申请人:The Trustees of Boston University
公开号:US20030190680A1
公开(公告)日:2003-10-09
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。这些混合物可以包括生物样品中的核酸、体液中的细胞以及翻译反应中的新生蛋白质等。这些试剂包括一个可检测的基团和一个光敏反应基团。共轭物由试剂和底物通过共价键结合而成,可以通过电磁辐射的作用选择性地断裂。标记有可检测分子的目标物质可以轻松地从异种混合物中识别和分离。将光解分子前体作为共轭物,可以将标记合并到大分子中,然后分离新生大分子并完全去除标记。本发明还涉及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对人类和其他哺乳动物有用。有用的组成物包括核酸、蛋白质、脂类和细胞因子等生物试剂。共轭物还可以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、紊乱和几乎任何复杂背景物质中的个体物质。