谷胱甘肽键合柱对变性核糖核酸酶的复性研究

将氧化还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH/GSSG)共价键合到色谱固定相上, 实现了对变性核糖核酸酶(RNase)的复性. 实验发现, 谷胱甘肽键合柱具有典型的弱阳离子交换性质, 在离子交换(IEC)模式下能够对4种标准蛋白进行基线分离, 且具有较高的柱效. 当蛋白浓度为5 mg/mL, 流速为0.2 mL/min时, 在流动相中不加GSH/GSSG的条件下, GSH/GSSG柱对变性核糖核酸酶的活性回收率可达(39.5±3.8)%, 而普通IEC柱对变性核糖核酸酶的活性回收率几乎为0, 说明其对变性蛋白二硫键的正确对接具有明显的促进作用; 在收集液中加入GSH/GSSG后, 其活性回收率可达到(81.5±4.3)%. 本文结果对蛋白折叠液相色谱法的发展及降低蛋白复性成本具有一定的应用价值.     

Preparation of strong anion-exchange chromatographic packings based on monodisperse polymeric beads and their application in the separation of biopolymers

A new hydrophilic strong anion-exchange (SAX) stationary phase for HPLC has been synthesized by chemical modification of macroporous 8.0-m monodisperse poly(glycidylmethacrylate-co-ethylenedimethacrylate) beads (P_GMA/EDMA). The stationary phase was evaluated in detail to determine its ion-exchange properties, separability, reproducibility, hydrophilicity, and the effect of column loading and pH on the separation and retention of proteins. It was found to have an ion-exchange chromatographic (IEC) retention mechanism. The highest dynamic protein loading capacity of the synthesized SAX packing for BSA was 22.6 mg g^–1. Five proteins were separated within 6.0 min using the synthesized SAX resin. The SAX resin was also used for rapid separation and purification of recombinant human stem cell factor (rhSCF) from a crude extract solution in only one step. The purity of the purified of rhSCF was >92.4%.     

Preparation of a monolithic column for weak cation exchange chromatography and its application in the separation of biopolymers

A procedure for the preparation of a monolithic column for weak cation exchange chromatography was presented. The structure of the monolithic column was evaluated by mercury intrusion. The hydrodynamic and chromatographic properties of the monolithic column--such as back pressures at different flow rates, effects of pH on protein retention, dynamic loading capacity, recovery, and stability--were determined under conditions typical for ion-exchange chromatography. The prepared monolithic column might be used in a relatively broad pH range from 4.0 to 12.0 and exhibited an excellent separation to five proteins at the flow rates of both 1.0 and 8.0 mL/min, respectively. In addition, the prepared column was first used in the purification and simultaneous renaturation of recombinant human interferon gamma (rhIFN-gamma) in the extract solution with 7.0 mol/L guanidine hydrochloride. The purity and specific bioactivity of the purified rhIFN-gamma in only one chromatographic step were obtained to be 93% and 7.8 x 10(7) IU/mg, respectively.     

Multipurpose peptide tags for protein isolation

A multifunctional peptide tag (HYDHYD) consisting of histidine, tyrosine and aspartate residues was fused to the N-terminal ends of green fluorescent protein (GFP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and human hemoglobin (Hb), proteins which were subjected to ion-exchange chromatography (IEC), aqueous two-phase system partition, immobilized metal-ion affinity chromatography (IMAC), and hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC). Tagged GFP was retained significantly longer (>1 column volume) in both HIC and IEC. It exhibited 3x greater partition in favor of the hydrophobic phase in a two-phase system and 96% could be bound to an IMAC column which did not bind native GFP.     

pH-gradient ion-exchange chromatography: an analytical tool for design and optimization of protein separations

This work demonstrates that a highly linear, controllable and wide-ranged pH-gradient can be generated through an ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) column. Such a pH-gradient anion-exchange chromatography was evaluated with 17 model proteins and found that acidic (pI<6) and basic (pI>8) proteins elute roughly at their pI, whereas neutral proteins (pI 6-8) elute at pH 8-9 regardless their pI values. Because of the flat nature of protein titration curves from pH approximately 6 to approximately 9, neutral proteins indeed exhibit nearly zero net charge at pH approximately 9. The elution-pH in pH-gradient IEC or the titration curve, but not the pI, was identified as the key parameter for pH optimization of preparative IEC in a fast and rational way. The pH-gradient IEC was also applied and found to be an excellent analytical tool for the fractionation of crude protein mixtures.     

Peak spreading in linear gradient elution chromatography with a thin monolithic disk

The peak spreading of DNAs of various sizes [12-mer, 20-mer, 50-mer and 95-mer poly(T)] in linear gradient elution (LGE) chromatography with a thin monolithic disk was investigated by using our method developed for determining HETP in LGE. Electrostatic interaction-based chromatography mode (ion-exchange chromatography, IEC) was used. Polymer-based monolithic disks of two different sizes (12 mm diameter, 3mm thickness and 0.34 mL; 5.2 mm diameter, 4.95 mm thickness and 0.105 mL) having anion-exchange groups were employed. For comparison, a 15-μm porous bead IEC column (Resource Q, 6.4mm diameter, 30 mm height and 0.97 mL) was also used. The peak width did not change with the flow velocity for the monolithic disks where as it became wider with increasing velocity. For the monolithic disks the peak width normalized with the column bed volume was well-correlated with the distribution coefficient at the peak position K(R). HETP values were constant (ca. 0.003-0.005 cm) when K(R)>5. Much higher HETP values which are flow-rate dependent were obtained for the porous bead chromatography. It is possible to obtain 50-100 plates for the 3mm monolithic disk. This results in very sharp elution peaks (standard deviation/bed volume=0.15) even for stepwise elution chromatography, where the peak width is similar to that for LGE of a very steep gradient slope.     

Protein separation using a novel silica-based RPLC/IEC stationary phase modified with N-methylimidazolium ionic liquid

Ionic liquids (ILs) immobilized on silica as novel high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phases have attracted considerable attention. However, it has not been applied to protein separation. In this paper, N-methylimidazolium IL-modified silica-based stationary phase (SilprMim) was prepared and investigated as a novel multi-interaction stationary phase charged positively for protein separation. The results indicate that all of the basic proteins tested cannot be absorbed on this novel stationary phase, whereas all of the acidic proteins tested can be retained, and the baseline separation of eight kinds of acidic protein standards can be achieved when performed in reversed phase/ ion-exchange chromatography (RPLC/IEC) mode. Compared with commonly used commercial octadecylated silica (ODS) column, the novel stationary phase can show selectivity and good resolution to acidic proteins, which has a promising application in the separation and analyses of acidic proteins from the complex samples in proteomics. In addition, the chromatographic behavior of proteins, the effect of the ligand structure and the retention mechanism on this stationary phase were also investigated.     

膜径向离子交换色谱分离凝血酶原复合物

 利用径向离子交换色谱法分离纯化了Nitschmann组分Ⅲ中的凝血酶原复合物 ( prothrombincomplexconcentrate ,PCC) ,流动相为pH 7.5的Tris HCl缓冲液 ,色谱柱为XK 1 6DEAEfastflowSepharose ( 0 .8cmi.d .× 5cm)及膜DEAE径向色谱柱 ( 3.0cmi.d .× 5.8cm)。通过改变不同上样流速及洗脱流速 ,研究了流速对所分离的凝血酶原复合物的蛋白质量浓度及凝固活性的影响 ,为今后在血浆蛋白分离纯化中进一步推广使用径向色谱技术和放大实验提供了依据。     

凝胶过滤/离子交换全二维液相色谱系统的构建与评价

基于蛋白质的尺寸及带电性质,将凝胶过滤色谱(GFC)与离子交换色谱(IEC)两种分离模式结合,采用双捕集柱接口构建了GFC/2×IEC二维液相色谱(2-D LC)分离系统,同时考虑离子交换色谱分离蛋白质对等电点范围的限制,进一步结合中心切割平行柱的方法实现对蛋白质的全二维分离。为与后续蛋白质在线酶解、多肽分离及质谱鉴定匹配,系统中采用常规柱以保证蛋白质质谱鉴定对样品量的要求,3种常规分离柱分别选用凝胶过滤色谱柱TSK-GEL G3000SW_(XL)(300 mm×7.8 mm,5μm)、强阴离子交换色谱柱Hypersil SAX(100 mm×4.6 mm,10μm)和强阳离子交换色谱柱Hypersil SCX(100 mm×4.6 mm,10μm)。最终以酵母细胞蛋白质提取液为样品,对构建的二维系统加以评价,在总蛋白质浓度13.5 mg/mL、上样体积100μL的条件下,将第一维分离等时间切割17次,并将切割馏分全部导入第二维继续分离,二维系统在148 min内获得的总峰容量达到884。说明所构建的系统可以用于蛋白质的在线全二维分离。     

Effect of chromatographic conditions on resolution in high-performance ion-exchange chromatography of proteins on nonporous support

We explored chromatographic conditions to obtain high resolution in protein separations by ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) on a nonporous anion-exchange resin of 2.5 microm in particle diameter. We studied the effects of gradient time (steepness of salt concentration gradient), flow-rate and column length on resolution in much wider ranges than had been studied before. It was found that two distinct conditions exist that provide high resolution. The first is a condition which has widely been employed in current high-performance IEC, namely, a combination of short gradient time, high flow-rate and comparatively short column. Separation times are usually 5-30 min, and even more rapid (1-2 min) separations are possible. The second is the condition which has rarely been employed in high-performance IEC. It is a combination of long gradient time, low flow-rate and long column. Although it takes several hours for one separation, very high resolution is attainable.     

Isoelectric point separation of proteins by capillary pH-gradient ion-exchange chromatography

In the present work, isoelectric point (pl) separation of proteins by pH-gradient ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) on packed capillary columns is demonstrated. The development of a miniaturized flow-through pH probe for reliable pH monitoring of the column effluent, which was an important technical challenge for adapting this technique to capillary dimensions, was solved by designing a low microliter per minute flow rate housing to a commercially available micro pH probe. Highly linear outlet pH-gradients within the pH range 8.5-4.0 were obtained when applying simple inexpensive buffers consisting solely of piperazine, N-methylpiperazine and imidazole on 10 cm x 0.32 mm i.d. fused silica capillaries packed with anion-exchange poly(styrene divinylbenzene)-based macroporous materials, i.e. 10 microm Mono P from Amersham Biosciences and 10 microm PL-SAX from PolymerLabs. Furthermore, when using a pH-gradient from 6.8 to 4.3, both columns were able to baseline separate the A and B genetic variants of beta-lactoglobulin, which differ with two amino acid residues only, but the PL-SAX column provided almost a two-fold decrease in peak widths compared to the Mono P column. The influence of varying the buffer concentration, injection volume and column temperature on the peak widths and resolution of the beta-lactoglobulins was investigated, e.g. a 100 microl sample of dilute beta-lactoglobulins was injected directly on the column with practically no increase in peak width as compared to what obtained with conventional injection volumes. Finally, a pH-gradient from 6.8 to 4.3 was used to separate proteins in skimmed bovine milk on the PL-SAX column. The milk was simply diluted 1:10 (v/v) with water and filtrated before injection.     

Nylon-6 capillary-channeled polymer fibers as a stationary phase for the mixed-mode ion exchange/reversed-phase chromatography separation of proteins

Capillary-channeled polymer (C-CP) fibers extruded from nylon-6 are used as the stationary phase for the ion-exchange/reversed-phase mixed-mode chromatographic separation of a three protein mixture. The nylon-6 C-CP fibers are packed collinearly in a 250 x 1.5-mm i.d. column with an interstitial fraction of approximately 0.6. The effects of four displacing salts at three different pHs are studied with regards to protein retention time, peak width, selectivity, and resolution for a synthetic mixture consisting of myoglobin, ribonuclease A, and lysozyme to determine the optimum mobile phase conditions. The net charge model is found to be inadequate in fully explaining the retention behavior, as the proteins are retained by anion and cation-exchange interactions, as well as hydrophobic interactions with the stationary phase. It is found that pH and displacing salt strength had a significant influence on the retention properties and resolution of the proteins.     

高效离子交换液相色谱法分离绿脓杆菌外膜蛋白

 利用高效ＤＥＡＥ离子交换液相色谱法分离纯化了绿脓杆菌标准菌株ＰＡＯ１外膜蛋白。流动相为ｐＨ８．０Ｔｒｉｓ－ＨＣｌ缓冲液,色谱柱为ＴＳＫｇｅｌ－ＤＥＡＥ－５ＰＷ（０．７５ｃｍ×７．５ｃｍｉ．ｄ．）。通过纯化外膜蛋白,可以为研究绿脓杆菌外膜通透性与抗生素耐药性之间的关系及缩短研究周期提供有效的方法。     

离子排斥色谱结合光度检测的水质监测系统用于测定离子型营养物（英文）

A unified ion-exclusion chromatography(IEC) system for monitoring anionic and cationic nutrients like NH + 4,NO 2,NO 3,phosphate ion,silicate ion and HCO 3 was developed and applied to several environmental waters.The IEC system consisted of four IEC methodologies,including the IEC with ultraviolet(UV) detection at 210 nm for determining NH + 4 on anion-exchange separation column in OH form connected with anion-exchange UV-conversion column in I form in tandem,the IEC with UV-detection at 210 nm for determining simultaneously NO 2 and NO 3 on cation-exchange separation column in H + form,the IEC with UV-detection at 210 nm for determining HCO 3 on cation-exchange separation column in H + form connected with anion-exchange UV-conversion column in I form in tandem,and the IEC with visible-detection based on molybdenum-blue reaction for determining simultaneously silicate and phosphate ions on cation-exchange separation column in H + form.These IEC systems were combined through three manually-driven 6-port column selection valves to select each separation column to determine selectively the ionic nutrients.Using this sequential water quality monitoring system,the analytical performances such as calibration linearity,reproducibility,detection limit and recovery were also tested under the optimized chromatographic conditions.This novel water quality monitoring system has been applied successfully for the determination of the ionic eutrophication components in sub-urban river waters.     

Separation of enantiomers on anion exchangers modified with heparin in liquid chromatography

Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) particles were efficiently adsorbed (retained) on a Sulfate-cellulose (S-C) bead column, and then desorbed with sodium chloride solutions (0.5-3.0 M). The HBsAg particles were not efficiently retained onto either sulfopropyl-agarose (SP-A) or quaternary amine-agarose (Q-A) at pH 4.5, 6 and 8. The size-exclusion curve showed that proteins of molecular mass higher than ca. 20,000 cannot penetrate into the pores of S-C beads. The dynamic binding capacity (DBC) values of lysozyme (ca. 7 mg/ml-gel) and of gamma-globulin (ca. 3 mg/ml gel) for S-C did not depend on the flow velocity while the DBC of gamma-globulin for SP-A decreased sharply with an increase in flow velocity. These results indicated that very large molecules are adsorbed only onto the surface of S-C, which resulted in fast adsorption-desorption rates although the equilibrium adsorption capacity is lower than conventional porous gel beads. Because of the rapid adsorption rate, the DBC values of gamma-globulin for S-C at high flow-rate regions are similar to those for SP-A. Bovine serum albumin was not adsorbed onto S-C. As this can not be explained by a simple electrostatic interaction mechanism, molecular recognition of S-C might be different from the agarose-based ion-exchange beads.     

Effect of chromatographic conditions on resolution in high-performance ion-exchange chromatography of proteins on macroporous anion-exchange resin

We explored chromatographic conditions to obtain high resolution in protein separations by ion-exchange chromatography (IEC) on a macroporous anion-exchange resin of 10 microm in particle diameter. We studied effects of flow-rate, gradient time (steepness of salt concentration gradient) and column length on resolution in wide ranges. It was found that very high resolutions are attainable at long gradient times with long columns. The resolution continuously became higher as the gradient time and the column length became longer except in some special cases. The dependence of resolution on gradient time was particularly great when the column was long and the gradient time for the change of 0-0.5 M NaCl was longer than 2 h. On the other hand, the effect of flow-rate on resolution was very small. Although the separations at long gradient times with long columns have not been popular in high-performance IEC and it takes several hours for one separation, such separations should be advantageous when very high resolutions are required like in proteomics research.     

Band broadening inside the chromatographic column: the interest of a liquid stationary phase

Band broadening inside chromatographic columns was studied by Giddings 40 years ago. This theory is revisited pointing out that the band width depends only on the band position, x, inside the column and the height equivalent to a theoretical plate, H, and not on the solute affinity for the stationary phase. The band standard deviation, sigma, inside the column is simply sigma = square root [xH]. This property can be used in countercurrent chromatography (CCC), a chromatographic technique that works with a liquid stationary phase. Two possibilities are presented: 1-extrusion of the liquid stationary phase called elution-extrusion method, and 2-slow motion of the stationary phase in the same direction as the mobile phase, called cocurrent CCC method. A mixture of five steroids, prednisone, prednisolone acetate, testosterone, estrone and cholesterol, with partition coefficient varying from 0.1 to 40, is used with a 53 mL CCC column to show the method capabilities. The elution-extrusion method is discontinuous; however, it allows saving dramatic amounts of solvent and time. Cholesterol could be fully resolved in 2h and 120 mL instead of 7 h and 1.2 L using the classical elution way. The cocurrent CCC method is continuous and was able to resolve cholesterol at baseline in 40 min using 110 mL. Detection is difficult due to the fact that two immiscible liquid phases enter the detector.     

一种简单的毛细管色谱柱电加热装置的制作方法及其在液相色谱-质谱联用系统中的应用

为了实现蛋白质组的深度覆盖,特别是低丰度蛋白质的定性鉴定和定量分析,目前常用的方法是采用更长或装填更小粒径填料的毛细管色谱柱,但因此带来的问题是色谱柱反向柱压显著升高。针对以上问题发展了一种简单的毛细管色谱柱电加热装置制作方法,并将该装置安装于液相色谱-质谱联用系统,分别以牛血清白蛋白(BSA)酶切肽段混合物和酵母蛋白(yeast)酶切肽段混合物为样品,从柱压和柱效两方面对该装置的性能进行了评价。实验结果表明,所制作的毛细管柱电加热装置安装在装填粒径为3 μm反相色谱填料的毛细管柱上,在最佳电流(100 mA)下对BSA及yeast酶切肽段混合物进行分离时的柱压比不加电流时的柱压降低至少50%,柱效略有升高。这说明所制作的毛细管色谱柱电加热装置能显著降低柱压,为在较低的柱压条件下选择更小粒径色谱颗粒填料的毛细管色谱柱提供了一种有效的方法。     

Influence of varying electroosmotic flow on the effective diffusion in electric field gradient separations

Recently the use electric field gradient focusing (EFGF) to enhance focusing of proteins has been proposed and explored to provide significant improvement in separation resolution. The objective of EFGF is to focus proteins of specific electrophoretic mobilities at distinct stationary locations in a column or channel. This can be accomplished in a capillary by allowing the electric potential to vary in the streamwise direction. Because the electric field is varying, so also is the electrokinetic force exerted on the proteins and the electroosmotic velocity of the buffer solution. Due to the varying electric field, the Taylor diffusion characteristics will also vary along the column, causing a degradation of peak widths of some proteins, dependent on their equilibrium positions and local velocity distributions. The focus of this paper is an analysis that allows characterization of the local Taylor diffusion and resulting protein band peak width as a function of the local magnitude of the EOF relative to the average fluid velocity for both cylindrical and rectangular channels. In general the analysis shows that as the ratio of the local electroosmotic velocity to the average velocity deviates from unity, the effective diffusion increases significantly. The effectiveness of EFGF devices over a range of protein diffusivities, capillary diameters, flow velocities, and electric field gradient is discussed.     

Renaturation with simultaneous purification of rhG-CSF from Escherichia coli by ion exchange chromatography

Protein refolding is a key step for the production of recombinant proteins, especially at large scales, and usually their yields are very low. Application of liquid chromatography to protein refolding is an exciting step forward for this field. In this work, recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) expressed in Escherichia coli was renatured with simultaneous purification by ion exchange chromatography (IEC) with a Q Sepharose FF column. Several chromatographic parameters affecting the refolding yield of the denatured/reduced rhG-CSF, such as the urea concentration, pH value, concentration and ratio of reduced/oxidized glutathione in the mobile phase, as well as the flow rate of the mobile phase, were investigated in detail and indicated that the urea concentration and the pH value were of great importance. At the optimal conditions, the renatured and purified rhG-CSF was found to have a specific bioactivity of 3.0 x 10(8) IU/mg, a purity of 96%, and a mass recovery of 49%. Compared with the usual dilution method, the IEC method developed here is more effective for rhG-CSF refolding in terms of specific bioactivity and mass recovery.