Aug 29, 2024

Public workspaceImmunoprecipitation

  • 1Sascha Martens lab, University of Vienna, Max Perutz Labs - Vienna
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Protocol CitationElias Adriaenssens 2024. Immunoprecipitation. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.kxygxynzwl8j/v1
License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
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Created: June 21, 2024
Last Modified: August 29, 2024
Protocol Integer ID: 102632
Keywords: ASAPCRN
Funders Acknowledgement:
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)
Grant ID: ASAP-000350
Marie Skłodowska-Curie MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship
Grant ID: 101062916
Abstract
This protocol details the process of immunoprecipitation.
Materials
  • ReagentPierce™ Detergent Compatible Bradford Assay KitThermo FisherCatalog #23246
  • ReagentNuPAGE™ 4-12% Bis-Tris Protein Gels, 1.0 mm, 12-wellThermo FisherCatalog #NP0322BOX ReagentPageruler Prestained Protein LadderThermo Fisher ScientificCatalog #26616
  • nitrocellulose membranes (RPN132D, GE Healthcare)
  • Mini Trans-Blot Cell (Bio-Rad)
  • SuperSignal West Femto Maximum Sensitivity Substrate (34096, Thermo Fisher) ReagentSuperSignal™ West Femto Maximum Sensitivity SubstrateThermo FisherCatalog #34096
  • ChemiDoc MP Imaging system (Bio-Rad).

Lysis buffer:
KCl100 mM
MgCl22.5 mM
Tris-HCl20 mM
pH7.4
NP-400.50%
Steps
Steps
30m
30m
Collect the HeLa cells by trypsinization and wash the cell pellet with PBS once before cells are lysed in lysis buffer (100 mM KCl, 2.5 mM MgCl2, 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 0.5% NP-40).
KCl100 mM
MgCl22.5 mM
Tris-HCl20 mM
pH7.4
NP-400.50%
Wash
Lyse the samples for Duration00:20:00 TemperatureOn ice before cell lysates are cleared by centrifugation at Centrifigation20000 x g, 4°C, 00:10:00 .
30m
Centrifigation
Temperature
Protein concentrations of the cleared protein lysates are then determined with the Pierce Detergent Compatible Bradford Assay Kit (23246, Thermo Fisher) and equal amounts are incubated with beads.
Incubation
Precoat the beads with GST (negative control), NIX-GST, or BNIP3-GST as described in the protocol for the microscopy-based bead assay.
Incubate the HeLa cell lysates DurationOvernight with precoated beads.
20m
Incubation
Overnight
In the morning, wash the samples five times in lysis buffer before the beads are either submitted for analysis by mass spectrometry or for analysis by SDS-PAGE and western blotting by resuspending the beads in protein loading dye, supplemented with Concentration100 millimolar (mM) DTT, and boiled for Duration00:05:00 at Temperature95 °C .

Note that for mass spec samples, the NP-40 is omitted from the washing buffer.

5m
Wash
Temperature
Load the samples on 4-12% SDS-PAGE gels (NP0322BOX, Thermo Fisher) with PageRuler Prestained protein marker (Thermo Fisher).
Transfer the proteins onto nitrocellulose membranes (RPN132D, GE Healthcare) for Duration01:00:00 at Temperature4 °C using the Mini Trans-Blot Cell (Bio-Rad).
1h
After the transfer, membranes are blocked with 5% milk powder dissolved in PBS-Tween (0.1% Tween 20) for Duration01:00:00 at TemperatureRoom temperature .
1h
Incubate the membranes DurationOvernight at Temperature4 °C with primary antibodies dissolved in the blocking buffer, wash three times for 5 min, and incubate with species-matched secondary horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-coupled antibodies diluted 1:10,000 in blocking buffer for Duration01:00:00 at TemperatureRoom temperature .
2h
Incubation
Overnight
Temperature
Wash for Duration00:05:00 (1/3).
5m
Wash
Wash for Duration00:05:00 (2/3).
5m
Wash
Wash for Duration00:05:00 (3/3).
5m
Wash
Wash the membranes three times with PBS-T and processed further for western blot detection.
Incubate the membranes with SuperSignal West Femto Maximum Sensitivity Substrate (34096, Thermo Fisher) and imaged with a ChemiDoc MP Imaging system (Bio-Rad).
Incubation
Analyze the images with ImageJ 47 (RRID:SCR_003070; https://imagej.net/).