Laboratory Protocols

Standard molecular biology reagents, buffers, and experimental protocols used in the Moniri Laboratory.

Ampicillin IPTG Kanamycin G418 LB Agar PBS SDS-PAGE SDS Sample Agarose Glycerol Stocks TBST TBS Ig Stripping Glycine Stripping Wet Transfer Semi-Dry Transfer TAE RIPA Krebs-Ringer HENS Neutralization

Ampicillin (1000X, 100mg/ml)

 1.0 g Ampicillin

Add dH2O to 10 ml

Sterile filter with 0.2um filter

Aliquot ~ 1ml, freeze @ -20°C

IPTG (1000X, 1M)

2.382 g IPTG

Add dH2O to 10 ml

Sterile filter with 0.2um filter

Aliquot ~ 1ml, freeze @ -20°C

Kanamycin (1000X, 50mg/ml)

682 mg kanamycin sulfate (Invitrogen stock pwd is 0.734 ug/mg pwd)

Add dH2O to 10 ml

Sterile filter with 0.2um filter

Aliquot ~ 1ml, freeze @ -20°C

G418 (100mg/ml stock)

use 1mg/ml final

In hood,

1.4 g G418 (di)sulfate powder (based on active weight, usually ~700ug active/mg powder)

10 ml sterile dH2O

Sterile filter with 0.2um filter into sterile tube

Use 1 mg/ml in media for selection

100 ul per 6 ml of media gives ~1.7mg/ml

Refresh with new media/G418 every 3 days

 

LB Agar

16.0 g LB

7.5 g Agar

500 ml dH2O

Autoclave, cool

Add antibiotic, pour

Store at 4°C

PBS (10X)

80.0 g NaCl  (1.37 M final concentration)

2.0 g KCl     (26.8 mM)

14.2 g Na2HPO4  or 27.0 g Na2HPO4*7H2O  (0.1 M)

2.4 g KH2PO4 (17.6 mM)

dH2O to 800 ml stirring in beaker

Adjust pH to 7.4

Adjust to 1 L

Autoclave

SDS-PAGE Running Buffer (10X)

29 g Tris Base

144 g Glycine

10 g SDS or 50 ml of a 20% SDS solution

dH2O to 1L

Do NOT adjust pH

 

For Non-Denaturing, same as above w/out SDS

 

2X SDS Sample Buffer

25 ml 0.5M Tris-HCL, pH 6.8

20 ml glycerol

20 ml 20% SDS

5 ml 0.1% BPhB

dH2O to 100 mL

Agarose Gel Separation Range

0.3% → 60–5 kb
0.6% → 20–1 kb
0.7% → 10–0.8 kb
0.9% → 7–0.5 kb
1.2% → 6–0.4 kb
1.5% → 4–0.2 kb
2.0% → 3–0.1 kb

Glycerol Bacterial Stock

1500 ul bacterial broth

500 ul sterile 60% glycerol

Label, freeze at -80°C

TBST (10X)

30 g Tris Base

88 g NaCl

2 g KCl

970 mL dH2O

Bring pH to 7.5

5 ml Tween-20

Adjust to 1 L

TBS (10X)

30 g Tris Base

88 g NaCl

2 g KCl

970 mL dH2O

Bring pH to 7.5

Adjust to 1 L

Ig Stripping Buffer & Protocol

0.8 ml b-ME

10 ml of 20% SDS

12.5 ml  0.5 M Tris-HCl pH6.8

qs with dH2O to 100 mL

Protocol

1)  Add membranes and buffer to small plastic box with tight fitting lid

2)  Incubate 50°C for 45 minutes

3)  Rinse membrane with dH2O

4)  Wash 3x in TBST, 5 min each

5)  Take on to blocking step

Glycine Stripping

Dissolve 188mg glycine in 75 ml dH2O

Adjust pH to 2 with HCl

Add 5ml 20% SDS (1% final)

QS to 100 ml with dH2O

Protocol

1)  Warm buffer to 50°C for 15-20 min

2)  Soak blot in buffer in container with lid at RT for 30 min

3)  Rinse blot with dH2O 4-5 times

4)  Wash 3 times with TBST ~5 min each

5)  Take on to blocking step

 

Wet Immunoblot Transfer Buffer (10X)

30.25 g Tris Base

144 g Glycine

Add 0.1% SDS only if protein of interest >100KDa

For 1X, dilute to by:

100 ml 10X Transfer Buffer

200 ml MeOH

700 ml dH2O

Semi-Dry Transfer Buffer (1X)

5.82 g Tris Base  (48mM)

2.93 g Glycine  (39mM)

Dissolve in 700 ml dH2O

Add 200 ml MeOH

Add 3.75 ml of 10% SDS (or 1.875 ml of 20% or 0.0375 g SDS)   (0.0375%)

Adjust to 1 L

pH should be ~9.2, do NOT adjust

 

TAE (10X)

48.4 g Tris Base

11.42 ml Glacial Acetic Acid

20 ml 0.5 M EDTA (pH 8)

dH2O to 1 L

 

RIPA Buffer (1X)

25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.6)

150 mM NaCl

1% NP40

1% Na Deoxycholate

0.1% SDS

 

-  Add 12.5 ml of 1 M Tris-HCl

-  Add 15 ml of 5 M NaCl

-  Add 5 ml of NP40

-  Add 50 ml of 10% NaDeoxycholate stock, or add 5 g of NaDeoxycholate powder

-  Add 2.5 ml of 20% SDS or add 0.5 g of SDS powder

-  dH2O to 500 ml

 

For non-denaturing (e.g., Co-IP), remove SDS and Na Deoxycholate, replace NP40 above with 0.5% final concentration.

Krebs-Ringer Bicarbonate Buffer

1.5mM MgSO4
4.7mM KCl
1.3 mM CaCl2
1.2mM KH2PO4
25mM NaHCO3
11.7mM Glucose
118mM NaCl

pH Adjusted on day of use with O2/CO2 Gas

- 369.7mgMgSO4
-350 mg  KCl
-191mg CaCl2
-163.3mg KH2PO4
-2.1g NaHCO3
-2.108g Glucose
-6.895g NaCl
-1000ml diH2O

HENS Buffer

25mM HEPES pH 7.5
1mM EDTA
1% SDS
10µM Neocuproine

-Add 3.25g of HEPES
-186mg EDTA
-1mg Neocuproine
-5g SDS
-450 ml diH2O
-Adjust pH to 7.5
-qs to 500ml

For HENS10 dilute HENS buffer 1:10 in diH2O

Neutralization Buffer (HENS)

20 mM HEPES pH 7.5

20mM HEPES pH 7.5
1mM EDTA
100mM NaCl
0.5% Triton

-Add 2.6g HEPES
-186mg EDTA
-2.922g NaCl
-450ml diH2O
-Adjust pH to 7.5
-Add 2.5 ml Triton-X 100
-qs to 500ml