Simultaneous immunoblotting analysis with activity gel electrophoresis and 2-D gel electrophoresis

Diffusion blotting method can couple immunoblotting analysis with another biochemical technique in a single polyacrylamide gel, however, with lower transfer efficiency as compared with the conventional electroblotting method. Thus, with diffusion blotting, a protein blot can be obtained from a sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel for zymography assay, from a native polyacrylamide gel for electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), or from a two-dimensional (2-D) polyacrylamide gel for large-scale screening and identification of a protein marker. Therefore, a particular signal in zymography, EMSA, and 2-D gel can be confirmed or identified by simultaneous immunoblotting analysis with a corresponding antiserum. These advantages make diffusion blotting desirable when partial loss of transfer efficiency can be tolerated or can be compensated by a more sensitive immunodetection reaction using enhanced chemiluminescence substrates.