花粉多肽对钙调素的拮抗作用研究

研究了在Ca²⁺存在下荞麦花粉肽及其类似物和丹磺酰标记的钙调素(D-CaM)的相互作用,结果表明,除肽BP-1外,都能与D-CaM结合而形成复合物。利用荧光光谱法测定了这些复合物的解离常数K_d.在所研究的多肽中以BP-13拮抗CaM作用最强,其K_d值为4.6×10^-2μmol/L,抑制钙依赖性磷酸二酯酶活性的IC₅₀为2.2μmol/L.我们还发现,当D-丙氨酸残基取代没有亲和性的BP-1中甘氨酸残基时,其亲和性明显提高。     

多肽对钙调素亲和力的预测

根据前文提出的钙调素可结合多肽的钙调素结合部位的模型,并综合钙调素可结合多肽的报道,提出一种简单方法来预测多肽的钙调素结合部位和其复合物的解离常数,研究了多肽的疏水性、形成α螺旋结构的倾向、碱性等因素对解离常数的影响.为了进一步检验模型和预测方法,设计合成了模型肽,合成的模型肽与钙调素的复合物的解离常数的实测值与预测值相符.     

影响多肽与花粉钙调素亲和性的因素──多肽的圆二色性及核磁共振研究

钙调素 ( Ca M)存在于所有真核细胞生物体内 ,它可与很多天然的生物活性肽结合 ,如 β-内啡肽、胰高血糖素和某些昆虫毒液肽等 [1] .有关 Ca M与多肽相互作用的研究普遍认为 ,对 Ca M有高亲和性的多肽应该具有形成α螺旋结构的显著倾向[2 ] .为进一步确认多肽的主链构象对 Ca M亲和能力的影响 ,我们采用圆二色性光谱和核磁共振波谱分析了荞麦花粉碱性十二肽 BPP-1和它的类似物 BPP-3的结构特征 ,配合多肽对花粉钙调素 ( p Ca M)的结合能力 ,发现肽链的可塑性和 C端的极性是影响多肽与 p Ca M亲和能力的因素 ,而形成 α螺旋结构的倾…     

钙调素离子选择性的理论研究

通过分子动力学模拟计算研究了Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, Na+与钙调素形成复合物的结构和能量特征. 计算得到了结合不同离子后的钙调素结构差异, 阐明了钙调素对这几种离子具有不同结合性质的结构和动力学原因. 其中, Ca2+与钙调素EF-hand基序中侧链残基上的氧原子形成配位键, 从而使其复合物的结构有较大的改变, 而和Ca2+同一主族, 性质相似的Mg2+及不同主族的Na+和K+, 它们与钙调素的结合能力比Ca2+与钙调素的弱许多, 对钙调素结构的影响也较小, 由此推测钙调素与Ca2+的结合机制和钙调素对Ca2+具有选择性的原因是由离子与钙调素中EF-hand基序的结合强度和构型共同决定的.     

Tb3+离子发光探针研究Ca2+,La3+和Al3+与拟南芥钙调素的竞争结合

利用Tb3 离子的发光, 研究了Tb3 与拟南芥钙调素 (CaM)结合的荧光光谱及荧光滴定曲线特点, 然后利用Tb3 4*CaM系统在221 nm直接激发和280 nm敏化激发的光谱变化研究了Ca2 , La3 和Al3 与拟南芥钙调素 (CaM) 的竞争结合作用. 结果表明: Tb3 , La3 与钙调素的竞争结合能力强于Ca2 , 而Tb3 的竞争结合力又大于La3 , Ca2 与钙调素的结合力远大于Al3 . 竞争实验的结果从分子水平上揭示了Tb3 , La3 和Al3 等金属离子生物效应可能的分子机制.     

光谱法研究钙调素与蜂毒肽片断及其类似物的相互作用

设计合成了蜂毒肽片断及其类似物:Mel15,Mel15(8F)和Mel15(7P),这些多肽与钙调素有很强的结合力,而且链段很短,因此它们可作为钙调素可结合蛋白质的结合部位的模型.本文采用光谱法研究了它们与钙调素的相互作用.荧光发射光谱法结果表明,多肽Mel15在与钙调素相互作用时,肽链中的Trp基团的微环境变得更加疏水,说明Mel15中的Trp残基可能与钙调素的疏水性表面靠近.紫外差谱测试表明,只有当钙调素分子结合2个Ca~(2+)后,才可以与多肽Mel15(8F)结合.圆二色谱法研究表明,多肽与钙调素结合后多肽分子和钙调素分子的α-螺旋结构的含量都被诱导而增加,结合力越大,则越多的残基被诱导形成α-螺旋结构.     

钙调素修饰金电极的交流阻抗行为研究

利用交流阻抗方法, 以氧化还原对为探针，对自组装到金电极表面的钙调素 (CaM)膜的成膜过程、不同pH值的影响以及与钙离子的结合情况进行了较系统的研究.实验结果表明, 钙调素可以自组装到金电极表面并且其自组装过程较为明显地分为快、慢两个步骤；还发现钙调素膜的性能结构随体系不同的pH值发生有规律的变化，在其等电点，膜的结构最致密；而且钙调素膜与钙离子的结合也分为较明显的三个阶段.     

植物胞外钙调素与拮抗剂W7-Agarose结合作用的荧光光谱法研究

W 7-agarose是常用的细胞外CaM功能的拮抗剂,本实验采用荧光光谱法研究了水溶液中钙调素拮抗剂W 7-agarose与植物胞外钙调素的相互结合反应。W 7-agarose是一种将W 7-共价连接到颗粒型agarose(琼脂糖)的粒子。W 7-agarose颗粒较大且容易沉淀,静置5m in后,溶液中的荧光强度完全由游离的CaM产生。在溶液中加入W 7-agarose后,溶液中一部分CaM与其结合后沉降至荧光比色皿底部,导致溶液中CaM的荧光强度下降。由此可以确定溶液中游离CaM的浓度。根据公式lg{[Q]t(F0-F)/F0}=nlg{[Q]tF/F0} lgnK[B]t,从而计算出配位体系的结合常数和配比。研究表明:二者以摩尔比1∶1结合,其平衡常数为4.9×105。由此进一步计算了W 7-agarose对胞外钙调素的拮抗率,在拮抗剂W 7-agarose浓度达到15~20μmol/L时,拮抗率可达到90%以上,与文献报道的生物学体内实验结果一致,从分子水平上解释了W 7-agarose与CaM的结合作用。     

离子电极电位滴定法研究钙与钙调素结合平衡及其应用

利用钙离子与钙调素(CaM)有4个结合位点的特点,以钙离子选择电极络合电位滴定法测定了Ca2+与CaM络合反应的滴定终点,用滴定终点时Ca2+的准确浓度,结合cCa2＋＝4cCaM计算得到CaM浓度。此方法一般可估算低至5×10-6mol／L的钙调素浓度。所求钙调素浓度与凯氏定氮法测定的结果一致。采用此方法测量钙调素浓度具有用量少、方法简便、准确性高的优点。     

基体辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱法测定钙调素的分子量

近几年来，由于各种“软”电离技术的发展和应用「‘，’‘，为利用质谱分析生物大分子提供了一条十分有效的途径［‘j，其中基体辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱法（MALDI－TOF－MS）是最有前途的技术之一D‘．钙调素（CaM）是动植物中普遍存在的多功能的胞内钙受体蛋白，参与调控许多生理反应［”．最近几年也在细胞外区域发现了钙调素及其功能［”．钙调素分子量的准确、快速测定是钙调素性质、结构和功能研究的首要问题．目前CaM分子量的测定大多采用SDS－PAGE、凝胶过滤和沉淀平衡等方法，例如对牛脑CaM分子量的SDS－PAGE测…     

ELECTRONIC EFFECTS ON THE FLUORESCENCE OF TYROSINE IN SMALL PEPTIDES

Abstract— It is shown for a series of tyrosine-derivatives and tyrosine-containing peptides that the amide group in combination with electron-withdrawing substituents quenches the fluorescence of the phenol moiety. The ammonium group has the strongest electron-withdrawing effect and thus the largest influence on the quenching rate. The peptide group itself does not quench the fluorescence. In a series of peptides with an increasing number of alanines the decreasing quenching efficiency or the peptide group due to the greater distance of the ammonium group is demonstrated. In tyrosine-containing di- and tripeptides a linear correlation between the ¹³C-NMR chemical shift δ of the C₂ atom of various aliphatic amino acids and the fluorescence-quenching constant confirms the hypothesis that electron-withdrawing and donating groups are modulating the fluorescence-quenching efficiency of the peptide group. In small peptides the fluorescence lifetime of tyrosine is characteristic for the neighboring amino acids. Using model substances the redox properties of a peptide group and the phenol ring were studied electrochemically. The highest occupied molecular orbital of the tyrosine (1.4 V vs saturated calomel electrode [SCE]) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the peptide group (-3.12 V vs SCE) have appropriate energies for a photoinduced electron transfer reaction. For solute-quenching experiments quencher molecules can be systematically selected.     

过氧钒配合物抑制朊蛋白淀粉样肽的纤维形成

采用荧光光谱(FS)、核磁共振(NMR)、电喷雾离子化质谱(ESI-MS)和透射电镜(TEM)方法研究过氧钒配合物(NH₄)[VO(O₂)₂(bipy)]·4H₂O(1)和(NH₄)[VO(O₂)₂(phen)]·2H₂O(2)与朊蛋白淀粉样肽PrP106-126的突变体M109F肽的相互作用。结果表明,过氧钒配合物可直接与M109F肽结合,并通过甲硫氨酸112的氧化作用来达到对M109F肽聚集的抑制作用。与配合物2比较,配合物1显示出对M109F肽更好的抑制作用;过氧钒配合物1和2都可以有效地降低M109F肽诱导的细胞毒性。本工作为潜在金属药物用于神经退行性疾病的研究提供了基础数据。     

TAT peptide internalization: seeking the mechanism of entry

During the last decade several peptides have been extensively studied for their ability to translocate across the plasma membrane. These peptides have been called "cell penetrating peptides" (CPP) or "protein transduction domains" (PTD). These peptides also promote the cellular uptake of various cargo molecules. Their mechanism of cellular entry appeared very intriguing since most publications in the field highlighted an energy-independent process. Indeed, cellular uptake of these peptides was still observed by fluorescence microscopy at low temperature or in the presence of several drugs known to inhibit active transport. In addition, internalization was reported to be much faster than known endocytic processes. However the involvement of a specific cellular component responsible for this uptake process appeared unlikely following intensive structure activity relationship studies using a wide panel of Tat analogues. Several reports about a possible artefactual redistribution of CPPs, and their associated cargos, during the cell fixation step commonly used for fluorescence microscopy have recently emerged in the literature. Moreover strong ionic interactions of CPPs with the cell surface also led to an overestimation of the recorded cell-associated fluorescent signal. It now seems well established that arginine-rich peptides are internalized by an energy dependent process involving endocytosis. Whatever the case, however, an increasing number of data indicate that the conjugation of non-permeant molecules to these CPPs allows their cellular uptake and leads to the expected biological responses, thus pointing to the interest of this delivery strategy. However, initial structure activity relationship studies of these CPPs will have to be reconsidered and the relative potency of each peptide (and their analogues) to vectorize the cargos to their most appropriate subcellular compartment will require careful re-evaluation.     

多肽基金属离子传感器

多肽基金属离子传感器作为一种基于多肽序列而设计的新型传感器,越来越受到研究者的关注.多肽作为一类重要的生物小分子,具有合成方法成熟、简便、成本低,且能够以多齿配位状态与金属离子结合等优点.多肽基传感器对金属离子具有高灵敏性和高选择性,且可以通过调节多肽序列进一步优化.与其他类型传感器相比,多肽基金属离子传感器具有良好的...     

Cellular uptake of aminoglycosides, guanidinoglycosides, and poly-arginine

Aminoglycosides (including neomycin B and tobramycin) exhibit poor uptake by eukaryotic cell lines. When the amines of these natural products are converted into guanidine groups, their cellular uptake is dramatically enhanced. We have synthesized BODIPY-containing aminoglycosides and guanidinoglycosides to evaluate their cellular uptake properties. Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) and fluorescence microscopy are used to compare the membrane translocation and the cellular localization of these compounds. Upon guanidinylation, the cellular uptake efficiencies of tobramycin and neomycin B are enhanced by 10-fold and 20-fold, respectively. Guanidino-neomycin B exhibits a highly efficient uptake, superior to a fluorescent poly-arginine peptide. Interestingly, the cellular uptake of this common transduction peptide is inhibited by guanidine-neomycin B, suggesting a similar uptake mechanism for both the arginine-rich peptides and the guanidinoglycosides.     

Oligomerization of uniquely folded mini-protein motifs: development of a homotrimeric betabetaalpha peptide.

The discovery of a discretely folded homotrimeric betabetaalpha motif (BBAT1) was recently reported (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 1002-1003). Herein the design, synthesis, and analysis of a small library of peptides which led to the isolation of BBAT1 is described. betabetaalpha peptides based on the monomeric sequence of BBA5 (Folding Des. 1998, 120, 95-103) were synthesized to include the anthranilic acid/nitrotyrosine fluorescence quenching pair to rapidly detect interpeptide association. In the first generation of peptides synthesized, truncations in the loop region connecting the beta-hairpin to the alpha-helix revealed that a two-residue deletion in the loop promoted an interpeptide association as detected by fluorescence quenching. An additional library of 22 loop-truncated betabetaalpha peptides was subsequently synthesized to include a variety of sequence mutations in an effort to enhance the observed peptide-peptide binding. From the fluorescence quenching screen, peptide B2 was found to possess the strongest fluorescence-quenching response, indicative of a strong peptide-peptide association. Due the poor solubility of peptide B2, the S-methylated cysteine at position 9 in the loop was substituted with a glycine to generate peptide BBAT1 which possessed greatly improved water solubility and formed discrete trimers. The successful design of this oligomeric betabetaalpha structure will likely aid the design of more complex alpha-beta superstructures and further our understanding of the factors controlling protein-protein interactions at alpha-beta protein interfaces.     

Phase behavior and the partitioning of caveolin-1 scaffolding domain peptides in model lipid bilayers

The membrane binding and model lipid raft interaction of synthetic peptides derived from the caveolin scaffolding domain (CSD) of the protein caveolin-1 have been investigated. CSD peptides bind preferentially to liquid-disordered domains in model lipid bilayers composed of cholesterol and an equimolar ratio of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) and brain sphingomyelin. Three caveolin-1 peptides were studied: the scaffolding domain (residues 83-101), a water-insoluble construct containing residues 89-101, and a water-soluble construct containing residues 89-101. Confocal and fluorescence microscopy investigation shows that the caveolin-1 peptides bind to the more fluid cholesterol-poor phase. The binding of the water-soluble peptide to lipid bilayers was measured using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). We measured molar partition coefficients of 10(4) M(-1) between the soluble peptide and phase-separated lipid bilayers and 10(3) M(-1) between the soluble peptide and bilayers with a single liquid phase. Partial phase diagrams for our phase-separating lipid mixture with added caveolin-1 peptides were measured using fluorescence microscopy. The water-soluble peptide did not change the phase morphology or the miscibility transition in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs); however, the water-insoluble and full-length CSD peptides lowered the liquid-liquid melting temperature.     

Preparation of mesoporous hematite particles by a forced hydrolysis reaction accompanying a peptide production reaction

The influence of carbodimide (CI), well known as a condensing agent for producing peptides from l-phenylalanine (l-Phe), on the formation of hematite (-Fe₂O₃) particles through a forced hydrolysis reaction of acidic FeCl₃ solution was examined. The large ellipsoidal particles were produced together with needle-like -FeOOH and fine Fe₃O₄ ones in the systems both with l-Phe and CI, though the system only with CI was not essentially changed the particle shape. CI produced the characteristic large ellipsoidal particle accompanying the production of peptides by condensing l-Phe. This behavior was explained by the adsorption of peptides on β-FeOOH and polynuclear (PN) particles; the adsorption of peptides retarded the phase transformation from β-FeOOH to hematite along with the heterogeneous aggregation of PNs, resulting the large ellipsoidal hematite particles. CI reduced Fe³⁺ to Fe²⁺ ions during aging the solution. The decomposition of urea, by-products of peptide formation, produced two kinds of amines to raise the solution pH and provided -FeOOH and Fe₃O₄ particles. The large ellipsoidal hematite particles exhibited large specific surface area and high mesoporosity by adsorption of peptides onto PN particles within the hematite particles. The morphology and inner structure of hematite particles were exceedingly altered by using a reaction of peptide production and this procedure is expected for a new developing method of high-quality porous materials.