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Quantification of Ag-NOR proteins using Ag-NOR staining on western blots

P Roussel, V Sirri and D Hernandez-Verdun

Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.

Ribosomal genes are associated with a set of silver-stained nucleolar proteins, the Ag-NOR proteins, whose amount is directly related to the duration of the cell cycle. Quantification of Ag-NOR proteins by image analysis is presently used to evaluate the rate of proliferation of cancer cells and nucleolar activity. Our objective was to establish a procedure to quantify independently each major Ag-NOR protein in cell extracts. Computerized densitometry established that the specific silver staining of Ag-NOR proteins (Ag-NOR staining) performed on Western blots makes it possible to quantify Ag-NOR proteins. Using purified Ag-NOR proteins, nucleolin, and protein B23, we observed that the intensity of Ag-NOR staining is proportional to the amount of protein. A linear relationship exists between the intensity of Ag-NOR staining and the amount of nucleolin, in the range of 0.2-1.6 micrograms. Using total nuclear extracts prepared from mammalian cells, the proportionality was maintained for total Ag-NOR-stained proteins or for a particular protein. We also determined the levels of nuclear proteins suitable for quantitative analysis. Individual Ag-NOR proteins can be quantified by computerized densitometry in nuclear extracts after Ag-NOR staining on Western blots. This procedure can be applied to establish the contribution of each Ag-NOR protein in general staining, estimate the variability of each Ag-NOR protein in normal and pathological conditions, and quantify each Ag-NOR protein contained per cell.

Volume 42, Issue 11, pp. 1513-1517, 11/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The Histochemical Society


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