The tau-13 antibody was immobilized as previously described52 (link). Briefly, the antibody was covalently linked to Protein G magnetic beads (Thermo Fisher Scientific; 200 µg of antibody per 1 mL of bead slurry) using dimethyl pimelimidate (Thermo Fisher Scientific) as the crosslinker. Prior to use, beads were pre-treated with IP buffers A and B to wash off any antibody not covalently linked to beads. To monitor any shedding of antibody from the beads, the beads were treated in elution buffer (100 mM glycine-HCl (pH 2.8) and 1% (w/v) n-Octyl β-D-thioglucopyranoside (OTG)). The eluate was collected and analyzed by WB using HRP-conjugated goat-anti-mouse IgG (Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories Inc., West Grove, PA).
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