2D Gel Electrophoresis

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TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS

INTRODUCTION

Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis (2-DGE or 2-D electrophoresis) is a powerful and widely


used method for the analysis of complex protein mixtures extracted from cells, tissues, or other
biological samples. Two-dimensional electrophoresis was first introduced by P. H. O'Farrell and
J. Klose in 1975. This technique sorts proteins according to two independent properties in two
discrete steps: the first-dimension step, isoelectric focusing (IEF), separates proteins acording to
their isoelectric points (pI); the second-dimension step, SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
(SDS-PAGE), separates proteins according to their molecular weights (Mr, relative molecular
weight). Each spot on the resulting two-dimensional array corresponds to a single protein species
in the sample. Thousands of different proteins can thus be separated, and information such as the
protein pI, the apparent molecular weight, and the amount of each protein is obtained.
MATERIALS

1. Lysis Buffer

2. Rehydration Buffer

3. Equilibration Buffer

PROCEDURE

1. SAMPLE PREPARATION

2. ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING/THE FIRST DIMENSION

3. EQUILIBRATION

4. RUNNING THE SECOND DIMENSION

5. GEL SILVER STAINING

6. IMAGE AND DATA ANALYSIS

RESULT:

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