Purification of Antiserum or Ascites by Protein A/G Chromatography
1、Required Materials and Equipment
(1) Protein A or G agarose gel column (10 ml or 5 ml of packed beads; see guidelines below for choice of protein A or protein G)
(2) Ice-cold Tris-buffered saline (TBS). See recipe below
(3) 5% sodium azide solution
(4) Neutralization Buffer (NB). See recipe below
(5) Elution Buffers (pH 2.7 and pH 1.9). See recipes below
(6) Centrifuge tubes and microcentrifuge tubes
(7) Preparative centrifuge and microcentrifuge
(8) pH strips
(9) Microtiter plate reader with 600 nm filter
(10) Glass Columns
2、Guidelines for Choosing Protein A Agarose or Protein G Agarose
(1) Antibodies bind with different affinities to protein A and protein G conjugated agaroses. Use the chart below to choose the best affinity agarose for your antibody
Species and Type of Antibody
Agarose
Rabbit IgG Protein A or Protein G
Mouse IgG1 Protein G
Mouse IgG2 Protein A or Protein G
Mouse IgG3 Protein G
Sheep IgG Protein G but binds weakly
Rat IgG Protein G but binds weakly
Guinea Pig IgG Protein A
Dog IgG Protein A
Goat IgG Protein G
Pig IgG Protein A
(2) Buffer Preparation
To prepare 1 liter of TBS (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4; 150 mM NaCl; 0.05% sodium azide) add the following to 800ml of distilled water:
Ⅰ6.06 g of Tris base
Ⅱ8.77 g of NaCl
Ⅲ 10ml of 5% sodium azide stock solution (Do not add if the antibody will used in assays of cellular response or function.)
Ⅳ Mix well and adjust the pH to 7.4 with 5 N HCl. Bring the volume up to 1 L with distilled water and recheck the pH after chilling on ice.
(3) To prepare 100 ml of NB (1 M Tris-HCl, pH 8.0; 1.5 M NaCl; 1mM EDTA; 0.5% sodium azide), add the following to 80 ml of distilled water
Ⅰ12.1 g of Tris base
Ⅱ 8.7 g of NaCl
Ⅲ 200 microliters of 0.5M EDTA
Ⅳ 10 ml of 5% sodium azide stock solution (Do not add if the antibody will used in assays of cellular response or function.
Ⅴ Mix thoroughly and adjust the pH to 8.0 with 5 N HCl. Add distilled water to obtain a final volume of 100 ml. The NaCl and EDTA are added to prevent aggregation of the antibodies and loss of biological activity.
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