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CYTOMETRY PART A
Volume 77A, Issue 4, Pages 338-346Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20840
Keywords
T-cell receptor; CD3 zeta; co-immunoprecipitation; protein-protein interactions
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- BBSRC
- MB
- Cancer Research UK
- EU
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Co-immunoprecipitation is the classical approach for investigating protein protein interactions. Analysis is generally conducted using the Western blot approach. We set out to investigate whether flow cytometry was a feasible alternative to Western blotting. Using the TCR-CD3 complex as a model for intermolecular interactions in the MA5.8 cell line, FLAG-tagged CD3 zeta-scFv fusion proteins could be captured on anti-FLAG coupled beads and associated TCR beta molecules could be detected by flow cytometry. This association was abrogated by mutations to the CD3 zeta transmembrane domain. Using multicolor flow cytometry, TCR beta, CD3 epsilon, and the scFv region of the CD3 zeta fusion molecule could all be detected from a single sample. This multicolor analysis was then applied to demonstrate the importance of correct lysis conditions for extraction of the TCR complex. In summary, this flow cytometric immunoprecipitation technique is a feasible alternative to classical co-immunoprecipitation analysis technique and offers many potential advantages including rapid analysis with increased target sensitivity, reduced technical demands, amenable to multiple protein analysis from a single sample, and provides a framework that may facilitate the development of high throughput analytical assays investigating protein protein interactions. (C) 2009 International Society for Advancement of Cytometry
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