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- Agaton, Charlotta, et al.
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Selective enrichment of monospecific polyclonal antibodies for antibody-based proteomics efforts
- 2004
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In: Journal of Chromatography A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0021-9673 .- 1873-3778. ; 1043, s. 33-40
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A high stringency protocol, suitable for systematic purification of polyclonal antibodies, is described. The procedure is designed to allow the generation of target protein-specific antibodies suitable for functional annotation of proteins. Antibodies were generated by immunization with recombinantly produced affinity-tagged target proteins. To obtain stringent recovery of the antibodies, a two-step affinity chromatography principle was devised to first deplete the affinity tag-specific antibodies followed by a second step for affinity capture of the target protein-specific antibodies. An analytical dot-blot array system was developed to analyze the cross-reactivity of the affinity-purified antibodies. The results suggest that the protocol can be used in a highly parallel and automated manner to generate mono-specific polyclonal antibodies for large-scale, antibody-based proteomics efforts, i.e. affinity proteomics.
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- Falk, Ronny, et al.
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A high-stringency proteomics concept aimed for generation of antibodies specific for cDNAencoded proteins
- 2002
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In: Biotechnology and applied biochemistry. - 0885-4513 .- 1470-8744. ; 35:2, s. 75-82
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A novel dual bacterial expression system, designed for high-throughput generation of antibodies specific for cDNA-encoded proteins, is presented. The concept involves parallel expression of cDNA-encoded proteins, in two vector systems, as fusions with two different tags, both enabling single-step affinity purification under denaturing conditions. One of the fusion tags includes a portion with documented immunopotentiating effect to stimulate antibody production, and the generated fusion proteins are used to elicit antibodies. The second fusion protein is used in an immobilized form as an affinity ligand to enrich, from the generated antisera, antibodies with selective reactivity to the cDNA-encoded part. To evaluate the system, five cDNA clones from a mouse testis cDNA library were expressed, and antibodies to these cDNA-encoded proteins were generated, enriched and used in blotting procedures to determine expression patterns for the native proteins corresponding to the cDNAs. The five antibody preparations showed specific reactivity to the corresponding recombinant cDNA-encoded proteins, and three of the five antibodies gave specific staining in Western-blot screening of various cell types and tissue homogenates. When the same five cDNAs were processed and analysed using a single-vector method, antibodies with a more non-specific staining were generated. We thus conclude that the presented dual-vector method offers a highly stringent strategy for generation of monospecific polyclonal antibodies.
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- Falk, Ronny, et al.
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An improved dual-expression concept, generating high-quality antibodies for proteomics research
- 2003
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In: Biotechnology and applied biochemistry. - : Wiley. - 0885-4513 .- 1470-8744. ; 38, s. 231-239
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A novel, improved dual bacterial-expression system, designed for large-scale generation of high-quality polyclonal antibody preparations intended for proteomics research, is presented. The concept involves parallel expression of cDNA-encoded proteins, as a fusion with two different tags in two separate vector systems. Both systems enable convenient blotting procedures for expression screening on crude bacterial cell cultures and single-step affinity purification under denaturing conditions. One of the fusion proteins is used to elicit antibodies, and the second fusion protein is used in an immobilized form as an affinity ligand to enrich antibodies with selective reactivity to the cDNA-encoded part, common for the two fusion proteins. To evaluate the system, four cDNA clones from putative nuclear proteins from the non-biting midge Chironomus tentans were expressed. Antibodies to these cDNA-encoded proteins were generated, enriched and used in blotting and immunofluorescence procedures to determine expression patterns for the native proteins corresponding to the cDNAs. The four antibody preparations showed specific reactivity to the corresponding recombinant cDNA-encoded proteins, and three of the four antibodies gave specific staining in Western-blot analysis of nuclear cell extracts. Furthermore, two of the antibody preparations gave specific staining in immunofluorescence analysis of C. tentans cells. We conclude that the dual-vector concept presented offers a highly stringent strategy for the generation of monospecific polyclonal antibodies, which are useful in proteomics research.
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- Gräslund, Susanne, et al.
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A novel affinity gene fusion system allowing protein A-based recovery of non-immunoglobulin gene products
- 2002
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In: Journal of Biotechnology. - 0168-1656 .- 1873-4863. ; 99:1, s. 41-50
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- An expression vector system has been developed, taking advantage of a novel, Staphylococcus aureus protein A (SPA)-binding affinity tag ZSPA-1, enabling straightforward affinity blotting procedures and efficient recovery by affinity purification of expressed gene products on readily available reagents and chromatography media. The 58 amino acid SPA-binding affinity tag ZSPA-1, was previously selected from a library constructed by combinatorial mutagenesis of a protein domain from SPA. An Escherichia coli expression vector for intracellular T7 promoter (PT7) driven production was constructed with an N-terminal dual affinity tag, consisting of a hexahistidyl (His6) tag in frame with the ZSPA-1 tag, thus allowing alternative affinity recovery methods. To evaluate the system, five cDNA clones from a mouse testis cDNA library were expressed, and two alternative blotting procedures were developed for convenient screening of expression efficiencies. The five produced fusion proteins were recovered on both immobilized metal-ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) columns and on Protein A-based chromatography media, to allow comparative studies. It was found that the Protein A-based recovery resulted in the highest degree of purity, and furthermore, gene products that were produced as inclusion bodies could after denaturation be efficiently affinity purified on Protein A-Sepharose in the presence of 0.5 M guanidine hydrochloride. The convenience and robustness of the presented expression system should make it highly suitable for various high-throughput protein expression efforts.
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