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Expression and binding assay of VIP36

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Sugar binding proteins
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Expression and binding assay of VIP36

Authors
Yamamoto, Kazuo
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Reagents

Solubilization buffer: 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, containing 6 M guanidine, 1 mM DTT, and 0.1 mM EDTA.

Refolding buffer: 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, containing 0.4 M L-arginine, 5 mM reduced glutathione, 0.5 mM oxidized glutathione, and 0.5 mM phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride.

Dialysis buffer: 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, containing 25 mM NaCl and 0.1 mM EDTA.

Isopropyl β-thiogalactopyranoside

Biotin ligase, BirA

R-phycoerythrin (PE)-labeled streptavidin

HBS: 20 mM HEPES-NaOH, pH 7.4, containing 150 mM NaCl and 1 mM EDTA.

Propidium iodide (PI)

Instruments

FACS Calibur (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA)

CellQuest software (BD Biosciences)

Methods
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Preparation of soluble VIP36 tetramer

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 Construct plasmid encoding a soluble lectin domain of VIP36 with an enzymatic biotinylation sequence.

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 Transform E. coli cell with plasmid and induce expression by adding isopropyl β-thiogalactopyranoside.

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 Recover lectin domain as soluble proteins or inclusion bodies.

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 Solubilize inclusion bodies in solubilization buffer, diluted with refolding buffer to a protein concentration of 6 mM, and refolded in vitro by dialysis against dialysis buffer at 4°C for 24 h.

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 After removal of insoluble material by centrifugation, apply soluble fraction to anion-exchange chromatography and gel chromatography.

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 Add biotin ligase BirA for biotinylation of soluble VIP36 lectin domain.

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 Mix soluble VIP36 lectin domain with PE-labeled streptavidin to make PE-labeled soluble VIP36 tetramer.

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Binding assay of soluble VIP36 tetramer to cells by flow cytometry

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 Harvest cultured mammalian cells, and suspend in HBS at a concentration of 2 × 107 cells/mL

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 Add PE-labeled soluble VIP36 tetramer at a concentration of 10–100 μg/mL to 10 μL of the cell suspension in a 96-well plate.

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 Allow to stand at 25°C for 30 min.

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 Wash the cells twice with HBS.

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 Suspend in 200 μL of HBS containing 1 μg/mL PI.

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 Measure the fluorescence intensity of PE-labeled VIP36 tetramer at 575 nm by flow cytometry.

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Other biochemical analysis of VIP36 in cells

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 Construct plasmid encoding VIP36 with FLAG-tag at N-terminus.

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 Introduce plasmid into mammalian cells by lipofectamine 2000 according to manufacturer's protocol.

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 Culture transformed cells at 37°C for 24–48 h.

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 Precipitate or stain VIP36 using anti-FLAG antibody under apropriate conditions.

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