Application
Extracts of SKBR3 cells were treated with 200ng/mL EGF for 10 minutes and resolved by SDS-PAGE on a 10% Tris-glycine gel and transferred to PVDF. The membrane was blocked with a 3% Milk-TBST buffer for one hour at room temperature, then incubated with the c-Fos [pT232] antibody for two hours at room temperature in a 3% Milk-TBST buffer, following prior incubation with: no peptide (1), the non-phosphopeptide corresponding to the phosphopeptide immunogen (2), a generic phosphothreonine-containing peptide (3), or the phosphopeptide immunogen (4). After washing, the membrane was incubated with goat F(ab)2 anti-rabbit IgG HRP conjugate and signals were detected. The data show that only the phosphopeptide corresponding to c-Fos [pT232] blocks the signal, demonstrating the specificity of the antibody. While c-Fos [pT232] is phosphorylated in the basal state of SKBR3 (data not shown), EGF treatment induced an increase in the phosphorylation signal.