A Technique to Detect Cyanobacterial Strains Using an Antibody Microarray Chip
Published: April 30, 2024
Abstract
Source: Blanco, Y. et al., Experimental Protocol for Detecting Cyanobacteria in Liquid and Solid Samples with an Antibody Microarray Chip. J. Vis. Exp. (2017)
This video demonstrates a method to detect the Cyanobacterial strains in an environmental sample using an antibody microarray chip. Samples carrying various bacteria interact with printed antibodies, and immunostaining with fluorophore-labeled anti-cyanobacterial-strain antibodies reveals the presence of specific cyanobacterial strains through fluorescence in distinct spots.
Protocol
1. Preparation of the Immunogens Grow each cyanobacterial strain in the corresponding culture medium under conditions described in Table 1. NOTE: Growth medium and culture conditions for each cyanobacteria strain are listed in Table 1. All the cyanobacterial strains, with the exception of K17, belong to Antonio Quesada's group from Autonoma University (Madrid, Spain). The antibody against…
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Materials
| 0.22 mm pore diameter filters | Millipore | GSWP04700 | For preparation of immunogens |
| Eppendorf 5424R microcentrifuge | Fisher Scientific | For preparation of immunogens | |
| Phosphate buffer saline (PBS) pH 7.4 (10X) | Thermofisher Scientific | 70011036 | 50 mM potassium phosphate, 150 mM NaCl, pH 7.4 |
| Ultrasonic processor UP50H | Hielscher | For preparation of immunogens | |
| Complete Freund's adjuvant | Sigma-Aldrich | F5881 | Immunopotentiator |
| Incomplete Freud's adjuvant | Sigma-Aldrich | F5506 | For boost injections |
| Protein A antibody purification kit | Sigma-Aldrich | PURE1A | For isolation of IgG |
| Centrifugal filter devices MWCO<100 KDa | Millipore | UFC510096-96K | For isolation of IgG |
| Dialysis tubings, benzoylated | Sigma-Aldrich | D7884-10FT | For isolation of IgG |
| Illustra Microspin G-50 columns | GE-HealthCare | GE27-5330-02 | For isolation of IgG |
| Bradford reagent | Sigma-Aldrich | B6916-500 mL | To quantify the antibody concentration |
| MicroBCA protein assay kit | Thermo Scientific | 23235 | To quantify the antibody concentration |
| Protein arraying buffer 2X | Whatman (Sigma Aldrich) | S00537 | Printing buffer; 30-40% glycerol in 1X PBS with 0.01% Tween 20 |
| Tween 20 | Sigma-Aldrich | P9416 | Non-ionic detergent |
| Bovine serum albumin (BSA) | Sigma-Aldrich | A9418 | Control for printing; blocking reagent |
| 384-wells microplate | Genetix | X6004 | For antibody printing |
| Robot arrayer for multiple slides | MicroGrid II TAS arrayer from Digilab | For antibody printing | |
| Epoxy substrate glass slides | Arrayit corporation | VEPO25C | Solid support for antibody printing |
| Alexa Fluor-647 Succinimidyl-ester | Molecular probes | A20006 | Fluorochrome |
| DMSO | Sigma-Aldrich | D8418 | Fluorochrome dissolvent |
| Heidolph Titramax vibrating platform shaker | Fisher Scientific | For antibody labeling | |
| Illustra Microspin G-50 columns | Healthcare | 27-5330-01 | For purification of labeled antibodies |
| Safe seal brown 0,5 ml tubes | Sarstedt | 7,27,04,001 | For labeled antibodies storage |
| Nanodrop 1000 spectrophotometer | Thermo Scientific | To quantify antibody concentration and labeling efficiency | |
| 3 µm pore size polycarbonate 47 mm diameter filter | Millipore | TMTP04700 | To concentrate cells |
| 1M Trizma hydrochloride solution pH 8 | Sigma-Aldrich | T3038 | For TBSTRR preparation; to block slides |
| Sodium chloride | Sigma-Aldrich | S7653 | For TBSTRR preparation |
| 20 µm nylon filters | Millipore | NY2004700 | For environmental extract preparation |
| 10-12 mm filter holders | Millipore | SX0001300 | For environmental extract preparation |
| Protease inhibitor cocktail | Sigma-Aldrich | P8340 | For environmental extract storage |
| 1M Trizma hydrochloride solution pH 9 | Sigma-Aldrich | T2819 | To block slides |
| Heidolph Duomax 1030 rocking platform shaker | VWR | To block slides; for incubation processes | |
| VWR Galaxy miniarray microcentrifuge | VWR | C1403-VWR | To dry slides |
| Multi-Well microarray hybridization cassette | Arrayit corporation | AHC1X24 | Cassette for 24 assays per slide |
| GenePix 4100A microarray scanner | Molecular Devices | Scanner for fluorescence | |
| GenePix Pro Software | Molecular Devices | Software for image analysis and quantification |
