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- From: fgarbrec@POST.ITS.MCW.EDU (GARBRECHT)
- Newsgroups: bionet.immunology
- Subject: Re: ER - resident proteins
- Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9212210832.A3016-c100000@post.its.mcw.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:40:33 GMT
- References: <emu-ct08.cg.1992.1221.103952.n0dax@tuda.ncl.ac.uk>
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- On Mon, 21 Dec 1992 Mark.OLeary@newcastle.ac.uk wrote:
-
- > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 10:39:51 GMT
- > From:Mark.OLeary@newcastle.ac.uk
- > To: GARBRECHT <fgarbrec@post.its.mcw.edu>
- > Cc: immunology@net.bio.net
- > Subject: Re: ER - resident proteins
- >
- > Hi,
- > Thanks for replying to my post. My problem is (and I must phrase this delic
- > ately, as I am under a non-disclosure agreement...) that I have an antibody th
- > at recognises a common feature of several ER-resident proteins. I wish to conf
- > irm its continued activity (I re-generated it from an old stock of the cell li
- > ne in storage), and I attempted to do so by lysing some cells, hoping to see
- > numerous bands on a western of the lysate when probed using this antibody and
- > an alkaline phosphatase-linked secondary ab. This failed. So, I need to know a
- > way to enhance, ER-resident proteins in the mixture I apply to the gel...
- >
- > My latest plan is to isolate ER-derived microsomes by sucrose gradient centrif
- > ugation, and hope that they retain a good level of their resident proteins.
- >
- > I also have another cell line in culture that may be 'leaking' ER-proteins, an
- > d I'd like to use the same antibody to check the culture s/n for their presenc
- > e, but a simple blot of the s/n doesnt show anything either: I shall have to i
- > nvent some concentration protocol that also removes the fetal calf serum compo
- > nents as well....
- >
- >
- > It seems quite a hard pair of problems to me (I'm just starting my PhD) and th
- > ats why I turned to the net for help...
- >
- > I hope you can give me a lead or two... 8)
-
- As far as concentrating your ER proteins goes, your plan sounds reasonable
- to me. In terms of seeing if your antibody has activity, well, thats another
- problem. Several things come to mind; first, if the hybridoma is old but
- viable, it probably would benefit from re-cloning as hybridomas tend to spit
- out chromosomes along the way. (Obviously you need a screening method to
- do the recloning.) Also, check the hybridoma for mycoplasma contamination;
- this is a problem in lots of labs, and can lead to poor antibody secretion
- in otherwise viable cultures. It might be helpful to talk to the person who
- originally did the fusion for details on their original screening protocol.
- The best way to check your detection system for problems would be to run
- a control antibody that you know has activity (of the same subclass) against
- some other protein known to be expressed by your cell line (or tissue); you
- can troubleshoot the assay from there. Make sure all of your antibody
- reagents etc are reasonably fresh and have been stored appropriately.
- Good luck,
- Fred Garbrecht
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- fgarbrec@post.its.mcw.edu
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