表面等离子体子共振技术用于分析手性药物与蛋白作用差异的研究

利用自行设计组装的一套以白色发光二极管为光源的新型表面等离子体子共振传感器实验装置测量了手性药物D-苯甘氨酸与L-苯甘氨酸与人血清白蛋白和鼠血清白蛋白的结合程度, 可以看到这一对手性药物与血清蛋白的结合程度的差异, 通过这种方法可以区分一对手性药物中的不同异构体. 与现在的手性分析方法比较, 这种方法具有不用标记、样品用量少、仪器易于自动化及小型化等优点.     

青霉胺对映体的毛细管电泳手性分离及应用研究

建立了一种青霉胺对映体的毛细管电泳手性分离方法。采用2,4-二硝基氯苯作为青霉胺的衍生试剂,以磺化-β-环糊精(S-β-CD)作为手性选择剂,50mmol/LpH9.5的硼砂缓冲溶液作为电泳缓冲液,在14min内实现了青霉胺对映体的毛细管电泳手性拆分,分离度达3.7。本文还考察了在大量D-青霉胺存在下,测定微量L-青霉胺的可能性。当D-青霉胺中,L-青霉胺的含量在0.3%~2.0%范围内时,其浓度与吸光度之间呈现良好的线性关系(r=0.9995),对D-青霉胺药片进行光学纯度分析,获得了满意的结果。     

表面等离子体共振技术用于蛋白对氨基酸手性识别的动力学研究

利用SPR技术,以牛血清白蛋白和溶菌酶为探针构筑手性识别传感膜,开展了对L-和D-苯丙氨酸以及L-和D-色氨酸手性识别的动力学研究。实验结果表明,两种蛋白在与每种氨基酸分子的L-和D-型异构体相互作用过程都存在明显的动力学差异。动力学数据进一步显示两种蛋白与每种氨基酸L-型异构体的亲和力均大于D-型。     

手性CdTe量子点制备及在药物青霉胺对映体检测中的应用

以青霉胺对映体作为稳定剂水相制备D-型和L-型CdTe量子点。研究表明,D-型和L-型CdTe量子点的圆二色谱图呈现镜像分布,证明两种量子点是互为光学异构的。D-型量子点(或L-型量子点)与L-型青霉胺(或D-型青霉胺)相互作用将导致其荧光强度的明显下降,而加入同型青霉胺时体系的荧光强度几乎不改变。当D-青霉胺浓度在0.01~0.5 mmol/L之间(或L-青霉胺浓度在0.01~0.2 mmol/L之间)量子点荧光强度峰值与对映体浓度符合线性关系,检出限为0.0033 mmol/L(S/N=3)。方法已成功应用于药物中青霉胺对映体的快速检测。     

胆酸和脱氧胆酸分子的远红外与THz吸收光谱研究

胆酸和脱氧胆酸是胆汁酸中的主要成分, 是人体中重要的生物表面活性剂. 两种分子只相差一个羟基, 在远红外和太赫兹波段有不同的吸收光谱. 胆酸分子的太赫兹(THz)吸收光谱有1.26 THz(42 cm-1)和2.02 THz(67 cm-1)两个吸收峰, 脱氧胆酸分子的THz吸收光谱有1.13, 1.26, 1.69和2.17 THz(即38, 42, 56, 72 cm-1)等几个吸收峰. 两个分子的THz吸收光谱都包含有1.26 THz(42 cm-1) 峰, 反映出二者结构的相似性. 它们的远红外光谱都有部分频率相近的谱带, 但对比之下可以观察到峰位位移和相对峰强的改变. 指认了两种物质的某些可能与羧基振动有关的特征吸收峰. 为找出THz光谱隐含的信息, 利用Omnic程序采用二阶导数方法来处理THz光谱数据, 观察到多个子峰, 说明分子结构中可能存在更复杂的氢键状态. 实验结果表明, 远红外和THz吸收光谱是研究生物分子及鉴别生物分子结构的很好方法.     

二聚炔雌醇分子钳对氯基酸甲酯手性识别的理论研究

采用分子模拟研究了二聚炔雌醇分子钳（1～3）与D-和L-苯丙氨酸甲酯的相互作用,比较了形成配合物前后分子钳的结构变化以及与手性苯丙氨基酸甲酯相互作用能大小,其计算结果与实验结果一致。理论研究表明主客体分子间存在着的空间匹配、Van der Waals作用力和静电作用是分子识别的推动力,这为认识和预测分子钳的手性识别能力提供了理论依据。     

二聚炔雌醇分子钳对氨基酸甲酯手性识别的理论研究

采用分子模拟研究了二聚炔雌醇分子钳(1~3)与D-和L-苯丙氨酸甲酯的相互作用,比较了形成配合物前后分子钳的结构变化以及与手性苯丙氨基酸甲酯相互作用能大小,其计算结果与实验结果一致。理论研究表明主客体分子间存在着的空间匹配、Van der Waals作用力和静电作用是分子识别的推动力,这为认识和预测分子钳的手性识别能力提供了理论依据。     

20种α-氨基酸的太赫兹光谱及其分子结构的相关性

应用太赫兹时域光谱(THz-TDS)技术, 在室温下对构成蛋白质的20种基本氨基酸的多晶粉末压片样品进行了光谱测试分析. 结果表明, 所有氨基酸对THz波反应非常灵敏, 在0.2-3.0 THz的有效频谱范围内, 表现出各自特征吸收峰, 故而利用THz光谱可以有效地区别不同种类的氨基酸. 我们以新数据验证和补充了前人的研究结果, 建立了以氨基酸分子结构及其THz光谱特征为基础的分类方案, 讨论并揭示了氨基酸分子的结构差异与其THz吸收光谱之间的相关性. 认知这些相关性将有助于鉴定氨基酸分子, 促进THz光谱学的理论研究以及在生物医学领域的推广应用.     

含硫氨基酸的太赫兹光谱

利用太赫兹时域光谱(THz-TDS)技术研究室温条件下多晶含硫氨基酸L-蛋氨酸(Met)和L-半胱氨酸(Cys)的光谱特性, 得到相应的吸收谱和折射率谱, 表明含硫氨基酸在THz波段具有区别于其它氨基酸的显著特征. 在实验测量的有效光谱范围0.2～2.8 THz内, L-蛋氨酸的THz吸收峰分别位于1.06, 1.88和2.70 THz; L-半胱氨酸的吸收峰分别位于1.40, 1.70, 2.33和2.61 THz, 两种氨基酸的平均折射率均为1.44. 利用GAUSSIAN 03软件包中的Hartree-Fock理论计算了蛋氨酸双分子的低频振动谱, 表明了与蛋氨酸各吸收峰对应的分子微观振动模式, 并对实验光谱进行了解析讨论.     

手性单Schiff碱大环对青霉胺对映体识别研究

大量手性药物分子均具有D-和L-对映异构体, 呈镜像结构的对映体通常表现出截然不同的生理学反应. 青霉胺(Pen)是从青霉素中获取的一种常见的手性药物, 研究者为了实现这两种对映异构体严格区辨和分析一直在不断付出努力. 基于含有NH功能基的手性席夫碱大环化合物具有合成条件温和、结构收敛的优点, 本工作报道了含NH功能基的手性单Schiff碱大环对映异构体的合成(C_R和C_S)及其对小分子青霉胺对映体(D-Pen和L-Pen)的键合作用及对映体识别选择性. 通过X射线单晶衍射技术解析了单Schiff碱大环对映异构体的晶体结构, 结果表明这两个大环对映体均具有扭曲的非平面构型, 环状骨架中与环己基手性碳相连的亚胺(NH)质子均指向环腔内侧. 采用紫外可见光吸收光谱(UV-Vis)和核磁共振氢谱(¹H NMR)滴定技术对手性大环与青霉胺对映体之间相互作用行为进行考察, 表明手性大环与青霉胺不同对映体键合比均为1∶1, 键合常数接近10⁷ L•mol^-1, 电喷雾电离质谱法(ESI-MS)表征观察到大环与青霉胺按1∶1键合的缔合物[C-Pen+H]⁺的分子离子峰. ¹H NMR滴定表明手性大环与青霉胺对映体之间的缔合源于大环结构中不对称NH功能基与青霉胺对映体之间形成分子间氢键作用. 通过手性大环与青霉胺对映异构体之间的键合常数比较, 表明大环C_R对L-Pen具有更高的选择性键合能力, 而C_S则对D-Pen表现出更高的选择性键合能力, 选择性键合常数比均接近2倍. 进一步通过圆二色光谱(CD)滴定考察, 阐释了手性大环与青霉胺对映体选择性键合作用能力与两者之间对映体结构的手性匹配性质密切相关, 主体大环对与其手性相匹配青霉胺对映体表现出较高的键合作用能力, 而与手性不相匹配的青霉胺对映体键合作用则相对较弱.     

Application of partial least square on quantitative analysis of L-, D-, and DL-tartaric acid by terahertz absorption spectra

Absorption spectra of polycrystalline L-, D-, and DL-tartaric acid have been measured by terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). Different absorption bands are observed for DL-tartaric acid and its enantiomers (L- and D-tartaric acid). This result shows that the THz-TDS can be used for distinguishing between DL-tartaric acid and enantiomers (L- and D-tartaric acid). Moreover, partial least square (PLS) can be found to improve the quantitation of L-tartaric acid in L- and DL-tartaric acid mixture by THz-TDS.     

L-和DL-福多司坦的太赫兹光谱分析

利用太赫兹时域光谱技术(THz-TDS)在室温下对L-福多司坦和DL-福多司坦进行测量,发现L-和DL-福多司坦在THz波段都有特征吸收峰,且两者的吸收谱有明显差异.运用密度泛函理论的B3LYP方法计算了L-和DL-福多司坦在太赫兹波段的吸收谱,并对L-和DL-福多司坦的特征吸收峰进行了指认,理论计算与实验结果基本吻合.此外,还对福多司坦胶囊成品药进行了测量,发现该胶囊的吸收谱与L-福多司坦非常吻合,证明胶囊药的主要成分为L-福多司坦.这项研究对手性物质的检测以及化合物有效成分的鉴别有一定的参考作用.     

Characterizing polymorphism and crystal transformation of polylactide by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS), which has been proved to show promising application in complex polymer systems, was employed to investigate the polymorphism phenomenon and crystal transformation of polylactide (PLA) in this study. The THz-TDS shows sensitive response on the crystal structure. The α'-form, α-form and stereocomplex crystals exhibit absorption peaks of lattice vibration at 1.82, 2.01 and 2.09 THz, respectively. THz-TDS has no direct chirality identification on the difference between poly (d-lactide) (PDLA) and poly(l-lactide) (PLLA). However, the PLA stereocomplex shows an extra and distinctive absorption peak at 1.43 THz compared with homo-PLA, and the peak was proved to be stemmed from the collective vibration of L-lactic unit and D-lactic unit pairs connecting by hydrogen bonds. This is the first time that THz-TDS has been proved to be of great potential in identification of polymer stereocomplex crystal. Also, the α'→α crystal transformation of PLA were intuitively investigated at 120 °C using THz-TDS, while the transformation rate was quite slow.     

乐果分子的太赫兹时域光谱研究

研究了有机磷农药乐果在0.2~2.5 THz波段的光谱特性。应用密度泛函理论的Becke-3-Lee-Yang-Parr(B3LYP)方法计算了乐果分子在THz波段的振动吸收谱,同时利用THz时域光谱系统(THz-TDS)测得了乐果在此波段的吸收谱和折射率谱。根据理论计算结果,借助于Gaussian View软件对乐果的THz吸收谱进行了指认,并给出了与光谱特征吸收对应的分子振动构象。研究表明:乐果分子在THz波段存在吸收峰,理论计算与实验结果符合较好,且乐果分子在THz波段的吸收是由分子内和分子间振动共同引起。本研究证明了将THz-TDS技术用于乐果分子探测和识别的可行性,为THz时域光谱技术在其它农药分子识别和残留检测中的应用提供了有益的借鉴。     

Terahertz spectroscopy of enantiopure and racemic polycrystalline valine

Experimental and computational THz (or far-infrared) spectra of polycrystalline valine samples are reported. The experimental spectra have been measured using THz time-domain spectroscopy. Spectra of the pure enantiomers, both D and L, as well as the dl racemate have been taken at room temperature and low temperature (78 K). The spectra of the pure D and L enantiomers are essentially identical, and they are markedly different from the DL racemate. In addition, a temperature-dependent study of L-valine was undertaken in which the absorption maxima were found to red shift as a function of increasing temperature. The vibrational absorption spectra (frequencies and intensities) were calculated using the harmonic approximation with the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional, localized atomic orbital basis sets, and periodic boundary conditions. The calculated and experimental spectra are in good qualitative agreement. A general method of quantifying the degree to which a calculated mode is intermolecular versus intramolecular is demonstrated, with the intermolecular motions further separated into translational versus rotational/librational motion. This allows straightforward comparison of spectra calculated using different basis sets or other constraints.     

Chiral derivatization coupled with liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for determining ketone metabolites of hydroxybutyrate enantiomers

With PMP chiral derivatization, the D/L-2HB and D/L-3HB enantiomers can be distinctly determined by reversed-phase chromatographic separation. In addition, the detection sensitivities were greatly enhanced by LC-ESI-MS analysis due to the introduction of easily ionizable tertiary amino group from PMP.     

Terahertz absorption spectra of some saccharides and their metal complexes

In this work, THz absorption spectra of some saccharides and their metal complexes were measured. The main purpose of this work is to investigate the M-O vibrations, intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds and other vibrations in the FIR region using powerful spectroscopic techniques adopting the metal-sugar complexes prepared in our laboratory. The M-O vibrations in the FIR spectra of metal-sugar complexes indicate the formation of metal complexes. The THz spectrum of glucose below 100cm(-1) was measured at first to confirm the THz experimental method. Characteristic absorption bands in the spectra of various samples are observed. THz spectra of saccharides below 100cm(-1) often have several absorption bands, and different saccharides have various absorption peaks in the THz region, which may be used to distinguish different saccharides. The differences in the number of bands observed are related to different structures of the samples, and these absorption bands are related to the collective motion of molecules. But the THz spectra of their metal complexes are different from the ligands, and no band appears in the region below 50cm(-1) at the present experimental condition, which indicates that THz spectroscopy may also be helpful to identify the formation of metal-sugar complexes, and the changes after complexation in the THz spectra below 100cm(-1) may be related to different metal ions. The metal-sugar complexes with similar crystal structures resemble mid-IR spectra, but their THz spectra may have some differences.     

Vibrational spectra of copper sulfate hydrates investigated with low-temperature Raman spectroscopy and terahertz time domain spectroscopy

In this paper, the vibrational spectra of copper sulfate hydrates (CuSO(4)·xH(2)O, x = 5, 3, 1, 0) have been investigated with low-temperature Raman spectroscopy and terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). It is found that the four groups of Raman bands between 90 and 4000 cm(-1) can be assigned to lattice vibration as well as intramolecular vibrations of a copper complex, sulfate group, and water molecules. The variation of vibrational spectra during the dehydrated process are discussed in detail considering the transformation of the crystal structure, especially the bands between 3000 and 3500 cm(-1), which are attributed to the ν(1) and ν(3) modes of water molecules. In addition, as a complement of Raman spectra, the THz spectra at 0.1-3 THz indicate the absorption due to the low-frequency lattice vibration and hydrogen bond.     

Measurement of coherent terahertz radiation for time-domain spectroscopy and imaging

A high-power terahertz (THz) source for THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and THz imaging has been developed based on an S-band compact electron linac at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). A THz pulse was generated as coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) from an ultra-short electron bunch and expected to have peak power of kW-order with frequency range of 0.1–2 THz. The electro-optic (EO) sampling method with a ZnTe crystal for the THz pulse measurement has been prepared for THz-TDS system. The timing measurement between the THz pulse and a probe laser was carried out. A preliminary experiment of THz transmission imaging of an integrated circuit (IC) card has been successfully demonstrated using the THz CSR pulse and a W-band rf detector. The imaging result was experimentally compared with a result of X-ray imaging. It is confirmed that its intensity and stability are enough to perform for the THz applications.