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Sensitive Detection of Total Protein on RPPA using Fast Green

Reverse phase protein arrays (RPPA) are designed for sensitive quantitation of a target protein in a very small sample of tissue lysate, and multiplex analysis of many samples in one experiment. This technology holds great promise for the identification and analysis of critical biomarkers for disease states in patient samples and for high-throughput drug screening … Continued

Beating Background Fluorescence on Nitrocellulose Film-Slides

Near Infrared Detection with Porous Nitrocellulose Films Improves Sensitivity for Protein Arrays. Despite some clear performance advantages of porous nitrocellulose Film-Slides for protein arrays, one objection to their use is the inherent fluorescence background detected on most scanners when using popular organic dyes with visible emission wavelengths (500-650 nm). However, fluorescence detection in near infrared … Continued

Optimized Blocking Of Porous Nitrocellulose Films For Sensitive Protein Microarrays

Michael A. Shultz, Aki Ohdera, Jason MacManiman, Charles M. McGrath. Grace Bio-Labs, Inc. ABSTRACT Super G Blocking Buffer was developed to produce low backgrounds in assays using nitrocellulose film-slides. Using this blocking reagent in combination with ONCYTE® SuperNOVA Film-slides, we achieved an order of magnitude greater sensitivity in a cytokine microarray assay than with … Continued

Preserving Protein Immuno-Reactivity

Microarrays deposited onto solid supports are robust platforms for performing antibody capture and antigen detection assays. Among various substrates, thin film porous nitrocellulose cast on glass surfaces has excelled in the field of proteomics since its invention by scientists at Grace Bio-Labs (McGrath, CM, Grudzien, J and A. Levine. Cell Vision 2:499-509, 1995). The irregular 3-dimensional … Continued

View Your Proteins in 3-D!

Protein microarray technology has progressed significantly and, although new microarray surface chemistries continue to be developed and marketed, porous nitrocellulose has remained the predominant immobilization surface for protein microarray applications due to its many functional advantages. The 3-dimensional structure of nitrocellulose film slides offers a considerably higher surface area for protein binding compared to conventional … Continued

ProPlate® Chambers Minimize Microarray Variation

Microarray results are susceptible to variation introduced from multiple sources during the course of assay methodologies employed with this technology. A commonly overlooked parameter which may significantly impact results is the choice of chamber/vessel for performing microarray incubations and washes. Chambers which allow for active mixing can significantly improve microarray data. Grace Bio-Labs offers ProPlate® incubation chambers which allow for continuous mixing during microarray assays … Continued

SuperNOVA: Superior Porous Nitrocellulose Surface for Fluorescence Detection

Fluorescence detection is a preferred method for many quantitative protein microarray assays in research and diagnostic applications due to its excellent sensitivity and potential for multiplexing. Use of multiplexed fluorescence-based assays on porous nitrocellulose though has been hampered by high backgrounds at shorter excitation wavelengths (such as the 532 nm fluorescence channel). We have developed … Continued

Multiplex Protein Arrays with Quantum Dots

Multiplexed protein arrays offer significant advantages for diagnostics over monoplex assays such as ELISA’s. For multiplex detection, fluorescence is the label of choice, offering rapid and sensitive detection and large dynamic range in addition to the ability to separate signals from multiple fluors.While porous nitrocellulose (NC) film slides are an excellent substrate for protein arrays … Continued

Assay Kinetics for Quantum Dots on Protein Arrays

Previously, we have reported data from multiplexed protein microarray assays with quantum dots which show great promise for use of these labels with nitrocellulose film-slides. The use of quantum dots with emission in the red and NIR spectrum allow for sensitive detection on nitrocellulose film slides due to low inherent fluorescence background at longer wavelengths.There … Continued

Utilizing High Protein Binding Capacity of Nitrocellulose to Increase Sensitivity in Tissue Lysate Arrays (RPPA)

Reverse phase protein arrays (RPPA) offer great promise for the identification and use of critical biomarkers for drug screening and diagnostics. Samples prepared from tissue lysate that are spotted for RPPA can often produce dilute protein concentrations, sometimes only a few hundred µg/ml. For single spot depositions in an array, this utilizes less than 1% of … Continued

Novel Microarray Applications For Nitrocellulose Films

Building on the well-established ability of nitrocellulose to bind macromolecules in gel transfer applications, Grace Bio-Labs invented a method to cast thin porous nitrocellulose films directly onto glass microscope slides. These “Film-Slides” or “Films” were initially designed for a new platform for immunocytochemistry, called Cytocoherent Transfer (1, 2). Since that time, Film-Slides have become an established surface … Continued

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