Caspases,Paracaspases, and Metacaspases Methods and Protocols

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  1. Extraction buffer: 0.1 M Tris–HCl (pH 8.0), 0.14 M NaCl,
    and 1 mM phenylmethane sulfonyl fl uoride.

  2. 20 mM Tris–HCl (pH 8.0).

  3. 1 M Tris–HCl (pH 8.0).

  4. 0–1 M linear NaCl gradient.

  5. 20 mM acetate buffer (pH 4.5).

  6. 25 mM ethanolamine (pH 8.3).

  7. Polybuffer: Polybuffer 74 (70 %) + Polybuffer 96 (30 %), pH
    adjusted to 5.0 with acetic acid.

  8. Bio-Rad protein assay kit or similar.

  9. Coomassie Brilliant Blue (CBB).

  10. H99 antibody directed to the large subunit of human caspase- 14
    (Santa Cruz Biotechnology).

  11. C20 antibody directed to the small subunit of caspase-14
    (Santa Cruz Biotechnology).

  12. pQE 30 vector (Qiagen).

  13. pET15b vector.

  14. BL21 (DE3) bacterial strain (Novagen).

  15. Overnight Express Autoinduction System 1 (Novagen, Merck
    KGaA).

  16. Ni-NTA His Bind Resin (Novagen) or similar.

  17. Ni-NTA Agarose.

  18. Active KLK7 (e.g., from R & D systems).

  19. KLK7 assay buffer: 0.1 M HEPES or Tris–HCl (pH 7.5),
    1 mM CaCl 2.

  20. 0.1 M glycine-HCl buffer (pH 2.3).

  21. ImmunoBlock (DS Pharma Biomedical Co) or similar blocking
    reagent.

  22. PBS containing 0.1 % Tween 20 (PBST).

  23. ECL™ Anti-rabbit IgG Horseradish Peroxidase linked F(ab)′ 2
    fragment (GE Healthcare) or similar.

  24. TMB Peroxidase EIA Substrate Kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories).

  25. 0.1 M sulfuric acid.

  26. Acetone.

  27. Methyl benzoate.

  28. Xylene.

  29. Paraffi n (melting point 58–60 °C).

  30. Goat serum.

  31. VECTASHIELD Mounting Medium (VECTOR Laboratories).

  32. 4 ′,6′-Diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI).


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