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  • Title: A double-label two-dimensional gel electrophoresis procedure specifically designed for serum or plasma protein analysis.
    Author: Wheeler TT, Loong PC, Jordan TW, Ford HC.
    Journal: Anal Biochem; 1986 Nov 15; 159(1):1-7. PubMed ID: 3812986.
    Abstract:
    A double-label two-dimensional electrophoresis procedure has been developed which is specifically designed for the comparison of serum or plasma proteins in two different samples. Proteins are labeled by reductive methylation with [14C]- or [3H] formaldehyde. The procedure is economical because small quantities of relatively inexpensive isotopes are used and it is at least as sensitive as silver staining in detecting proteins. A fourfold increase in the sensitivity of autoradiography over existing methods was obtained by performing autoradiography before processing the gel for fluorography. A spot in the electrophoretic gel that contains 17-28 ng of labeled protein is detectable. This corresponds to proteins present in serum at a concentration of 5-10 micrograms/ml. Even greater sensitivity can be achieved, at greater expense, by increasing the quantities of the radioisotopes in the labeling reaction. The particular value of the double label approach is that complex mixtures from two different sources are resolved together thus eliminating the possibility of differences arising from the resolving procedure itself. The procedure was applied to a mixture of serum and plasma from a single subject and a number of qualitative and quantitative differences were observed.
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