96WellSamplePreparationforSuspensionCells

实验概要

The  procedure presented below describes a facile method for studying signal  transduction events with suspension cells (Jurkat, Raji, THP-1, etc.).  In this procedure, cells are plated into the wells of 96-well filter  bottom plates and stimulated as desired. At the end of the stimulation,  cell culture medium is removed from the bottom of the wells by gentle  aspiration using a vacuum manifold. The cells are then washed with PBS,  aspirated, and lysed within the wells by addition of Cell Extraction  Buffer. The cell extracts are then assayed using Invitrogen™ p38MAPK  [pTpY180/182] and p38MAPK (total) phosphoELISA™ kits.

主要试剂

PBS, ice-cold [详细信息：Cat. no. 70013-032]

Cell Extraction Buffer [详细信息：Cat. no. FNN0001]

p38 MAPK [pTpY180/182] phosphoELISA™ [详细信息：Cat. no. KHO0061]

p38 MAPK Total phosphoELISA™ [详细信息：Cat. no. KHO0071]

Cell extraction buffer formulation:

10 mM Tris, pH 7.4

2 mM Na3VO4

100 mM NaCl

1% Triton X-100

1 mM EDTA

10% glycerol

1 mM EGTA

0.1% SDS

1 mM NaF

0.5% deoxycholate

20 mM Na4P2O7

1 mM PMSF (stock 0.3 M in DMSO)

主要设备

Orbital Plate Shaker [详细信息：Lab Line Titer Plate Shaker Cat. no. 4625-EA]

实验材料

Sterile 96-well filter bottom plates, 1.2 μm pore size [详细信息：Millipore Cat. no. MSBVS1210] Vacuum manifold [详细信息：Whatman Cat. no. 7705-0102]

实验步骤

1) Grow cells to desired level of confluency in a T75 flask.

2) Decant or aspirate the medium.

3) Add 2–3 ml fresh warm trypsin/EDTA solution. Transfer the flask to a 37°C incubator.

4) Wash with warm PBS. Aspirate.

5) After  5 minutes, tap the side of the flask, and examine the flask under a  microscope for lifting. If necessary, return the cells to the incubator  for an additional 5–10 minutes, with occasional tapping, until lifting  is complete.

6) Quickly quench the trypsin reaction by adding 5–6 ml complete cell culture medium.

7) Transfer the cells to sterile 15 ml conical tubes.

8) Pellet the cells by centrifugation at 300 x g for 7 minutes.

9) Decant the supernatant.

10)           Wash  the cells by pipetting 10 ml of medium into each conical tube and  resuspending the pellet. Collect the cells by centrifugation at 300 x g  for 7 minutes.

11)           Resuspend the washed cells in complete cell culture medium.

12)           Enumerate  cell density. A hemacytometer is recommended. For most applications,  the cell density should be adjusted to 25–100 x 104 cells/ml cell  culture medium. It is important to note that this value may require some  optimization for each specific application. Cell doubling time is an  important factor to be considered when adjusting cell density at the  beginning of an experiment.

13)           Plate  200 μl of cell culture (i.e., 50,000–200,000 cells) into the wells of  the sterile 96-well filter-bottom plate. Incubate the cells for 24 hours  at 37°C. The filter plate is designed to retain particles, while  permitting the flow of liquids from the bottom of the plate.

14)           Stimulate  the cells as desired. In the example presented below, Jurkat cells were  stimulated with 20 μg/ml anisomycin for 60 minutes at 37°C.

15)           At  the end of the stimulation, place the filter bottom plate on the vacuum  manifold and remove cell culture medium from the bottom of wells by  gentle aspiration.

16)           Wash  the cells by pipetting 200 μl ice-cold PBS into each well. Remove the  PBS from the bottom of the wells by gentle aspiration. Repeat two times  for a total of three washings.

17)           Pipette 30 μl protease-inhibitor-supplemented Cell Extraction Buffer into each well. Incubate the plate on ice for 30 minutes.

18)           Thoroughly  mix the contents of each well by pipetting up and down 5–6 times. A  multi-channel pipette is desirable for this application. At this point  in the procedure, the extracts are ready for analysis. Alternatively,  the extracts may be stored in the filter bottom plate at –20°C for  future analysis. Frozen plates should be thawed on ice in preparation of  completing the assays.

19)           Place the plate on an orbital shaker and mix for 1 minute.

20)           Prepare  the phosphoELISA™ kits. Sample Wells: Pipette 95 μl Standard Diluent  Buffer (included in the kits) into the wells of the phosphoELISA™ plates  designated for samples. Transfer 5 μl cell extract from the filter  plate into the sample wells of the plates. Place the plates on an  orbital shaker to thorougly mix the contents of the wells.

21)           Standard Wells: Prepare standards as indicated in the assay protocol and pipette into designated wells.

22)           Complete the phosphoELISA™ as directed by the assay protocol.