Human and Mouse Phospho-α-Synuclein (Ser129) Detection Kit

The AlphaLISA™ SureFire® Ultra™ assay enables the rapid and sensitive detection of total and phosphorylated cellular proteins. AlphaLISA™ assays utilize two bead types: Acceptor Beads and Donor Beads. The Acceptor Bead is coated with a proprietary CaptSure™ agent to specifically immobilize the assay specific antibody which is labeled with a CaptSure™ tag. The Donor Bead is coated with streptavidin to capture the biotinylated antibody.  

In the presence of a target protein, the two target-specific antibodies bring Donor and Acceptor Beads into close proximity. When the Donor Beads are activated by a laser (680 nm), singlet oxygen is transferred to the Acceptor Bead leading to the production of an Alpha signal. The amount of light emission (615 nm) from the Acceptor Bead is directly proportional to the amount of target protein present in the sample. If an Acceptor Bead is not in close proximity (i.e. 200 nm) of a Donor bead, little to no signal is produced over background. 

The assay can be executed in a 1-plate or 2-plate assay protocol (Refer to Manual for more details).  

1-plate assay protocol: culturing of cells, treatment, lysis and assay are performed in a single well, enabling miniaturization in high throughput screening programs. 

2-plate assay protocol: cells are cultured and treated in a 96-well culture plate and lysates are then transferred into a separate plate for assay. This format allows the evaluation of multiple targets from a single lysate. 

Data obtained with a 2-plate, 2-incubation protocol. Recombinant mouse and human Phospho (Ser129) and non-phosphorylated α-Synuclein monomers* were diluted with Lysis Buffer at the indicated concentrations and assayed for Phospho (Ser129) α-Synuclein using the SureFire® Ultra™ kit. This assay has been validated in wildtype mouse brain tissue lysate, as well as lysate from PLK3 transfected HEK293 cells to promote significant phosphorylation of human α-Synuclein at Ser129 (unpublished data*). No assay signal was obtained using corresponding α-Synuclein knockout mouse brain tissue or HEK293 cell lysate (unpublished data*).

*Recombinant proteins and unpublished data provided by Prof. Deniz Kirik and Dr. Benjamin Trist from The University of Sydney, Australia.