蛋白质组学中的固定化酶反应器制备的研究进展

固定化酶反应器作为蛋白质组学研究中"bottom-up"策略重要的组件,具有酶解快速、酶解效率高、酶稳定性和活性高、简单易操作、能够与多种检测方式联用等优点,对于发展高效快速的蛋白质组学分析方法具有重要意义。本文就固定化酶反应器的制备方法及其在蛋白质组学中的应用做简单的概述,着重介绍酶的固定方法、固定化酶的载体、用于固定的酶的种类。近几年固定化酶反应器的研究集中于提高固酶量、保持酶活性、增加酶解效率、减小非特异性吸附等方面。研究结果表明,采用纳米材料、整体材料等新型载体,提高载体亲水性,采用多酶同时酶解等方法能够有效改善固定化酶反应器的性能,提高蛋白质的鉴定效率。     

金属氧化物在蛋白质组学研究中的应用

本文对近年来金属氧化物在蛋白质组学研究中发挥的作用进行了综述。重点介绍了该类化合物在蛋白质样品富集、固定化酶反应器、生物传感器和生物移植材料等方面的应用,并展望了其在蛋白质组学研究中的发展前景。     

固定化酶微升反应器与MALDI-TOF MS联用技术用于蛋白质肽谱研究

以甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯新型复合纤维素膜为介质固定化胰蛋白酶, 与传统微球固定化酶反应器相比, 提高了分子扩散传质性能. 设计并制成固定化酶微升反应器, 并与基体辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF MS)联用应用于蛋白质的肽谱分析. 将所获得的肽质谱图用于蛋白质数据库检索, 可以确定各肽段在蛋白质中的位置. 这种方法尤其适用于高灵敏度和微量生物样品的快速分析, 可以在皮摩尔的水平上对蛋白质的结构进行鉴定.     

多层开管毛细管酶反应器的制备及在蛋白质酶切中的应用

以石英毛细管作为酶固定化的载体, 在毛细管内壁上逐步合成树枝形大分子聚酰胺-胺(PAMAM), 再通过交联剂戊二醛将胰蛋白酶直接键合到该大分子的末端氨基上, 并对酶固定化条件进行了优化, 制备了多层酶反应器. 利用该酶反应器对马心细胞色素C等蛋白质进行了酶切, 并对酶切的条件进行了优化. 实验结果表明, 该固定化酶反应器具有较高的酶切效率、良好的重现性和稳定性, 可用于蛋白质组学的研究.     

碳酸酐酶固定化研究进展

近年来,碳酸酐酶(CA)在CO_2捕集领域的应用引起人们极大的兴趣.然而,由于价格昂贵,游离酶在使用时活性易受到多种环境因素的影响,稳定性较低且不易回收,因此有必要对CA固定化.综述了近十多年来CA固定化的研究进展,并根据载体的种类进行划分,分别总结了高分子材料、无机材料、聚合物-无机复合材料、纳米材料固定化CA的酶来源、固定化方法、载体材料、酶活、反应动力学参数和稳定性数据,并介绍了固定化CA应用于反应器的研究进展.最后,指出了不同类型载体材料的优缺点,提出了固定化CA的未来发展方向.     

Al-MOF基多级孔Al2O3固定化酶反应器的构筑及构效关系研究

针对生物酶在固相载体负载后存在的催化活性与稳定性之间“此消彼长”的问题, 本工作采用“自牺牲模板”策略以铝基金属有机骨架材料(Al-MOF)为前驱体设计制备多级孔Al₂O₃ (MHAl₂O₃)材料, 再以“聚多巴胺(PDA)”仿生膜对材料表面进行功能化修饰后用以固载辣根过氧化物酶(HRP). 通过调节前驱体的煅烧温度来实现载体孔径大小的调控, 探讨了载体的孔道限域效应对固定化酶反应器催化活性的影响, 所得固定化酶反应器的热稳定性和重复使用性显著提高. 为了解析固定化酶反应器的构效关系, 采用酶动力学和热动力学参数研究了固定化酶反应器催化过程中酶与底物的相互作用, 结果表明固载后酶分子对底物的亲和性和专一性得到提升. 将固定化酶反应器用于模拟废水中苯胺黑药的催化降解时, 表现出非常高效的催化效率.     

基于温敏型材料的固定化酶的制备及其在蛋白质组快速分析中的应用

蛋白质组学通过规模化鉴定、分析从细胞、组织或有机体中提取的蛋白质,从而获得蛋白表达、修饰、组成和定量的变化信息。在目前最为有效的“鸟枪法”蛋白质组学策略中,固定化酶试剂基质常用固相载体材料,该固定化酶试剂在酶解蛋白质时为异相体系,存在固液界面传质阻力和空间位阻,限制了酶解效率和样品处理通量。针对这一技术瓶颈,本研究利用温敏聚合物对外界温度变化的响应能力,制备了一种新型的基于可溶性温敏聚合物的固定化胰蛋白酶试剂。该固定化酶特有的温度敏感特性,使其具有“高温均相酶解,低温异相分离”的特色,且兼具酶切时间显著缩短、酶可重复利用的优势。 BSA 1 min固定化酶解产物肽段的氨基酸序列覆盖率可达94%,高于传统溶液酶解12 h所得覆盖率为(74%)。进一步将该固定化酶试剂应用于HeLa细胞全蛋白质组的酶解,其酶解效果与相同条件下溶液酶解12 h相当。该固定化酶试剂对复杂蛋白质的快速、高效酶解充分证明其在蛋白质组学研究中的应用潜力。     

采用磁性载体制备的固定化酶反应器的载体粒径对蛋白质酶解性能的影响

研究了以不同粒径的磁性颗粒为载体的固定化酶反应器在蛋白质酶解过程中,其粒径大小对团聚、酶解效率和漏切位点等的影响。实验结果表明,纳米级颗粒的酶负载量为亚微米级的3.5倍左右。但当酶固定量相同时,酶解效率基本相当。而在一定程度上加大磁性颗粒的粒径后,团聚现象得到明显改善。选择磁性载体粒径为20 nm的固定化酶反应器,对其性能进一步考察。结果显示胰蛋白酶与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)的质量比为1:1时,即能于1 min内实现快速酶解;当酶解10 min时,其零漏切位点肽段数和蛋白质序列覆盖率基本达到稳定,并明显优于溶液酶解水平。通过对漏切位点的统计分析比较,发现固定化酶解与溶液酶解时的漏切位点规律基本类似。因此,采用不同粒径磁性载体制备的固定化酶反应器均可在蛋白质组学研究中提供快速、高效的酶解。     

新型亲水聚合物修饰硅胶颗粒固定化酶的制备及在蛋白质组鉴定中的应用

采用原子转移自由基聚合法制备了亲水聚合物修饰的硅胶颗粒作为一种新型固定化酶载体,在实现胰蛋白酶高密度固定的同时,显著降低了载体材料非特异性吸附导致的样品损失。因此,该固定化酶材料兼具高酶解效率和高回收率的特性。以标准蛋白质牛血清白蛋白(BSA)为样本,使用该固定化酶1 min即可完成酶解,鉴定到肽段对BSA的氨基酸序列覆盖率可达90%以上。该固定化酶材料成功应用于酵母菌全蛋白质复杂样本的酶解,从3 min酶解产物中鉴定到666个蛋白质,超过同样条件下溶液酶解12 h的鉴定结果。     

固定化酶微反应器的制备及应用

固定化酶微反应器是将生物分子固定技术与生化微反应相结合制备的一种固定化催化装置。这种微型化的反应系统由于兼具固定化酶的特异性催化、可重复利用及微分析的低消耗、易分离等优点,在生命科学如蛋白质组学、酶抑制剂的筛选、生物催化等领域具有非常重要的作用。固定化酶微反应器的性能与其制作方法关系密切。本文着重从酶与固定化载体结合方式的角度,对近年来固定化酶微反应器的各种制备方法和应用进行了较为详细的评述。重点讨论了各种方法的优缺点和最新的发展情况,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

Immobilization of trypsin on sub-micron skeletal polymer monolith

A new kind of immobilized trypsin reactor based on sub-micron skeletal polymer monolith has been developed. Covalent immobilization of trypsin on this support was performed using the epoxide functional groups in either a one- or a multi-step reaction. The proteolytic activity of the immobilized trypsin was measured by monitoring the formation of N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine (BA) which is the digestion product of a substrate N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester (BAEE). Results showed that the digestion speed was about 300 times faster than that performed in free solution. The performance of such an enzyme reactor was further demonstrated by digesting protein myoglobin. It has been found that the protein digestion could be achieved in 88 s at 30°C, which is comparable to 24 h digestion in solution at 37°C. Furthermore, the immobilized trypsin exhibits increased stability even after continuous use compared to that in free solution. The present monolithic enzyme-reactor provides a promising platform for the proteomic research.     

Improving off-line accelerated tryptic digestion. Towards fast-lane proteolysis of complex biological samples

Off-line digestion of proteins using immobilized trypsin beads is studied with respect to the format of the digestion reactor, the digestion conditions, the comparison with in-solution digestion and its use in complex biological samples. The use of the filter vial as the most appropriate digestion reactor enables simple, efficient and easy-to-handle off-line digestion of the proteins on trypsin beads. It was shown that complex proteins like bovine serum albumin (BSA) need much longer time (89 min) and elevated temperature (37 degrees C) to be digested to an acceptable level compared to smaller proteins like cytochrome c (5 min, room temperature). Comparing the BSA digestion using immobilized trypsin beads with conventional in-solution digestion (overnight at 37 degrees C), it was shown that comparable results were obtained with respect to sequence coverage (>90%) and amount of missed cleavages (in both cases around 20 peptides with 1 or 2 missed cleavages were detected). However, the digestion using immobilized trypsin beads was considerable less time consuming. Good reproducibility and signal intensities were obtained for the digestion products of BSA in a complex urine sample. In addition to this, peptide products of proteins typically present in urine were identified.     

Development of an In-Line Enzyme Reactor Integrated into a Capillary Electrophoresis System

The goal of this paper was to develop an in-line immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) integrated into a capillary electrophoresis platform. In our research, we created the IMER by adsorbing trypsin onto the inner surface of a capillary in a short section. Enzyme immobilization was possible due to the electrostatic attraction between the oppositely charged fused silica capillary surface and trypsin. The reactor was formed by simply injecting and removing trypsin solution from the capillary inlet (~1–2 cms). We investigated the factors affecting the efficiency of the reactor. The main advantages of the proposed method are the fast, cheap, and easy formation of an IMER with in-line protein digestion capability. Human tear samples were used to test the efficiency of the digestion in the microreactor.     

Analytical characterization of a facile porous polymer monolithic trypsin microreactor enabling peptide mass mapping using mass spectrometry

A simple and rapid single-step method is presented to fabricate an enzyme reactor using trypsin immobilized on a macroporous polymer monolith. A reactor produced in a capillary format is ready to use within 1 h of preparation. The monomers making up the monolith, including N-acryloxysuccinimide for covalent immobilization of the enzyme, are mixed with trypsin and introduced into the column by capillary force for polymerization/immobilization. The enzyme activity from column-to-column is reproducible below 5% relative standard deviation (RSD), while the reactor is durable for at least 20 weeks when stored at room temperature. The apparent kinetic constants V(max) and K(m) are of value similar to those obtained by free trypsin in solution. Enzymatic digestion of proteins was shown to be feasible on a time-scale of seconds and submicromolar concentrations enabling peptide mass mapping by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry.     

壳聚糖固定化胰蛋白酶的研究

以壳聚糖为载体，戊二醛为交联剂，采用两种方法制备了固定化胰蛋白酶。考察了固定化反应中pH值，戊二醛的浓度，以及给酶量对固定化胰蛋白酶活力的影响，并研究了这两种固定化胰蛋白酶的性质。实验结果表明，以戊二醛预交联的网状壳聚糖为载体制备的固定化胰蛋白酶具有更加优良的性能，在最佳固定化反应条件下，酶的活性加收率可达56％。此固定化胰蛋白酶的最适pH为7．0－8．5，最适温度为60℃，Km值为2．52mol/L，固定化胰蛋白酶表现出较好的热稳定性，pH贮存稳定性，以及在乙醇水溶液中的稳定性。     

Functionalized magnetic micro- and nanoparticles: optimization and application to micro-chip tryptic digestion

The preparation of an easily replaceable protease microreactor for micro-chip application is described. Magnetic particles coated with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), polystyrene, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate), poly(glycidyl methacrylate), [(2-amino-ethyl)hydroxymethylen]biphosphonic acid, or alginic acid with immobilized trypsin were utilized for heterogeneous digestion. The properties were optimized, with the constraint of allowing immobilization in a microchannel by a magnetic field gradient. To obtain the highest digestion efficiency, sub-micrometer spheres were organized by an inhomogeneous external magnetic field perpendicularly to the direction of the channel. Kinetic parameters of the enzyme reactor immobilized in micro-chip capillary (micro-chip immobilized magnetic enzyme reactor (IMER)) were determined. The capability of the proteolytic reactor was demonstrated by five model (glyco)proteins ranging in molecular mass from 4.3 to 150 kDa. Digestion efficiency of proteins in various conformations was investigated using SDS-PAGE, HPCE, RP-HPLC, and MS. The compatibility of the micro-chip IMER system with total and limited proteolysis of high-molecular-weight (glyco)proteins was confirmed. It opens the route to automated, high-throughput proteomic micro-chip devices.     

Trypsin inhibitor screening in traditional Chinese medicine by using an immobilized enzyme microreactor in capillary and molecular docking study

A trypsin immobilized enzyme microreactor was successfully prepared in capillary for studying enzyme kinetics of trypsin and online screening of trypsin inhibitors from traditional Chinese medicine through capillary electrophoresis. Trypsin was immobilized on the inner wall at the inlet of the capillary treated with polydopamine. The rest of the capillary was used as a separation channel. The parameters including the separation efficiency and the activity of immobilized trypsin were comprehensively evaluated. Under the optimal conditions, online screening of trypsin inhibitors each time can be carried out within 6 min. The Michaelis–Menten constant of immobilized trypsin was calculated to be 0.50 mM, which indicated high affinity of the immobilized trypsin for the substrate. The half‐maximal inhibitory concentration of known inhibitor of benzamidine hydrochloride hydrate as a model inhibitor was 13.32 mM. The proposed method was successfully applied to screen trypsin inhibitors from 15 compounds of traditional Chinese medicine. It has been found that baicalin showed inhibitory potency. Molecular docking study well supported the experimental result by exhibiting molecular interaction between enzyme and inhibitors.     

Characterization of a monolithic immobilized trypsin microreactor with on-line coupling to ESI-MS

The preparation and characterization of a miniaturized trypsin reactor using on-line coupling with an ESI-TOF mass spectrometer are described. L-1-Tosylamido-2-phenylethyl chloromethyl ketone-trypsin was covalently immobilized on poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) monolith prepared in a 75 microm ID fused silica capillary resulting in a bioreactor with high local concentration of the proteolytic enzyme. Covalent immobilization of trypsin on this support was performed using the epoxide functional groups in either a one- or a multistep reaction. For on-line protein digestion-MS analysis the bioreactor was coupled with the mass spectrometer using a liquid junction microelectrospray interface. The performance of the reactor was tested using an on-line flow through the system with flow rates of 50-300 nL/min. The resulting protein consumption was in the atto- to low femtomole range. Proteolytic activity was characterized in a wide range of conditions with respect to the flow rate, pH, and temperature. Complete protein digestion was achieved in less than 30 s at 25 degrees C with the sequence coverage of 80% (cytochrome c), which is comparable to 3 h digestion in solution at 37 degrees C. Besides the good performance at laboratory temperature, the immobilized trypsin in the bioreactor also performed well at lower pH compared to the standard in-solution protocols.     

Ion-exchange-membrane-based enzyme micro-reactor coupled online with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for protein analysis

In this article, we developed a membrane-based enzyme micro-reactor by directly using commercial polystyrene–divinylbenzene cation–exchange membrane as the support for trypsin immobilization via electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions and successfully applied it for protein digestion. The construction of the reactor can be simply achieved by continuously pumping trypsin solution through the reactor for only 2 min, which was much faster than the other enzyme immobilization methods. In addition, the membrane reactor could be rapidly regenerated within 35 min, resulting in a “new” reactor for the digestion of every protein sample, completely eliminating the cross-interference of different protein samples. The amount and the activity of immobilized trypsin were measured, and the repeatability of the reactor was tested, with an RSD of 3.2% for the sequence coverage of cytochrome c in ten digestion replicates. An integrated platform for protein analysis, including online protein digestion and peptide separation and detection, was established by coupling the membrane enzyme reactor with liquid chromatography–quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The performance of the platform was evaluated using cytochrome c, myoglobin, and bovine serum albumin, showing that even in the short digestion time of several seconds the obtained sequence coverages was comparable to or higher than that with in-solution digestion. The system was also successfully used for the analysis of proteins from yeast cell lysate.