Use of vertical slab isoelectric focusing and immunoblotting to evaluate steady-state phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha in cultured cells - PubMed (original) (raw)
Use of vertical slab isoelectric focusing and immunoblotting to evaluate steady-state phosphorylation of eIF2 alpha in cultured cells
O Savinova et al. Methods. 1997 Apr.
Abstract
The combination of vertical, one-dimensional isoelectric focusing and immunoblotting works very well for the evaluation of the phosphorylation state of the alpha-subunit of eIF2 using reticulocyte lysate or purified eIF2. However, the method is more difficult to apply to the analysis of eIF2 alpha phosphorylation in cultured cells. In part this reflects the fact that the protein content of cultured cell extracts is rarely as high as that found in extracts produced from reticulocytes, and in part this reflects the fact that some component(s) of cell extracts interferes with the entry of eIF2 alpha into the isoelectric focusing gel. To overcome these difficulties, we have modified the earlier method to include immunoprecipitation of eIF2 from cell extracts prior to isoelectric focusing, as well as a low sodium dodecyl sulfate concentration in the isoelectric focusing sample buffer. Since the PKR activation state and therefore the eIF2 alpha phosphorylation state change with cell density and nutritional status, we routinely set up consistent feeding schedules and recommend the collection of data over a range of cell densities.
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