we are planning an experiment where we crosslink the protein complex in neuronal cultures and want to run them on gel. Does any one have experience with Dimethyl adipimidate and its protocol. I tried looking up but could not find anything.
Intracellular Cross-linking Using Dimethyl Adipimidate
Dimethyl adipimidate (150 l, DMA; Pierce) at 15 ug/ml in 0.2 M triethanolamine, pH 8.5, was added to 75 ul of cell extract and incubated overnight at RT. The reaction was terminated by addition of 75u l of 0.2 M glycine. Samples were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting.
I have used this chemical in yeast and to crosslink Rpd3 and Hda1 (HDACs) to the complex proteins. I did as following
1- to cross-link protein to protein, first cells were washed once with cold 1XPBS then re-suspended in a fresh solution of 10mM DMA (dimethyl adipimidate) in ice-cold 1XPBS containing 0.25% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and put in nutator at room temperature for 45 minutes. DMSO was used to make the cells more porous.
2- Then washed again with 1XPBS and re-suspended in 100ml of medium & 3 ml of Formaldehyde is added to get a final formaldehyde concentration 1%. Cell samples were left to crosslink for 10 to 16 hours on a rotating platform at a 180rpm room temperature for 45 minutes depending on your target (for Rpd3 at least 10 to 11 hours needed for second cross-linker to get maximal cross-linking while for Rad7 which make a complex with Rad16 and Abf1 45 minutes needed for 2nd cross-linker Formaldehyde). but for DMA only 45 minutes needed.
you can get a detailed protocol from Kurdistani et al (In vivo protein–protein and protein–DNA crosslinking for genomewide binding microarray). they are a pioneer in doing that. I attached the file