Immunoprecipitation Flashcards
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Simplest way of immunoprecipitation
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- complex of proteins, add antibody, complementary proteins binds to antibody, protein A/G beads bind to protein-antibody complex, precipitated through centrifugation or magnetism
- OR conjugated bead-antibody complex binds to protein of interest, precipitated through centrifugation or magnetism
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What is Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) used for?
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- Analyze protein–protein interactions
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What is Chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP) used for?
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- Investigate regions of genome associated with a protein
- Identify specific proteins associated with a particular region of the genome
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What is RNA-immunoprecipitation (RIP) used for?
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- Study the physical association between individual proteins and RNA molecules in vivo
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The steps involved in Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP)
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- Sample preparation (non-ionic detergents e.g., NP-40, Triton X-100)
- Pre-clearing (just beads)
- Antibody incubation (target antibody or isotype control antibody)
- transfection of plasmids expressing protein of interest
- lysate and wash
- add antibody-immobilised agarose/sepharose resin
- precipitate immune complexes and wash precipitates
- Elution and analysis of precipitate (low pH or high salt solution)
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What types of analyses are used for following Co-IP?
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- SDS-PAGE
- Western blotting
- Mass Spectrometry
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Steps in Chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP)
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- DNA-protein cross-linking and harvest cells
- Cell lysis
- Sonication or enzyme digestion, fragmentation of chromatin
- Immunoprecipitation with specific antibody, creates immune precipitate (ChIP material)
- Wash, elution and cross-link reversal
- DNA cleanup (purification) and analysis of DNA
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What types of analyses are used following ChIP?
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- PCR
- qPCR
- microarray
- sequencing
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ChIP and antibodies (Ab)
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- ChIP requires a highly epitope-specific Ab that recognises protein/residues of interest in their native chromatin states or possible cross-linked formation
- Theoretically anything associated with chromatin can be ChIPed, if an antibody can be raised.
Commercially available antibodies are recommended
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Cross-linking in ChIP
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- formaldehyde will crosslink amino groups close by, not far away ones
- formaldehyde binds to amino group of one molecule, forms a Schiff base
- which then covalently binds to nucleotide molecule (cytosine, guanine, adenine etc) to from crosslink
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Cell lysis & Sonication of DNA in ChIP
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- formaldehyde crosslinked cells undergo cell lysis, breaks into strands of DNA with covalently-bonded proteins
- sonication or MNase digestion breaks strand into smaller fragments so it can be seen on agarose gel (smaller molecular weights)
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Immunoprecipitation step in ChIP
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- antibody-bead complex is added
- protein of interest is immunoprecipitated together with the crosslinked DNA
- decrosslinking and Proteinase K digestion of proteins
- proteins are eluted and purified
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Controls of ChIP
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- Input DNA: A chromatin sample processed parallel to the other samples but lacks the IP step
- No Ab control: A chromatin sample processed parallel to the other samples but immunoprecipitated without specific antibody
- Isotype Ab control: A chromatin sample processed parallel to the other samples and immunoprecipitated with an isotype Ab control (IgG or IgM)
- Histone H3 antibody: A chromatin sample processed parallel to the other samples and immunoprecipitated with anti-H3 ab
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Analysis of ChIP DNA
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- Identification of DNA regions associated with the protein/modification of interest
- PCR & real-time PCR
- Genome-wide mapping of DNA binding proteins including DNA microarray (ChIP-chip) & sequencing (ChIP-seq)
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% Input Method
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- IP sample / input x 100
