Fluorescence detection and quantitation of recombinant proteins containing oligohistidine tag sequences directly in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels

Two fluorophore-nitrilotriacetic acid conjugates, Pro-Q Sapphire 365 and Pro-Q Sapphire 488 oligohistidine gel stains, have been developed for the fluorescence detection of fusion proteins containing oligohistidine tags directly in sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels, without the requirement for electroblotting, reporter enzymes or secondary detection reagents. Pro-Q Sapphire 365 oligohistidine gel stain exhibits bright-blue fluorescence (emission maximum = 450 nm) when illuminated with UV-A or UV-B light from a standard ultraviolet transilluminator. Pro-Q Sapphire 488 oligohistidine gel stain exhibits bright-green fluorescence (emission maximum = 515 nm) when illuminated with visible light from a laser-based gel scanner equipped with a 470 nm second-harmonic generation (SHG) or 488 nm argon-ion laser source. Typically, 25-65 ng of oligohistidine-tagged fusion protein in whole cell lysates is detectable using either stain. After documenting the fluorescence signal from the Pro-Q Sapphire dyes, gels may be post-stained with the red-fluorescent SYPRO Ruby protein gel stain in order to reveal the total protein pattern.     

桔皮苷与牛血清白蛋白相互作用的研究

运用荧光光谱、紫外光谱法研究了桔皮苷与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的相互作用。桔皮苷分子与BSA作用导致BSA内源荧光猝灭,猝灭机理主要为静态猝灭,并存在非辐射能量转移。测定了不同温度下该反应的结合常数、结合位点数及结合热力学参数。结果表明:桔皮苷与BSA之间主要为氢键或范德华作用力,作用过程是一个熵增加、自由能降低的自发分子间作用过程;测得了供体与受体间结合距离r和能量转移效率E;并用同步荧光技术考察了桔皮苷对BSA构象的影响。     

Determination of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides based on enzyme inhibition using a pH-sensitive fluorescence probe

A flow injection system for the determination of organophosphate and carbamate pesticides is described. A sensitive fluorescence probe was synthesized and used as the pH indicator to detect the inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE). The percentage inhibition of enzyme activity is correlated to the pesticide concentration. Several parameters influencing the performance of the system are discussed. The detection limits of 3.5, 50, 12 and 25 μg/l for carbofuran, carbaryl, paraoxon and dichlorvos, in pure water, respectively were achieved with an incubation time of 10 min. A complete cycle of analysis, including incubation time, took 14 min. The detection system has been applied to the determination of carbofuran in spiked vegetable juices (Chinese cabbage and cole), achieving recovery values between 93.2 and 107% for Chinese cabbage juice and 108 and 118% for cole juice at the different concentration levels assayed.     

血红蛋白过氧化物模拟酶胶束催化显色体系

在胶束Tween80介质中，研究了以血红蛋白（hemoglobin,Hb)作为过氧化物模拟酶、隐性亮绿（recessive brilliant green,RGB)为氢供体底物、溶解氧为受氢体的酶催化反应特性。在pH5.64(NH4)2HPO4-KH2PO4缓冲溶液中，利用模拟酶对溶解氧作为受氢体催化RBG氧化生成亮绿（brilliant green,BG)而拟定了测定Hb含量的新方法。讨论了胶束介质对酶体系催化反应的影响及酶催化反应的可能机理。     

萃取动力学光度法测定活化剂铝——铝(Ⅲ)-过氧化氢-铜(Ⅱ)-邻氨基酚/氯仿体系

研究了在pH 5.5的弱酸性介质中, 利用Al(Ⅲ)对Cu(Ⅱ)催化H2O2氧化邻氨基酚显色的指示反应的活化作用.用萃取平衡控制反应时间、水相中邻氨基酚的浓度和反应进行的程度.通过在424 nm下测量有机相的吸光度,建立了萃取催化光度法测定活化剂铝的新方法.方法的线性范围为0.004～0.25 mg/L,检出限为1.6×10 -6 g/L.用于水样和茶叶中铝含量的测定,结果满意.     

Enhancement of electronic excitation energy transfer in the colloidal crystals of colloidal silica suspensions doped with fluorescent dyes

The efficiency of electronic excitation energy transfer from photo-excited rhodamine 110 (Rh110, energy donor) to rhodamine B (RhB, energy acceptor) in an exhaustively deionized colloidal silica suspension has been studied. This colloidal suspension shows Bragg reflection due to the formation of colloidal crystals and the Bragg-peak wavelength is controllable by the volume fraction of the silica spheres. When the Bragg-peak wavelength matches with the fluorescence band of Rh110, a depletion was observed in the Rh110 fluorescence spectrum. This means the fluorescence of Rh110 is partially trapped due to the Bragg reflection inside the crystal lattice. In the coexistence of RhB, the enhancement of RhB fluorescence intensity was observed. These facts clearly indicate the trapped photon energy of Rh110 is efficiently transferred to RhB within the colloidal crystals. The quantitative measurements showed that the enhancement of the transfer efficiency is 20% (or slightly more) in the present experimental conditions.     

增敏双波长光度法同时测定底泥中的铜和铬

在pH6．4的磷酸二氢钾-磷酸氢二钾缓冲液和CIMAJB、正丁醇、正庚烷组成的微乳液的介质中，水杨基荧光酮与铜（Ⅱ）、铬（Ⅵ）的显色体系灵敏度都有很大提高，选择了合适的测定波长，利用双波长解方程组法同时测定了底泥中的铜和铬。结果令人满意。     

Three-way-output response system by electric potential: UV-vis, CD, and fluorescence spectral changes upon electrolysis of the chiral ester of tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane

The newly prepared tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (TCNAQ) derivatives 1a,b with a chiral auxiliary are good electron acceptors and exhibit weak circular dichroism (CD) based on the absorption of TCNAQ. The twin-type electron acceptor 1c with two TCNAQ units shows larger ellipticity by exciton coupling. UV-vis, CD, and fluorescence spectra were changed drastically upon electrochemical reduction of 1c, which demonstrates the unprecedented three-way-output response system.     

紫外分光光度法测定甲砜霉素片的含量

根据甲砜霉素的紫外吸收特征,建立了以乙腈-水为溶媒、(225±1)nm为最大吸收波长的紫外分光光度法。方法的线性范围为0.5～25.0μg/mL,平均回收率为99.92％,RSD为0.30％。用对照品比较法测定5批甲砜霉素片的含量,并与中国药典方法的测定结果进行比对,结果表明,两种方法的测定结果基本一致。     

Flow and Sequential Injection Manifolds for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Captopril Based on its Oxidation by Fe(III)

 Two new simple and rapid methods are reported for the accurate and precise spectrophotometric determination of captopril (CPL) using flow (FI) and sequential injection (SI) analysis. The methods are based on the fast oxidation of CPL by Fe(III). The produced Fe(II) reacts with 2,2′-dipyridyl-2-pyridylhydrazone (DPPH) in acidic medium to form a colored complex which is monitored spectrophotometrically at 535 nm. Both methods allow the determination of the analyte up to 1000 mg L⁻¹ at a sampling rate of 120 and 60 injections per hour for FI and SI, respectively. The methods are very precise [s _r=0.8 and 1.2% at 500 mg L⁻¹ CPL (n=12) for FI and SI, respectively] and the 3σ detection limits (c _L=4.0 and 7.0 mg L¹, respectively) are quite satisfactory. Their application to a variety of anti-hypertensive commercial pharmaceutical formulations showed excellent results (relative errors, e _r, < ± 1.6% in all cases compared to an official HPLC method), while common pharmaceutical excipients were found not to interfere. Recovery experiments further verified the accuracy of the developed methods, as the percent recoveries were in the range of 98.1–102.5%. Author for correspondence. E-mail: themelis@chem.auth.gr Received May 9, 2002; accepted January 8, 2003 Published online May 5, 2003