申请人:Tropix, Inc.
公开号:US05543295A1
公开(公告)日:1996-08-06
Enzymatically clearable chemiluminescent 1,2-dioxetane compounds capable of producing light energy when decomposed, substantially stable at room temperature before a bond by which an enzymatically clearable labile substituent thereof is intentionally cleaved, are disclosed. These compounds can be represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein: X and X.sup.1 each represent, individually, hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, a halo substituent, an unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a hydroxy (lower) alkyl group, a halo (lower) alkyl group, a phenyl group, a halophenyl group, an alkoxyphenyl group, a hydroxyalkoxy group, a cyano group or an amide group, with at least one of X and X.sup.1 being other than hydrogen; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, individually or together, represent an organic substituent that does not interfere with the production of light when the dioxetane compound is enzymatically cleaved and that satisfies the valence of the dioxetane compound's 4-carbon atom, with the provisos that if R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represent individual substituents the R.sub.2 substituent is aromatic, heteroaromatic, or an unsaturated substituent in conjugation with an aromatic ring, and that at least one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together are, an enzymatically cleavable labile group-substituted fluorescent chromophore group that produces a luminenscent substance when the enzymatically cleavable labile substituent thereof is removed by an enzyme. The corresponding dioxetanes which, instead of being substituted at the 5' or 7', or at the 5' and 7' positions, instead contain a 40' mehtylene group, are also disclosed, as are intermediates for all these 3-substituted adamant-2'-ylidenedioxetanes, and their use as reporter molecules in assays.
本发明揭示了一种酶可清除的化学发光1,2-二氧杂环化合物,能够在分解时产生光能,并在室温下稳定,直到它们的酶可清除的不稳定取代基被有意解离。这些化合物可以用以下公式表示:##STR1## 其中:X和X.sup.1各自代表氢,羟基,卤素取代基,未取代的较低烷基,羟基(较低)烷基,卤代(较低)烷基,苯基,卤苯基,烷氧基苯基,羟基烷氧基基团,氰基或酰胺基,其中至少有一个X和X.sup.1不是氢;R.sub.1和R.sub.2,分别或一起,代表一个有机取代基,当二氧杂环化合物在酶的作用下被解离时不会干扰光的产生,并满足二氧杂环化合物的4-碳原子的价,但前提是如果R.sub.1和R.sub.2代表单独的取代基,则R.sub.2取代基是芳香的,杂芳基的或与芳香环共轭的不饱和取代基,并且至少有一个R.sub.1和R.sub.2是,或R.sub.1和R.sub.2一起是,一个酶可清除的不稳定取代基取代的荧光色团基团,当酶可清除的不稳定取代基被酶去除时产生发光物质。还揭示了相应的二氧杂环,它们不是在5'或7'或5'和7'位置取代,而是包含一个40'甲基烷基,同时还揭示了所有这些3-取代的金刚烷-2'-基二氧杂环的中间体,以及它们作为检测分子在测定中的使用。