Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication.
5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labelling and immunostaining is commonly used for the detection of DNA replication using specific antibodies. Previously, we found that these antibodies significantly differ in their affinity to BrdU. Our present data showed that one of the reasons for the differe...
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| author | Anna Ligasová Petr Konečný Ivo Frydrych Karel Koberna |
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| description | 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labelling and immunostaining is commonly used for the detection of DNA replication using specific antibodies. Previously, we found that these antibodies significantly differ in their affinity to BrdU. Our present data showed that one of the reasons for the differences in the replication signal is the speed of antibody dissociation. Whereas highly efficient antibodies created stable complexes with BrdU, the low efficiency antibodies were unstable. A substantial loss of the signal occurred within several minutes. The increase of the complex stability can be achieved by i) formaldehyde fixation or ii) a quick reaction with a secondary antibody. These steps allowed the same or even higher signal/background ratio to be reached as in the highly efficient antibodies. Based on our findings, we optimised an approach for the fully enzymatic detection of BrdU enabling the fast detection of replicational activity without a significant effect on the tested proteins or the fluorescence of the fluorescent proteins. The method was successfully applied for image and flow cytometry. The speed of the method is comparable to the approach based on 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine. Moreover, in the case of short labelling pulses, the optimised method is even more sensitive. The approach is also applicable for the detection of 5-trifluoromethyl-2'-deoxyuridine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50974e23930947d9a3c4b56cf2c68e112022-12-22T03:46:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032017-01-01123e017489310.1371/journal.pone.0174893Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication.Anna LigasováPetr KonečnýIvo FrydrychKarel Koberna5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labelling and immunostaining is commonly used for the detection of DNA replication using specific antibodies. Previously, we found that these antibodies significantly differ in their affinity to BrdU. Our present data showed that one of the reasons for the differences in the replication signal is the speed of antibody dissociation. Whereas highly efficient antibodies created stable complexes with BrdU, the low efficiency antibodies were unstable. A substantial loss of the signal occurred within several minutes. The increase of the complex stability can be achieved by i) formaldehyde fixation or ii) a quick reaction with a secondary antibody. These steps allowed the same or even higher signal/background ratio to be reached as in the highly efficient antibodies. Based on our findings, we optimised an approach for the fully enzymatic detection of BrdU enabling the fast detection of replicational activity without a significant effect on the tested proteins or the fluorescence of the fluorescent proteins. The method was successfully applied for image and flow cytometry. The speed of the method is comparable to the approach based on 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine. Moreover, in the case of short labelling pulses, the optimised method is even more sensitive. The approach is also applicable for the detection of 5-trifluoromethyl-2'-deoxyuridine.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5373633?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Anna Ligasová Petr Konečný Ivo Frydrych Karel Koberna Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. PLoS ONE |
| title | Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. |
| title_full | Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. |
| title_fullStr | Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. |
| title_short | Looking for ugly ducklings: The role of the stability of BrdU-antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of DNA replication. |
| title_sort | looking for ugly ducklings the role of the stability of brdu antibody complex and the improved method of the detection of dna replication |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5373633?pdf=render |
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