In-gel detection of S-nitrosated proteins using fluorescence methods

Methods Enzymol. 2008:441:53-71. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)01204-4.

Abstract

Gel-based detection of protein S-nitrosothiols has relied on the biotin-switch method. This method attempts to replace the nitroso group with a biotin label to allow detection and isolation of S-nitrosated proteins and has been used extensively in the literature. This chapter describes a modification of this method that differs from the original in two major ways. First, it uses a combination of copper ions and ascorbate to achieve selective reduction of the S-nitrosothiol. Second, it replaces the biotin label with fluorescent cyanine dyes in order to directly observe the modified proteins in-gel and perform comparative studies using difference gel electrophoresis analysis in two dimensions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gels*
  • Humans
  • Nitrosation
  • Proteins / analysis
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • S-Nitrosothiols / analysis
  • S-Nitrosothiols / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods

Substances

  • Gels
  • Proteins
  • S-Nitrosothiols