三氟乙酸金属盐的快原子轰击质谱研究

本文报道了Ｍ（ＯＯＣＣＦ３）ｍ（Ｍ＝Ｎａ、Ｋ、Ｍｇ、Ｃａ、Ａｌ）在三乙醇胺中的正负离子ＦＡＢ谱。谱的主要特征反映了该化合物在溶液中的离解行为，可作为这类盐质谱鉴定的依据。     

手性化合物的质谱分析研究

运用不含手性碳的非对称化合物Ｓ－ＢＮＰ酸（Ｓ－ｐｈｏｓｐｈｏｒｓａｅｕｒｅ－（１，１＇－ｂｉｎａｐｈｔｈｙｌ－２，２＇－ｄｉｙｌｅｓｔｅｒ））作反应试剂用快原子轰击反应质谱法（ＦＡＢ－ＲＭＳ）测定手性化合物的绝对构型．发现非对称手性化合物可与不对称手性化合物在质谱中发生立体选择性反应，Ｓ－ＢＮＰ酸可作为一种新的反应试剂来测定手性化合物的绝对构型．     

质谱与生命科学

本文以实验表明了谱学，特别是快原子轰击质谱（ＦＡＢ－ＭＳ）、电喷雾电离质谱（ＥＳＩ－ＭＳ）、串联质谱（ＭＳ－ＭＳ）以及有底物的激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱（ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＴＯＦ－ＭＳ）等技术在解决生物物质－肽－蛋白质等的一级结构难题中的特定作用，而这些结构难题往往是常规的生物不方法－Ｅｄｍａｎ降解法、ＤＮＡ转泽法等所无能为力的。虽然文中讨论的例子仅涉及到肽、蛋白质的结构修饰，同理，它也可以广泛应用于其他     

基体辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱和热裂解色谱／质谱研究聚酯 …

聚酯型聚氨酯样品用基体辅助激光裂解离子化质谱（ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＴＯＦ／ＭＳ）和热裂解色谱质谱（ＰＹＧＣ／ＭＳ）方法进行了鉴定,ＰＹＧＣ／ＭＳ方法可检出ＰＵ的一些组成单元的化学结构,但ＰＹＧＣ／ＭＳ中大多数的峰,无法从常规的标准化合物的质谱数据库中检索到,而ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ方法,可明确测出ＰＵ试样各种单元的组合、聚合度及ＰＵ长链的序列分布,质量数范围可达２３００。     

基体辅助激光解吸电离飞行时时质谱和热裂解色谱/质谱研究聚酯型聚氨酯链结构

聚酯型聚氨酯样品用基体辅助激光裂解离子化质谱（ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＴＯＦ／ＭＳ）和热裂解色谱质谱（ＰＹＧＣ／ＭＳ）方法进行了鉴定,ＰＹＧＣ／ＭＳ方法可检出ＰＵ的一些组成单元的化学结构,但ＰＹＧＣＩＭＳ中大多数的峰,无法从常规的标准化合物的质谱数据库中检索到,而ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ方法,可明确测出ＰＵ试样各种单元的组合、聚合度及ＰＵ长链的序列分布,质量数范围可达2300.     

快原子轰击和电喷雾电离质谱表征烷基苯磺酸盐

用负离子化快原子轰击（ＦＡＢ）和电喷雾电离（ＥＳＩ）质谱并结合碰撞活化解离（ＣＡＤ）质谱方法对烷基苯磺酸盐（ＡＢＳ）进行鉴定。试样在负离子电喷雾电离（ＥＳＩ）过程中不产生碎片峰,但是在ＦＡＢ过程中产生许多碎片、比较这些谱图,就可以区别碎片峰和分子离子峰。线性或支化烷基苯磺酸盐的结构与相对含量可以在离子ＥＳＩ／ＣＡＤ－ＭＳ方法中得到。负离子ＥＳＩ－ＭＳ是快速、有效和可靠的鉴定ＡＢＳ的方法。     

一些含锗有机酸的快原子轰击质谱

本文报道了一系列含锗有机酸在甘油中的快原子轰击质谱（ＦＡＢＭＳ）及共在间硝基苄醇（ＮＢＡ）中的正、负离子ＦＡＢＭＳ。这些含锗有机酸在不同的底物中的ＦＡＢＭＳ显示了不同的特征。负离子谱提供了分子量信息，正、负离子谱可为这类化合物的结构鉴定提供互相补充的信息。讨论了底物和取代基对ＦＡＢＭＳ的影响，正、负离子的产生机制及离子的亚稳分解途径。     

等离子体原子发射光谱/质谱在新型陶瓷材料分析中的应用

本文对近几年来等离子体原子发射光谱（ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ）和等离子体质谱（ＩＣＰ－ＭＳ）在新型陶瓷材料分析中的应用进行了评述,讨论了应用ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ／ＭＳ技术测定陶瓷材料中痕量杂质的各种进样技术。引用文献６０篇。     

3种羧酸类基质的基质辅助激光解吸／电离质谱行为

１引言基质辅助激光解吸／电离质谱（ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ）这种新的“软电离”质谱技术，能够在短短１０年间，得到广泛应用与迅速发展，很大程度上要归功于基质的辅助效应。基质在样品的解吸／电离过程中，起着关键作用。对基质本身ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ的研究，不仅可以、刻认识ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ中离子生成、碎裂的机制，在低分子量物质分析时更是必不可少。我们选择常用的３种羧酸类基质：２，５－二羟基苯甲酸（２，５－ＤＨＢ）、芥子酸（ＳＡ）、α－ＣＮ－４羟基肉桂酸（ＡＣＨＣ），进行了其自身ＭＡＬＤＩ－ＭＳ的研究。２实验部分２．１…     

聚（丙烯酰胺—丙烯酸）／聚（丙烯酰胺—二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵）聚电解质复…

通过动态光散射、粘度和透光率测定，研究了聚（丙烯酰胺－丙烯酸）［Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＡＡ）］／聚（丙烯酰胺－二甲基二烯丙基氯化铵）［Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＤＭＤＡＡＣ）］聚电解质复合溶液的结构和性能。结果表明，Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＡＡ）与Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＤＭＤＡＡＣ）复合比、溶液浓度和氯化钠用量影响溶液中复合物的构象和流体力学半径。Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＡＡ）与Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＤＭＤＡＡＣ）分子链间适度的库仑相互作用，可形成均相Ｐ（ＡＭ－ＡＡ）／Ｐ（Ａ     

具有双活性序列的新型抗菌肽的设计及性质

设计合成了具有2个活性序列的线性和环状多肽及具有单个活性序列的短链多肽, 研究了它们的杀菌活性、 细胞毒性及溶血性. 结果表明, 线性肽和环状肽的杀菌活性高于短链肽. 利用计算模拟的方法计算了多肽与细菌细胞膜中一种重要的成分磷脂酰甘油(DMPG)的结合能. 结果表明, 多肽-DMPG的结合能与多肽的杀菌活性具有较高的相关性, 线性和环状多肽与DMPG的结合能大于短链肽. 线性和环状多肽均含有2个活性序列, 可提供多个荷正电氨基酸与荷负电的磷脂结合, 结合能较大, 杀菌活性较强. 采用模拟生物膜对其中几条多肽的作用机理进行了初步研究. 结果表明, 该类多肽有可能使正常哺乳动物细胞的细胞膜产生孔洞; 而对于细菌细胞膜, 多肽并未在膜上产生明显孔洞, 而是引起了细菌细胞膜的聚集.     

样品制备方法对高效液相色谱-串联质谱分析人乳内源肽的影响

人乳内源肽是乳蛋白在乳腺中被降解形成的具有生理功能的肽,是人乳的重要组成部分,研究人乳内源肽对于婴儿健康具有重要的意义.高效液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)联用技术的应用,促使人乳内源肽的研究取得了突破性的进展.人乳中内源肽含量低、干扰组分多,样品制备方法是影响分析结果的关键步骤.为了研究样品制备方法对分析结果的...     

合成受体与模型磷酸化肽的相互作用机理

为了研究基于Zn2+-二甲基吡啶胺及胍羰基吡咯基团的配位型受体Zn Dpa G与磷酸化肽的相互作用机制,选取具有不同序列的磷酸化肽作用模型,采用等温滴定微量热法考察了Zn Dpa G与磷酸化肽的结合常数,研究了模型肽中磷酸基团的数量、密度及位置等因素对多肽与受体间结合强度的影响.结果表明,Zn Dpa G受体对双磷酸化肽结合能力显著高于单磷酸化肽,其结合常数可提高10~40倍,2个磷酸基团的距离越近,结合作用越强;而磷酸基团的位置显著影响受体与单磷酸化肽的结合强度.本研究结果为进一步优化磷酸化肽受体结构设计,实现肽与受体间高选择性识别提供了一定的理论依据.     

Disulfide Click Reaction for Stapling of S-terminal Peptides

A disulfide click strategy is disclosed for stapling to enhance the metabolic stability and cellular permeability of therapeutic peptides. A 17-membered library of stapling reagents with adjustable lengths and angles was established for rapid double/triple click reactions, bridging S-terminal peptides from 3 to 18 amino acid residues to provide 18- to 48-membered macrocyclic peptides under biocompatible conditions. The constrained peptides exhibited enhanced anti-HCT-116 activity with a locked α-helical conformation (IC₅₀=6.81 μM vs. biological incompetence for acyclic linear peptides), which could be unstapled for rehabilitation of the native peptides under the assistance of tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP). This protocol assembles linear peptides into cyclic peptides controllably to retain the diverse three-dimensional conformations, enabling their cellular uptake followed by release of the disulfides for peptide delivery.     

Effects of peptide acetylation and dimethylation on electrospray ionization efficiency

Peptide acetylation and dimethylation have been widely used to derivatize primary amino groups (peptide N‐termini and the ε‐amino group of lysines) for chemical isotope labeling of quantitative proteomics or for affinity tag labeling for selection and enrichment of labeled peptides. However, peptide acetylation results in signal suppression during electrospray ionization (ESI) due to charge neutralization. In contrast, dimethylated peptides show increased ionization efficiency after derivatization, since dimethylation increases hydrophobicity and maintains a positive charge on the peptide under common LC conditions. In this study, we quantitatively compared the ESI efficiencies of acetylated and dimethylated model peptides and tryptic peptides of BSA. Dimethylated peptides showed higher ionization efficiency than acetylated peptides for both model peptides and tryptic BSA peptides. At the proteome level, peptide dimethylation led to better protein identification than peptide acetylation when tryptic peptides of mouse brain lysate were analyzed with LC‐ESI‐MS/MS. These results demonstrate that dimethylation of tryptic peptides enhanced ESI efficiency and provided up to two‐fold improved protein identification sensitivity in comparison with acetylation. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Biosynthetic Strategies for Macrocyclic Peptides

Macrocyclic peptides are predominantly peptide structures bearing one or more rings and spanning multiple amino acid residues. Macrocyclization has become a common approach for improving the pharmacological properties and bioactivity of peptides. A variety of ribosomal-derived and non-ribosomal synthesized cyclization approaches have been established. The biosynthesis of backbone macrocyclic peptides using seven new emerging methodologies will be discussed with regard to the features and strengths of each platform rather than medicinal chemistry tools. The mRNA display variant, known as the random nonstandard peptide integrated discovery (RaPID) platform, utilizes flexible in vitro translation (FIT) to access macrocyclic peptides containing nonproteinogenic amino acids (NAAs). As a new discovery approach, the ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) method involves the combination of ribosomal synthesis and the phage screening platform together with macrocyclization chemistries to generate libraries of macrocyclic peptides. Meanwhile, the split-intein circular ligation of peptides and proteins (SICLOPPS) approach relies on the in vivo production of macrocyclic peptides. In vitro and in vivo peptide library screening is discussed as an advanced strategy for cyclic peptide selection. Specifically, biosynthetic bicyclic peptides are highlighted as versatile and attractive modalities. Bicyclic peptides represent another type of promising therapeutics that allow for building blocks with a heterotrimeric conjugate to address intractable challenges and enable multimer complexes via linkers. Additionally, we discuss the cell-free chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides with a non-ribosomal catalase known as the non-ribosomal synthetase (NRPS) and chemo-enzymatic approach, with recombinant thioesterase (TE) domains. Novel insights into the use of peptide library tools, activity-based two-hybrid screening, structure diversification, inclusion of NAAs, combinatorial libraries, expanding the toolbox for macrocyclic peptides, bicyclic peptides, chemoenzymatic strategies, and future perspectives are presented. This review highlights the broad spectrum of strategy classes, novel platforms, structure diversity, chemical space, and functionalities of macrocyclic peptides enabled by emerging biosynthetic platforms to achieve bioactivity and for therapeutic purposes.     

Mimicry of tandem repeat peptides against cell surface carbohydrates

Our approach to multivalent peptide construction relies on tentacle peptides, also known as a multiple antigenic peptides, which contain two and four repeats of a selected peptide. In this communication, we report the results of preliminary studies aimed at (1) the selection of short peptides against the carbohydrate, sLeX, (2) the synthesis of tentacle dimers and tetramers of the selected peptides, and (3) the determination of affinities and specificities of the peptides to several related carbohydrates by using the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and the equilibrium dialysis techniques. Binding affinity studies, as well as assays of in vitro binding of the peptides to a sLeX-specific cell line, have shown that the tetrameric peptides bind to the cell surface sugars.     

Perfluoroaryl Bicyclic Cell‐Penetrating Peptides for Delivery of Antisense Oligonucleotides

Exon‐skipping antisense oligonucleotides are effective treatments for genetic diseases, yet exon‐skipping activity requires that these macromolecules reach the nucleus. While cell‐penetrating peptides can improve delivery, proteolytic instability often limits efficacy. It is hypothesized that the bicyclization of arginine‐rich peptides would improve their stability and their ability to deliver oligonucleotides into the nucleus. Two methods were introduced for the synthesis of arginine‐rich bicyclic peptides using cysteine perfluoroarylation chemistry. Then, the bicyclic peptides were covalently linked to a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotide (PMO) and assayed for exon skipping activity. The perfluoroaryl cyclic and bicyclic peptides improved PMO activity roughly 14‐fold over the unconjugated PMO. The bicyclic peptides exhibited increased proteolytic stability relative to the monocycle, demonstrating that perfluoroaryl bicyclic peptides are potent and stable delivery agents.     

Reassessment of commercially available molecular weight standards for peptide sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using electroblotting and microsequencing

Myoglobin CNBr peptides, constituting the commercially available molecular weight calibration kits for sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, were analyzed by microsequencing after electroblotting on polyvinylidene difluoride (Immobilon) membranes. An obvious disagreement was found between peptide identification and the data provided by the manufacturers. We observed 6 peptides from Mr 2500 to 17,000 corresponding, in increasing size order, to the 3 peptides resulting from the total CNBr digestion, to 2 incompletely cleaved peptides and to the intact myoglobin. Using a corrected calibration curve, a linear relationship was established from Mr 6000 to 43,000 and a second one for shorter peptides. This method of electrophoresis and electroblotting, easily adapted for peptides, is a powerful tool for peptide identification correlated with size determination. It is especially useful for CNBr-cleaved peptides.