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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 25, 1877-1884, Copyright © 1979 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Muscle protein analysis. I. High-resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis of skeletal muscle proteins for analysis of small biopsy samples

CS Giometti, NG Anderson and NL Anderson

We have been developing a clinically useful method for high-resolution two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis of small (5--10 mg) human muscle biopsy samples with sufficient resolution to resolve the major contractile proteins and enzymes. Using rabbit psoas muscle as a model, we describe methods for sample preparation and two-dimensional electrophoresis. Basic proteins, which appear as streaks when conventional isoelectric focusing is used in the first dimension, are resolved through a modification of the nonequilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis method [Cell 12, 1133 (1977)]. In the two-dimensional patterns obtained from rabbit muscle, we identify the components of 10 enzymes and of myosin, actin, tropomyosin, and troponin. These patterns indicate charge heterogeneity in a large fraction of the proteins. Comparison of rabbit and normal human muscle patterns shows many similarities, but much additional work is required to confirm identifications. We conclude that analysis of small biopsy samples is feasible, but that all aspects of human sample acquisition, storage (when necessary), and preparation require thorough study before the method becomes routine in human muscle research and, ultimately, in the diagnosis of some muscle diseases.


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