Nonradioactive quantification of autophagic protein degradation with L-azidohomoalanine labeling.

Abstract:

:At present, several assays that use radioisotope labeling to quantify the degradation of long-lived proteins have been developed to measure autophagic flux. Here, we describe a nonradioactive pulse-chase protocol using L-azidohomoalanine (AHA) labeling to quantify long-lived protein degradation during autophagy. AHA is used as a surrogate for L-methionine, and, when added to cultured cells grown in methionine-free medium, AHA is incorporated into proteins during de novo protein synthesis. After a chase period to remove short-lived proteins, autophagy is induced by starvation or other stimuli. Cells then undergo a 'click' reaction between the azide group of AHA and a fluorescently tagged alkyne probe. The AHA-containing proteins can then be detected by flow cytometry. This protocol is nonradioactive, sensitive and quantitative, and it is easy to perform. It is also applicable to various cell culture systems. The whole protocol is estimated to take 4-5 d to complete.

journal_name

Nat Protoc

journal_title

Nature protocols

authors

Wang J,Zhang J,Lee YM,Ng S,Shi Y,Hua ZC,Lin Q,Shen HM

doi

10.1038/nprot.2016.160

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-01 00:00:00

pages

279-288

issue

2

eissn

1754-2189

issn

1750-2799

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nprot.2016.160

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12

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