基于片段的先导化合物发现中的核磁应用

基于片段的药物筛选与设计在过去10年开始出现并获得了重要的应用,数十种基于片段的药物已经进入临床测试期. 源于靶标蛋白和小分子片段本质上的弱相互作用,现代核磁技术在其中发挥着无可替代的作用. 该文简略介绍了核磁片段筛选的基本流程和重要概念,包括靶标蛋白的选择、片段库的设计、质量控制和重要的核磁筛选技术. 在后续的基于片段的先导化合物发现阶段,阐述了核磁新技术的基本理论框架,包括化学位移扰动、分子间NOE、残留偶极耦合和顺磁标记等方法,以及这些新技术在靶标/配基复合体结构研究中的实际应用,穿插演示了片段组装的基本思路和成功案例.     

Fluorine-19 NMR spectroscopic studies of the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil in the liver of patients undergoing chemotherapy

Fluorine-19 nuclear magnetic resonance allows direct observation of fluorinated drugs and their metabolites in the human body without background signal from the tissue. A well-known fluorinated chemotherapeutic drug, 5-fluorouracil, and its metabolites were observed noninvasively in the liver of three patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy. Spectra were obtained at 1.5 T with a surface coil centered over the right lobe of the patient's liver. Administration of 1.5 gm of 5-fluorouracil was done after positioning in the magnet. Serial spectra, collected over a 2-h period, revealed both the nature of the metabolites present in the liver, and the time course of each patient's metabolism. These observations represent the first noninvasive NMR study of drugs in human patients and show the feasibility of using in vivo F-19 NMR spectroscopy for human studies of fluorinated compounds.     

Confocal Raman microscopy for simultaneous monitoring of partitioning and disordering of tricyclic antidepressants in phospholipid vesicle membranes

Characterization of drug–membrane interactions is important in order to understand the mechanisms of action of drugs and to design more effective drugs and delivery vehicles. Raman spectra provide compositional and conformational information of drugs and lipid membranes, respectively, allowing membrane disordering effects and drug partitioning to be assessed. Traditional Raman spectroscopy and other widely used bioanalytical techniques such as differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) typically require high sample concentrations. Here, we describe how temperature‐controlled, optical‐trapping confocal Raman microscopy facilitates the analysis of drug–membrane interactions using micromolar concentrations of drug, while avoiding drug depletion from solution by working at even lower lipid concentrations. The potential for confocal Raman microscopy as an effective bioanalytical tool is illustrated using tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), which are cationic amphiphilic molecules that bind to phospholipid membranes and influence lipid phase transitions. The interaction of these drugs with vesicle membranes of differing head‐group charge is investigated while varying the ring and side‐chain structure of the drug. Changes in membrane structure are observed in Raman bands that report intra‐ and intermolecular order versus temperature. The partitioning of drugs into the membrane can also be determined from the Raman scattering intensities. These results demonstrate the usefulness of confocal Raman microscopy for the analysis of drug–membrane systems at biologically relevant drug concentrations. Effective tools for monitoring drug–membrane interactions are crucial for rational design of new drugs. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

MALDI-MS of drugs: Profiling,imaging, and steps towards quantitative analysis

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a soft ionization technique which can be used in mass spectrometry to produce ions from biomolecules without inducing the fragmentation associated with traditional methods of ionization. When used with small molecules, the lack of fragmentation allows identification of specific molecules against a background of alternative signals; thus, for example, the presence of drug molecules and metabolites can be distinguished from a range of alternative biomolecules present within a tissue sample. Using highly collimated lasers in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) allows imaging of a tissue sample whereby the laser is rastered across the sample and individual mass spectra are collected in a serial manner. Thus, the distribution of the molecules within the tissue sample can be presented in the form of a 2D image. While the detection of specific drug molecules and metabolites within biological samples has its uses, quantification of those same molecules would be of greater benefit in a clinical setting. However, accurate quantification presents additional challenges. We present an overview of the MALDI-MS technique followed by recent progress in profiling drugs and their metabolites through imaging drug distributions within tissues and finish with recent developments in the quantification of drugs in tissues by MALDI-MSI.     

基于NMR的代谢组学方法最新进展及应用

代谢组学的定义“对病理/生理刺激以及基因改变时生物体系动态的代谢响应进行多参数的定量测量”已被广泛接受. 本文对代谢组学研究的最新进展及其在系统生物学中所发挥的作用进行了综述. 在代谢组学方法研究方面,着重讨论了现代NMR技术的进展及其对代谢组学所产生的影响,同时也包括用于分离的HPLC及其与质谱的连用技术. 对代谢组学广泛应用的概述,主要包括：对正常生理变化的新认识;药物和其他外源性化学物质的副作用;外源性物质对环境污染的影响以及逐渐增多的代谢组学方法在疾病检测中应用.     

Spectroscopic Trends for the Determination of Illicit Drugs in Oral Fluid

Abstract

The present work aims to review all of the articles published so far, focused on the determination of drugs of abuse in oral fluid. This fluid provides a simpler, faster, and more controllable sampling in comparison with the other biological fluids, such as blood or urine. Actually, the main goal of the researchers is to lower the limit of detection (LOD) to detect quantities of drugs smaller than the cut-off limits established by law for drug controls. Advances in Raman, infrared (IR), and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy applications are discussed. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has been shown as the most sensitive technique for the detection of illicit drugs in oral fluid. The use of IR spectroscopy for determining drugs of abuse in oral fluid is growing, although the LODs obtained until now do not yet satisfy the necessities in the forensic field. Finally, NMR spectroscopy has seldom been used to determine drugs in oral fluid. Another future trend seems to be related with the use of portable instrumentation, which would allow us to perform in-situ analysis. This last application seems to be particularly promising to perform roadside drug tests and to identify overdose drugs in patients in emergency conditions.     

太赫兹光谱技术在毒品检测中的应用研究

综述了近年来将太赫兹光谱技术应用于毒品检测与识别方面的研究成果：利用自主研发的可移动式小型太赫兹时域光谱仪作为实验平台,建立了含有38种纯度在90%以上的毒品太赫兹光谱数据库;用密度泛函理论进行了光谱解析;讨论了干涉以及包装物对光谱的影响;结合人工神经网络、支持向量机等方法对毒品光谱进行定性识别;同时,研究确定毒品纯度和有效成份含量的理论和实验方法。     

基于HPLC-DAD-SPE-CryoNMR-MS技术的代谢物快速定性和结构确定

快速定性并有效地确定代谢物结构是代谢组学、植物化学和天然药物发现等研究的重要内容. 本文以迷迭香的两种溶剂提取物（氯仿/甲醇=3/1和50%含水甲醇）作为模型样品,通过分析其中的一些化学成分,展现了HPLC-DAD-SPE-CryoNMR-MS无缝联仪技术在确定代谢物结构方面的应用潜力. 基于高效液相色谱、紫外吸收、核磁共振波谱及质谱数据,具有代表性的6个迷迭香代谢物的结构得到了确定,它们分别为1个酚类二萜（鼠尾草酚）、2个酚酸（迷迭香酸和咖啡酸）、2个黄酮（6-甲氧基木樨草素-7-葡萄糖苷和高车前甙）和1个香豆酸 (顺-4-香豆酸葡萄糖苷). 该技术使分析型HPLC柱所分离的组分可以获得高质量同核及异核二维核磁共振波谱,从而能够更加便捷地确定微量成分的结构. 这些研究结果不仅提供了上述6种代谢物详细的谱学数据,而且证实HPLC-DAD-SPE-CryoNMR-MS技术是天然产物以及其他复杂体系结构分析的重要工具,即使同一色谱峰中含有浓度相差一个数量级的多个代谢物时,该方法依然有效.     

Recent progress in solid-state NMR studies of drugs confined within drug delivery systems

Recent progress in the application of solid-state NMR (SS NMR) spectroscopy in structural studies of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) embedded in different drug carriers is detailed. This article is divided into sections. The first part reports short characterization of the nanoparticles and microparticles that can be used as drug delivery systems (DDSs). The second part shows the applicability of SS NMR to study non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). In this section, problems related to API–DDS interactions, morphology, local molecular dynamics, nature of inter- or intramolecular connections, and pore filling are reviewed for different drug carriers (e.g. mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), cyclodextrins, polymeric matrices and others). The third and fourth sections detail the recent applications of SS NMR for searching for antibiotics and anticancer drugs confined in zeolites, MSNs, amorphous calcium phosphate and other carriers.     

NMR实验参数对IBP-血浆相互作用个性化差异研究的影响

药物与血浆蛋白相互作用强弱是影响药物分布代谢与药效的关键因素之一. 本研究小组已报道用扩散加权谱、弛豫加权谱结合主成分分析（PCA）方法研究布洛芬（IBP）与血浆蛋白相互作用的个体差异性. 该文则研究核磁共振实验参数的设置对血浆与药物相互作用个体差异性研究的影响. 以对照血浆样品组与加入布洛芬血浆组为模型,改变扩散时间、梯度强度、回波时间这3种实验参数,采集了27套不同实验设置的扩散加权谱与10套不同回波时间的弛豫加权谱. 结果表明,扩散时间为0.1 s~0.14 s且梯度强度为1.52×10^-3 T/cm~1.90×10^-3 T/cm时采集的扩散加权谱或回波时间为70 ms~110 ms时采集的弛豫加权谱更适合用来研究血浆与布洛芬相互作用的个性化差异.     

稀土长期毒性对大鼠体液的1H NMR研究

采用现代核磁共振技术,通过分析灌胃给药0.2,2.0,10,20mg/kg剂量的La(NO₃)₃6个月后大鼠血清中某些内源性化合物的变化研究了稀土化合物在动物体内的作用情况及长期毒性,同时对各剂量组三个月后大鼠尿液的¹H NMR谱图进行了分析,并通过血液中一些重要生化指标的测定对结果进行了验证.体液中氨基酸、乳酸、N-氧三甲胺、3羟丁酸、葡萄糖、尿素、柠檬酸等重要内源化合物的核磁共振谱峰发生了明显的变化,意味着动物体内的代谢出现异常.结果表明高剂量稀土的引入可能使动物肾脏和肝脏均受到损害,且受损程度随稀土剂量的增高而渐趋严重。     

核磁共振波谱在肿瘤诊疗中的应用研究进展

在介绍肿瘤样品代谢物的核磁共振波谱技术的研究方法的基础上,从离体组织和活体组织两个方面综述核磁共振波谱(NMR)在诊断肿瘤方面的应用进展,分析了它在肿瘤诊疗中的应用前景。在离体组织方面,人们通过1H和31P-NMR谱观测病人的体液样品、培养的细胞、切除的组织等来研究脂质、磷脂等代谢物的分布,观测肿瘤与对照组织之间的差别。其中利用组织提取物的方法能够得到分辨率较高的图谱,非常适合应用于肿瘤诊断和治疗方法的研究。高分辨魔角旋转(HR-MAS)的方法在肿瘤诊断研究方面展现出新的生命力,利用高分辨魔角旋转技术可以直接得到组织细胞中很多分子水平的代谢物结构和组成信息,因此它在癌症的早期诊断中具有很好的前景。在活体核磁共振波谱诊断肿瘤方面,主要应用1H和31P核磁共振波谱,结合MRI为非侵入性肿瘤分析提供了一种临床可用的方法。MRI与MRS技术的结合将使核磁共振波谱在医学领域有更大的应用空间。     

肝肿瘤细胞HepG2代谢指纹及代谢足迹的NMR分析

细胞代谢特征的分析是认识细胞生物化学过程物质基础的一个关键点. 该文使用培养72 h的肝肿瘤细胞HepG2为模型,使用一维与二维核磁共振谱学分析方法, 分析了该细胞本身及其培养液中代谢物的组成,确定了50余种覆盖三羧酸循环、糖酵解、氨基酸合成、脂肪酸与胞膜代谢、嘌呤与嘧啶代谢等多个代谢途径的代谢物,发现细胞本身与培养基中代谢物组成能够分别提供“细胞代谢指纹”与“细胞代谢足迹”等互补性信息. 同时发现此方法可用于研究植物次生代谢物槲皮素对肝肿瘤细胞HepG2代谢的影响. 结果表明,核磁共振波谱技术是分析细胞代谢组特征和研究药物对细胞代谢影响规律的有效手段.     

The use of mass defect in modern mass spectrometry

Mass defect is defined as the difference between a compound's exact mass and its nominal mass. This concept has been increasingly used in mass spectrometry over the years, mainly due to the growing use of high resolution mass spectrometers capable of exact mass measurements in many application areas in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry. This article is meant as an introduction to the different uses of mass defect in applications using modern MS instrumentation. Visualizing complex mass spectra may be simplified with the concept of Kendrick mass by plotting nominal mass as a function of Kendrick mass defect, based on hydrocarbons subunits, as well as slight variations on this theme. Mass defect filtering of complex MS data has been used for selectively detecting compounds of interest, including drugs and their metabolites or endogenous compounds such as peptides and small molecule metabolites. Several strategies have been applied for labeling analytes with reagents containing unique mass defect features, thus shifting molecules into a less noisy area in the mass spectrum, thus increasing their detectability, especially in the area of proteomics. All these concepts will be covered to introduce the interested reader to the plethora of possibilities of mass defect analysis of high resolution mass spectra.     

Fluoxetine Hydrochloride的NMR数据解析

由美国Lilly公司开发的第二代抗抑郁症药物盐酸氟西汀（Fluoxetine hydrochloride），属于选择性5-羟色胺再摄取抑制剂（SSRI），除了用于治疗各类抑郁症，包括轻性或重性抑郁症，尤宜用于老年性抑郁症之外，对于强迫症、惊恐发作、贪食症、经前期焦虑等亦有很好疗效. Fluoxetine hydrochloride是一种双环化合物，与传统的三环类、杂环类或单胺氧化酶抑制剂抗抑郁药相比，具有疗效好、不良反应轻而少，安全性高、耐受性好等特点，目前已作为一线的抗抑郁药得到广泛应用. 本文对Fluoxetine hydrochloride进行了¹H NMR和¹³C NMR检测，并通过DEPT和¹H-¹H COSY、HMBC、HSQC等2D NMR技术对其¹H NMR和¹³C NMR数据进行了较为详细的解析和比文献[1]更为全面的NMR归属，为以后的分析鉴定提供更完善的依据.     

棕色脂肪组织和白色脂肪组织的代谢组学研究

棕色脂肪组织(brown adipose tissue,BAT)在机体的能量代谢中起着极其重要的作用,且被认为是治疗肥胖的潜在靶点之一,然而目前对于BAT功能的代谢基础并不清楚.该文使用了基于核磁共振(NMR)和气相色谱(GC)技术的代谢组学方法,描述和比较了BAT与白色脂肪组织(white adipose tissue,WAT)的水溶性代谢物和脂肪酸组成的差异.研究结果表明,两种脂肪组织在糖代谢、氨基酸代谢、脂肪酸代谢、核苷酸代谢、胆碱代谢等多种代谢通路上均具有显著性差异,且这些差异与两种组织不同的生物学作用密切相关.以上研究结果将为解析BAT功能分子机制提供了线索和基础数据.     

19F NMR的特点

¹⁹F的磁旋比和相对灵敏度接近质子;¹⁹F NMR化学位移范围可达 δ 1 000,谱图分辨率高;¹⁹F NMR对环境因素较氢谱远为敏感、复杂,可反映出化合物结构的细微差别. 由于正常生物体内含氟成分很少,干扰小,因此在生物医学研究中引入氟代物进行¹⁹F NMR研究有特殊意义. 对氟化物的¹⁹F NMR化学位移和偶合常数的范围也分类作了总结.     

In vitro metabolic fate of alizapride: evidence for the formation of reactive metabolites based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

The study of the formation of reactive metabolites during drug metabolism is one of the major areas of research in drug development since the link between reactive metabolites and drug adverse effects was well recognized. In particular, it has been shown that acrolein, a reactive carbonyl species sharing carbonylating and alkylating properties, binds covalently to nucleophilic sites in proteins, causing cellular damage. Alizapride, (±)-6-methoxy-N-{[1-(prop-2-en-1-yl)-pyrrolidin-2-yl]methyl}-1H-benzotriazole-5-carboxamide, is a N-allyl containing dopamine antagonist with antiemetic properties for which no data concerning its metabolic fate are so far reported. The study of the in vitro metabolism of alizapride showed the formation of acrolein during the oxidative N-deallylation. Moreover, the formation of an epoxide metabolite has been also described suggesting its role as a putative structural alert. The reactivity of the acrolein and the epoxide generated in alizapride metabolism was demonstrated by the formation of the corresponding adducts with nucleophilic thiols. Overall, ten metabolites have been identified and characterized by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry analysis allowing to propose an in vitro metabolic scheme for alizapride. At the best of our knowledge, this is the second case of a drug involved in the generation of acrolein during its metabolism being the first represented by cyclophosphamide.     

Negative impact of noise on the principal component analysis of NMR data

Principal component analysis (PCA) is routinely applied to the study of NMR based metabolomic data. PCA is used to simplify the examination of complex metabolite mixtures obtained from biological samples that may be composed of hundreds or thousands of chemical components. PCA is primarily used to identify relative changes in the concentration of metabolites to identify trends or characteristics within the NMR data that permits discrimination between various samples that differ in their source or treatment. A common concern with PCA of NMR data is the potential over emphasis of small changes in high concentration metabolites that would over-shadow significant and large changes in low-concentration components that may lead to a skewed or irrelevant clustering of the NMR data. We have identified an additional concern, very small and random fluctuations within the noise of the NMR spectrum can also result in large and irrelevant variations in the PCA clustering. Alleviation of this problem is obtained by simply excluding the noise region from the PCA by a judicious choice of a threshold above the spectral noise.     

Overview-the role of NMR spectroscopy in epilepsy

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy permits noninvasive, serial measurements of several metabolites with important neurobiologic roles in localized brain regions in vivo. Over the last decade, this technique has been applied to investigations of both animals and humans with epilepsy. Several nuclei that include specific proton, phosphorus, and carbon isotopes provide NMR signals that measure specific compounds in vivo. This paper reviews the studies that have used these multinuclear NMR techniques to investigate the role of these methods in the diagnosis and pathogenesis of epilepsy.