Multimembrane dot-blotting: a cost-effective tool for proteome analysis.
The molecular profiles of protein expression from hundreds of cell lysates can be determined in a high-throughput manner by using fluorescent bead technologies, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), and protein microarrays. Although powerful, these tools are costly and technically challenging and thus have limited accessibility for many research groups. We propose a modification of traditional dot blotting that increases throughput of this approach and provides a simple and cost-effective technique for profiling multiple samples. In contrast to traditional blotting that uses a single membrane, we introduce blotting onto a stack of novel, thin, sieve-like membranes. These membranes have a high affinity for binding proteins, but have a lower capacity of protein binding compared to traditional (nitrocellulose) membranes. We compare the linear binding capacity and variability of these novel membranes with nitrocellulose membranes. Also, we describe the use of these membranes in a multilayer dot blot format for profiling mitogen-mediated signal transduction pathways in T cells.
Galperin
Mikhail M
MM
20/20 GeneSystems, Rockville, USA.
Traicoff
June L
JL
Ramesh
Arun
A
Freebern
Wendy J
WJ
Haggerty
Cynthia M
CM
Hartmann
Dan-Paul
DP
Emmert-Buck
Michael R
MR
Gardner
Kevin
K
Knezevic
Vladimir
V
D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*
D001798:Blood Proteins; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D020543:Proteome