
Hoefer DALT System
Loading and Running Second Dimension Gels
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Loading and Running Second Dimension Gels
Immobiline DryStrip gels provide a pH gradient (IPG) that is immobilized in an
acrylamide gel and supported by a plastic film backing. The Hoefer DALT System can
accommodate the entire length of an 18-cm IPG strip, plus markers, and up to 10 gels
can be run simultaneously.
To prepare for second dimension electrophoresis, first equilibrate the focused IPG strips
in SDS buffer before loading them onto DALT slab gels.
I
MPORTANT
Prepare the second dimension vertical gel and tank buffer
before
IPG
strip equilibration. Prepare agarose sealing solution during IPG strip
equilibration.
The exposed edges of the gels tend to dry out over a period of hours. Coordinate both
IPG and DALT runs so that the end of the IPG run coincides with the end of unloading
the DALT casting unit. Start the DALT polymerization 2.5 hours before the IPG
equilibration, to allow up to 2 hours for gel polymerization and 30 minutes for
unloading the cassettes from the casting unit.
Equilibrating IPG Strips
The SDS equilibration buffer contains urea, glycerol, SDS, Tris buffer and tracking dye.
During equilibration, the sample proteins are saturated with SDS for mobility in the
second dimension gel. Urea and glycerol minimize electroendosmosis effects due to the
IPG strip. In addition, the equilibration buffer contains DTT to fully reduce the sample
prior to the second dimension separation.
Equilibration Buffer
(50 mM Tris-Cl) maintains strip pH in a range that allows proper
stacking. The pH is typically adjusted to 8.8 to compensate for the acidifying effect of
the optional iodoacetamide treatment.
Urea
(6 M), together with glycerol, reduces the effects of electroendosmosis by
increasing the viscosity of the buffer. Electroendosmosis occurs due to the presence of
fixed the charges of the IPG matrix in the electric field and can interfere with protein
transfer from the IPG strip to the second dimension gel.
Glycerol
(30%), together with urea, reduces electroendosmosis and improves transfer
of protein from the first to the second dimension.
Dithiothreitol (DTT)
preserves the fully reduces state of denatured, unalkylated
proteins.
Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)
denatures proteins and forms negatively-charged
protein-SDS complexes. The amount of SDS bound to protein, and therefore the
additional negative charge, is directly proportional to the mass of the protein. Thus
electrophoresis of proteins through a sieving gel in the presence of SDS separates
proteins on the basis of molecular mass.
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