Inordertodecreasetheamountofnonspecificstaining,itisoftennecessarytopreabsorbprimaryandsecondaryantibodiestoyeastcellslackingtheantigenpriortouse.A1:1mixtureoffixedyeastwholecellsandspheroplastsareusedforthispurpose.
Growcellsin200mlsofYPDat30oCtoanOD600of1.Addformaldehydetothe200mlculturetoafinalconcentrationof3.7%.Fixfor1houratroomtemperaturewithshaking.Centrifugecellsat3000Xg.ResUSPendin200mlsSolutionA.Repeatwash.Pelletcellsasaboveandresuspendin4mlsSolutionA.Reserve2mlsofthecellsuspension.Spheroplasttheremaining2mlofthecellsuspensionbyadditionofbeta-mercaptoethanolto0.1%,glusulaseto0.05%,andzymolyase(100T)to60ug/ml.Incubate1hourat37oC.Pelletspheroplastsasabove.Resuspendin10mlsSolutionAandpelletagain.Combinethesuspensionofwholecellswiththespheroplastsandpelletasabove.Resuspendin10mlsofPBS.Put200ul(3mg/ml)oftheantibodytoanEppendorftube.Add0.8mlsofPBS.Pellet1mlofthecellsuspensionanddiscardthePBSsupernatant.Addtheantibodysolutiontothecellpellet,gentlyresuspendthecells,andincubatefor1houronice.Pelletcells,givinganantibodysupernatant.Addthistoacellpelletpreparedasinstep9.Beverycarefulnottogetsupernatantsmixedup!Repeatsteps9+10seventimes,orasoftenasnecessarytodecreasethebackground.Pelletcells.Saveantibodysupernatant,whichisnowdiluted1:5fromitsinitialconcentration.Theseantibodiescanbestoredat4oCforseveralweeksorat-70oCforlongerperiods.Solutions
SolutionA | 1.2Msorbitol,50mMKPO4,pH7.0 |
PBS | 150mMNaCl,50mMNaPO4,pH7.4 |