Figure 1
From: Crude subcellular fractionation of cultured mammalian cell lines
Optimization of digitonin concentration for the extraction of cytosolic proteins. (A) HEK293 cells were plated at a density of 4 × 105 cells per well of a 12 well plate and were harvested 48 hours later. Cells were then lysed in 400 μl of buffer containing digitonin at the concentration indicated. Following centrifugation and collection of the supernatant the remaining cell pellet was further extracted in NP40 lysis buffer. An aliquot of each extract was then analysed by 4-12% SDS PAGE (Invitrogen #NP0322) followed by staining with Coomassie blue. (B) The concentration of protein in each extract was determined by colorimetric protein assay (Pierce #23232) and the results were plotted to demonstrate that total protein extracted was the same regardless of the starting concentration of digitonin. (C) Extracted proteins from each fraction were analyzed by Western blot using an anti GAPDH antibody (NOVUS Biologicals #300-221B) as a marker of the cytosol and an anti BiP antibody (SIGMA # G918) as a marker of the endoplasmic reticulum.