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Abstract
Here we describe an assay to measure the levels of phosphorylation of Ubiquitin at Serine-65 in vivo by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This assay was previously described by Watzlawik and colleagues [https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1834712].
Prepare the sodium carbonate buffer, ELISA washing buffer and ELISA blocking buffer.
Use rabbit monoclonal p-S65-Ub antibody as capture antibody and used in a final concentration of 1 μg/ml in 200 millimolar (mM) sodium carbonate buffer 9.7 and coated Overnight at 4 °C with 30 µL per well in a 96-well MSD plate (MSD, MULTI-ARRAY 96-well Plate; L15XA-3).
Wash the next morning MSD plates twice with 0.22-micron filtered ELISA washing buffer using a 1200 µL multi-(12)-channel pipettor with 300 µL per well. Perform the washing by plate inversion and gentle tapping on paper towels (not by pipette aspiration) and with no incubation time between washes.
• ELISA washing buffer
A
B
Tris, pH 7.4
50 mM
NaCl
150 mM
Tween-20
0.1% [v:v]
Block the plates with 0.22-micron filtered ELISA blocking buffer for 01:00:00 at 22 °C without shaking.
• ELISA blocking buffer
A
B
Tris, pH 7.4
50 mM
NaCl
150 mM
Tween-20
0.1% [v:v]
BSA
1% [w:v]
1h
Run all samples in duplicates and diluted in blocking buffer. Load 30 µg of total protein per well for all mouse tissues in a total volume of 30 µL per well. Adjust the detergent volumes across all samples.
Incubate the antigens for 02:00:00 at 22 °C on a microplate mixer (USA Scientific, 8182–2019) at 600 rpm and perform the three washing steps as described before.
2h
Subsequently add mouse total Ub antibody (clone P4D1; Thermo Fisher #14-6078-37) as detecting antibody in a final concentration of 5 μg/ml in blocking buffer in 30 µL total volume per well. Incubate detecting antibody for 02:00:00 at 22 °C on a microplate mixer at 600 rpm.
2h
After three washing steps, add the SULFO-TAG labeled goat anti-mouse antibody (MSD, R32AC-1) in blocking buffer in a final concentration of 1 μg/ml using 50 µL per well and incubate for 01:00:00 at 22 °C on a microplate mixer at 500 rpm.
1h
After another three washing steps, 150 µL MSD GOLD Read Buffer (MSD, R92TG-2) were finally added to each well and the plate being read on a MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 reader.
Perform the data analysis in GraphPad prism 9 or similar software.