The present invention relates to novel fluorescent dyes, novel fluorogenic and fluorescent reporter molecules and new enzyme assay processes that can be used to detect the activity of caspases and other enzymes involved in apoptosis in whole cells, cell lines and tissue samples derived from any living organism or organ. The reporter molecules and assay processes can be used in drug screening procedures to identify compounds which act as inhibitors or inducers of the caspase cascade in whole cells or tissues. The reagents and assays described herein are also useful for determining the chemosensitivity of human cancer cells to treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs. The present invention also relates to novel fluorogenic and fluorescent reporter molecules and new enzyme assay processes that can be used to detect the activity of type 2 methionine aminopeptidase, HIV protease, adenovirus protease, HSV-1 protease, HCMV protease and HCV protease.
本发明涉及新型荧光
染料、新型致荧光和荧光报告分子以及新的酶测定过程,可用于检测来自任何
生物体或器官的全细胞、
细胞系和组织样本中参与细胞凋亡的caspase和其他酶的活性。报告分子和检测过程可用于药物筛选程序,以鉴定在整个细胞或组织中作为
抑制剂或诱导剂的caspase级联反应的化合物。本文所述的试剂和检测方法还可用于确定人类癌细胞对化疗药物的化疗敏感性。本发明还涉及可用于检测 2 型蛋
氨酸
氨肽酶、HIV
蛋白酶、腺病毒
蛋白酶、HSV-1
蛋白酶、HCMV
蛋白酶和 HCV
蛋白酶活性的新型荧光和荧光报告分子以及新的酶测定过程。