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Assay method for the lectin activity of mannan-binding protein ~ELLBA-2

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Assay method for the lectin activity of mannan-binding protein ~ELLBA-2

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Kawasaki, Nobuko
Research Center for Glycobiotechnology, Ritsumeikan University
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Reagents

Mannan from S. cerevisiae (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO)

Biotin-AC5-hydrazide (Dojindo Laboratories, Kumamoto, Japan) or biotin-LC-hydrazide (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA)

NaIO4

15 mM glycerol *1

100 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5 *2

10 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5 *3

TBS: 10 mM Tris/HCl, 145 mM NaCl, pH 7.4 *4

TBST: TBS containing 0.05%Tween *5

TBS containing 1% BSA *6

TBS containing 10 mM CaCl2 *7

TBST containing 10 mM CaCl2 *8

TBS containing 2 mM EDTA *9

TBST containing 2 mM EDTA *10

Purified MBP

Mouse anti-human MBP monoclonal antibody (1 μg/mL): HYB 131-01 from BioPorto Diagnostics A/S, Gentofte, Denmark. Dilute the antibody (1 mg/mL) 1:10 with reagent 9, followed by further dilution 1:100 with reagent 10 (or reagent *9) (i.e., final dilution 1:1000, 1 μg/mL)

HRP-conjugated polyclonal rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulins from Dako, Glostrup, Denmark etc. Dilute the antibody 1/20 with reagent *6, followed by further dilution 1:100 with reagent 10 (or reagent *9) (i.e., final dilution 1:2000, 1 μg/mL) *11

HRP-development kit consisting of substrate, TMBZ (tetramethylbenzidine), and stop reagent (0.5M H2SO4) (Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) *12

Streptavidin-coated plate: Nunc streptavidin-coated plate and module from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Instruments

Microtiter plate reader

Plate shaker

Methods
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Quantification of MBP-binding to biotinylated mannan using streptavidin-coated plates: Biotinylation of mannan

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 React mannan (1mg/mL) with 1.5 mM NaIO4 in reagent *2 for 30 min on ice.

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 Stop the reaction with reagent *1.

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 Dialyze the mixture against reagent *3 overnight at 4°C.

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 Incubate the dialyzed material with 5 mM biotin-AC5-hydrazide (biotin-LC-hydrazide) dissolved in reagent *2 for 2 h at 23°C.

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 Dialyze the reaction product against reagent *3 overnight at 4°C to remove non-reacted biotin.

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Quantification of MBP-binding to biotinylated mannan using streptavidin-coated plates: Assaying of MBP binding to biotinylated-mannan on a streptavidin-coated plate

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 Wash the wells with 300 μL of reagent *8 per well three times.

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 Add 1 μg of biotinylated-mannan dissolved in 100 μL of reagent *4 to each well.

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 React the biotinylated-mannan with streptavidin-coated wells at room temperature for 2 h with gentle shaking.

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 Wash the wells with 300 μL of reagent *5 three times.

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 Block the wells by adding 200 μL of reagent *9 for 2 h–overnight at 4°C.

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 Add 1 μg of MBP dissolved in 100 μL of reagent *7 (or reagent *9 for the control wells), and react overnight or for 2 h with gentle shaking at 4°C.

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 Wash the wells with 300 μL of reagent *8 (or reagent *10 for the control wells) three times.

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 Add 100 μL of mouse anti-human MBP monoclonal antibody (1.0 μg/mL) and react for 2 h with gentle shaking.

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 Wash the wells with 300 μL of reagent *8 (or reagent *10 for the control wells) three times.

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 Add secondary antibody (reagent *11) at 100 μL per well and react for 1 h with gentle shaking.

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 Wash the wells with 300 μL of reagent *8 (or reagent *10 for the control wells) three times.

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 Add 100 μL of TMBZ substrate (in reagent *12) per well.

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 Add 100 μL of stop solution (in reagent *12) per well to stop the color development.

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 Read absorbance at 450 nm with a plate reader.

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Notes

ELLBA: Enzyme-linked lectin binding assay

 

Methods 1. Biotinylation of mannan:

Store the biotinylated-mannan at 4°C.

 

Methods 2. Assaying of MBP binding to biotinylated-mannan on a streptavidin-coated plate

One μg of MBP bound to 1 μg of biotinylated-mannan showed A405 nm≈0.9 with a plate reader.

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