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Lysate preparation for western blot

Lysates and buffer preparation recipes, for lysing cells or tissues for western blotting.
Last edited Tue 22 Aug 2023

Recipes for buffers referenced here are as follows:

  • 1% SDS hot lysate buffer
    • 10mM Tris-Hcl (ph 8.0)
    • 1% SDS
    • 1.0 mM Na-Orthovanadate
    • ddH20
  • 2xSample buffer
    • 62.5mM Tris-Hcl (pH 6.8)
    • 2% SDS
    • 0.01% Bromophenol Blue
    • 25% Glycerol
    • 710mM ß-Mercaptoethanol
    • ddH20

Stage 1 - 1% SDS hot lysate buffer preparation

Steps

1

Discard the medium in the flask and wash once with pre-cold PBS.

2

Add 3 ml pre-cold PBS per flask and collect cells with cell scraper.

3

Add 12 ml pre-cold PBS to make sure all the cells detach from the flask.

4

Transfer collected cells to 50 ml centrifuge tubes, centrifuge at 300 x g for 5 min.

5

Discard supernatant, wash twice with pre-cold PBS.

6

Heat 1% SDS hot lysis until bubbling.

7

Add 1% SDS hot cell lysis according to the cell amount to resuspend cells.

  • Add by pipetting in boiling water for 10-20 min.
8

Use ultrasonic cell disruptor to break all cell clusters until the lysate becomes clear.

  • Ultrasound time 3s, 10s interval, ultrasonic 5-15 times, ultrasonic power: 40 kW
9

Centrifuge for 5-10 min at 15000-17000 x g and discard cell pellet.

Stage 2 - RIPA lysate preparation

Steps

1

Discard the medium in the flask and wash once with pre-cold PBS.

2

Add 3 ml pre-cold PBS per flask and collect cells with cell scraper.

3

Add 12 ml pre-cold PBS to make sure all the cells detach from the flask.

4

Transfer collected cells to 50 ml centrifuge tubes, centrifuge at 300 x g for 5-10 minutes.

5

Discard supernatant, wash twice with pre-cold PBS.

6

Add RIPA buffer according to the cell amount to resuspend cells.

  • Place on ice for 15 min.
7

Use ultrasonic cell disruptor to break all cell clusters until the lysate becomes clear.

  • Ultrasound time 3s, 10s interval, ultrasonic 5-15 times, ultrasonic power: 40 kW
8

Centrifuge for 5-10 min at 15000-17000 x g and discard cell pellet.