申请人:Janssen M. Yvonne
公开号:US20050238734A1
公开(公告)日:2005-10-27
The present invention, in some aspects, relates to systems and methods for determining oxidized proteins, including nitrosylated proteins such as S-nitrosylated proteins. The systems and methods of the invention can be used in vitro (e.g., in cell or tissue culture) or in vivo. For instance, in some cases, the invention can be used to spatially determine the location and/or concentration of oxidized proteins within cells and/or tissues (e.g., through visual detection). In one set of embodiments, a nitrosylated or otherwise oxidized moiety on a protein may be reacted with a detection entity, which may be, for example, fluorescent, radioactive, electron-dense, able to bind to a signaling entity or a binding partner in order to produce a signal, etc. As a specific example, a nitrosothiol moiety on a nitrosylated protein may be reacted with an alkylating agent to form an alkylthio moiety; the alkylthio moiety may include a detection entity or otherwise be able to interact with a signaling entity. In some embodiments, other moieties on the protein may be altered or blocked before reaction of the protein with the detection entity. Such moieties on the protein may be, for instance, non-oxidized or non-nitrosylated moieties able to react with the detection entity. As a particular example, in a protein containing nitrosothiol and (non-nitrosylated) thiol moieties, the thiol moieties may first be altered or blocked prior to reaction of the protein with the detection entity. Also provided in certain aspects of the present invention are kits for determining oxidized proteins, which may include components such as detection entities, alkylating agents, blocking agents, reducing agents, signaling entities, binding partners, antibodies, instructions, and the like.
本发明在某些方面涉及测定氧化蛋白质(包括亚硝基化蛋白质,如 S-亚硝基化蛋白质)的系统和方法。本发明的系统和方法可用于体外(如细胞或组织培养)或体内。例如,在某些情况下,本发明可用于从空间上确定细胞和/或组织内氧化蛋白质的位置和/或浓度(例如,通过视觉检测)。在一组实施例中,蛋白质上的亚硝基化或其他氧化分子可与检测实体反应,检测实体可以是荧光的、放射性的、电子密度的、能够与信号实体或结合伙伴结合以产生信号的等等。举个具体例子,亚硝基化蛋白质上的亚硝基
硫醇分子可与烷化剂反应形成烷
硫基分子;烷
硫基分子可包含检测实体或能与信号实体相互作用。在某些实施方案中,蛋白质上的其他分子可以在蛋白质与检测实体反应之前被改变或阻断。例如,蛋白质上的这些分子可以是能够与检测实体发生反应的非氧化或非亚硝基化分子。例如,在含有亚硝基
硫醇和(非亚硝基化的)
硫醇分子的蛋白质中,
硫醇分子可以在蛋白质与检测实体反应之前首先被改变或阻断。本发明的某些方面还提供了用于测定氧化蛋白质的试剂盒,其中可包括检测实体、烷化剂、阻断剂、还原剂、信号实体、结合伙伴、
抗体、说明书等成分。