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Analysis and
Isolation of
Plasminogen
Activator from
Mammalian Cell
Culture Broth
Delaine Zayas-Bazán Burgos
John Muñoz Torres
Vibha Bansal PhD
Mr. Javier Rosado
Mr. Carlos Castrodad
Mrs. Natalia Espada

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Introduction
Proteins are macromolecules
composed of amino acids, joined by
peptide bonds.
Our purpose was to isolate
Plasminogen Activator from a
mammalian cell culture
 HeLa Broth

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Introduction
“Magnetic nanoparticles continue to garner
widespread interest in biomedical
applications,such as visualization agents in
MRI, therapeutic vehicles for drug delivery
and heat mediators in hyperthermia.”
Reynolds and Hilt (2010).
Mihaiescu and his team (2012) worked
with nanoparticles as therapeutic vehicles
for drug delivery in E.coli

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Introduction
What are nanoparticles?
 PABA Treated Magnetic Nanoparticles

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Hypothesis
Plasminogen Activator can be
successfully isolated from a
mammalian cell culture utilizing PABA
treated Magnetic Nanoparticles

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Work Plan
• MNP
• Chromatogram
Separation
• SDS Page
• Zymography
• Protein
Estimation
• Enzyme
Activity
Analysis

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Separation
Separation
Image from Dr. Bansal’s
Handout

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Materials
Reagents:
 HeLa Broth
 Binding Buffer
 Elution Buffer
 Regeneration Buffer
 PABA-Epoxy-IO
MNPs (50.0mg)
Equipment:
 Sonicator
 Rocker (120 rpm)
 UV
Spectrophotometer

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Materials
 Seven (1.5mL) centrifuge
tubes
 One 15.0 mL centrifuge
tube
 One magnet
 Ice Bucket with ice
 Test Tube rack
 100-1,000 μL Micropipette
and tips
 Stop clock
 Beaker for waste collection
 Labeling Tape
 Marker
 Gloves

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Analisis

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Materials needed for SDS-Page
 Stacking gel 4.0%
 dH2O 2.795 ml
 Stacking buffer 1.25 ml
 Acrylamide 0.662 ml
 20% SDS 25.0 µl
 10% Glycerol 25.0 µl
 TEMED 6.25 µl
 APS (100 mg/ml) 25.0 µl
 Separation gel 10.0%
 dH2O 1.68 ml
 Separating buffer 1.67 ml
 Acrylamide 2.22 ml
 20% SDS 50.0 µl
 10% Glycerol 100.0 µl
 TEMED 1.67 µl
 APS (100mg/ml) 50.0 µl

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Materials needed for zymography
 Separating Gel 10%
 dH2O 1.788 ml
 Separating buffer 1.67 µl
 Acrylamide 2.22 µl
 20% SDS 50.0 µl
 10% Glycerol 100.0 µl
 Fibrinogen 50.0 µl
 Plasminogen 40.0 µl
 TEMED 1.67 µl
 Thrombin 2.0 µl
 Amm.Per sulfate 50.0 µl
 Stacking Gel 4%
 dH2O 2.975 ml
 Stacking buffer 1.25 ml
 Acrylamide 0.662 ml
 20% SDS 25.0 µl
 10% Glycerol 25.0 µl
 TEMED 0.25 µl
 Amm.Per sulfate(100mg/mL) 25 .0 µl

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 Separates proteins accordin
g to their electrophoretic
mobility and no other
physical feature.
 SDS is a detergent applied
to protein sample to impart
a negative charge to all of
proteins.
 In most proteins, the binding of
SDS to the polypeptide chain
imparts an even distribution of
charge
 This causes a separation by
approximate size during
electrophoresis.
 Based on SDS-PAGE
 Includes a substrate co-
polymerized with the gel
 Utilized for the detection
of enzyme activity.
 Samples are prepared in the
standard SDS-PAGE treatment buffer
 WITHOUT a reducing agent or boiling
in order for the enzyme to retain its
native state
 It is incubated at 37°C to leave the
enzymes the correct environment for
them to digest the protein or substrate.
 This causes white bands, in which the
protein has been digested.
SDS-Page Zymography

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Procedures

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• SDS-Page
• Zymography
Polymerize
• Load and run the
gel
• Leave overnight at
room temperature
in fixative
SDS-Page
• Load and run the
gel at 4°C
• Stain with Coomasie
Blue
• Incubate overnight
at 37°C
• Destain
Zymo
• Take pictures
• Perform Protein
Estimation
• Perform Enzyme
Activity
Analysis

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Results
0.000
0.500
1.000
1.500
2.000
2.500
3.000
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
Absotbance
Volume
Chromatogram
Eluate
Wash
Load

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Results
 These results shows
that the protein of
interest, PA, was
successfully isolated
from the bulk of
proteins available
 They also provide an
ascertain that is our
protein, and not any
other protein.
HeLa
Load
HeLa
Spent
Eluate
Plasminogen
Activator
Zymography with
Coomassie Blue
Staining

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Results
y = 1177.9x - 5.0193
R² = 0.9478
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50.00
100.00
150.00
200.00
250.00
300.00
350.00
0.000 0.050 0.100 0.150 0.200 0.250 0.300
Enzymeactivity(IU/mL)
Abs at 405 nm
Enzyme Activity
y = 1.4221x - 0.0141
R² = 0.993
-0.200
0.000
0.200
0.400
0.600
0.800
1.000
1.200
0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800
AmountofProtein
Absorbancy at 562nm
Protein Estimation

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Results
Ladder
HeLa
Load
HeLa
Spent Eluate
Plasminogen
Activator
SDS-Page with Silver
Staining (Without
Protein Estimation)
Ladder
HeLa
Load
HeLa
Spent
E
l
u
a
t
e
Plasminogen
Activator
Keratin
SDS-Page with Silver
Staining (With Protein
Estimation)

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Conclusions
The experiment was successful
Plasminogen Activator was isolated and
analyzed.
The protein was isolated at a fold
purification of 10
 The fold purification is a measure of how much
more pure your protein is after a purification step
in comparison to the crude.

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Further Works
This experiment can be utilized in further
analysis of the protein Plasminogen
Activator
The experiment can also be used as a base
for further experimentations about protein
separation with treated magenetic
nanoparticles

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