The authors thank all members of the Braakman lab, past and present, for their fruitful discussions and help in developing the methods presented in this article. This project has received funding from both the European Research Council under the European Union&#39;s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) N&#176; 235649 and the Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research (NWO) under the ECHO-program N&#176; 711.012.008.

All radioactive reagents and procedures were handled in accordance with local Utrecht University radiation rules and regulations.
1. Pulse Chase
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	<li>Pulse Chase for Adherent Cells 
	NOTE: The volumes given here are based on 60 mm cell culture dishes. For 35 mm or 100 mm dishes, multiply the volumes by 1/2 or 2, respectively. This protocol uses a pulse time of 10 min and chase times of 0, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 min. These can be varied depending on the specific p...

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Pulse-chase methods have been essential for developing scientists&#39; understanding of protein folding in intact cells. While we have attempted to provide a method that is as general as possible, this approach has the potential for almost limitless variations to study various processes that occur during the folding, the transport, and the life of proteins inside the cell.
When performing a pulse chase using adherent cells in dishes, it is essential to treat each dish the same as much as possi...

The folding of even relatively simple proteins involves many different folding enzymes, molecular chaperones, and covalent modifications1. A complete reconstitution of these processes in vitro is practically impossible, given the vast number of different components involved. It is highly desirable, therefore, to study protein folding in vivo, in live cells. Radioactive pulse-chase techniques prove a powerful tool for studying the synthesis, folding, transport, and degradation of proteins in their natural environment.
The metabolic labeling of proteins during a short pulse with 35S-labeled methionine/cysteine, followed by a chase in the absence of a radioactive label, allows specific tracking of a population of newly synthesized proteins in the wider cellular milieu. Then, target proteins can be isolated via immunoprecipitation and analyzed via SDS-PAGE or other techniques. For many proteins, their journey through the cell is marked by modifications that are visible on SDS-PAGE gel. For example, the transport of glycosylated proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi complex is often accompanied by modifications of N-linked glycans or the addition of O-linked glycans2,3. These modifications cause large increases in the apparent molecular mass, which can be seen by mobility changes in SDS-PAGE. Maturation can also be marked by proteolytic cleavages, such as signal-peptide cleavage or the removal of pro-peptides, resulting in changes in the apparent molecular mass that can be followed easily on SDS-PAGE gel4. Radioactivity has considerable advantages over comparable techniques such as cycloheximide chases, where novel protein synthesis is prevented, as longer treatments are toxic to cells and do not exclude the majority of older, steady-state proteins from the analysis, as some proteins have half-lives of days. The comparison of proteins under both nonreducing and reducing conditions allows the analysis of disulfide bond formation, an important step in the folding of many secretory proteins4,5,6,7.
Here we describe a general method for the analysis of protein folding and transport in intact cells, using a radioactive pulse-chase approach. While we have aimed to provide the method as detailed as possible, the protocol has an almost limitless potential for adaptability and will allow optimization to study each reader&#39;s specific proteins.
Two alternative pulse-chase protocols, one for adherent cells (step 1.1 of the protocol presented here) and one for suspension cells (step 1.2 of the protocol presented here) are provided. The conditions provided here are sufficient to visualize a protein expressed with medium- to high-expression levels. If the reader is working with poorly expressed proteins or various posttreatment conditions, such as multiple immunoprecipitations, it is necessary to increase the dish size or cell number appropriately.
For suspension pulse chase, the chase samples taken at each time point are all taken from a single tube of cells. The wash steps after the pulse are omitted; instead, further incorporation of 35S is prevented by dilution with a high excess of unlabeled methionine and cysteine.
The presented protocols use radioactive 35S-labeled cysteine and methionine to follow cellular protein-folding processes. All operations with radioactive reagents should be performed using appropriate protective measures to minimize any exposure of the operator and the environment to radioactive radiation and be performed in a designated laboratory. As the pulse-chase labeling technique is relatively inefficient at short pulse times (&#60;15 min), less than 1% of the starting amount of radioactivity is incorporated in the newly synthesized proteins. After the enrichment of the target protein via immunoprecipitation, the sample for SDS-PAGE contains less than 0.05% of the starting amount of radioactivity.
Although the 35S methionine and cysteine labeling mix is stabilized, some decomposition, yielding volatile radioactive compounds, will occur. To protect the researcher and the apparatus, some precautions should be taken. The researcher should always obey the local radiation safety rules and may wear a charcoal nursing mask, besides a lab coat and (double) gloves. Stock vials with 35S methionine and cysteine should always be opened in a fume hood, or under a local aspiration point. Known laboratory contamination spots are centrifuges, pipettes, water baths, incubators, and shakers. The contamination of these areas is reduced by using pipette tips with a charcoal filter, positive-seal microcentrifuge tubes (see Table of Materials), aquarium charcoal sponges in water baths, charcoal filter papers glued in the pulse-chase dishes, charcoal guard in the aspiration system, and the placement of dishes containing charcoal grains in incubators and storage containers.

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analysis of protein folding, transport, and degradation in living cells by radioactive pulse chase

Radioactive pulse-chase labeling is a powerful tool for studying the conformational maturation, the transport to their functional cellular location, and the degradation of target proteins in live cells. By using short (pulse) radiolabeling times (&lt;30 min) and tightly controlled chase times, it is possible to label only a small fraction of the total protein pool and follow its folding. When combined with nonreducing/reducing SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoprecipitation with (conformation-specific) antibodies, folding processes can be examined in great detail. This system has been used to analyze the folding of proteins with a huge variation in properties such as soluble proteins, single and multi-pass transmembrane proteins, heavily N- and O-glycosylated proteins, and proteins with and without extensive disulfide bonding. Pulse-chase methods are the basis of kinetic studies into a range of additional features, including co- and posttranslational modifications, oligomerization, and polymerization, essentially allowing the analysis of a protein from birth to death. Pulse-chase studies on protein folding are complementary with other biochemical and biophysical methods for studying proteins in vitro by providing increased temporal resolution and physiological information. The methods as described within this paper are adapted easily to study the folding of almost any protein that can be expressed in mammalian or insect-cell systems.

The folding and secretion of HIV-1 gp120 from an adherent pulse chase is shown in Figure 2. The nonreducing gel (Cells NR in the figure) shows the oxidative folding of gp120. Immediately after the pulse labeling of 5 min (0 min chase) gp120 appears as a diffuse band higher in the gel, and as the chase progresses, the band migrates down the gel through even more diffused folding intermediates (IT) until it accumulates in the tight band (NT) that represents nat...

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Analysis of Protein Folding, Transport, and Degradation in Living Cells by Radioactive Pulse Chase

Here we describe a protocol for a general pulse-chase method that allows the kinetic analysis of folding, transport, and degradation of proteins to be followed in live cells.

Radioactive pulse-chase labeling is a powerful tool for studying the conformational maturation, the transport to their functional cellular location, and ...

The radioactive pulse chase using 35 S-labeled methionine and cysteine is still the only biochemical methods to investigate protein biosynthesis with time in live cells. Protein biosynthesis covers both translation, folding and assembly, and trafficking and degradation. Combining the radioactive pulse chase with analysis of co-and post-translation protein modifications, such as disulfide bond formation and acetylation provides a sensitive and quantitative assay to investigate the protein's faith with time.Good focus and experimental handling is required for this procedure. Good preparation is crucial, like buffers, your radioactive workspace, and a clear schedule. This video provides a clear over the shoulder view of the radioactive pulse chase protocol.Demonstrating the procedure will be Hui Ying Yeoh, a pHd candidate from our laboratory. To begin this procedure, seed transfect and culture cells as outlined in the text protocol. Before the pulse chase, inspect your cells through the microscope.Next, wash the dishes with two milliliters of wash buffer. And two milliliters of starvation medium to the cells and place the dishes in a humidified incubator at 37 degrees Celsius with 5%carbon dioxide for 15 minutes. Make sure that your pulse chase set up is in order.Transfer the dishes to the racks in the water bath, pre-warmed to 37 degrees Celsius. Make sure the dishes are in contact with water, but do not float. Then, start a timer.At 40 seconds, aspirate the starvation medium. Using a micro pipet, draw up 600 microliters of pulse solution. At exactly one minute, gently add the pulse solution to the center of the dish.Repeat this process of removing the starvation medium and adding the pulse solution for the remaining dishes at one minute intervals. At exactly 11 minutes and for all following dishes, according to the pulse chase scheme, except for the zero minute chase sample, add two milliliters of chase medium directly to the dish. Aspirate the chase medium and replace it with two milliliters of fresh chase medium.Repeat this process for all remaining dishes at one minute intervals. When the timer reads exactly 16 minutes, add two militers of chase medium directly to the zero minute chase dish, on top of the pulse medium, to stop labeling. Immediately aspirate the medium.Transfer the dish to a cooled aluminum plate and add two militers of ice cold stop buffer. Transfer all other dishes to an incubator at 37 degrees Celsius. Transfer each chase dish back from the incubator to the water bath two minutes before the end of each chase time.At the exact chase time for each dish, aspirate the chase medium and transfer the dish to a cooled aluminum plate. Add two milliliters of ice cold stop buffer. Leave all dishes on ice and stop buffer until there is time to lyse the cells.Then aspirate the stop solution and wash all dishes. Three at the same time with two milliliters of ice cold stop solution. Aspirate the stop solution completely and add 600 microliters of lysis buffer to two dishes at a time.Using a cell scraper, scrape the surface of the dish thoroughly, but gently to mix the lysate. Transfer lysate from each dish to a fresh 1.5 milliliter micro centrifuge tube. Centrifuge at 15, 000 to 20, 000 G at four degree Celsius for 10 minutes to pellet the nuclei.For the pulse chase on suspension cells collection five million cells per time point in one 50 milliliter tube. Perform the starvation procedure as described in the text. After the starvation procedure in the water bath for 15 minutes, start the timer.At exactly one minute, add 275 microcuries of undiluted label directly to the tube containing cells and swirl to mix. At exactly 11 minutes, add four milliliters of chase media to stop the labeling. And immediately transfer one milliliter to a 15 milliliter tube on ice that contains nine milliliters of ice cold stop solution to stop labeling.Repeat this process of transferring one milliliter of chase to a tube on ice containing nine milliliters of stop solution for each successive chase time point. After the immunoprecipitation, aspirate the last wash completely. Re-suspend the beads in 20 microliters of TE buffer and vortex.Add 20 microliters of two X sample buffer without the reducing agent. Vortex the samples and then heat them at 95 degrees Celsius for five minutes. Vortex the samples again.Centrifuge at 12, 000 times G at room temperature for one minute. Transfer 19 microliters of the non-reduced supernatant to a fresh microcentrifuge tube that contains one microliter of 500 millimolar DDT. If needed, centrifuge the sample quickly so that all liquids are at the bottom.And heat at 95 degrees Celsius for five minutes. Let the reduced sample cool down and then vortex. Centrifuge both the reduced and non-reduced samples at 12, 000 times G at room temperature for one minute, and then add 1.1 microliters of one molar NEM to all the samples.In this study, a radioactive pulse chase approach is used to analyze protein folding and transport in intact cells. The folding and secretion of HIV one GP120 from an adherent pulse chase is shown here. The non-reducing gel shows the oxidative folding of GP120.Immediately after the pulse labeling, it appears as a diffuse band higher in the gel. As the chase progresses, the band migrates down the gel through even more diffuse folding intermediates until it accumulates in the tight band that represents natively folded at GP120. This occurs as the formation of disulfide bonds increases the compactness of the protein, causing it to migrate faster than the fully reduced protein.On the reducing gel, the disulfide bonds and all molecules have been reduced and do not affect mobiilty. As such, differences in mobility are only the result of changes in molecular mass. The shift over time from the reduced signal peptide uncleaved form to the reduced signal peptide cleaved form represents the post-translational signal peptide cleavage of GP120.The mobility increases due to the loss of the signal peptide which increases during the chase as more proteins attain the native fold and lose their signal peptide. On both the non-reducing and reducing gel, the signal begins to decrease from approximately one hour onward due to the secretion of GP120. This can be monitored by analyzing the media.This method is applicable to any cell line, including organoid cell models. But the success greatly depends on the expression level of the protein of interest. Before beginning this procedure, mark your dishes and keep this order throughout the experiment.Make sure everything is prepared before adding starvation medium. This is the start of the experiment. And your lab time is your friend, but can be your biggest foe when you're not prepared.Bill's chase can be combined with limited proteolysis to investigate the full estate of proteins with time. Also different elected freezers methods will allow analysis of rinse or rigormorization or charge differences. To protect the researcher and apparatus, all local radiation safety rules must be obeyed.And protective measures should be taken according to protocol. Note that your acrylamide, used for your STH page is neurotoxic.

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