This invention relates to agents and conjugates that can be used to detect and isolate target components from complex mixtures such as nucleic acids from biological samples, cells from bodily fluids, and nascent proteins from translation reactions. Agents comprise a detectable moiety bound to a photoreactive moiety. Conjugates comprise agents coupled to substrates by covalent bounds which can be selectively cleaved with the administration of electromagnetic radiation. Targets substances labeled with detectable molecules can be easily identified and separated from a heterologous mixture of substances. Exposure of the conjugate to radiation releases the target in a functional form and completely unaltered. Using photocleavable molecular precursors as the conjugates, label can be incorporated into macromolecules, the nascent macromolecules isolated and the label completely removed. The invention also relates to targets isolated with these conjugates which may be useful as pharmaceutical agents or compositions that can be administered to humans and other mammals. Useful compositions include biological agents such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and cytokines. Conjugates can also be used to monitor the pathway and half-life of pharmaceutical composition in vivo and for diagnostic, therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. The invention also relates to kits comprised of agents and conjugates that can be used for the detection of diseases, disorders and nearly any individual substance in a complex background of substances.
本发明涉及用于检测和分离复杂混合物中的目标成分的试剂和共轭物。这些混合物包括来自
生物样本的核酸、来自体液的细胞和来自翻译反应的新生蛋白质。试剂包括与光反应基团结合的可检测基团。共轭物由试剂通过共价键耦合到底物上,这些键可以通过电磁辐射的给予而被选择性地断裂。标记有可检测分子的目标物质可以轻松地从异源物质混合物中识别和分离。将光解分子前体作为共轭物,标签可以被并入大分子中,新生大分子可以被分离并完全去除标签。本发明还涉及使用这些共轭物分离的目标物质,这些目标物质可能作为药物或组成物在人类和其他哺乳动物中使用。有用的组成物包括核酸、蛋白质、脂质和细胞因子等
生物制剂。共轭物还可用于监测体内药物组成物的途径和半衰期,以及用于诊断、治疗和预防目的。本发明还涉及试剂和共轭物组成的试剂盒,可用于检测疾病、疾病和几乎任何复杂物质背景中的个体物质。