Evaluation of epitope tags for protein detection after in vivo CNS gene transfer

The European Journal of Neuroscience
Z ShevtsovaS Kügler

Abstract

Functional characterization of disease-related proteins, their splice variants and dominant negative mutants in the context of complex CNS tissues such as brain and retina is frequently assessed by in vivo gene transfer. For correct interpretation of results it is imperative that the protein under investigation is unambiguously detected in the transduced cell types and can be distinguished from any endogenously expressed physiological variants. Therefore the first systematic evaluation of epitope tags used to trace ectopically expressed proteins in the central nervous system is presented here. Substantial differences in the performances of various epitope tag-antibody combinations with respect to sensitivity, specificity and influence of the epitope tag on the fusion protein are elucidated. Epitope tags already established for protein detection in vitro and to some extent in vivo (c-Myc, HA and FLAG tags) were immunohistochemically detected with high sensitivity. However, detection of these tags revealed problems with background staining and we also document structural and functional influence of the tags on the fusion protein. In order to prevent such unwanted side-effects, epitope tags which have not yet been used for in vivo...Continue Reading

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