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Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 4:1664-1672, 2005.
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| ABSTRACT |
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and 1ß. The levels of protein expression seen with the antibody microarray was compared with that obtained with Western blot analysis, and the magnitude of protein expression observed was similar with both technologies with the antibody array actually showing a greater degree of sensitivity. In summary, we have developed a new type of antibody microarray to screen for protein expression that utilizes a single antibody and controls for the amount of antibody spotted. This type of array appears at least as sensitive as Western blot analysis, and the technology can be scaled up for high throughput screening for hundreds of proteins in complex biofluids such as blood.
Given these shortcomings we wanted to develop a high throughput antibody-based protein array detection system that could be used to screen for protein expression patterns in complex biological fluids. Specifically we developed an antibody array approach that (i) uses a general detection antibody, (ii) allows for multiple comparisons, (iii) contains internal controls for hybridization normalization, and (iv) uses an antigen labeling method that can be easily quantified for labeling efficiency. The antibody array described here uses the antibody as an internal control and a two-color detection system with one color quantifying the antigen and the second quantifying the antibody.
| EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES |
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(IFN-
diluted in RPMI 1640 medium) (25 units/ml) (11, 12), or BSA/anti-BSA immune complexes (13). After 24 h, medium was removed, and cells were lysed in 200 µl of lysis buffer (1x PBS (Invitrogen), 1% Nonidet P-40 (Sigma), 0.5% sodium deoxycholate, and 0.1% SDS (Sigma) supplemented with proteinase inhibitors (mini-Complete, Roche Applied Science). Cell lysates were collected in microcentrifuge tubes, centrifuged for 30 min at 14,000 x g at 4 °C, and transferred to a new tube. Protein concentration was determined using BCA protein quantification method (Pierce).
DNP-SE Labeling of Protein
The macrophage cellular protein lysates and the recombinant proteins IL-1ß, IL-5, IL-6, MIP-1
, and MIP-1ß (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) were labeled using 6-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) aminohexanoic acid, succinimidyl ester (DNP-SE) (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR). Protein (100 µg) in lysis buffer was diluted by at least 2-fold with water and adjusted using 100 mM sodium bicarbonate buffer to pH 9.0. As a control for labeling efficiency and to act as positive controls, carbonic anhydrase and trypsin inhibitor (Sigma) were spiked into the extracted cellular protein at a concentration of 250 and 50 pg/ml, respectively. DNP-SE (100 µg/ml DNP-SE in DMSO (Sigma)) was diluted to 10 µg/ml, and cellular protein was labeled for 1 h at 25 °C. Adding 100 mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.0, to the mixture quenched the labeling reaction. The recombinant proteins IL-Iß, IL-5, IL-6, MIP-1
, and MIP-1ß were diluted in concentrations from 110,000 pg/ml into 100 µg of BSA and DNP-labeled as above.
Removal of Unconjugated DNP-SE
Two different methods for unconjugated DNP removal were compared, gel filtration and the use of SM-2 Bio-Beads (Bio-Rad). A Sephadex G-25 SF (Amersham Biosciences) column was prepared in an EconoPac column (Bio-Rad), equilibrated with Tris-buffered saline with 0.1% Tween 20 (Sigma) (TBS-t) containing 100 µg/ml BSA, and washed with an additional 10 ml of TBS-t. Labeled protein was loaded on the column, tracked visually, collected, and concentrated using centrifugation (3-kDa molecular mass cutoff) (Millipore, Billerica, MA).
SM-2 Bio-Beads were equilibrated in PBS before 200 µl were transferred to microcentrifuge tubes and excess PBS was removed via centrifugation (1000 x g at 25 °C for 2 min). Labeled protein mixture was added to the beads and placed on a vertically rotating platform for 30 min. Beads were centrifuged as above, and the labeled protein mixture was transferred to microcentrifuge tubes. A 100-µl aliquot of the labeled protein mixture was placed on a 3-kDa cutoff concentrator for 45 min at 5000 x g at 4 °C. Protein concentration was determined using the BCA method, and the amount of DNP was determined by measuring A348 absorbance (SpectraMax 190 spectrophotometer, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CA).
Fabrication and Hybridization of the Antibody Arrays
Arrays were printed using a PerkinElmer Life Sciences Piezorray non-contact arrayer. Both monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies were used and were spotted onto slides at a concentration of 25 µg/ml in spotting buffer (80 mM trehalose, 50 mM NaCl, and 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer, pH 9.0). Trypsin inhibitor and carbonic anhydrase antibodies (bovine-specific) were purchased from Chemicon (Temecula, CA). IL-1ß, IL-5, IL-6, MIP-1
, and MIP-1ß antibodies were purchased from R&D Systems. Antibodies were spotted on epoxy ES slides (Erie Scientific, Portsmouth, NH) and were stored at 4 °C in a desiccated environment for up to 3 months.
Unless otherwise stated, the slides with the spotted antibodies were placed in a 50-ml conical tube and incubated with
50 ml of solution on a vertically rotating platform at 25 °C. Spotted slides were washed once for 5 min in TBS and blocked for 1 h in antibody array blocking buffer (1% BSA, 1% powdered milk in TBS-t). The slides were dipped in TBS-t for 30 s, and the liquid surrounding the array grid was removed by vacuum. Labeled protein (10 µg) was applied to the array, and a clean coverslip was placed over the solution. Slides were placed in a humid chamber and were incubated on a horizontally rotating platform for 1 h at 25 °C. Coverslips and labeled protein were removed by dipping the slides in TBS-t. The slides were washed once in high salt TBS-t (TBS-t containing 500 mM NaCl) for 5 min followed by two washes for 5 min in TBS-t. Excess liquid was removed, and universal secondary antibody solution (Invitrogen) containing a 1:2500 dilution of biotin-conjugated donkey anti-goat secondary antibody (Chemicon) was applied under a coverslip. The universal secondary antibody is a mixture of different antibodies that react with the constant region of antibodies from a range of different sources. The universal antibody was incubated for 30 min at 25 °C in a humidified rotating chamber. The slides were washed three times in TBS-t. The labeled protein and universal antibodies were detected by incubating the slide with Cy5TM-anti-DNP and Cy3TM-streptavidin (Zymed Laboratories Inc.) diluted 1:2500 in antibody array block solution. Slides were placed into a heat-sealed pouch and incubated at 25 °C for 1 h on a vertically rotating platform. Slides were washed once in high salt TBS-t for 5 min followed by two washes of TBS-t and two washes of TBS. Slides were dipped in molecular biology-grade water, placed in a metal slide carrier, dried in a centrifuge for 7 min at 500 x g, and stored in the dark until scanning.
Standard One-color Antibody Microarrays
To control for the universal secondary antibodies a one-color antibody array was tested. These antibody arrays were manufactured and hybridized with the DNP-labeled protein mixture described above. The universal secondary antibody step was excluded, and the DNP was detected as above. Once washed and dried the antibody microarrays were quantified using median fluorescence intensity (MFI).
Quantification of Hybridized Antibody Microarrays
Slides were scanned on an Axon 4000B scanner using GenPix Pro 4.1 (Axon Instruments, Union City, CA) following standard protocols. Laser intensity was set to provide optimal signal intensity with the least amount of background and no saturated pixels in the antibody spots. The median background and signal intensity were exported into an Excel spreadsheet, and signal intensity was calculated by subtracting background from signal intensity. Normalized spot intensity was calculated by taking the ratio of the antigen to antibody signals. The mean normalized spot intensity was calculated by averaging median spot intensities. To allow for comparison with Western blot analysis results, the control was set as 100%, and intensity was calculated as a normalized percentage of control.
Western Blot Analysis of Macrophage Proteins
Total cellular protein (100 µg) was run under denaturing conditions on a 412% BisTris NuPage precast two-dimensional gel at a constant 200 V for 35 min (Invitrogen). The gel was blotted onto nitrocellulose (Invitrogen) using a TransPhor (Bio-Rad) semidry transfer apparatus in 2x NuPage transfer buffer with 20% methanol at a constant 10 V for 1 h. The blot was washed in TBS-t and blocked for 1 h in blocking buffer (5% dry milk powder in TBS-t). The blocked membrane was placed onto the Miniblotter 28 (Immunetics Inc., Boston, MA), and the membrane was washed with 25 ml of TBS-t using the wash manifold. Antibodies recognizing IL-1ß (R&D Systems), IL-5 (R&D Systems), IL-6 (R&D Systems), MIP-1
(R&D Systems), MIP-1ß (R&D Systems), and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (1:10,000) (AbCam, Cambridge, MA) were diluted 1:500 in blocking buffer except where noted, and 58 µl were added to each well. Each antibody had three replicate lanes per experiment. Primary antibodies were incubated for 1 h on a horizontally rotating platform at 25 °C, and 25 ml of TBS-t was flushed through the lanes using the washing manifold. The membranes were removed from the Miniblotter 28 and washed for 5 min in high salt TBS-t (500 mM NaCl) followed by a 5-min wash in TBS-t. Secondary antibodies conjugated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) (Zymed Laboratories Inc.) were diluted 1:5,000 in blocking buffer, placed on the washed membranes, and incubated for 30 min at 25 °C. Secondary antibody was removed, and the blots were washed three times in TBS-t for 5 min. The membranes were washed once in TBS, and proteins were detected using enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL+) and Hyperfilm ECL (Amersham Biosciences). Band and background intensities were quantified using UnScanIt (Silk Scientific, Orem, UT), and background intensity was subtracted from band intensity. Mean and S.D. of normalized band intensity were calculated and plotted using PrismGraph (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA). Miniblotter 28 results were also verified using standard Western blots (data not shown).
| RESULTS |
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, or immune complexes in vitro as described above, and cell lysates were collected for protein analysis by the antibody array. The proteins in the cell lysates as well as the recombinant proteins were labeled with DNP-SE. Because removal of the unbound DNP-SE is critical for a low background (data not shown) the abilities of SM-2 macroporous beads or gel filtration chromatography to remove unconjugated DNP-SE from the macrophage lysate proteins were compared. As shown in Table I the SM-2 beads effectively removed all but 0.2% of the free DNP while retaining 91.4% of cellular protein. Size exclusion chromatography removed all but 0.3% of the free DNP; however, only 78.1% of the protein was recovered. DNP absorbance corresponded to the amount of protein recovered. Thus, the SM-2 beads were much more effective at removing the unbound DNP-SE than size exclusion techniques and were used in the subsequent array studies.
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, and MIP-1ß) and two control antibodies (trypsin inhibitor and carbonic anhydrase) that were spotted in quadruplicate on epoxy ES glass slides as illustrated in Fig. 3. Several nonspecific isotype control antibodies were also spotted with a range of different additives such as gelatin, bovine serum albumin, or trehalose. The use of gelatin but not bovine serum albumin or trehalose caused smearing and nonspecific fluorescence. In Fig. 3A the entire antibody array is shown with the Cy5 staining of the antigen, Cy3 staining of the antibody, and the combination of the fluorescent channels. The white box indicates the expanded region shown in Fig. 3B. Fig. 3B shows a single set of antibodies in the antigen channel with detection of the proteins in the macrophage lysate after simulation with the various agonists. Looking at the brightness of the antigen channel spots there are differences in expression levels. For example, the IL-1ß spot intensity increases in macrophages treated with LPS. Despite spotting the same amount of antibody, antibodies from different host animals had different fluorescence intensities (data not shown).
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, or immune complexes in serum-free medium. Total cellular protein expression was analyzed by antibody array. As labeling and hybridization controls, carbonic anhydrase and trypsin inhibitor were spiked into the cellular lysate. Spiked control expression of trypsin inhibitor and carbonic anhydrase remained relatively stable throughout the entire experiments except for the LPS treatment group that had about a 50% lower relative intensity. Interestingly the relative intensity of trypsin inhibitor and carbonic anhydrase was similar in all experiment despite 5-fold more trypsin inhibitor. A different affinity for their antigen is the most likely cause of this discrepancy.
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or immune complexes. IL-5 appeared to be decreased by all treatment groups when compared with control. MIP-1
expression was unchanged by LPS; however, LPS/IFN
and immune complexes slightly decreased the protein expression of this cytokine. MIP-1ß expression remained unchanged throughout the different experimental groups. A comparison of the internally controlled antibody array to a similar array without the internal control is shown in Table II. The standard one-color antibody microarray lacks the universal secondary antibody and controls for protein binding and the effect of normalizing against the amount of antibody spotted. There was no statistical difference between the mean fluorescence intensity of the standard and internally controlled microarrays. The intra-assay variability or the variability that occurs between the replicates on the same slide indicates either hybridization differences or antibody spotting density differences. The majority of the standard one-color intra-assay variability was around 10% with only IL-5 being greater because of nonspecific background. When the amount of antibody spotted was accounted for, the intra-assay variability dropped by 50% so nearly all analytes had less than 10% variability. The interassay variability or the variability seen between the different arrays indicates slide-to-slide variability as well as antibody spotting differences. The standard one-color antibody array showed variability (11 and 39%). When the amount of antibody spotted was accounted for, it dropped to between 6 and 13%. These data indicate that controlling for the amount of antibody deposited on the slide decreases the amount of intra- and interslide variability.
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and immune complex-treated macrophages was not detected in the antibody array. Both Western blotting and the antibody microarray detected decreased expression of IL-5 of 60 and 52%, respectively, after LPS stimulation as compared with unstimulated cells. However, the antibody microarray detected further decreases in expression of IL-5 after LPS/IFN
or immune complex stimulation that was not detected by Western blot analysis. The expression pattern of IL-6 was similar after LPS stimulation using both methods, whereas the other treatment groups remained elevated in antibody microarray determinations but were slightly down-regulated via Western blot analysis. In conclusion, it appears that the antibody array results closely mimic those seen with Western blot analysis. Furthermore the antibody arrays are a sensitive method for measuring levels of some cytokines. | DISCUSSION |
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Another major advantage of this type of antibody array is the use of a single antibody for capture and quantification of the proteins. Many currently existing antibody arrays utilize a sandwich ELISA technique that requires two specific antibodies: one to capture the protein and another antibody for detection. This sandwich ELISA technique can be semiquantitative, but the requirement for two specific antibodies for each protein detected has limited the number of proteins that can be assessed at a given time. Our single antibody system can be scaled up to allow simultaneous assessment of several hundred proteins in a high throughput manner. Thus, this technology has the potential to screen complex mixtures of proteins without any a priori assumptions of which proteins are up-regulated in disease states.
Several technological limitations exist with the currently existing antibody arrays. One problem associated with microarrays in general is the lack of internal controls. This has been partially overcome in our studies by using the spotted antibody as a control for antigen binding. The antibody alone controls for amount of antibody spotted and allows for multiple comparisons across different antibody arrays lots.
Protein tagging using DNP-SE to label the amino terminus and lysine residues has a 2-fold purpose. First,
5% of protein amino acids are lysine residues, which are
98% solvent-accessible. This lysine acts as a form of signal amplification over use of a labeled capture antibody that recognizes a single epitope. Second, a spectrophotometer can be used to control for labeling differences. This allows an additional level of control, which demonstrates if the labeling reaction was successful. A final control applied was the use of standard proteins (i.e. carbonic anhydrase and trypsin inhibitor) to normalize for labeling and hybridization differences. These proteins are readily available as SDS-PAGE standards and can be made at any concentration needed. Two standards are the absolute minimum for comparison, and additional standards have been recently used as controls. One interesting result was the similar amount of normalized antigen concentration for trypsin inhibitor and carbonic anhydrase despite a 5-fold difference in concentration. Despite their similar size the normalized antigen concentration is probably due to differences in antibody affinity. Thus, the use of the internally controlled system with a range of different antibodies against the same protein may be used to compare binding characteristics.
The removal of dinitrophenol, fluorophores, and other hydrophobic organic molecules has been accomplished using SM-2 macroporous beads (14, 15). When compared with size exclusion chromatography, the use of SM-2 Bio-Beads is a rapid method that can easily be scaled to high throughput labeling reactions. This removal of free DNP is critical in reducing the degree of background staining.
This internally controlled system is adaptable for different labeled proteins. Several different permutations of hapten or fluorochrome labeling of the cellular lysate were tested. Directly attaching the fluorochrome Cy3 or Cy5 to cellular protein caused a marked increase in background fluorescence (data not shown). One possibility to account for the high nonspecific background caused by direct Cy3 labeling is a change in the solubility of the proteins.
Our studies demonstrate that this single antibody array technology is superior for larger arrays (i.e. >50 antibodies) where it becomes difficult to titrate individual secondary antibodies and protein standards. Although the use of this single antibody array for normalization allows for quantification, a micro-ELISA-based system would be more useful for repeat quantification studies once specific proteins of interest have been identified by the single antibody array. The technology described in this study decreases overall standard deviation when compared with hapten-based labeling.
| CONCLUDING REMARKS |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| FOOTNOTES |
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Published, MCP Papers in Press, July 22, 2005, DOI 10.1074/mcp.M500052-MCP200
1 The abbreviations used are: LPS, lipopolysaccharide; TBS-t, TBS with 0.1% Tween 20; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; DNP, dinitrophenol; DNP-SE, 6-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) aminohexanoic acid, succinimidyl ester; MFI, median fluorescence intensity; MIP, macrophage inflammatory protein; BisTris, 2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol. ![]()
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¶ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pathology, Rm. 7520 Medical Science Research Bldg. I, University of Michigan, 1301 Catherine Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602. Tel.: 734-647-2921; Fax: 734-764-4308; E-mail: kjjkjj{at}umich.edu
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