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This work was supported by the Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. S.H. was supported by Japan Public-Private Partnership Student Study Abroad Program, and H.N. and K.Y. were by Valor and V Drug Overseas Training Scholarship.

1. SDS-PAGE and transfer to a PVDF membrane
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	<li>Perform SDS-PAGE to separate proteins based on relative size. 
	NOTE: Any commercial or home-made gel system is fine. Please follow the manufacturer&#8217;s protocol.</li>
	<li>Transfer separated proteins from a gel onto a PVDF membrane. 
	NOTE: Common transfer methods (semi-dry or wet transfer) are suitable. Please follow the manufacturer&#8217;s protocol.</li>
</ol>
2. Blocking of PVDF membranes
<ol>
	<li>Incubate the membranes ...

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Western blot is a widely used analytical technique to detect specific proteins that was developed ~40 years ago7,8. Since then, the technique has continued to evolve, with subsequent innovations improving the sensitivity, speed, and quantitation of the technique2,9,10,11,12,<sup class="xref"...

A western blot (also known as an immunoblot) is a powerful and fundamental technique across a broad range of scientific and clinical disciplines. This technique is used to examine the presence, relative abundance, relative molecular mass, and post-translational modifications of proteins1. Combined with digital image analysis, this method can reliably analyze the abundance of proteins and protein modifications2. Although western blot is performed routinely, it is a time-consuming and labor intensive method. Long incubations of the antibody with membranes are required. Here, we describe a modification of the incubation method that overcomes this limitation without sacrificing sensitivity.
During incubation of the membrane, antibodies float in solution while antigens are immobilized on the membrane. Because of their high affinity, the rate of antibody binding to the antigen is faster than the diffusion of antibodies from the bulk solution to the membrane. This creates a low concentration &#8220;depletion layer&#8221; (Figure 1). It may take hours for more distant antibodies to reach the membrane via passive diffusion, which is the main factor responsible for long incubation times in this technique. This effect is called the mass transport limitation (MTL)3. It has been proposed that repetitive draining and replenishing the antibody-containing solution may disrupt the depletion layer and overcome MTL4. Here, we have devised a unique technique that implements this cyclic draining and replenishing (CDR) concept to diminish the effect of MTL in a traditional western blotting protocol and remarkedly shorten the required incubation period.
In order to maintain the detection sensitivity with a short incubation time, we made use of an immunoreaction enhancing technology that accelerates the antigen-antibody reaction, thereby improving the signal-to-noise ratio5. Many commercially available immunoreaction enhancing agents (IRE) consist of 2 components (Solution 1 and 2, see Table of Materials). The proprietary composition or mechanism of action of IRE has not been disclosed, but we have previously found that IRE decreased the dissociation constant between the antigen and antibody in solid phase binding assays, indicating increased affinity is, at least in part, responsible for the enhancing effect of IRE6. The combination of CDR with IRE yields an ultra-high-speed western blotting protocol that reduces the entire procedure time without sacrificing sensitivity.

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	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>14 mL Round Bottom High Clarity PP Test Tube, Graduated, with Snap Cap</td>
			<td>Falcon</td>
			<td>352059</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Apollo Transparency Film for Laser Printers</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Any kinds of Laser Printer Transparency Film are fine.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Azure Imaging System 600</td>
			<td>Azure Biosystems</td>
			<td>Azure 600</td>
			<td>Any kind of Image Acquiring Sytem is fine for chemiluminescent and/or fluorescent detection.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Can Get Signal Immunoreaction Enhancer Solution</td>
			<td>TOYOBO</td>
			<td>NKB-101</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CARNATION Instant Nonfat Dry Milk</td>
			<td>Carnation</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ECL anti-mouse IgG, Horseradish peroxidase linked F(ab&#8217;)2 fragment from sheep</td>
			<td>GE Healthcare</td>
			<td>NA9310V</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ECL anti-rabbit IgG, Horseradish peroxidase linked F(ab&#8217;)2 fragment from donkey</td>
			<td>GE Healthcare</td>
			<td>NA9340V</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HYBAID Micro-4</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Any hybridization oven is fine as long as the tubes are rotated evenly at a horizontal position.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Immobilon-P PVDF Membrane, 0.45 &#181;m pore size</td>
			<td>Millipore Sigma</td>
			<td>IPVH304F0</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>IRDye 680RD Goat anti-Mouse IgG Secondary Antibody</td>
			<td>LICOR</td>
			<td>926-68070</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>IRDye 800CW Goat anti-Rabbit IgG Secondary Antibody</td>
			<td>LICOR</td>
			<td>926-32211</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>KPL LumiGLO Reserve Chemiluminescent Substrate</td>
			<td>seracare</td>
			<td>5430-0049</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Mouse anti-&#223; actin antibody</td>
			<td>Millipore Sigma</td>
			<td>A5316</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Odyssey Blocking Buffer (PBS)</td>
			<td>LICOR</td>
			<td>927-40100</td>
			<td>Blocking Buffer for fluorescent detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OXO Salad Spinner</td>
			<td>OXO</td>
			<td>32480V2B</td>
			<td>Any salad spinner is fine as long as the PVDF membranes are rinsed vigorously without tear.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Parafilm Sealing Film</td>
			<td>Bemis</td>
			<td>Parafilm M PM996</td>
			<td>semi-transparent flexible film</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Polyethylene Flat-Top Screw Caps for 50 mL Conical Bottom Centrifuge Tubes</td>
			<td>Falcon</td>
			<td>352070</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rings to hold 14 ml tube in the center of 50 ml tube</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Prepared in a machine shop</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Rabbit anti-6X His tag antibody</td>
			<td>Abcam</td>
			<td>ab9108</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tween20</td>
			<td>Millipore Sigma</td>
			<td>P2287</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

ultra-high-speed western blot using immunoreaction enhancing technology

A western blot (also known as an immunoblot) is a canonical method for biomedical research. It is commonly used to determine the relative size and abundance of specific proteins as well as post-translational protein modifications. This technique has a rich history and remains in widespread use due to its simplicity. However, the western blotting procedure famously takes hours, even days, to complete, with a critical bottleneck being the long incubation times that limit its throughput. These incubation steps are required due to the slow diffusion of antibodies from the bulk solution to the immobilized antigens on the membrane: the antibody concentration near the membrane is much lower than the bulk concentration. Here, we present an innovation that dramatically reduces these incubation intervals by improving antigen binding via cyclic draining and replenishing (CDR) of the antibody solution. We also utilized an immunoreaction enhancing technology to preserve the sensitivity of the assay. A combination of the CDR method with a commercial immunoreaction enhancing agent boosted the output signal and substantially reduced the antibody incubation time. The resulting ultra-high-speed western blot can be accomplished in 20 minutes without any loss in sensitivity. This method can be applied to western blots using both chemiluminescent and fluorescent detection. This simple protocol allows researchers to better explore the analysis of protein expression in many samples.

This example illustrates the effectiveness of the CDR method together with immunoenhancing technology on western blot. Static incubation was performed on a semi-transparent flexible film where PVDF membranes were incubated with the antibody solution, whereas CDR incubation was in a hybridization oven by rotating tubes that contained the membranes and the antibody solution (Movie). Figure 2 showed quantities of antigen and antibody, respectively, necessary for chemiluminescent detection on we...

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Ultra-High-Speed Western Blot using Immunoreaction Enhancing Technology

An ultra-high-speed western blotting technique is developed by improving the kinetics of antigen-antibody binding through cyclic draining and replenishing (CDR) technology in conjunction with an immunoreaction enhancing agent.

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