Buffer Optimization for Bovine Longissimus Muscle Tissues: Proteome Analysis of Korean Native Cattle Using 2-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis

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Because beef contains a high proportion of marbling, we sought to optimize the solubilization of the longissimus muscle proteome using modified lysis and isoelectric focusing (IEF) rehydration buffers. Of the 3lysis buffers tested, those containing a thiourea-urea mixture provided superior resolution, whereas that which contained only urea yielded consistently poor results. In addition, we found that the IEF rehydration buffer containing a thiourea-urea mixture, a high dithiothreitol level, and Pharmalyte was able to generate sharper 2-dimensional (2-D) gels, whereas that which contained immobilized pH gradient (IPG) buffer had no an effect on protein resolution. The number of different protein spots between the muscle-development stage (11 months) and the fat-development stage (17 months) in Hanwoo steers was 39, whereas the use of normal buffer resulted in a detection of a difference of only 7 protein spots. This study provides a methodological tool for studying the proteome of bovine longissimus muscle with a high fat content using 2-D gel electrophoresis (2-DE) gels.

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