A New Metal-Chelated Cryogel for Reversible Immobilization of Urease

Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate) [poly(HEMA-GMA)] cryogel was synthesized by cryopolymerization technique at frozen temperature. Iminodiacetic acid (IDA) was then attached covalently to the cryogel as a chelating agent. Then, poly(HEMA-GMA)-IDA cryogel was chelated with Ni(II) ions and this novel metal affinity support was used for adsorption of urease from its aqueous solution. Urease adsorption experiments were carried out in a continuous system by using a peristaltic pump. Maximum urease adsorption onto poly(HEMA-GMA)-IDA-Ni(II) cryogel was found to be 11.30 mg/g cryogel at pH 5.0 acetate buffer and in 25 °C medium temperature. Urease adsorption capacity decreased with increasing ionic strength and increasing chromatographic flow rate. Adsorption kinetics of urease onto poly(HEMA-GMA)-IDA-Ni(II) cryogel was also investigated and it was found that Langmuir adsorption model is applicable for this adsorption study. This novel immobilized metal affinity chromatography support was used 10 times without any decrease at their adsorption capacity. It was also observed that urease enzyme was repeatedly adsorbed and desorbed without significant lost in enzymatic activity.     

Modified Polymer for Enzyme Immobilization and Characterization of Immobilized Urease

Abstract

Poly-γ-methyl-L-glutamate was modified by the introduction of -CC1₃ and /or -NH₂ groups. Two kinds of polymer were obtained, and applied to urease immobilization. The enzyme immobilized on polymer containing -CCl₃ (PCCl₃) pendant groups retained more activity than that containing -NH₂ (PNH₂). Stability of urease immobilized on PCCl₃ and PNH₂ was 17 days and 19 days respectively.     

A Novel Model for Protein Immobilization on Microspheres

The immobilization of proteins, especially receptor proteins commonly used in high through-put screening of drugs (HTS), have received great attention in recent years. There are many successful isothermal models for describing the adsorption of protein onto solid surface, such as Langmuir model, Bi-Langmuir model, Fowler model, Freundlich model, Freundlich-Langmuir model and Tekmin model etc. In all these models, Langmuir model was the most favorable one model accepted by many researchers, but the experimental results showed that it was not entirely fit to all adsorption behaviors. So new models were required for describing protein adsorption onto microspheres in different conditions.In our research, a novel isothermal model, including Langmuir and other adsorbing behaviors was presented basing on the holding degree of surface active sites and the interaction styles of protein immobilization. In Langmuir model, the adsorbing amount of protein was described as [PS] =Km[P]/1 + K[P], where [PS] was the concentration of adsorbed protein, [P] was the concentration of freeprotein at equilibrium state, and Km and K was constant. According to the interactions of protein and ligands, there were three patterns in the interactions of protein and ligands. On the similar assumption that the interaction of protein and microspheres were three styles, and based on the definition of the holding degree of surface active sites (Y), three adsorption behaviors could be described as Y K[ P ]φ/ K[P]φ+1 or ln K + φ ln[P] =ln(Y/1-Y) in which [P] was the concentration of free protein at equilibrium state, and φ and K was constant. Different scale of φ presented different adsorption behaviors, especially when φ was 1, the adsorption behavior was Langmuir adsorbing model. Figure I indicated the different adsorbing results in different adsorption behaviors (φ＞1, φ＜1,and φ=1).     

A Novel Affinity Support Material for the Separation of Immunoglobulin G from Human Plasma

2‐Methacrylamidohistidine (MAH) as a pseudospecific ligand was synthesized from methacryl chloride and histidine. Spherical beads with an average size of 50–63 μm were obtained by the radical suspension polymerization of MAH and 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) conducted in an aqueous dispersion medium. Owing to the reasonably rough character of the bead surface, P(HEMA‐co‐MAH) beads had a specific surface area of 17.6 m²·g^–1. Synthesized MAH was characterized by NMR. P(HEMA‐co‐MAH) beads were characterized by swelling studies, FT‐IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and elemental analysis. P(HEMA‐co‐MAH) affinity beads with a swelling ratio of 65% were used in the separation of human immunoglobulin G (HIgG) from aqueous solutions and human plasma. The maximum HIgG adsorption on the P(HEMA‐co‐MAH) adsorbents was observed at pH 7.4 for phosphate and at pH 6.0 for morpholinoethanesulfonic acid buffers. The HIgG adsorption onto the PHEMA adsorbents was negligible. Higher adsorption values (up to 46.5 mg·g^–1) were obtained when the P(HEMA‐co‐MAH) adsorbents were used in aqueous solutions. Much higher amounts of HIgG were adsorbed from human plasma (up to 73.8 mg·g^–1). Adsorption capacities of other blood proteins were obtained as 3.2 mg·g^–1 for fibrinogen and 4.6 mg·g^–1 for albumin. The total protein adsorption was determined to be 82.2 mg·g^–1. The pseudospecific affinity beads allowed one‐step separation of HIgG from human plasma. HIgG molecules could be repeatedly adsorbed and desorbed with these adsorbents without noticeable loss in their HIgG adsorption capacity.     

醋酸纤维素膜固定化脲酶的研究

酶固定膜反应器兼具有反应和分离两种功能,是酶工程领域中较活跃的研究课题.随着酶固定化技术和水平的提高,各种固定化酶生物反应器不断涌现,其中以采用固定化脲酶技术制作的人工肾最为成功.     

固定化青霉素酰化酶新型载体PEI/SiO2的制备及其特性

通过γ-氯丙基三甲氧基硅烷的媒介, 将聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)化学偶联在硅胶微粒表面, 制备了固定化青霉素酰化酶的新型复合载体PEI/SiO2, 最终制得了活性高且稳定性好的固定化青霉素酰化酶. 通过测定复合载体表面PEI的偶合量, 考察了各种反应条件对复合载体制备的影响规律; 通过红外光谱与电导滴定法测定, 对复合载体表面的化学结构与组成进行了表征; 为探索复合载体PEI/SiO2固定化酶的作用机理, 测定了复合载体在固定化酶前的ζ电位. 研究结果表明, 通过氯丙基硅烷偶联剂的媒介, 聚胺大分子PEI可以充分地被化学偶联在SiO2表面, 键合量可达到15%. 偶联反应的适宜条件: 反应温度90-94 ℃; 反应时间5h; PEI的质量浓度0.45-0.50 g/mL. 由于PEI分子链中含有大量氨基, 少量的共价键联与大量的物理吸附相结合, 既可使青霉素酰化酶被快速稳定地固定化, 又能很好地保持酶的构象, 使其具有较高的催化活性与活力回收率, 而且具有良好的连续操作稳定性, 重复使用15次, 固定化酶的活性可稳定地保持在初活性的87.5%水平上.     

Rigid Support Materials for the Immobilization of Enzymes

The purpose of the work presented here was to prepare a support material for enzymes and “affinity ligands” with the following characteristics: low cost, durability, rigidity, and high capacity. Our study encompassed conjugates of porous and nonporous silicas with organic polymers and macroporous ion-exchange resins. Poly-ethyleneimine (PEI), polyacrylic acid (PAA), poly (methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride) were attached to porous glass and silica in various combinations. The composite of silica beads with PEI and PAA is a good support for the enzyme trypsin as judged by the activity against N-α-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester.

Amberlyst (macroporous, sulfonated polystyrene) was activated by treatment with thionyl chloride; the resulting resin was either used directly or reacted with a diamine. The diamine derivative was used for enzyme coupling or transformed further to the succinyl or p-aminobenzoyl derivative. None of these derivatives were particularly good as supports for the enzyme trypsin. Duolite converted to a PAA, succinyl, or succinimide derivative was a good support. The enzyme-resin adduct has good activity and stability.

The resin is quite durable and of low cost. The Duolite-trypsin has good activity against protein. In addition, this derivative was active in 7 M urea. The proteolytic activity was nearly doubled by urea, presumably as a result of substrate (casein) denaturation. The michaelis constants and pH dependences are compared for trypsin conjugates with Duolite A-7, Silica-PEI-PAA, agarose, and porous glass. A cost comparison reveals that the Duolite and silica derivatives are much less expensive than agarose and glass.     

新型乳酸固定化酶荧光毛细生物传感器

对长45 mm、内径0.9 mm的医用毛细管进行γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷氨基化和戊二醛醛基化后,再将乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)的氨基与戊二醛的醛基结合,使其固定在毛细管内壁,构成一种新型固定化酶乳酸荧光毛细生物传感器(IE-LFCBS),实现了对乳酸的微量、快速测定.IE-LFCBS吸入辅酶Ⅰ与乳酸的混合液,在固定化酶催化下使乳酸与辅酶Ⅰ反应,生成荧光物质还原型辅酶Ⅰ;激发波长353 nm、发射波长466 nm.适用于IE-LFCBS的优化条件为:辅酶Ⅰ浓度4 mmol/L、用于固定化的LDH浓度60 kU/L、反应时间15 min、反应温度38 ℃、测定范围为1.0～5.0 mmol/L、回收率95%～98%,IE-LFCBS的相对标准偏差为RSD<1.5%(n=11),检出限为0.45 mmol/L.IE-LFCBS的试液用量极少(18 μL),并能重复使用,可望用于发酵食品、药品、血液标本等各类样品中乳酸的快速检测.     

一种糖生物传感芯片制备的新方法

建立了一种用于SPR生物传感器分析的糖生物传感芯片制备新方法。在已二胺大量过量的情况下，海洋硫酸多糖911还原末端的半缩醛基与已二胺的一个氨基进行还原胺化反应，引入一个伯氨基，该伯氨基进一步与sulfo-NHS-biotin反应，使911的还原末端生物素化，通过预偶联到GM5芯片上的链酶抗生素抗体，以俘获法将生物素化的911固定到芯片表面。该方法避免已有固定方法对糖内部结构的破坏，减少了非特异性耦联，能更好地反映糖类与其它分子的相互作用特性，且操作简单，适应于多数具有还原末端的糖类。911经该方法固定后，利用SPR生物传感器，研究了其与HIV gp120蛋白V3区的相互作用动力学，初步证明两者之间存在强烈的相互作用，KA与KD分别为：2.25e5与4.44e-6。     

A Novel Zirconium-Based Perovskite-Type Membrane Material for Oxygen Permeation

Zirconia with fluorite structure stabilized by doping rare earth or alkaline earth metal oxides such as Y2O3 and CaO (YSZ and CSZ) is a class of traditional mixed conducting membrane materials, which have been widely investigated for their high oxygen ionic conductivity and excellent chemical and thermal stability1-3. But the electronic conductivity of these materials is very small, unless operated with an internal or external circuitry, the oxygen flux through membranes in usual ranges of …     

A Novel Pyrazoline-based Starburst Amorphous Molecular Material

A pyrazoline-containing starburst molecule, 4,4‘,4““-tris[(1,3-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol)-5-yl]-triphenylamine (Tris-5-DPP), was synthesized in a facile way, which can form amorphous thin films with glass transition temperature as high as 136℃.     

基于电聚合膜和纳米金自组装的生物分子固定化新方法的研究

结合电聚合膜和纳米金自组装技术,提出了一种新的生物分子固定化方法,研制成一种检测抗胰蛋白酶的压电免疫传感器。通过在石英晶振金电极表面电聚合邻苯二胺膜,再在膜表面自组装一层纳米金粒．以静电吸附作用固定抗体(抗原),实现对相应抗原(抗体)的检测。利用扫描电镜技术,从形态上考察了晶振金电极上自组装纳米金后的表面形貌。研究了抗体的固定化条件,探讨了传感器的响应与再生性能结果表日月．这种固定化方法对所固定的生物分子的生物活性影响小,传感器的测定灵敏度高．响应性能和再生性能较好。     

尿素酶固载于纳米二氧化钛多孔膜上的尿素生物传感器

在钛丝基体上沉积一层纳米二氧化钛(TiO2)多孔膜,然后直接将尿素酶吸附在TiO2膜上。基于TiO2膜的pH响应,发展了一种廉价的、易于微型化的pH敏尿素酶传感器。采用石英微天平、红外光谱和紫外可见光谱等手段研究尿素酶在TiO2膜上的物理固载行为。由于纳米TiO2在紫外光下光自洁特性可获得高度洁净的表面,石英微天平研究表明在光自洁后的TiO2膜上尿素酶的吸附具有很好的重复性和稳定性,吸附量为0.22mmol/g,吸附平衡常数k为3.15×105L/mol。采用电位法测定了尿素酶/TiO2复合膜电极的性能及其影响因素,在1.0 mmol/L pH 7~8 PBS,35℃,尿素的响应范围为8.5×10-5~1.5×10-1mol/L,相关系数r为0.993 7,检出限为6×10-5mol/L。     

一种新型的纳米功能材料:磁性纳米镁铝水滑石

本文将磁性基质与镁铝水滑石进行组装首次合成出一种新型的纳米磁性功能材料—磁性纳米镁铝水滑石。这种新型纳米功能材料的XRD及TA结果表明,镁铝水滑石赋予磁性后并没有改变其层状结构的典型特征。样品的TEM图表明,磁性基质的加入后样品的颗粒粒径并没有明显增大,且保持在20～50nm之间。对磁性镁铝水滑石磁性能的考察结果表明,样品的比饱和磁化强度随磁性基质含量的增加而线性增加。     

The Effect of Biomass Immobilization Support Material and Bed Porosity on Hydrogen Production in an Upflow Anaerobic Packed-Bed Bioreactor

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the support material used for biomass attachment and bed porosity on the potential generation of hydrogen gas in an anaerobic bioreactor treating low-strength wastewater. For this purpose, an upflow anaerobic packed-bed (UAPB) reactor fed with sucrose-based synthetic wastewater was used. Three reactors with various support materials (expanded clay, vegetal coal, and low-density polyethylene) were operated for hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 0.5 and 2 h. Based on the results obtained, three further reactors were operated with low-density polyethylene as a material support using various bed porosities (91, 75, and 50 %) for an HRT of 0.5 h. The UAPB reactor was found to be a feasible technology for hydrogen production, reaching a maximum substrate-based hydrogen yield of 7 mol H₂ mol^?1 sucrose for an HRT of 0.5 h. The type of support material used did not affect hydrogen production or the microbial population inside the reactor. Increasing the bed porosity to 91 % provided a continuous and cyclic production of hydrogen, whereas the lower bed porosities resulted in a reduced time of hydrogen production due to biomass accumulation, which resulted in a decreasing working volume.     

Immobilization of Urease and Cholinesterase on the Surface of Semiconductor Transducer for the Development of Light-Addressable Potentiometric Sensors

Various methods for the immobilization of urease and butyrylcholinesterase on the insulator surface of a laser-scanned semiconductor transducer (LSST) have been tested and compared for the development of an enzyme-based light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS). The method of preparing photocurable membranes on LAPS is presented, and a new type of enzyme LAPS with photocurable polymeric enzyme membranes has been elaborated. It was found that sensors prepared by means of covalent bonding and cross-linking with inactive protein (type SIII) and with photocurable membrane matrices (type SIV) are more prospective. The enzyme LAPSensors with photocurable membranes demonstrate a degree of sensitivity close to the theoretical value and working ranges of 6.3·10^–5–1.1·10^–2 and 1·10^–4–1·10^–1molL^–1 urea for acrylamide and acrylate-based membrane matrices, respectively, and 2.5·10^–4–2·10^–1molL^–1 butyrylcholine for an acrylamide membrane matrix. It is shown that such sensors can be also used for the analysis of enzyme inhibitors.     

一种新的压电免疫传感器中生物分子固定化方法的研究

生物分子固定化或传感界面设计技术是研制压电免疫传感器的关键之一。本文 结合自组装单分子膜（SAMs）和聚电解质静电吸附组装技术，提出了一种新的压电 免疫传感器中生物分子固定化方法，研制成一种检测补体C_3的压电免疫传感器。 先在石英晶振的金电极表面组装一层胱胺SAMs，再在膜上组装带相反电荷的聚苯磺 酸钠（PSS）单层膜，通过静电吸附作用固定抗体（抗原），实现对相应抗原（抗 体）的检测。利用扫描电镜技术，从形态上考察了晶振组装胱氨SAMs与PSS及固定 补体C_3抗体后的表面形貌。研究了抗体的固定化条件，探讨了传感器采用这种固 定化方法的响应与再生性能，并与戊二醛键合固定法进行比较。结果表明，这种固 定化方法不仅对蛋白质类生物分子的固定化具有普适性，而且对所固定的生物分子 的活性影响小，传感器的响应的频移值大，灵敏度高，选择性和再生性能均较好。     

PAM Templating Mechanism for Synthesis of A Novel LiFePO4 Cathode Material

Introduction LiFePO4isapromisingcathodematerialfor lithiumrechargeablebatteries.Itisthermallysta- bleandiscapableofinsertingalithiumion.Its property/priceratio[1_3]isattracting.Thismaterial hasarelativelyhighpotentialcomparedwithLi+/ Li.Butitstillneedsfurtherinvestigationforprac- ticalapplications,inwhichthepoorintrinsiccon- ductivityshouldbeimproved.Manysyntheseslead directivelytocarbonmixturesorcarboncoatings forelectronicallyconductivesamples[4,5].Butinter- growthcarbonwithanano-structu…     

Raney-Ni催化剂的磁固载及其应用

 Raney-Ni催化剂由于价格便宜且催化活性高,在加氢反应中有广泛的应用,但其催化活性会随使用次数的增加而迅速下降. 通过对Raney-Ni催化剂的SEM照片及粒度分布进行分析可知,在不饱和乙内酰脲加氢反应过程中,催化剂活性下降的主要原因是催化剂的粉化流失和活性位点镍微晶的熔合. 在反应体系中添加磁性材料KF-610后,减少了批次反应过程中催化剂的流失及活性的快速下降,可实现催化剂的回收利用及活性维持. 经20批次亚苄基乙内酰脲、对羟基亚苄基乙内酰脲和吲哚亚甲基乙内酰脲加氢反应,不饱和乙内酰脲的转化率均在90%以上,催化剂相对于底物的用量可大幅度降低.