Tgx stain free fastcast gels

Cell lysis and immunoblotting were essentially performed as described previously [8 (link),9 (link),10 (link)] with minor modifications. Proteins were fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on TGX Stain-Free FastCast gels (BioRad, Munich, Germany). Following blotting and antibody treatment, chemoluminescent detection of proteins was carried with a ChemiDoc XRS+ System with Image Lab Software (BioRad) with Amersham ECL Prime Detection Reagent (GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany). The signals for the proteins of interest were normalized to either the total amount of protein in the same lane (when using the TGX Stain-Free FastCast gels), or to bands for the housekeeping gene GAPDH. Significant differences (p < 0.05)-calculated with the unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test–denoted by bars above the respective cell lines. The antibodies used were Rac1b (#09-271, Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany), E-cadherin (#610181) and Rac1 (#610650) (BD Transduction Laboratories, Heidelberg, Germany), GAPDH (14C10, #2118, Cell Signaling Technology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Vimentin (clone V9, #V6630, Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany), and HA (clone 12CA5, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany).

Cell lysis and immunoblotting was essentially performed as described previously [42 (link)]. In brief, cells were washed once with ice-cold PBS and lysed with PhosphoSafe lysis buffer (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany). Following clearance of the lysates by centrifugation, their total protein concentrations were determined with the DC Protein Assay (BioRad). Equal amounts of proteins were fractionated by PAGE on mini-PROTEAN TGX any-kD precast gels, or TGX Stain-Free FastCast gels (BioRad) and blotted to PVDF membranes. Membranes were blocked with nonfat dry milk or bovine serum albumin and incubated with primary antibodies (CgA: Monoclonal Mouse Anti-Human Chromogranin A, clone DAK-A3, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark; SYP: Anti-Synaptophysin, Dako; SSTR2: Anti-Somatostatin Receptor 2 antibody [UMB1]-C-terminal #ab134152, Abcam, Cambridge, UK) overnight at 4 °C. After washing and incubation with horseradish peroxidase-linked secondary antibodies, chemoluminescent detection of proteins was done on a ChemiDoc XRS imaging system (BioRad) with Amersham ECL Prime Detection Reagent (GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany). The signals for the proteins of interest were normalized to those for the housekeeping genes GAPDH or HSP90.

Cell lysis and immoblotting was essentially performed as described previously [22 (link)]. In brief, cells were washed once with ice-cold PBS and lysed with 1× PhosphoSafe lysis buffer (Merck Millipore). Following clearance of the lysates by centrifugation, their total protein concentrations were determined with the DC Protein Assay (BioRad). Equal amounts of proteins were fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis on mini-PROTEAN TGX any-kD precast gels, or TGX Stain-Free FastCast gels (BioRad) and blotted to polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membranes. Membranes were blocked with nonfat dry milk or bovine serum albumin and incubated with primary antibodies either for 2 h at RT or overnight at 4 °C. After washing and incubation with HRP-linked secondary antibodies, chemoluminescent detection of proteins was done on a ChemiDoc XRS+ System with Image Lab Software (BioRad) with Amersham ECL Prime Detection Reagent (GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany). The signals for the proteins of interest were normalized to either the total amount of protein in the same lane (when using the TGX Stain-Free FastCast gels), or to bands for the housekeeping gene GAPDH.