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Protein analysis of mammalian cells in monolayer culture using the bicinchoninic assay
Authors:R C Goldschmidt  H K Kimelberg
Institution:Division of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, New York 12208.
Abstract:We have applied the bicinchoninic acid (BCA) protein assay to rat brain primary astrocyte monolayer cultures growing in multiwell culture plates. The BCA method provides a more rapid and sensitive procedure with greater stability of color than is obtained using the Lowry method. Also, large numbers of samples can be read rapidly at the available wavelengths on an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay microtiter plate reader. We found, however, artifactually high readings when using isotonic buffered sucrose to wash the cultures followed by sodium hydroxide to solubilize the cell protein. Such a procedure is commonly used for washing monolayer cell cultures in transport and binding studies. This effect was found to be due to hydrolysis of sucrose to the reducing sugar glucose. Use of Triton X-100 eliminated this problem, but this agent only solubilized about 80% of the protein that could be solubilized with sodium hydroxide. Furthermore, the high viscosity of Triton X-100 makes it more difficult to use. We found that washing the cells with isotonic mannitol solution followed by solubilization with sodium hydroxide gave reliable results. The sensitivity and speed of this method makes it suitable for multiple protein determinations in experiments using large numbers of cell culture samples.
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