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dc.contributor.authorZhou, Shaobo
dc.contributor.authorMann, Christopher J.
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorPreedy, Victor R.
dc.contributor.authorEmery, Peter W.
dc.contributor.illustrator
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-10T10:11:58Z
dc.date.available2020-11-10T10:11:58Z
dc.date.issued2006-03-07
dc.identifier.citationZhou S, Mann CJ, Dunn MJ, Preedy VR, Emery PW (2006) 'Measurement of specific radioactivity in proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis', Electrophoresis, 27 (5-6), pp.1147-1153.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0173-0835
dc.identifier.pmid16470777
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/elps.200500684
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/624609
dc.description.abstractWe report a method to quantify the specific radioactivity of proteins that have been separated by 2-DE. Gels are stained with SyproRuby, and protein spots are excised. The SyproRuby dye is extracted from each spot using DMSO, and the fluorescence is quantified automatically using a plate reader. The extracted gel piece is then dissolved in hydrogen peroxide and radioactivity is quantified by liquid scintillation counting. Gentle agitation with DMSO for 24 h was found to extract all the SyproRuby dye from gel fragments. The fluorescence of the extract was linearly related to the amount of BSA loaded onto a series of 1-D gels. When rat muscle samples were run on 2-DE gels, the fluorescence extracted from 54 protein spots showed a good correlation (r = 0.79, p < 0.001) with the corresponding spot intensity measured by conventional scanning and image analysis. DMSO extraction was found not to affect the amount of radioactive protein left in the gel. When a series of BSA solutions of known specific radioactivity were run on 2-DE gels, the specific radioactivity measured by the new method showed a good correlation (r = 0.98, p < 0.01, n = 5) with the specific radioactivity measured directly before loading. Reproducibility of the method was measured in a series of 2-DE gels containing proteins from the livers of rats and mice that had been injected with [35S]methionine. Variability tended to increase when the amount of radioactivity in the protein spot was low, but for samples containing at least 10 dpm above background the CV was around 30%, which is comparable to that obtained when measuring protein expression by conventional image analysis of SyproRuby-stained 2-DE gels. Similar results were obtained whether spots were excised manually or using a spot excision robot. This method offers a high-throughput, cost-effective and reliable method of quantifying the specific radioactivity of proteins from metabolic labelling experiments carried out in vivo, so long as sufficient quantities of radioactive tracer are used.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/elps.200500684en_US
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dc.subjectelectrophoresisen_US
dc.titleMeasurement of specific radioactivity in proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.journalElectrophoresisen_US
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