Denaturing Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for RNA Analysis: A Technique to Separate Fluorescently Labeled Phosphorylated RNA Oligonucleotides from their Non-Phosphorylated Equivalents

Published: April 30, 2023

Abstract

Source: Pillon, M. C., et al., Nonradioactive Assay to Measure Polynucleotide Phosphorylation of Small Nucleotide Substrates. J. Vis. Exp. (2020)

In this video, we demonstrate a denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of phosphorylated RNA species from their non-phosphorylated counterparts. The RNA species are fluorescently labeled for laser detection on the gel.

Protocol

1. Gel electrophoresis Prepare 15% acrylamide/8 M urea gel solution. CAUTION: Acrylamide must be handled with care, because it is a neurotoxin. Always wear gloves, a lab coat, and goggles when handling it. In a 150 mL glass beaker, combine 22.5 mL of premixed 40% acrylamide/bis-acrylamide 29:1 solution, 6 mL of 10x TBE, 28.8 g of urea, and RNase-free water to a total volume of 59 mL. Gently stir the solution. NOTE: Depending on the…

Representative Results

Figure 1: Example of denaturing gel analysis of phosphorylated RNA. In vitro RNA kinase assay of Las1-Grc3 (110 nM) incubated with 500 nM SC-ITS2 RNA. X marks the control reaction without Las1-Grc3 and the black triangle represents the titration of ATP from 0-10 mM. C2 RNA is the r…

Divulgaciones

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Materials

0.4 mm 34-well comb BioRad 1653848
0.4 mm spacer BioRad 1653812
0.5 M EDTA ph 8.0 KD Medical RGF-3130
1M Magnesium Chloride KD Medical CAC-5290
1M Tris pH 8.0 KD Medical RGF-3360
40% Acrylamide/Bis Solution 29:1 BioRad 1610146
5M Sodium Chloride KD Medical RGF-3720
ammonium persulfate (APS) BioRad 161-0700
ATP Sigma A2383-1G
boric acid Sigma B0394
bromophenol blue sodium salt Sigma B5525-5G
Glass Plates Thomas Scientific 1188K51
Hoefer SQ3 Sequencer Hoefer N/A
Image J Software N/A N/A https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/
Labeled RNA oligonucleotides IDT Custom Order
Pharmacia EPS 3500 Power Supply Pharmacia N/A
Steriflip 0. 22 um Filter Millipore 5FCP00525
TEMED BioRad 161-0800
tris base Sigma TRIS-RO
Typhoon FLA 9500 gel imager GE Healthcare N/A
Ultra Pure DEPC Water Invitrogen 750023
Ultra Pure Glycerol Invitrogen 19E1056865
urea Fisher Chemical U15-500

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Denaturing Urea Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for RNA Analysis: A Technique to Separate Fluorescently Labeled Phosphorylated RNA Oligonucleotides from their Non-Phosphorylated Equivalents. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e21108, doi: (2023).

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