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Waggoner EM, Djaoudi K, Diaz JM, Duhamel S. Dissolved organic phosphorus bond-class utilization by Synechococcus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2024; 100:fiae099. [PMID: 39003239 PMCID: PMC11319936 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024] Open
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Dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) contains compounds with phosphoester, phosphoanhydride, and phosphorus-carbon bonds. While DOP holds significant nutritional value for marine microorganisms, the bioavailability of each bond-class to the widespread cyanobacterium Synechococcus remains largely unknown. This study evaluates bond-class specific DOP utilization by Synechococcus strains from open and coastal oceans. Both strains exhibited comparable growth rates when provided phosphate, a phosphoanhydride [3-polyphosphate and 45-polyphosphate], or a DOP compound with both phosphoanhydride and phosphoester bonds (adenosine 5'-triphosphate). Growth rates on phosphoesters [glucose-6-phosphate, adenosine 5'-monophosphate, bis(4-methylumbelliferyl) phosphate] were variable, and neither strain grew on selected phosphorus-carbon compounds. Both strains hydrolyzed 3-polyphosphate, then adenosine 5'-triphosphate, and lastly adenosine 5'-monophosphate, exhibiting preferential enzymatic hydrolysis of phosphoanhydride bonds. The strains' exoproteomes contained phosphorus hydrolases, which combined with enhanced cell-free hydrolysis of 3-polyphosphate and adenosine 5'-triphosphate under phosphate deficiency, suggests active mineralization of phosphoanhydride bonds by these exoproteins. Synechococcus alkaline phosphatases presented broad substrate specificities, including activity toward the phosphoanhydride 3-polyphosphate, with varying affinities between strains. Collectively, these findings underscore the potentially significant role of compounds with phosphoanhydride bonds in Synechococcus phosphorus nutrition and highlight varied growth and enzymatic responses to molecular diversity within DOP bond-classes, thereby expanding our understanding of microbially mediated DOP cycling in marine ecosystems.
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- Emily M Waggoner
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 1007 East Lowell Street, Tucson, Arizona, AZ 85721, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 1007 East Lowell Street, Tucson, Arizona, AZ 85721, United States
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- Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, 1007 East Lowell Street, Tucson, Arizona, AZ 85721, United States
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Kalendar R, Ivanov KI, Samuilova O, Kairov U, Zamyatnin AA. Isolation of High-Molecular-Weight DNA for Long-Read Sequencing Using a High-Salt Gel Electroelution Trap. Anal Chem 2023; 95:17818-17825. [PMID: 37993972 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Long-read sequencing technologies require high-molecular-weight (HMW) DNA of sufficient purity and integrity, which can be difficult to obtain from complex biological samples. We propose a method for purifying HMW DNA that takes advantage of the fact that DNA's electrophoretic mobility decreases in a high-ionic-strength environment. The method begins with the separation of HMW DNA from various impurities by electrophoresis in an agarose gel-filled channel. After sufficient separation, a high-salt gel block is placed ahead of the DNA band of interest, leaving a gap between the separating gel and the high-salt gel that serves as a reservoir for sample collection. The DNA is then electroeluted from the separating gel into the reservoir, where its migration slows due to electrostatic shielding of the DNA's negative charge by excess counterions from the high-salt gel. As a result, the reservoir accumulates HMW DNA of high purity and integrity, which can be easily collected and used for long-read sequencing and other demanding applications without additional desalting. The method is simple and inexpensive, yields sequencing-grade HMW DNA even from difficult plant and soil samples, and has the potential for automation and scalability.
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- Ruslan Kalendar
- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Center for Life Sciences, National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Research Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi 354340, Russian Federation
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Biodesign and Modeling of Complex Systems, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- HSE University, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Moscow 117418, Russian Federation
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- Center for Life Sciences, National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi 354340, Russian Federation
- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russian Federation
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russian Federation
- Institute of Translational Medicine and Biotechnology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Kalaria T, Ford C, Gama R. Managing ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) interference in EDTA contaminated samples - selectivity in reporting analytes. Ann Clin Biochem 2023; 60:92-99. [PMID: 36348502 DOI: 10.1177/00045632221140989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND The widely accepted practice of not reporting any results from ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) contaminated samples necessitates repeat phlebotomy and could delay clinical management decisions. EDTA, however, interferes variably or not at all in assays. EDTA concentration in contaminated samples, like serum indices, therefore, could be used to selectively report the result of analytes not affected at measured EDTA concentration. METHODS A serum pool, level 1 and level 3 internal quality control materials were spiked with tripotassium-EDTA to create samples with EDTA concentration up to 6.0 mmol/L. EDTA and 45 common and critically important analytes were measured on Abbott Architect to identify EDTA concentrations for analytes where the change in concentration exceeded their respective reference change value (RCV) for unidirectional change at 95% probability. RESULTS Serum potassium increased and calcium decreased exceeding RCV at 0.17 mmol/L EDTA. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) decreased exceeding RCV at EDTA >1.86 mmol/L. The decrease in iron did not exceed a wide RCV of 61.9% until maximum spiked EDTA but exceeded the desirable specification for allowable total error (30.7%) at EDTA >1.86 mmol/L. The small decrease in magnesium did not exceed RCV. EDTA up to the concentration in blood collection tubes did not affect the results of any other measured analyte. CONCLUSIONS Only serum potassium, calcium, ALP and iron studies, of the 45 analytes studied, should not be reported in EDTA contaminated samples. EDTA concentration cut-offs for selective reporting would further facilitate reporting of these analytes in EDTA contaminated samples.
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- Tejas Kalaria
- Clinical Biochemistry, New Cross Hospital, 592016Black Country Pathology Services, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Clinical Biochemistry, New Cross Hospital, 592016Black Country Pathology Services, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Clinical Biochemistry, New Cross Hospital, 592016Black Country Pathology Services, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, UK.,School of Medicine and Clinical Practice, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
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Ding Y, Lin T, Shen J, Wei Y, Wang C. In situ reaction-based ratiometric fluorescent assay for alkaline phosphatase activity and bioimaging. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 282:121698. [PMID: 35940067 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is an important biomarker, it is of great significance to develop a sensitive and efficient analytical method for ALP. In this study, an in situ reaction based ratiometric fluorescence assay for ALP was proposed. l-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (AA2P) was used as a substrate for ALP, and Cu2+/o-phenylenediamine (OPD) were involved in this system. Cu2+ can oxidize OPD to 2,3-diaminophenazine (OPDox) with an emission centered at 566 nm. The presence of ALP can catalyze the hydrolysis of AA2P to ascorbic acid (AA), which will inhibit the production of OPDox and reduce the corresponding fluorescence intensity, and AA will react with OPD to generate 3-(dihydroxyethyl)furan[3,4-b]quinoxalin-1-one (DFQ) with an emission peak at 447 nm. The fluorescence ratio of F447/F566 has a linear relationship with ALP activity. The proposed method is highly sensitive, finely selective, cost efficiency and easy to operate, it exhibits good linearity in the range of 0.5-22 and 22-40 mU·mL-1, with a detection limit as low as 0.06 mU·mL-1. The excellent applicability of this strategy in human serum samples and MCF-7 cells imaging suggests that this method has promising prospects for biomedical research.
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- Yu Ding
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710127, China.
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Kishikawa N, El-Maghrabey M, Tsubokami A, Hori H, Kuroda N. Development of a Selective Assay of Tyrosine and Its Producing and Metabolizing Enzymes Utilizing Pulse-UV Irradiation-Induced Chemiluminescence. Anal Chem 2022; 94:11529-11537. [PMID: 35938883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new pulse UV irradiation-induced chemiluminescence (CL) determination method was developed for l-tyrosine using the luminol derivative L-012. The proposed method depends on the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon pulse UV irradiation of l-tyrosine; then, these ROS react with L-012 producing strong CL. The proposed method showed excellent sensitivity and ultraselectivity toward l-tyrosine. The mechanism of the developed CL method was studied using ROS scavengers, HPLC, and mass spectrometry. The method was linear for l-tyrosine in the range of 0.03-50 μM. Minor changes in the l-tyrosine structure, including hydroxylation, dehydroxylation, phosphorylation, or decarboxylation, were found to lead to a strong decrease in CL. Using the excellent selectivity of the proposed method for l-tyrosine, we have developed a CL assay for measuring alkaline phosphatase activity in the range of 0.02-15 U/L with the limit of detection (LOD) of 4 mU/L using the nonchemiluminescent O-phospho-l-tyrosine as a substrate. Furthermore, the CL reaction was applied for tyrosinase activity assay as this enzyme can convert l-tyrosine to the nonchemiluminescent l-dopa. The decrease in CL is correlated with the tyrosinase activity in the range of 0.025-0.75 U/mL with an LOD of 1.5 mU/mL. Moreover, the tyrosinase activity assay was successfully applied for the determination of IC50 of the tyrosinase inhibitors kojic acid and benzoic acid. Therefore, our novel pulse UV irradiation CL method for the determination of l-tyrosine was not only suitable for the determination of this vital amino acid but also extended to the successful determination of its producing and metabolizing enzymes and their inhibitors.
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- Naoya Kishikawa
- Department of Analytical Chemistry for Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry for Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35116, Egypt
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry for Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry for Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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TAKAYANAGI T. Development of Novel Analysis and Characterization Methods Utilizing Reaction Dynamics in a Separation Capillary. CHROMATOGRAPHY 2022. [DOI: 10.15583/jpchrom.2021.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Toshio TAKAYANAGI
- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University
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Le‐Vinh B, Akkuş‐Dağdeviren ZB, Le NN, Nazir I, Bernkop‐Schnürch A. Alkaline Phosphatase: A Reliable Endogenous Partner for Drug Delivery and Diagnostics. ADVANCED THERAPEUTICS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adtp.202100219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Bao Le‐Vinh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy University of Innsbruck Innrain 80/82 Innsbruck 6020 Austria
- Department of Industrial Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Viet Nam
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy University of Innsbruck Innrain 80/82 Innsbruck 6020 Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy University of Innsbruck Innrain 80/82 Innsbruck 6020 Austria
- Department of Industrial Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City 700000 Viet Nam
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- Department of Pharmacy COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus Abbottabad 22060 Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology Institute of Pharmacy University of Innsbruck Innrain 80/82 Innsbruck 6020 Austria
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Wei YY, Zhang YZ, Song D, Li J, Xu ZR. Alkaline phosphatase-regulated in situ formation of chromogenic probes for multicolor visual sensing of biomarkers. Talanta 2021; 228:122222. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mine M, Mizuguchi H, Takayanagi T. Inhibition Assay of Theophylline by Capillary Electrophoresis/Dynamic Frontal Analysis on the Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate with Alkaline Phosphatase. CHEM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.200130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Masanori Mine
- Graduate School of Advanced Technology and Science, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijyousanjimacho, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
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- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijyousanjimacho, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
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- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijyousanjimacho, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
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Murphy J, Ryan MP, Walsh G. Purification and Characterization of a Novel β-Galactosidase From the Thermoacidophile Alicyclobacillus vulcanalis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 191:1190-1206. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-020-03233-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Takayanagi T, Mine M, Mizuguchi H. Capillary Electrophoresis/Dynamic Frontal Analysis for the Enzyme Assay of 4-Nitrophenyl Phosphate with Alkaline Phosphatase. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:829-834. [PMID: 31956161 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.19p471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A substrate of 4-nitrophenyl phosphate was enzymatically hydrolyzed by alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in a capillary tube, while an injected zone of the substrate was electrophoretically migrating in the separation buffer containing the enzyme by capillary electrophoresis (CE). During CE migration of the substrate from the start time of the electrophoresis to the detection time of the substrate, the substrate was continuously hydrolyzed by ALP to form a product of 4-nitrophenolate, and a plateau signal of 4-nitrophenolate was detected as a result of the zero-order kinetic reaction. The height of the plateau signal was directly related to the reaction rate, and it was used for the determination of a Michaelis-Menten constant through Lineweaver-Burk plots. Since the plateau signal is attributed to the dynamic formation of the product by the enzymatic reaction in CE, this analysis method is named as capillary electrophoresis/dynamic frontal analysis (CE/DFA). In CE/DFA, the CE separation is included on detecting the plateau signal, and the hydrolysis product before the sample injection is resolved from the dynamically and continuously formed product. The inhibition of the enzyme with the product is also eliminated in CE/DFA by the CE separation.
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- Toshio Takayanagi
- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University
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- Graduate School of Advanced Technology and Science, Tokushima University
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- Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University
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Han Y, Chen J, Li Z, Chen H, Qiu H. Recent progress and prospects of alkaline phosphatase biosensor based on fluorescence strategy. Biosens Bioelectron 2020; 148:111811. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Prereduction-promoted enhanced growth of silver nanoparticles for ultrasensitive colorimetric detection of alkaline phosphatase and carbohydrate antigen 125. Talanta 2018; 189:129-136. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhou H, Tong C, Li B, Liu B, Peng C, Fan J, Wang W. An ultrasensitive and simple method for alkaline phosphatase assay and targeted natural compound screening in vitro. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 410:5219-5228. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1174-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Revised: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Tong YJ, Yu LD, Wu LL, Cao SP, Liang RP, Zhang L, Xia XH, Qiu JD. Aggregation-induced emission of luminol: a novel strategy for fluorescence ratiometric detection of ALP and As(v) with high sensitivity and selectivity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:7487-7490. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03725f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Luminol is introduced as a ligand for Tb3+ which, combined with GMP, leads to a sensor which is more robust, sensitive, and efficient.
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- Yuan-Jun Tong
- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing 210093
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Nanchang University
- Nanchang 330031
- China
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Li J, Si L, Bao J, Wang Z, Dai Z. Fluorescence Regulation of Poly(thymine)-Templated Copper Nanoparticles via an Enzyme-Triggered Reaction toward Sensitive and Selective Detection of Alkaline Phosphatase. Anal Chem 2017; 89:3681-3686. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b05112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Junyao Li
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation
Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory
of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation
Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory
of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation
Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory
of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation
Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory
of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation
Center of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory
of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, People’s Republic of China
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Yang Y, Su P, Zheng K, Wang T, Song J, Yang Y. A self-directed and reconstructible immobilization strategy: DNA directed immobilization of alkaline phosphatase for enzyme inhibition assays. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra01621a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A DNA-directed immobilization technique is used to develop a common method for the reversible and self-directed immobilization of enzymes.
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- Ye Yang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis
- College of Science
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing 100029
- P. R. China
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McLauchlan CC, Peters BJ, Willsky GR, Crans DC. Vanadium–phosphatase complexes: Phosphatase inhibitors favor the trigonal bipyramidal transition state geometries. Coord Chem Rev 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Enzyme molecules in solitary confinement. Molecules 2014; 19:14417-45. [PMID: 25221867 PMCID: PMC6271441 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190914417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Large arrays of homogeneous microwells each defining a femtoliter volume are a versatile platform for monitoring the substrate turnover of many individual enzyme molecules in parallel. The high degree of parallelization enables the analysis of a statistically representative enzyme population. Enclosing individual enzyme molecules in microwells does not require any surface immobilization step and enables the kinetic investigation of enzymes free in solution. This review describes various microwell array formats and explores their applications for the detection and investigation of single enzyme molecules. The development of new fabrication techniques and sensitive detection methods drives the field of single molecule enzymology. Here, we introduce recent progress in single enzyme molecule analysis in microwell arrays and discuss the challenges and opportunities.
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Zhao H, Chen Z. Screening of neuraminidase inhibitors from traditional Chinese medicine by transverse diffusion mediated capillary microanalysis. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2014; 8:052003. [PMID: 25332727 PMCID: PMC4189397 DOI: 10.1063/1.4894162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A transverse diffusion mediated capillary microanalysis method has been developed for screening of neuraminidase inhibitors from traditional Chinese medicine. The enzyme, substrate and inhibitors were sequentially injected, mixed efficiently by transverse diffusion of laminar flow profiles, then incubated and separated in the same capillary. To enhance the mixing efficiency of reactants, running buffer was injected by alternately applying +5 kPa and -5 kPa at the capillary inlet and the procedure was repeated three times. The capillary electrophoresis (CE) separation conditions and reactants mixing conditions were optimized. Dual-wavelength detection was employed to eliminate the interference with natural compounds. The method has been applied to determine the kinetics constant of neuraminidase and screen 12 compounds from traditional Chinese medicine. Four compounds have been found to be positive for enzyme inhibition. The results are in good agreement with those reported in the literature. The method realized the mixing of substrate and enzyme with identical electrophoretic mobility. This novel CE method was simple, rapid, economic, and fully automated. Therefore, it was appropriate for neuraminidase inhibitors screening and could be extended to other high-throughput screening of active components from traditional Chinese medicine.
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- Haiyan Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Wuhan 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Wuhan 430071, China
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Lee SY, Müller CE. Large-volume sample stacking with polarity switching for monitoring of nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) reactions by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2014; 35:855-63. [PMID: 24431193 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) is a membrane glycoprotein involved in the hydrolysis of extracellular nucleotides. Its main substrate is ATP yielding AMP and pyrophosphate. NPP1 has been proposed as a novel drug target, for diabetes type 2 and the treatment of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease leading to inflammatory arthritis. The monitoring of NPP1 reactions is difficult because its velocity is very slow requiring highly sensitive analytical procedures. In this study, a method of large-volume sample stacking with polarity switching was developed, and separations were optimized. Large sample volumes were loaded by hydrodynamic injection (5 psi, 13 s) followed by removal of a large plug of sample matrix from the capillary using polarity switching (-10 kV). The stacked analytes were subsequently separated in phosphate buffer (100 mM, pH 9.2) at 20 kV. The validated method was found to be linear (R(2) = 0.9927) in the concentration range of 0.05-50 μM of AMP, with high accuracy and precision. The determined LOD and LOQ of AMP were 18 nM and 60 nM, respectively. Compared to a previously reported CE procedure using sweeping technique, a fivefold improvement of sensitivity was achieved. Moreover, the new technique was faster, and reproducibility of migration times was improved (RSD value = 1.2%). Importantly, adenine nucleotide analogs and derivatives tested as NPP1 inhibitors could be completely separated from the substrate ATP and the enzymatic product AMP. The method was applied to NPP1 inhibition assays investigating nucleotide-derived inhibitors in the presence of ATP.
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- Sang-Yong Lee
- PharmaCenter Bonn, Pharmaceutical Institute, Pharmaceutical Chemistry I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Shengwen Shen
- Department
of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathology, 10-102 Clinical Sciences Building, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G3
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- Department
of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathology, 10-102 Clinical Sciences Building, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G3
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Oncology, Cross
Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 1Z2
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- Department
of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathology, 10-102 Clinical Sciences Building, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G3
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Al-Ogaidi I, Aguilar ZP, Suri S, Gou H, Wu N. Dual detection of cancer biomarker CA125 using absorbance and electrochemical methods. Analyst 2013; 138:5647-53. [PMID: 23917224 PMCID: PMC3816148 DOI: 10.1039/c3an00668a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An enzyme-linked immunoassay based on dual signal transduction mechanisms has been developed for detection of ovarian cancer biomarker CA125. The immunoassay uses a nanoelectrode array (NEA) chip and absorbance methods for the dual detection. The NEA is used to confirm the optical detection of CA125 that is carried out in a high-binding 96-well plate. An alkaline phosphatase (AP) enzyme was used to label the detection antibody to allow for both the optical and electrochemical detection of CA125. Two kinds of substrates were catalyzed by the AP enzyme. para-Nitrophenylphosphate (PNPP) produces chromogenic para-nitrophenol (PNP), which can be optically detected at 405 nm. para-Aminophenylphosphate (PAPP) produces electroactive para-aminophenol (PAP), which can be detected amperometrically between -0.1 and 0.3 V. The linear ranges have been determined to be 5-1000 U mL(-1) and 5-1000 U mL(-1) for the optical and electrochemical immunoassays, respectively. The limit of detection of the optical immunoassay is 1.3 U mL(-1) and 40 U mL(-1) for the optical and electrochemical methods, respectively.
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- Israa Al-Ogaidi
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6106, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6106, USA
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Anderson E, Conway M, Alloush H, O'Malley K, Smith MA, Martin A, Ruddock M, Reid C, Lamont J, Fitzgerald SP, Smith JG, Mehta P, Salisbury V. Investigation and verification of a bioluminescent biosensor for the quantitation of ara-CTP generation: a biomarker for cytosine arabinoside sensitivity in acute myeloid leukaemia. Biosens Bioelectron 2013; 52:345-53. [PMID: 24080214 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A novel whole cell bacterial biosensor, which emits light in response to the active metabolite of cytosine arabinoside (ara-C, cytarabine), ara-CTP, has been investigated and verified. The biosensor has been formulated as an ex vivo assay, designed for peripheral blood or bone marrow cells, which can produce a clinical result within a working day. The nucleoside analogue ara-C is a key agent for treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML); treatment decisions are made rapidly with AML, patients often receiving same-day commencement of chemotherapy. Currently no rapid predictive test is available to select appropriate therapy for patients prior to treatment. Experiments were designed to determine optimal assay conditions using leukaemic cell lines. We observed a significant increase (~15 fold) in bioluminescence signal compared to control after 8-h incubation of the biosensor with ara-C. This corresponded to a >2-log increase in light output per bacterial cell. Interestingly, bioluminescence conferred a survival advantage to the bacteria following ara-C treatment. The assay is sensitive (lower limit of quantitation of 0.05 µM), selective, accurate (≤ 15% RE) and precise (≤ 15% coefficient of variation) over a linear concentration range of ara-CTP (0.05-0.5 µM), and detection is independent of reaction volume. Recovery of added standard was tested using ex vivo patient leukaemic cells (n=5). Stability studies on lyophilized bacterial biosensor were performed to ensure maintenance of performance over 12 months. The biosensor assay could be invaluable to the clinician, assisting with treatment selection, and potentially mitigating the risks of resistance and toxicity observed with this drug.
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- Elizabeth Anderson
- Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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Zhang M, Le HN, Ye BC. Graphene oxide-based fluorescent "on/off" switch for visual bioassay using "molecular beacon"-hosted Hoechst dyes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2013; 5:8278-8282. [PMID: 23968374 DOI: 10.1021/am402429n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In this study, the fluorescence of Hoechst dyes is significantly lit up by addition of our designed MB probe, forming a complex of "molecular beacon"-hosted Hoechst dyes (HMB). Combined with this property, a novel graphene oxide (GO)-based fluorescent "on/off" switch was developed to visually follow bioassay utilizing HMB as signal indicators and GO as an excellent energy acceptor to efficiently quench the fluorescence of HMB in a label-easy format. We have demonstrated its application for label-easy fluorescence "turn on" detection of sequence-specific DNA and "turn off" detection of exonuclease with sensitivity and selectivity in a single step in homogeneous solution. Compared to traditional molecular beacons, the proposed design is cost-effective and simple to prepare without fluorescence labeling or chemical modification.
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- Min Zhang
- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology , Meilong Road 130, Shanghai 200237, China
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Bhandari D, Zhang J, Menon S, Lord C, Chen S, Helm JR, Thorsen K, Corbett KD, Hay JC, Ferro-Novick S. Sit4p/PP6 regulates ER-to-Golgi traffic by controlling the dephosphorylation of COPII coat subunits. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:2727-38. [PMID: 23864707 PMCID: PMC3756924 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-02-0114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Previous studies show that the COPII coat is phosphorylated. The phosphorylated coat, however, cannot rebind to the ER to initiate a new round of vesicle budding. The present study shows that Sit4p/PP6, a Ser/Thr phosphatase, dephosphorylates the COPII coat. Consistent with a role in coat recycling, Sit4p/PP6 regulates ER-to-Golgi traffic. Traffic from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi complex is initiated when the activated form of the GTPase Sar1p recruits the Sec23p-Sec24p complex to ER membranes. The Sec23p-Sec24p complex, which forms the inner shell of the COPII coat, sorts cargo into ER-derived vesicles. The coat inner shell recruits the Sec13p-Sec31p complex, leading to coat polymerization and vesicle budding. Recent studies revealed that the Sec23p subunit sequentially interacts with three different binding partners to direct a COPII vesicle to the Golgi. One of these binding partners is the serine/threonine kinase Hrr25p. Hrr25p phosphorylates the COPII coat, driving the membrane-bound pool into the cytosol. The phosphorylated coat cannot rebind to the ER to initiate a new round of vesicle budding unless it is dephosphorylated. Here we screen all known protein phosphatases in yeast to identify one whose loss of function alters the cellular distribution of COPII coat subunits. This screen identifies the PP2A-like phosphatase Sit4p as a regulator of COPII coat dephosphorylation. Hyperphosphorylated coat subunits accumulate in the sit4Δ mutant in vivo. In vitro, Sit4p dephosphorylates COPII coat subunits. Consistent with a role in coat recycling, Sit4p and its mammalian orthologue, PP6, regulate traffic from the ER to the Golgi complex.
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- Deepali Bhandari
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Nehmé H, Nehmé R, Lafite P, Routier S, Morin P. In-capillary reactant mixing for monitoring glycerol kinase kinetics by CE. J Sep Sci 2013; 36:2151-7. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201300063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Revised: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Hala Nehmé
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA); Université d'Orléans; Orléans France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA); Université d'Orléans; Orléans France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA); Université d'Orléans; Orléans France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA); Université d'Orléans; Orléans France
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA); Université d'Orléans; Orléans France
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A Graphene Oxide–Based Sensing Platform for The Label-free Assay of DNA Sequence and Exonuclease Activity via Long Range Resonance Energy Transfer. J Fluoresc 2013; 23:697-703. [DOI: 10.1007/s10895-013-1189-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wang S, Su P, Huang J, Wu J, Yang Y. Magnetic nanoparticles coated with immobilized alkaline phosphatase for enzymolysis and enzyme inhibition assays. J Mater Chem B 2013; 1:1749-1754. [DOI: 10.1039/c3tb00562c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nehme H, Nehme R, Lafite P, Routier S, Morin P. New development in in-capillary electrophoresis techniques for kinetic and inhibition study of enzymes. Anal Chim Acta 2012; 722:127-35. [PMID: 22444544 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2011] [Revised: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Enzymes are often quantified by measuring their biological activity. Capillary electrophoresis is gaining its position in this field due to the ongoing trend to miniaturize biochemical assays. The aim of this work was to compare pre-capillary (off-line) and in-capillary electrophoresis techniques for studying enzymatic activity. The β-galactosidase (β-Gal) was chosen as a model enzyme. Each technique was optimized independently in order to decrease analyte consumption (to few tens of nanoliters), incubation time (to few seconds) and analysis time (below 1 min). Several experimental parameters (ionic strength of the background electrolyte (BGE) and of the incubation buffer, incubation time, injected volumes, …) were optimized by following peak efficiencies, resolution and repeatability. To monitor the performance of each technique, the catalytic constants (V(max) and K(m)) of 4-nitro-phenyl-d-galactopyranoside (PNPG) hydrolysis by β-Gal as well as the inhibition constants (K(i) and IC(50)) by a competitive inhibitor 2-nitrophenyl-1-thio-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside (ONPTG) were determined. The results obtained were cross compared and were also evaluated by comparison to a standard spectrophotometric method. EMMA proved to be the best technique in terms of sample consumption and speed. The short-end injection was successfully used which speeded-up electrophoretic analysis (<0.8 min). It is a very powerful tool for studying enzymatic inhibition. Usually, the inhibitor is injected in the capillary mixed to the substrate especially when both have similar mobilities. We show in this work, for the first time, that combining at-inlet reaction with EMMA-CE allows enzyme inhibition to be realized without any prior mixing of the substrate and the inhibitor. This approach is very interesting for screening inhibitors, rapidly and without excessive substrate consumption.
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- Hala Nehme
- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique, Université d'Orléans, CNRS FR 2708, UMR 7311, Orléans, France
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Hai X, Yang BF, Van Schepdael A. Recent developments and applications of EMMA in enzymatic and derivatization reactions. Electrophoresis 2011; 33:211-27. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 09/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Iqbal J. An enzyme immobilized microassay in capillary electrophoresis for characterization and inhibition studies of alkaline phosphatases. Anal Biochem 2011; 414:226-31. [PMID: 21439261 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A simple and fast dynamically coated capillary electrophoretic method was developed for the characterization and inhibition studies of alkaline phosphatases(EC 3.1.3.1). An inside capillary enzymatic reaction was performed, and hydrolysis of the substrate 4-nitrophenylphosphate to 4-nitrophenol was measured. Fused-silica capillary surface was dynamically modified with polycationic polybrene coating. By reversal of the electroosmotic flow (EOF), analysis time was reduced up to 3 min as the anionic analytes were migrated in the same direction as the EOF. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the method was increased using electroinjection through high-field amplified injection. The baseline separation of 4-nitrophenylphosphate and 4-nitrophenol was achieved by employing 50 mM sodium phosphate as the running buffer (pH 8.5), 0.0025% polybrene, and a constant voltage of -15 kV, and the products were detected at 322 nm. Under the optimized conditions, a good separation with high efficiency was achieved. The new method was applied to study enzyme kinetics and inhibitor screening. K(m) and K(i) values obtained with the new CE method were compared well with the standard spectrophotometric method. Dynamic coating of fused-silica capillary gave fast and reproducible separation of substrate and product. The method can be easily optimized for inhibition studies of other isozymes.
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- Jamshed Iqbal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Yan X, Gilman SD. Improved peak capacity for CE separations of enzyme inhibitors with activity-based detection using magnetic bead microreactors. Electrophoresis 2010; 31:346-52. [PMID: 20024913 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A technique for separating and detecting enzyme inhibitors was developed using CE with an enzyme microreactor. The on-column enzyme microreactor was constructed using NdFeB magnet(s) to immobilize alkaline phosphatase-coated superparamagnetic beads (2.8 microm diameter) inside a capillary before the detection window. Enzyme inhibition assays were performed by injecting a plug of inhibitor into a capillary filled with the substrate, AttoPhos. Product generated in the enzyme microreactor was detected by LIF. Inhibitor zones electrophoresed through the capillary, passed through the enzyme microreactor, and were observed as negative peaks due to decreased product formation. The goal of this study was to improve peak capacities for inhibitor separations relative to previous studies, which combined continuous engagement electrophoretically mediated microanalysis and transient engagement electrophoretically mediated microanalysis to study enzyme inhibition. The effects of electric field strength, bead injection time and inhibitor concentrations on peak capacity and peak width were investigated. Peak capacities were increased to >or=20 under optimal conditions of electric field strength and bead injection time for inhibition assays with arsenate and theophylline. Five reversible inhibitors of alkaline phosphatase (theophylline, vanadate, arsenate, L-tryptophan and tungstate) were separated and detected to demonstrate the ability of this technique to analyze complex inhibitor mixtures.
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- Xiaoyan Yan
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Xue F, Seto CT. Fluorogenic Peptide Substrates for Serine and Threonine Phosphatases. Org Lett 2010; 12:1936-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ol1003065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Fengtian Xue
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Chen W, Mou K, Xu B, Ling X, Cui J, Xu P. Capillary electrophoresis for screening of 20S proteasome inhibitors. Anal Biochem 2009; 394:62-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Revised: 07/11/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schuchert-Shi A, Hauser PC. Study of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors using CE with contactless conductivity detection. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:3442-8. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200900184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Merola ET, Catherman AD, Yehl JB, Strein TG. Determination of total antioxidant capacity of commercial beverage samples by capillary electrophoresis via inline reaction with 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:6518-23. [PMID: 19572646 PMCID: PMC2737068 DOI: 10.1021/jf901214r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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This paper demonstrates proof-of-concept for the use of electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) as a new approach to the determination of total antioxidant capacity (TAC). EMMA is a low-volume, high-efficiency capillary electrophoretic technique that has to date been underutilized for small molecule reactions. Here, nanoliter volumes of 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCIP) reagent solution are mixed with an antioxidant-containing sample within the confines of a narrow-bore capillary tube. The mixing is accomplished by exploiting differential migration rates of the reagents when a voltage field is applied across the length of the capillary tube. The ensuing electron transfer reaction between DCIP and the antioxidant(s) is then used as a quantitative measure of the TAC of the sample. Linear calibration using either redox form of DCIP is accomplished with standard solutions of ascorbic acid. Several commercial beverage samples are analyzed, and the TAC values obtained with the reported methodology are compared to results obtained with the widely used ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) spectroscopic method. For the analysis of real samples of unknown ionic strength, the method of standard additions is shown to be superior to the use of external calibration. This easily automated EMMA method may represent a useful new approach to TAC determination.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, Phone: (570) 577-1641, FAX: (570) 577-1739,
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, Phone: (570) 577-1641, FAX: (570) 577-1739,
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Chichester KD, Sebastian M, Ammerman JW, Colyer CL. Enzymatic assay of marine bacterial phosphatases by capillary electrophoresis with laser‐induced fluorescence detection. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:3810-6. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston‐Salem, NC, USA
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Enayetul Babar SM, Song EJ, Yoo YS. Analysis of calcineurin activity by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection using peptide substrate. J Sep Sci 2008; 31:579-87. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200700326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fernandes J, Amorim R, Azevedo I, Martins M. In vitro modulation of alkaline phosphatase activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in low or high phosphate medium. Braz J Med Biol Res 2007; 41:41-6. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006005000198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2007] [Accepted: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Kuga T, Nakayama Y, Hoshino M, Higashiyama Y, Obata Y, Matsuda D, Kasahara K, Fukumoto Y, Yamaguchi N. Differential mitotic activation of endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn in HeLa cells. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 466:116-24. [PMID: 17692281 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2007] [Revised: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Src-family tyrosine kinases (SFKs) play an important role in mitosis. Despite overlapping expression of multiple SFK members, little is known about how individual SFK members are activated in M phase. Here, we examined mitotic activation of endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn, which are co-expressed in HeLa cells. c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn were activated at different levels in M phase, and the activation was inhibited by Cdc2 inactivation. Mitotic c-Src and c-Yes exhibited normal- and retarded-electrophoretic-mobility forms on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, whereas Lyn did not show mobility retardation. Like c-Src, the retardation of electrophoretic mobility of c-Yes was caused by Cdc2-mediated phosphorylation. The normal- and retarded-mobility forms of c-Src were comparably activated, but activation of the retarded-mobility form of c-Yes was higher than that of the normal-mobility form of c-Yes. Thus, these results suggest that endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn are differentially activated through Cdc2 activation during M phase.
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- Takahisa Kuga
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Inohana 1-8-1, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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Tang ZM, Wang ZY, Kang JW. Screening of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in natural extracts by CE with electrophoretically mediated microanalysis technique. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:360-5. [PMID: 17154327 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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An electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) method for screening acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors in natural extracts is described. In this method, solutions of AChE and the mixture of the substrate and the natural extract were successively injected into the capillary, and mixed electrophoretically by applying a voltage for a short time. Afterwards the voltage was reapplied to separate the product from the unreacted substrate and the natural extract. The measured peak area of the product at UV 230 nm represents the enzyme activity. Since the extract is mixed with the substrate, there is no need to separate the components before testing the inhibition. The inhibitory activity of the natural extract as a whole can be easily found if the peak area of the product is reduced. This makes the present method suitable for screening inhibitors in complex mixtures, such as natural extracts. Compared to the commonly used spectrometric method for screening of AChE inhibitors, the major advantage of the present method is the elimination of Ellman reagent, which is essential for the spectrometric method. This not only simplifies the experimental procedure but also minimizes false-positive results. Moreover, it is an obvious advantage of combining the separation power with the on-column enzyme assay for further investigating which compound(s) is/are responsible for the inhibition. The method was validated using a commercially available AChE inhibitor tacrine and a small chemical library containing four AChE inhibitors and 32 natural extracts. Inhibitors in natural extracts were identified with the present method.
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- Zhong-Mei Tang
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Babu SCV, Song EJ, Babar SME, Yoo YS. Capillary electrophoresis of signaling molecules. Biomed Chromatogr 2007; 21:890-7. [PMID: 17583878 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The emerging field of quantitative systems biology uses high-throughput bioanalytical measurements to gain a deeper understanding of biological phenomena. With the advent of instrumentation platforms, capillary electrophoresis spans a very wide range of biological applications. This short article focuses on the exploitation of capillary electrophoresis for the systems-level analysis of cell signaling molecules.
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- Suresh C V Babu
- Bioanalysis and Biotransformation Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul 130-650, Korea
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Iqbal J, Scapozza L, Folkers G, Müller CE. Development and validation of a capillary electrophoresis method for the characterization of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) thymidine kinase substrates and inhibitors. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 846:281-90. [PMID: 17023224 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Revised: 08/31/2006] [Accepted: 09/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A fast, convenient capillary electrophoresis (CE) method was developed for monitoring the enzymatic reaction of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV-1 TK). The reaction was performed in a test tube followed by quantitative analysis of the products. The optimized CE conditions were as follows: polyacrylamide-coated capillary (20 cm effective length x 50 microm), electrokinetic injection for 30s, 50 mM phosphate buffer at pH 6.5, constant current of -60 microA, UV detection at 210 nm, UMP or cAMP were used as internal standards. Phosphorylated products eluted within less than 7 min. The limits of detection were 0.36 microM for dTMP and 0.86 microM for GMP. The method was used to study enzyme kinetics, and to investigate alternative substrates and inhibitors.
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- Jamshed Iqbal
- Pharmaceutical Institute, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Poppelsdorf, University of Bonn, Kreuzbergweg 26, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Koncki R, Rudnicka K, Tymecki Ł. Flow injection system for potentiometric determination of alkaline phosphatase inhibitors. Anal Chim Acta 2006; 577:134-9. [PMID: 17723664 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.05.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2006] [Revised: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 05/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A simple flow injection system for potentiometric detection of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity has been developed and adapted for determination of selected inhibitors of this enzyme. In this system monofluorophosphate (MFP) has been applied as a specific ALP substrate. The use of this substrate enables application of fluoride ion selective electrode (FISE) as a detector of the product of the enzyme catalyzed reaction. Moreover, chemical stability and low cost of MFP enables the use of the substrate as a component of the carrier. This way, fluoride ions contained in this substrate define and stabilize baseline signal generated by the detector. Effects from several potential ALP inhibitors and interfering species were studied and discussed. The system allows inhibitive detection of beryllium and vanadate ions at ppb levels with relatively high selectivity, short time of analysis and high throughput of the system (near 8 samples h(-1)).
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- Robert Koncki
- University of Warsaw, Department of Chemistry, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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Visualization of electrophoretically mediated in-capillary reactions using a complementary metal oxide semiconductor-based absorbance detector. Anal Chim Acta 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.03.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Iqbal J, Burbiel JC, Müller CE. Development of off-line and on-line capillary electrophoresis methods for the screening and characterization of adenosine kinase inhibitors and substrates. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2505-17. [PMID: 16786483 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fast and convenient CE assays were developed for the screening of adenosine kinase (AK) inhibitors and substrates. In the first method, the enzymatic reaction was performed in a test tube and the samples were subsequently injected into the capillary by pressure and detected by their UV absorbance at 260 nm. An MEKC method using borate buffer (pH 9.5) containing 100 mM SDS (method A) was suitable for separating alternative substrates (nucleosides). For the CE determination of AMP formed as a product of the AK reaction, a phosphate buffer (pH 7.5 or 8.5) was used and a constant current (95 microA) was applied (method B). The methods employing a fused-silica capillary and normal polarity mode provided good resolution of substrates and products of the enzymatic reaction and a short analysis time of less than 10 min. To further optimize and miniaturize the AK assays, the enzymatic reaction was performed directly in the capillary, prior to separation and quantitation of the product employing electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA, method C). After hydrodynamic injection of a plug of reaction buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl, 0.2 mM MgCl2, pH 7.4), followed by a plug containing the enzyme, and subsequent injection of a plug of reaction buffer containing 1 mM ATP, 100 microM adenosine, and 20 microM UMP as an internal standard (I.S.), as well as various concentrations of an inhibitor, the reaction was initiated by the application of 5 kV separation voltage (negative polarity) for 0.20 min to let the plugs interpenetrate. The voltage was turned off for 5 min (zero-potential amplification) and again turned on at a constant current of -60 microA to elute the products within 7 min. The method employing a polyacrylamide-coated capillary of 20 cm effective length and reverse polarity mode provided good resolution of substrates and products. Dose-response curves and calculated K(i) values for standard antagonists obtained by CE were in excellent agreement with data obtained by the standard radioactive assay.
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- Jamshed Iqbal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Poppelsdorf, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Glatz Z. Determination of enzymatic activity by capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 841:23-37. [PMID: 16574509 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Enzymes are biological catalysts that play an important role in biochemical reactions necessary for normal growth, maturation and reproduction through whole live world. Their accurate quantitation in biological samples is important in many fields of biochemistry, not only in routine biochemistry and in fundamental research, but also in clinical and pharmacological research and diagnosis. Since the direct measurement of enzymes by masses is impossible, they must be quantified by their catalytic activities. Many different methods have been applied for this purpose so far. Although photometric methods are undoubtedly the most frequently used, separation methods will further gain their position in this field. The article reviews different possibilities for the assay of enzymatic activity by means of capillary electrophoresis (CE). Both the off-line and on-line enzyme assays based on CE are discussed.
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- Zdenek Glatz
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Nováková S, Van Dyck S, Glatz Z, Van Schepdael A, Hoogmartens J. Study of enzyme kinetics of phenol sulfotransferase by electrophoretically mediated microanalysis. J Chromatogr A 2004; 1032:319-26. [PMID: 15065811 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2003.11.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Electrophoretically mediated microanalysis (EMMA) was applied for the study of the kinetic parameters of the enzymatic reaction of phenol sulfotransferase SULT1A1 isoenzyme with 4-nitrophenol as a substrate. The SULT1A1 activity was determined by the quantitation of the product, 4-nitrophenyl sulfate, at 274 nm by using different injection and separation steps. This new approach solved the problem of the presence of the very strong inhibitor, adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate (PAP), in the co-substrate solution (adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate, PAPS) which is unstable at room temperature. The inhibitor PAP was electrophoretically separated from the co-substrate PAPS before the injection of enzyme and substrate inside the capillary (and thus before their in-capillary encountering). With the developed in-capillary SULT1A1 activity assay an average Michaelis constant (Km) for 4-nitrophenol was calculated to be 0.84 microM, a value which is consistent with a previously reported value. Strong substrate inhibition (above a 4-nitrophenol concentration of 2.5 microM) was observed, and this is also in accordance with literature values.
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- Sona Nováková
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University Brno, Kotlárská 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
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Liu N, Zhang T, Wang YJ, Huang YP, Ou JH, Shen P. A heat inducible tyrosinase with distinct properties from Bacillus thuringiensis. Lett Appl Microbiol 2004; 39:407-12. [PMID: 15482430 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2004.01599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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AIMS The objective of this work was to purify the tyrosinase from Bacillusthuringiensis subsp. kurstaki (Bt) (CCTCC AB 90010) and study its enzymatic properties. METHODS AND RESULTS A 'one-step' purification method was used in this work, which was an easy, high-yield purification method. Tyrosinase activity of this purity was measured under different conditions to study its kinetic characterizations. The optimum pH and thermal stability of this enzyme were also determined. The results revealed that the tyrosinase from Bt has distinct properties compared with those from other sources. CONCLUSIONS A heat-inducible tyrosinase of a wild strain of Bt was identified and partially characterized. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The distinct properties of Bt tyrosinase are important to the application of Bt as a biology pesticide.
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- N Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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