The PiCFA, BrCFA, and the synthesized I06 protein were separated by SDS-PAGE and transferred onto a
nitrocellulose membrane (0.45 µm pore size; Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA) using a
Power Blotter XL semi-dry transferring machine (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, MA, USA) (setting: 1 Amp for 1 h). Molecular weight markers were run in parallel (
Precision Plus Protein Kaleidoscope Standards, Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). The blotted membrane was incubated with gentle shaking in blocking buffer (5% skim milk in TBS-T buffer (20 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl, 0.1% Tween 20; pH 7.4)) at 4 °C for overnight. The blotted membrane was incubated with each serum sample (prediluted at 1:1000 in the blocking buffer) (
Table 2) at room temperature for 3 h. The membrane was washed with TBS-T 3 times (5 min each), incubated with the
horseradish peroxidase-conjugated protein A/G (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) (1:50,000 dilution in blocking buffer) at room temperature for 2 h, and washed again with TBS-T 3 times and PBS 2 times. Finally, the probed membrane was incubated with colorimetric substrate solution (0.03% DAB, 0.05% CoCl
2, and 0.03% H
2O
2 in PBS) to generate WB signals. The processed membrane was photocopied using the
ChemiDoc MP Imaging System (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA).
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