Protocol for in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation on purified chromatin isolated from mouse liver nuclei.

Abstract

Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is used to investigate genome binding by transcription factors, but it can be problematic. We present a protocol to isolate fixed DNA-protein complexes from mouse liver prior to chromatin shearing. We describe steps for liver disaggregation and cross-linking, DNA-protein complex isolation, chromatin shearing, and quality control analysis as well as procedures for ChIP, DNA purification, and ChIP analysis. This protocol yields high-quality samples using commercial antibodies. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Akl et al.¹.