申请人:——
公开号:US20010031478A1
公开(公告)日:2001-10-18
Heterogenous and homogenous assays are provided for the detection of protease inhibitory activity in a sample or target compound, taking advantage of the chemiluminescent characteristics of 1,2-dioxetanes. In the heterogenous assay, a peptide bearing a cleavage site for the protease of interest is provided with a first member of a first ligand binding pair at one end, and a first member of a second ligand binding pair at the other end. The other member of the first ligand binding pair is attached to a surface, which binds the peptide, or protease substrate, to the surface. The peptide substrate is combined with the protease and target compound or sample. Substrate cleavage, if not inhibited, is allowed to occur, and any unbound cleaved fragments are removed. An enzyme complexed with the second member of the second ligand binding pair is added, and allowed to bind to any of the (uncleaved) first member of the second ligand binding pair remaining. Unbound complex is removed, and a 1,2-dioxetane substrate for the enzyme is added. If any peptide substrate has not been cleaved, the dioxetane will chemiluminesce, indicating inhibitory activity. In a homogenous assay, the same substrate bears at one end a fluorescent energy accepting moiety, and at the other end a 1,2-dioxetane or precursor. If the substrate is cleaved by the protease, the dioxetane and the fluorescent moiety are not in close physical relationship, and no energy transfer occurrs when the dioxetane is caused to decompose. If cleavage has not occurred, indicating inhibition, when the dioxetane is caused to decompose, energy is transferred to the fluorescing entity, which releases light of a wavelength recognizably distinct from that of the dioxetane.
利用 1,2-二氧杂环丁烷的化学发光特性,提供了用于检测样品或目标化合物中蛋白酶抑制活性的异源和同源检测方法。在异源检测法中,带有相关蛋白酶裂解位点的多肽一端是第一配体结合对的第一成员,另一端是第二配体结合对的第一成员。第一配体结合对的另一端连接到表面上,从而将多肽或蛋白酶底物结合到表面上。多肽底物与蛋白酶和目标化合物或样品结合。如果底物裂解没有受到抑制,就会发生裂解,任何未结合的裂解片段都会被移除。加入与第二配体结合对的第二成员复合的酶,并允许其与第二配体结合对的第一成员(未裂解的)残留物结合。移除未结合的复合物,然后加入酶的 1,2- 二氧杂环丁烷底物。如果任何肽底物尚未被裂解,二氧杂环丁烷就会发生化学发光,表明其具有抑制活性。在同源检测中,同一种底物的一端是接受荧光能量的分子,另一端是 1,2-二氧杂环丁烷或前体。如果底物被蛋白酶裂解,二氧杂环丁烷和荧光分子之间的物理关系就不紧密,二氧杂环丁烷分解时就不会发生能量转移。如果二氧杂环丁烷没有发生裂解,表明二氧杂环丁烷受到抑制,当二氧杂环丁烷分解时,能量就会转移到荧光实体上,荧光实体就会释放出波长与二氧杂环丁烷波长明显不同的光。