9. Wick Flow
Wick flow is due to flow of
buffer in supporting
medium due to
evaporation of moisture
from gel.
It affect the migration of
sample molecule.
11. In case of CSF, the endosmosis is
set high to maximize the cathodal
movement of immunoglobulins
from the point of application over
a span
of the gel
1.For visual inspection
2. Detection of oligoclonal bands
of immunoglobulin by optimizing
the separation of the γ-region .
20. Horizontal strip type
Paper taut in horizontal position
Apparatus is wider than hanging strip type and buffer is farther apart
Heating effect less marked due to smaller volume
of atmosphere.
Covered tank
Whatman Nos.1 and 3MM.(thicker)
21. Shandon Scientific Company New Model
Uses constant voltage
and constant current
supply,either of them
can be selected by
turning the switch.
Uses 50-300 Volts at
maximum 40mA as a
constant current and 3-
40mA at maximum 300
Volts as a constant
voltage
23. Sample Applied:Along the pencil line
suitably placed depending on direction of
motion.
In case of protien:Cathodal side of midline
or apex of inverted V
Quantitative Assesment:-Eluting( NaoH,acetic acid,Sodium carbonate)
-Scanning
Duration 8-10hrs .10 microlitre for 3cm ans 20 microlitre for 2 inch strip
Buffer:Barbitone sodium barbitone
(sodium dielthyl barbiturate and di ethyl barbituric acid)
Stain :Bromophenol blue,Bromocresol green ,Lissamine green,Napthaline black
24. Starch Gel Electrophoresis
Molecular
seiving effect
and better
resolution
Connecting
at one end
to a tray
containing
starch gel
and at other
end to
electrode
chambers
Slot former
(1.5x0.1x0.5cm)
6V/cm for 6 hr
and current of
20-30mA.
26. After staining
strips are made
transparent by
soaking in
whitmore’s oil or
liquid paraffin and
then suitable for
transmittance
densitometry of
the protein bands.
12x2.5 cm
sample applied from
micropipette or
capillary along a line
about 1 cm. on cathode
side of midline
Current:0.4 mA/cm
width of paper.
Dry and suspend in
hot air oven at 80-100
0
C for atleast 10 min.
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis
. Its advantage over paper are-
It has better resolving power,speed and ability to be cleared .
No trobule of trailing and background after staining
Washing is almost free from colour.
Excellent seperation of plasma proteins (run-3-4 cm),taking not more than 2 hrs.
Albumin and alpha1 bands are clearly distinguished.
Disadvantage:Costly and greater skill is required to handle the
Strips are brittle and dry.They are difficult to store
10-20 micro litres
6V/cm for 3hr
Stain:PonceauS,Nigrosine
35. Application:
•Serum protein electrophoresis
•Hemoglobin electrophoresis
•Lipoprotein electrophoresis
•Enzymes (zymogen technique)
•ALP isoenzyme
electrophoresis
-Separatin of smaller fragments of DNA
-Separation of nucleic acids
42. Serum and urine protein
electrophoretic patterns in a
patient with multiple myeloma.
A predominance
of the
larger complete
immunoglobulin.
A large amount of the
smaller-sized
light chains with only a
small
amount of the
43. Transparent background
Darkly stained fine arcs of antigen
antibodies precipitates
Stain:Amidoswartz 10 B,Nigrosine Stain
Destaining agent:Methanol acetic acid,Ethanol water with trichloroacetic acid
Kappa and Lambda can be obtained by immunodiffusion technique
44. Deficient immunoglobulin synthesis is revealed by a markedly diminished
gamma band.
Effected individuals are prone to recurrent infection
45. A genetic defect causes a deficiency of alpha-1-antitrypsin.
The antiprotease deficiency results in a propensity to develop
emphysema. Since alpha-1-antitrypsin is the major
component of the alpha-1 band, deficiency is
suggested by a reduced alpha-1 band.
46. Bisalbuminemia. Serum protein
electrophoresis with normal pattern in
right lane and bisalbuminemia
consisting of two equal intensity bands
of albumin in left lane. The additional
band of albumin in this patient
migrated more slowly than normal
albumin into the α1-region.
47. 2 Hemoglobin-Haptoglobin
Complex type 1−1
Catalase
(bubbles of O2)
Type 2-2polymers
Hemoglobin
migrated deeply into the gel
no band in the 1-1 position
migrated as a
series of high
molecular weight
polymers, each
binding hemoglobin
Type 1-2
haptoglobin
minor band of 1-1
Series of high
molecular weight
polymers different
from the bands
observed with 2-2. in
middle lane
48. Haemoglobin Electrophoresis
Principle
• At alkaline Ph (8.4-8.6), haemoglobin is a negatively
charged protein and when subjected to electrophoresis
will migrate toward the anode (+).
• Structural variants that have a change in the charge on
the surface of the molecule at alkaline pH will separate
from Hb A.
• Haemoglobin variants that have an amino acid
substitution that is internally sited may not separate and
those that have an amino acid substitution that has no
effect on overall charge will not separate by
• electrophoresis.
49. Note:Test sample should be compared with control sample
containing known normal and abnormal haemoglobin.
Control sample contains Hb A,F,S and C.
Hb A,F,S and are always included in every electrophoresis.
Sample:5 microlitre (Both test and control
sample and covered with 50mm cover slip
50. Cathode (-)
Origin……………………………………………………
………….Carbonic anhydrase
…………..A2'
C…………A2, E, C-Harlem, O-Arab
S…………..D, G, Q-India, Hasharon
……………Lepore
.……………F
A……………
……………K-Woolwich
J……………
……………Bart's
N…………..
………….. I
…………... H
Anode (+)
• Schematic representation of relative mobilities of
some abnormal haemoglobins. Cellulose acetate, pH 8.5.
51. Anode (+)
C……………
S………………C-Harlem
………………Hasharon
Origin…………. O-Arab, Q-India……………...
A………………...D, E, G, Lepore, H, I, N, J
F…………………Bart's, K-Woolwich
Cathode (-)
Schematic representation of relative mobilities of
some abnormal haemoglobins. Agarose gel pH 6.0
using Tri sodium citrate dihydrate buffer using citrate
agar.
52. Haemoglobin electrophoresis pattern
from several different individual.
Lane 1 and 5:Control.
Lane 2:Normal Adult.
Lane 3:Normal Neonate.
Lane 4:Homozygous HbS individual.
Lane 6 and 8:Heterozygous Sickle Cell
individual
Lane 7:Sickle Cell Disease individual.
53.
54.
55. Application:
-Highly sensitive for studying the
microheterogeneity of proteins .
-Useful for separating the isoenzymes.
-Research in enzymology, immunology.
-Forensic, food and agriculture industry.,.
-Human genetic lab
61. Sample application is done by either of one method
-High voltage injection
-Pressure injection .
Molecules are seperated on the basis
of size,hydrophobicity and molecular mass
62. Positively charged molecule reach the cathode first
(electrophoretic migration
+electroosmotic flow).
High voltage
is applied
(up to 50
kV)
The components
migrate at
different
rate along the length.
Although separated by the
electrophoretic
migration,
all the sample is
drawn towards
cathode by
63. Electro-osmotic flow
DETECTION:
near to cathode
end,
viewing window
- Detected by the
ultraviolet
monitor, transmit
signal and
integrated by
computer.
-Refractive index
-Fluorescence
64. Application:
*Used to separate
-Amino acids
-Peptides
-Proteins
-DNA fragments
-Nucleic acid
-Drugs / even metals
*Multiple myeloma testing (6bands).
*Haemoglobinopathy screening.
*Monitoring chronic alcoholism
(GGT).
*HbA1c
65. Isotachophoresis
• Used for separation of smaller ionic substances.
• They migrate adjacent with contact one another, but not overlapping.
• The sample is not mixed with the buffer prior to run.
• Hence current flow is carried entirely by the sample ions.
• Faster moving ions migrate first and the adjacent ones next with no gap
between the zone .
• All ions migrate at the rate of fastest ion in zones.
• Then it is measured by UV absorbance
Separation of small anions and
cations
Amino acids
Peptides
Nucleotides
Nucleosides
Proteins.
66. Pulsed Field Electrophoresis
• Power is alternately applied to different pair of electrodes/ electrode arrays, so
the electrophoretic field is cycled between two directions.
Electrophoretic field is cycled at 105-1800
Because of which the molecule have to orient to the new field direction .
This permit
separation
of large molecule
like DNA .
Applied:
For typing various
Strain of DNA.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Every aminoacid has its own specific isoelectric point.
At pH above it isoelectric point,protein will have net negative charge and will migrate toward anode.
Since prealbumins isoelectric point is far away from buffer pH, it is expected to have greater charge and migrate fastest toward anode.
Gamma Globulin :Isoelectric pont is closest to buffer Ph has least charge and migrates toward anode.
We applied a sensitive silver nitrate stain to SDS-polyacrylamide gels to detect oligoclonal bands in unconcentrated CSF. Silver staining took less than 3 hours and gave easily readable bands in 93% of MS patients. In contrast, standard Coomassie Blue stain was positive in only 53%. Maximum resolution and numbers of bands resulted when silver staining was used on 10 to 20 microliters of CSF. Silver staining of SDS-polyacrylamide gels permits reliable oligoclonal band detection on small volumes of unconcentrated CSF.
Paper is cut into strips, the from the remainder of the paper as blank.is eluted by appropriate solvent and the colour of resulting solutions read in an absoptiometer using a strip .
-Scanning: Strip is made transluscent by putting oil in it. And placed in scanner and graph is plotted.
Unoiled strip may be directly scanned in an instrumentwhich measures reflected light to give tracings.
The size of areas below each setionof curve can be measured by planimeter and percentage of fraction contibued is determined
Prealbumin is defined electrophoretically as the fraction that migrates in a position faster than albumin toward the anode
Monoclonal Gammopathy --
1. An unusually sharp band in the gamma region strongly suggests the presence of a
homogeneous immunoglobulin and, thus, the malignant proliferation of plasma cells
from a single cell (multiple myeloma) in contrast to the broad, heterogeneous, or
polyclonal, gamma band as exhibited above in chronic inflammation from
immunoglobulin synthesis by many different clones of plasma cells.
2. Homogeneous immunoglobulins are also found in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
(where the sharp gamma band is always IgM). Specimens which exhibit a narrow
gamma band are further examined by immunofixation electrophoresis as described
below
Phenotyping of haptoglobin. Patient serum specimens were mixed with free hemoglobin from erythrocytes lysed in vitro and electrophoresed in a polyacrylamide gel with h3,3′,5,5′-tetramethylbenzidine and hydrogen peroxide. Hemoglobin exhibits pseudoperoxidase activity that converts substrigh resolution of different molecular weight proteins. After electrophoresis, the gel was developed in a solution of substrate to a blue product wherever it has migrated including complexes with haptoglobin. Bubbles of oxygen formed in the gel at the location of catalase, which is also present in the lysate. Type 1-1 haptoglobin (arrow in left lane) migrated deeply into the gel (from top to bottom), although unbound hemoglobin migrated even farther. Type 2-2 haptoglobin showed no band in the 1-1 position but migrated as a series of high molecular weight polymers, each binding hemoglobin (bar next to right lane). Type 1-2 haptoglobin (middle lane) showed a minor band of 1-1 plus a series of high molecular weight polymers different from the bands observed with 2-2.
A positive solubility or sickling test indicates the presenceof Hb S and as such is useful in the differential diagnosis
of Hbs D and G, which migrate with Hb S on cellulose acetateelectrophoresis at alkaline pH. Positive results are also obtained on samples containing the rare haemoglobinsthat have both the Hb S mutation and an additional mutationin the b chain. A positive solubility test merely indicates the presence of a sickling haemoglobin and doesnot differentiate between homozygotes, compound heterozygotes
and heterozygotes.
In an emergency, it may benecessary to decide if an individual suffers from sickle celldisease before the haemoglobin electrophoresis results areavailable. In these circumstances, if the solubility test ispositive, a provisional diagnosis of sickle cell trait can be made if the red cell morphology is normal on the blood film. If the blood film shows any sickle cells or numerous target cells, irrespective of the Hb, a provisional diagnosis of sickle cell disease should be made; many patients with sickle cell/Hb C compound heterozygosity will have a normal
Hb. Remember that the sickle test is likely to be negative in infants with sickle cell disease. False-positive results have been reported in severe leucocytosis; in hyperproteinaemia (such as multiple myeloma);and in the presence of an unstable haemoglobin, especially after splenectomy. The use of packed cells, as described in this method, minimizes the problem of false-positive results caused by hyperproteinaemia and hyperlipidaemia.False-negative results can occur in patients with a low Hb and the use of packed cells will overcome this problem.False-negative results may also occur if old or outdatedreagents are used and if the dithionite/buffer mixture is not freshly made. False-negative results are likely to be
found in infants younger than age 6 months and in other situations (e.g. post-transfusion), in which the Hb S level
is <20%. All sickle tests, whether positive or negative, must be confirmed by electrophoresis or HPLC at the earliest
opportunity.
Interpretation and Comments
Figure 14.3 shows the relative electrophoretic mobilities ofsome common haemoglobin variants at pH 8.5 on cellulose
acetate. Satisfactory separation of Hbs C, S, F, A andJ is obtained (Fig. 14.4). In general, Hbs S, D and G
migrate closely together, as do Hbs C, E and OArab. Differentiationbetween these haemoglobins can be obtained by
using acid agarose gels, citrate agar electrophoresis (pH-6), HPLCor IEF. However, there are slight differences in mobility between Hbs S, Lepore and DPunjab and also between HbsC and E; optimization of the technique will facilitatedetection of the difference. Generally, the Lepore Hbs and Hb DPunjab migrate slightly anodal to Hb S (i.e. they are slightly faster than S); Hb C migrates slightly cathodal to Hb E (i.e. it is slightly slower than E).All samples showing a single band in either the S or C position should be analysed further using acid agarose or citrate agar gel electrophoresis, HPLC or IEF to exclude the possibility of a compound heterozygote such as SD,SG, CE or COArab. The quality of separation resulting from this procedure is affected primarily by both the amount of haemoglobin applied and the positioning of the origin. Also, delays
between application of the sample and commencement ofthe electrophoresis, delay in staining after electrophoresis
or inadequate blotting of the acetate prior to applicationwill cause poor results. This technique is sensitive enough
to separate Hb F from Hb A and to detect Hb A2 variants.If an abnormal haemoglobin is present, the detection of
a Hb A2 variant band in conjunction with the abnormal fraction is evidence that the variant is an a chain variant.
Globin electrophoresis at both acid and alkaline pH isalso useful in elucidating which globin chain is affected.
However, with the more ready availability of HPLC, it is less often needed.When an abnormal haemoglobin is found, it may be of diagnostic importance to measure the percentage of the variant; this can be done by the electrophoresis with elution
procedure for Hb A2 estimation given on p. 322.Quantitation of Hb S is often clinically useful, both inpatients with sickle cell disease who are being treated by transfusion and for the diagnosis of conditions in which
Hb S is coinherited with a and b thalassaemia, as outlined in Table 14.5. Quantitation of Hb S can be done withHPLC, electrophoresis with elution or by microcolumn chromatography.
Sicke cell beta thalassemia Hb F, S, A2.
The isoelectric point (pI, pH(I), IEP), is the pH at which a particular molecule carries no net electrical charge.
Biological amphoteric molecules such as proteins contain both acidic and basic functional groups. Amino acids that make up proteins may be positive, negative, neutral, or polar in nature, and together give a protein its overall charge. At a pH below their pI, proteins carry a net positive charge; above their pI they carry a net negative charge. Proteins can, thus, be separated by net charge in a polyacrylamide gel using either preparative gel electrophoresis or isoelectric focusing, which uses a pH gradient to separate proteins. Isoelectric focusing is also the first step in 2-D gel polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
These molecules migrate to their respective isoelectric points when a current is applied, resulting in a pH gradient being formed; for haemoglobin analysis, a pH gradient of 6–8 is usually used.
Haemoglobin molecules migrate through the gel until they reach the point at which their individuals isoelectric points equal the corresponding pH on the gel.
At this point, the charge on the haemoglobin is neutral and migration ceases.
The pH gradient counteracts diffusion and the
haemoglobin variant forms a discrete narrow band.
Electro-osmosis: When the voltage is applied to the circuit, one electrode become net positive and the other net negative. The
(wall’s) immobile silanol anions pair with mobile buffer cations, forming a double layer along the wall (wall-->
buffer cations-->buffer anions-->bulk buffer solution). The remaining buffer cations are attracted to the negative
electrode, dragging the bulk buffer solution with them. This is electroosmotic flow. For an uncoated capillary,
the EOF is toward the negative electrode.
DIFFERENT MODES
OF OPERATIONS
Separation principle
Capillary zone electrophoresis
Charge to mass ratio of molecule
Micellar electrokinetic chromatography
The separation is accomplished by micelles formation.
(8-9mmol/L for SDS)
-During migration, micelle interact with analyte as chromatographic manner and the separation is brought about.
Used for separation of the neutral and charged solutes.
Capillary gel Electrophoresis
Seperation based on the sieving.
The capillary is filled with “sieving matrix” or “soluble polymer network” Cross linked polyacrylamide- choice of polymer. Variety of polymeric matrices are available for DNA and Protein.
Capillary isoelectric Focussing Electrophoresis
Is comparable to tube IEF.
-Carried out in the capillary.
-The focused zone migrate to the detector with the separated sample.
-cIEF is completed in ~15 min.
Capillary Isotachophoresis
Same feature as ITP.
-Except condition of pure ITP not achieved.
-Typically used for online sample preconcentration.