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. 2023:2692:237-246.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3338-0_16.

Isolation of Polystyrene Bead-Induced Phagosomes for Western Blotting

Benjamin B A Raymond  1 , Joseph Inns  1 , Andrew M Frey  1 , Matthias Trost  2
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Isolation of Polystyrene Bead-Induced Phagosomes for Western Blotting

Benjamin B A Raymond et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2023.

Abstract

The engulfment of "self" and "non-self" particles by immune and non-immune cells is crucial for maintaining homeostasis and combatting infection. Engulfed particles are contained within vesicles termed phagosomes that undergo dynamic fusion and fission events, which ultimately results in the formation of phagolysosomes that degrade the internalized cargo. This process is highly conserved and plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis, and disruptions in this are implicated in numerous inflammatory disorders. Given its broad role in innate immunity, it is important to understand how different stimuli or changes within the cell can shape the phagosome architecture. In this chapter, we describe a robust protocol for the isolation of polystyrene bead-induced phagosomes using sucrose density gradient centrifugation. This process results in a highly pure sample that can be used in downstream applications, namely, Western blotting.

Keywords: Immunity; Infection; Phagocytosis; Phagosome; Western blotting.

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