To date, several sensitive methods, based on radiolabeled elements or sterically hindered fluorochrome groups, are usually employed to screen phospholipase A (PLA) activities. With the aim of developing a convenient, specific, sensitive, and continuous new ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometric assay for PLA, we have synthesized a specific glycerophosphatidylcholine (PC) esterified at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions, with α-eleostearic acid (9Z, 11E, 13E-octadecatrienoic acid) purified from Aleurites fordii seed oil. The conjugated triene present in α-eleostearic acid constitutes an intrinsic chromophore and, consequently, confers the strong UV absorption properties of this free fatty acid as well as of the glycerophospholipids harboring it. This coated PC film cannot be desorbed by the various buffers used during PLA assays. Following the action of PLA at the oil–water interface, α-eleostearic acid is freed and desorbed from the film and then solubilized with β-cyclodextrin. The UV absorbance of the α-eleostearic acid is considerably enhanced due to the transformation from an adsorbed to a water-soluble state. The PLA activity can be measured continuously by recording the variations with time of the UV absorption spectra. The rate of lipolysis was monitored by measuring the increase of absorption at 272 nm, which was found to be linear with time and proportional to the amount of added PLA. This continuous high-throughput PLA assay could be used to screen new PLA and/or PLA inhibitors present in various biological samples.
迄今为止,基于放射性标记元素或空间位阻
氟硼荧光素基团的多种敏感方法通常被用于筛选
磷脂酶A(P
LA)活性。为了开发一种方便、特异、敏感且可连续进行的新型紫外(UV)分光光度法P
LA检测方法,我们合成了一种在sn-1和sn-2位置上酯化有从油桐(Aleurites fordii)种子油中纯化的α-桐酸(9Z,11E,13E-十八碳
三烯酸)的特定
甘油磷脂酰
胆碱(PC)。α-桐酸中存在的共轭
三烯构成了一种固有的发色团,因此赋予了这种游离
脂肪酸及其包含的
甘油磷脂强大的紫外吸收特性。这种涂覆的PC膜在P
LA检测过程中无法被各种缓冲液解吸。在油
水界面经过P
LA作用后,α-桐酸被释放并从膜中解吸,然后与β-
环糊精溶解。由于从吸附状态转变为
水溶性状态,α-桐酸的紫外吸光度显著增强。通过记录紫外吸收光谱随时间的变化,可以连续测量P
LA活性。通过测量272 nm处吸收增加的情况来监测脂解速率,发现其随时间呈线性且与添加的P
LA量成正比。这种连续的高通量P
LA检测方法可用于筛选存在于各种
生物样本中的新型P
LA和/或P
LA抑制剂。