Figure. The binding activity of TNNI3 with TNNT2.
Troponin I Type 3, Cardiac (TNNI3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNNI3 gene. It is a tissue-specific subtype of troponin I, which in turn is a part of the troponin complex. The TNNI3 gene encoding cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is located at 19q13.4 in the human chromosomal genome. Human cTnI is a 24kDa protein consisting of 210 amino acids with isoelectric point (pI) of 9.87. cTnI is exclusively expressed in adult cardiac muscle. Besides, Troponin T Type 2, Cardiac (TNNT2) has been identified as an interactor of TNNI3, thus a binding ELISA assay was conducted to detect the interaction of recombinant human TNNI3 and recombinant human TNNT2. Briefly, TNNI3 was diluted serially in PBS with 0.01% BSA (pH 7.4). Duplicate samples of 100μL were then transferred to TNNT2-coated microtiter wells and incubated for 2h at 37℃. Wells were washed with PBST and incubated for 1h with anti-TNNI3 pAb, then aspirated and washed 3 times. After incubation with HRP labelled secondary antibody, wells were aspirated and washed 3 times. With the addition of substrate solution, wells were incubated 15-25 minutes at 37℃. Finally, add 50μL stop solution to the wells and read at 450nm immediately. The binding activity of TNNI3 and TNNT2 was shown in Figure 1, and this effect was in a dose dependent manner.