title: Expression in bacteria of small and specific protein domains of two transcription factor isoforms, purification and monospecific polyclonal antibodies generation, by a two-step affinity chromatography procedure.
abstract: The detection and analysis of protein isoforms is a complicated task especially if they differ only in small specific domains. Obtaining specific polyclonal antibodies against these domains is a challenge, but if successful it can have a wide range of applications, such as in proteomics and immunochemical analysis. We show herein a method of overexpression and purification of two small specific domains corresponding to the isoforms b and c of the murine transcription factor Pitx2, and the generation and purification of monospecific polyclonal antibodies against them, by using a two-step affinity purification procedure, based on the use of CNBr-Sepharose matrix. Such a method also allows recovering monospecific polyclonal antibodies against the tag fusion peptide (C-LYTAG tag). The specificity of the isolated polyclonal antibodies was demonstrated by Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis. In addition, our protocol is easily scalable and allows the generation of monospecific polyclonal antibodies for large-scale analysis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Paraje de las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hernández-Torres
authors.forename: José Rafael
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pedrajas
authors.forename: Amelia E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Aránega
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Navarro
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D014157:Transcription Factors