申请人:Promega Corporation
公开号:US07692022B2
公开(公告)日:2010-04-06
The present invention provides methods, compositions, substrates, and kits useful for analyzing the metabolic activity in cells, tissue, and animals and for screening test compounds for their effect on cytochrome P450 activity. In particular, a one-step and two-step methods using luminogenic molecules, e.g. luciferin or coelenterazines, that are cytochrome P450 substrates and that are also bioluminescent enzyme, e.g., luciferase, pro-substrates are provided. Upon addition of the luciferin derivative or other luminogenic molecule into a P450 reaction, the P450 enzyme metabolizes the molecule into a bioluminescent enzyme substrate, e.g., luciferin and/or luciferin derivative metabolite, in a P450 reaction. The resulting metabolite(s) serves as a substrate of the bioluminescent enzyme, e.g., luciferase, in a second light-generating reaction. Luminescent cytochrome P450 assays with low background signals and high sensitivity are disclosed and isoform selectivity is demonstrated. The present invention also provides an improved method for performing luciferase reactions which employs added pyrophosphatase to remove inorganic pyrophosphate, a luciferase inhibitor which may be present in the reaction mixture as a contaminant or may be generated during the reaction. The present method further provides a method for stabilizing and prolonging the luminescent signal in a luciferase-based assay using luciferase stabilizing agents such as reversible luciferase inhibitors.
本发明提供了用于分析细胞、组织和动物中代谢活性的方法、组合物、基质和试剂盒,以及用于筛选测试化合物对细胞色素P450活性影响的方法。具体来说,提供了使用发光分子(例如luciferin或coelenterazines)的一步和两步方法,这些分子是细胞色素P450的底物,同时也是生物发光酶(例如luciferase)的前体底物。将luciferin衍生物或其他发光分子加入到P450反应中后,P450酶将将该分子代谢成生物发光酶底物,例如luciferin和/或luciferin衍生物代谢物,在P450反应中。生成的代谢物作为生物发光酶(例如luciferase)的底物,在第二个生成光的反应中发挥作用。公开了低背景信号和高灵敏度的发光细胞色素P450测定方法,并展示了异构体选择性。本发明还提供了一种改进的进行luciferase反应的方法,该方法使用添加的焦磷酸酶来去除无机焦磷酸盐,这是一种可能存在于反应混合物中的luciferase抑制剂,或者在反应过程中生成的污染物。本方法还提供了一种使用可逆luciferase抑制剂等luciferase稳定剂来稳定和延长luciferase基础测定中的发光信号的方法。