琼脂糖中高效回收HMW-gDNA,是一种低成本、简捷、高效且实用性强的凝胶回收方法。     

Electroeluting DNA Fragments

Purified DNA fragments are used for different purposes in Molecular Biology and they can be prepared by several procedures. Most of them require a previous electrophoresis of the DNA fragments in order to separate the band of interest. Then, this band is excised out from an agarose or acrylamide gel and purified by using either: binding and elution from glass or silica particles, DEAE-cellulose membranes, "crush and soak method", electroelution or very often expensive commercial purification kits. Thus, selecting a method will depend mostly of what is available in the laboratory. The electroelution procedure allows one to purify very clean DNA to be used in a large number of applications (sequencing, radiolabeling, enzymatic restriction, enzymatic modification, cloning etc). This procedure consists in placing DNA band-containing agarose or acrylamide slices into sample wells of the electroeluter, then applying current will make the DNA fragment to leave the agarose and thus be trapped in a cushion salt to be recovered later by ethanol precipitation.     

Assessment of the use of cyanogen bromide-activated Sepharose in analytical and preparative immunoadsorption

Procedures are described for the analytical and preparative purification of antigens based on their specific interaction with their complementary antibody immunoadsorbents prepared from cyanogen bromide-derivatized macroporous agarose matrices. In principle, the antigen to be purified in the affinity chromatography/immunoadsorption process should bind specifically and reversibly to the attached antibody, while other proteins pass through unretarded. In the case of tight binding, elution of the antigen is achieved by the use of eluting solutions of very high or very low pH, or with the use of chaotropic solutions such as 3 m KSCN. The performance of immunoadsorbents prepared from Sepharose 4B have been studied with the aim of improving the efficient utilization of immunoadsorption techniques. As a model, human serum was applied serially to several columns of Sepharose 4B sheep anti-human IgG which were then subjected to a number of successive adsorption/desorption cycles. Loading the columns with increasing amounts of serum showed that the performance was best when the antigen load was approximately threefold the ideal binding capacity. By limiting the amount of immobilized protein and carefully controlling the antigen load, significant improvements in yield and purity have been achieved. Antigen loads of threefold the potential binding capacity of the immunoadsorbent column results in the optimal yield of antigen with high purity and significant concomitant reduction in non-specific interference from other serum proteins. The non-specific adsorption which is an inherent problem and which leads to considerable inactivation of the covalently coupled antibody is highlighted. Although the popularity of such matrices is probably unsurpassed, it is clear that use has been made of them very frequently without an examination of quantitative aspects or side reactions.     

Recovery of sodium dodecyl sulfate-proteins from gel electrophoretic bands in a single electroelution step for mass spectrometric analysis

Mass spectrometric analysis of proteins derived from bands in gel electrophoresis is incompatible with the covalent fluorescent labeling of the protein. Thus, if one wishes to take advantage of the capacity for computer-directed electroelution of electrophoresis apparatus with intermittent fluorescent scanning of the migration path, the protein must be labeled fluorescently in a noncovalent, reversible fashion. This was recently achieved by staining of SDS-proteins with Cascade blue and electrophoresis in barbital buffer. However, the method was not a practical one for the purpose of isolating proteins from gel electrophoretic bands and their transfer into the mass spectrometer for three reasons: (i) Ten consecutive electroelution steps were required to obviate pH changes in the electroelution chamber; (ii) electroeluates from six gel electrophoretic lanes needed to be pooled; (iii) excessive protein loads ranging from 7 to 33 microg/pool were required. The present study reports the solution to those three problems. Mass spectrometric (MALDI-TOF) characterization of five proteins was demonstrated (i) after a single electroelution step; (ii) using electroelution from a single gel of 0.3-cm(2) cross-sectional area; and (iii) using a protein load of 2 (in one case 4) microg. However, the migration rates of the Cascade blue-SDS-protein-barbital complexes derived from proteins with widely varying molecular weights proved to be the same. Thus, despite the three advances made, the method to date remains restricted to samples of single proteins.     

Predicting the elution behavior of proteins in affinity chromatography on non-porous particles.

Affinity chromatography on non-porous particles of microsize is particularly useful for the rapid analysis and micropreparative separation of proteins. The elution behavior of proteins in an affinity column packed with non-porous copolymerized particles of styrene, methyl methacrylate and glycidyl methacrylate was investigated both theoretically and experimentally, using the lysozyme-Cibacron Blue 3G-A affinity system. Equations used to predict the elution profiles, resulting from the elution by increasing the ionic strength (NaCl concentration) in the mobile phase, were obtained. The maximum adsorbate concentration, desorption rate constant and equilibrium constant under elution conditions were determined by matching experimental data with predicted elution profiles. Based on the parameters determined at a flow-rate of 0.5 ml/min and with 1 M NaCl in the elution buffer, the model equations could predict the elution profiles for other experimental runs, where different flow-rates and sodium chloride concentrations were used. Both the experimental and predicted results revealed that the affinity interaction kinetics are not significantly influenced by the flow-rate and, hence, the film mass transfer. To elute bound lysozyme from immobilized dye ligand, a higher value of the ionic strength leads to a faster elution and a sharper elution peak. The influence of elution conditions on the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters and, consequently, on the elution peak profiles was evaluated. The model equations can also predict the behavior of protein elution from an affinity column by changing the pH of the mobile phase, according to a previous study.     

The effects of hitchhiker antigens co-eluting with affinity-purified research antibodies

The popularity of Protein G for the purification of antibodies has given rise to an entire industry that supplies scientists with research grade immunoreagents; however, many times the supplied product is contaminated with antigens bound to the antibody's complementarity-determining regions (CDRs). These "hitchhikers" are a category of host cell proteins that are elusive to detect due to their interaction with the antibody in the final product and yet their impact on an experiment or an entire field of study can be far reaching. In an earlier work, the role of hitchhikers on a human anti-histone antibody destined for clinical usage was explored and a stringent purification scheme developed. Here we use a murine monoclonal, which reflects the type of commercial antibody usually purchased for research. We evaluate three purification schemes: a traditional approach using a one-step, low pH elution buffer (pH 2.5); a gentler approach using a pH gradient elution scheme (pH 7 down to pH 2.5); and finally, a more stringent purification patterned on our earlier published method that uses a quaternary amine guard column and a high salt wash during antibody immobilization on the Protein G. We stress that the stringent purification incorporates the pH gradient scheme and is gentler than the low-pH approach. The resulting product from all three purifications is directly compared for binding potency, histone content (using an ELISA based assay) and residual DNA (using quantitative PCR). The results demonstrate that the first two methods are inadequate for hitchhiker removal. The traditional one-step, low pH approach produces a single elution peak containing histone contaminated antibody with picogram quantities of residual DNA, however, the trailing end of the same peak is loaded with antibody complexed to nanogram amounts of DNA, in some cases, over 100 ng. The pH gradient approach provided antibodies accompanied by only picograms of residual DNA and, on average, 1 out of every 10-20 CDRs occupied by a histone antigen. The more stringent approach, using the salt wash prior to elution with the pH gradient, has an average of 1 out of every 75 CDRs contaminated with a histone while the majority of the residual DNA is captured by the quaternary amine column placed in front of the Protein G. The consequences of these contaminants is illustrated by showing how they manifest themselves in unusual antibody potency values ranging from 558% for antibody bound to histone hitchhikers down to 15% for antibody contaminated with DNA hitchhikers. Those samples purified by the recommended stringent approach show potency values between 90 and 101%. Most importantly, we repeatedly demonstrate in a simulated chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay the ability to precipitate clean plasmid DNA with histone contaminated antibody that had been purified using the traditional one-step, low pH elution approach. Expectedly, those antibodies stringently purified and showing 100% binding potency were unable to precipitate DNA in the absence of histone hitchhikers.     

Evaluation of differences between dual salt‐pH gradient elution and mono gradient elution using a thermodynamic model: Simultaneous separation of six monoclonal antibody charge and size variants on preparative‐scale ion exchange chromatographic resin

The efficiencies of mono gradient elution and dual salt‐pH gradient elution for separation of six mAb charge and size variants on a preparative‐scale ion exchange chromatographic resin are compared in this study. Results showed that opposite dual salt‐pH gradient elution with increasing pH gradient and simultaneously decreasing salt gradient is best suited for the separation of these mAb charge and size variants on Eshmuno^® CPX. Besides giving high binding capacity, this type of opposite dual salt‐pH gradient also provides better resolved mAb variant peaks and lower conductivity in the elution pools compared to single pH or salt gradients. To have a mechanistic understanding of the differences in mAb variants retention behaviors of mono pH gradient, parallel dual salt‐pH gradient, and opposite dual salt‐pH gradient, a linear gradient elution model was used. After determining the model parameters using the linear gradient elution model, 2D plots were used to show the pH and salt dependencies of the reciprocals of distribution coefficient, equilibrium constant, and effective ionic capacity of the mAb variants in these gradient elution systems. Comparison of the 2D plots indicated that the advantage of opposite dual salt‐pH gradient system with increasing pH gradient and simultaneously decreasing salt gradient is the noncontinuous increased acceleration of protein migration. Furthermore, the fitted model parameters can be used for the prediction and optimization of mAb variants separation in dual salt‐pH gradient and step elution. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 34:973–986, 2018