Application
Extracts of CHO-T cells transiently transfected with wild-type human IRS-1 and treated with 100 ng/mL TPA for 30 minutes were resolved by SDS-PAGE on a 10% Tris-glycine gel and transferred to PVDF. The membrane was blocked with a 5% BSA-TBST buffer overnight at 4°C and either left untreated (2-6) or treated with lambda phosphatase (1), then incubated with the IRS-1 [pS312] antibody for two hours at room temperature in a 3% BSA-TBST buffer, following prior incubation with: no peptide (1-3), the non-phosphopeptide corresponding to the phosphopeptide immunogen (4), a generic phosphoserine-containing peptide (5), or the phosphopeptide immunogen (6). After washing, the membrane was incubated with goat F(ab)2 anti-rabbit IgG alkaline phosphatase and signals were detected. The data show that only the phosphopeptide corresponding to IRS-1 [pS312] blocks the antibody signal, demonstrating the specificity of the antibody. The data also show that phosphatase stripping eliminates the signal, verifying that the antibody is phospho-specific