生物发光分析中细菌荧光素酶及其与黄酶在琼脂糖4B上固定条件的研究

一、引言生物发光分析中常用的两个发光系统是荧火虫荧光素酶和发光细菌的荧光素酶。萤火虫酶发光系统已被广泛应用来定量检测各种样品中的ATP,细菌发光系统可用来检测NADH、FMN、乳酸脱氢酶等多种酶和底物。生物发光分析具有特异性强、灵敏度高、速度快等优点。近年来建立的固定酶法,与可溶性酶法相比,具有酶可重复使用、稳定性好,催化效率高等特点。本文报道细菌荧光素酶及其与黄酶(代替NADH:FMN氧化还原酶)用琼脂糖4B固定,各种条件对生物发光分析的影响。二、材料和方法化学试剂:琼脂糖4B(pharmacia Fine che-     

化学合成的萤火虫荧光素的理化性质

萤火虫荧光素酶(luciferase,简称荧光素酶)发光系统是各类生物发光中研究得最深入,最透彻的一类,也是生物发光分析中应用得最广泛的一种。在国外,有关生物发光分析试剂都已商品化,而国内则很少,只有粗荧光素酶。荧光素是有关生物发光分析中必不可少的有机试剂。为此,我们研制了荧光素,并与国外产品作了比较。     

荧光素酶研究进展

荧光素酶（Luciferase）可以分为萤火虫荧光素酶和细菌荧光素酶两大类。萤火虫荧光素酶是分子量为60－64kD的多肽链,在Mg^2 、ATP、O2存在时,催化D－荧光素（D－Luciferin）氧化脱羧,发出光（λ=550-580nm）。细菌荧光素酶是含α、β两个多肽亚基的加单氧酶,它催化长链脂肪醛、FMNH2和O2的氧化反应,发出绿蓝光（λ=490nm）。萤火虫荧光素酶和细菌荧光素酶可分别从萤火虫和发光细菌中直接提前,亦可用基因工程的方法进行生产。荧光素酶催化的发光反应能用生物发光检测仪进行灵敏、快速检测,因此该酶有多方面的途径,如应用于快速检测、报告基因分析、有毒有害物质分析等。     

在大肠杆菌中合成的萤火虫荧光素酶的分离和性质

用生物工程技术将萤火虫荧光素酶基因转移到大肠杆菌,在大肠杆菌中合成荧光素酶。这种工程菌已可通过发酵大量培养,并从菌体分离得到接近纯化的荧光素酶。这种酶的分子量是103kD;巯基试剂5,5’-巯基-2(2-硝基苯甲酸)“DTNB”能抑制酶的活性;对于底物荧光素的K_m为1.2μmol/L;酶反应最适pH为7.77;酶催化的生物发光峰在560nm。     

基于ATP生物发光法的微生物数量快速检测技术的研究进展

微生物数量的快速检测一直是工业生产与食品行业需要解决的问题,腺嘌呤核苷三磷酸(adenosine triphosphate,ATP)生物发光法具有操作简便、检测周期短等优点,可满足一般微生物检测的需求。然而,ATP生物发光法的准确性也受到不同因素的影响,如微生物的ATP检测限值较高、微生物自身及其他因素(如非微生物ATP、提取剂种类、荧光素酶活性等)均对微生物数量的检测产生影响。本文简述了不同微生物数量检测方法的优缺点,介绍了ATP生物发光法的发展历程及原理,综述了非微生物ATP与游离ATP、微生物量、ATP提取剂、荧光素酶等因素对ATP生物发光法灵敏度与稳定性的影响,归纳总结了ATP生物发光法及检测设备在食品、医疗、污水处理等领域的应用现状,并就ATP生物发光法体系的优化及ATP在线检测的应用等方面进行了展望,以期为ATP生物发光法的高效应用提供新的思路。     

生物发光法微生物快速检测试剂的性质及其影响因素研究

研究了ATP生物发光微生物快速检测试剂的反应动力学、反应最适温度、pH以及各种影响因素。在ATP生物发光反应中,测试系统中D-荧光素用量为40～50μg／mL时对反应已经足够;发光脉冲计数CPM值随反应时间的延长不断降低,开始的1min内,其CPM值下降最快,然后下降速度不断减缓;反应的最适温度为24℃～25℃;而体系的最佳pH为7．2-7．4。配制好的发光试剂溶液置于4℃保存45h,可以保持86％的活力。在25℃时保温1h,活力下降较少,随时间的增加,活力逐渐下降,到6．5h时,仅剩53．5％的活力,而在33℃时,随着保温时间的延长,酶活力下降较快,保温1．5h,活力剩下59．1％,因此保存温度对发光试剂活力的影响非常大。各种化学物质如酸、碱、盐及表面活性剂都会抑制ATP发光反应,当NaCl浓度达到1．5g／L时,即可以抑制52．5％的发光,TritonX-100及酸、碱对系统均有一定的影响,CTAB、SDS及TCA则严重抑制发光反应。     

生物发光法微生物快速检测试剂的性质及其影响因素研究*

研究了ATP生物发光微生物快速检测试剂的反应动力学、反应最适温度、pH以及各种影响因素。在ATP生物发光反应中,测试系统中D-荧光素用量为40～50μg／mL时对反应已经足够;发光脉冲计数CPM值随反应时间的延长不断降低,开始的1min内,其CPM值下降最快,然后下降速度不断减缓;反应的最适温度为24℃-25℃;而体系的最佳pH为7．2—7．4。配制好的发光试剂溶液置于4℃保存45h,可以保持86％的活力,在25℃时保温1h,活力下降较少,随时间的增加,活力逐渐下降,到6．5h时,仅剩53．5％的活力,而     

荧光素研制成功

荧光素酶测定ATP灵敏度高、快速、简便。荧光素是荧光素酶系统测定ATP方法中必需的试剂。过去该试剂全靠进口,价格昂贵,且有时因不能及时供货,影响科研工作进展和此方法的推广应用。中国科学院上海植物生理研究所生物发光课题组的科技人员,于1988年着手这方面的研究,经过一年时间的努力,在国内首次成功地合成了荧光素。该荧光素经吸收光谱、荧光光     

荧光素酶在蛋白相互作用研究中的应用

蛋白质相互作用参与细胞的多项生理活动,是生命科学研究的一个重要领域。化学发光,特别是基于生物酶的化学发光即生物发光,提供了极灵敏的检测信号,因而在实际应用中具有诸多优势。荧光素酶如萤火虫荧光素酶、细菌荧光素酶、海肾荧光素酶,以及近年来出现的几种低分子量荧光素酶,具有不同的酶催化特性及理化特征。它们应用于蛋白质片段互补与共振能量转移技术等各种生化检测方法,为观察蛋白质相互作用提供了更安全便捷的手段,拓宽了蛋白质相互作用检测技术的适用范围。本文综述了常用荧光素酶的特征和它们在各种蛋白质相互作用检测方法中使用的原理、策略及其适用性。     

从叶片中提取ATP方法的比较

根据前人和我们的工作结果研制的发光光度计和荧光素酶测ATP的技术在固氮,光合作用,植物激素,海洋生物量,植物种子,医学等研究领域中得到了广泛地应用,除了顾增辉等从植物种子提取ATP以外,而关于该技术的方法学研究则不多。目前一般都采用组织破碎法从叶中提取ATP,但这种方法存在一些缺     

Enumeration of bacterial cell numbers by amplified firefly bioluminescence without cultivation

We recently developed a novel bioluminescent enzymatic cycling assay for ATP and AMP with the concomitant use of firefly luciferase and pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK), where AMP and pyrophosphate produced from ATP by firefly luciferase were converted back into ATP by PPDK. Background luminescence derived from contaminating ATP and AMP in the reagent was reduced using adenosine phosphate deaminase which degrades ATP, ADP, and AMP, resulting in constant and highly amplified bioluminescence with low background luminescence. To detect bacterial cells without cultivation, we applied the above bioluminescent enzymatic cycling reagent to rapid microbe detection system. ATP spots (0.31-5.0 amol/spot) at the level of a single bacterial cell were detected with 5 min signal integration, signifying that integrated luminescence was amplified 43 times in comparison to traditional ATP bioluminescence. Consequently, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Lactobacillus brevis in beer were detected without cultivation. Significant correlation was observed between the number of signal spots obtained using this novel system and the colony-forming units observed with the conventional colony-counting method (R(2)=0.973).     

Application of a bioluminescence ATP assay in brewery wastewater treatment studies

The importance of having a rapid method for determining the viable biomass in activated-sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) for process control and development is well recognized. The firefly bioluminescence ATP assay has been proposed for this purpose. Such an assay using partially purified firefly luciferase and synthetic firefly luciferin for the bioluminescence reaction, a liquid scintillation counter in the out-of-coincidence mode as luminescence detector, and a sludge ATP extraction technique involving dimethyl sulfoxide at room temperature is described. Experiments with several pure bacteria cultures were done to demonstrate the feasibility of applying this assay to activated sludge to activated sludge WWTP investigation and control. The ATP content of samples taken from various points in a 350000 gal/day brewery activated-sludge WWTP was monitored for 4.5 months. Good linear correlation between ATP and mixed-liquor suspended solids, return sludge suspended solids, and effluent suspended solids were observed. Percentage viabilities of the various sludge samples were derived from the ATP results.     

A highly sensitive assay for adenosine triphosphate employing an improved firefly luciferase reagent

An improved firefly luciferase reagent allowed reliable detection of as little as 80 fmo1/1 adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Contamination by ATP of the deionized water diluent limited the sensitivity of the assay in some laboratories. The reagent can be used to measure ATP from less than ten bacterial cells if care is taken to eliminate ATP from equipment and reagents.     

Luminometer development in the last four decades: recollections of two entrepreneurs

This article, written by two entrepreneurs in luminescence, traces their involvement in the major part of the interconnected innovation and development of luminometers, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence and other technologies from the mid‐1970s to 2011 that ushered in much of the field of luminometry as we know it today. Key developments leading to current commercial applications of ATP bioluminescence, luminescence immunoassay, cellular luminescence, reporter gene and other applications are described from the first tube luminometers derived from early luminescence studies using liquid scintillation counting technology to measuring bioluminescence from crude ATP and firefly tail extracts. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

An enzymatic cycling method using pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase and firefly luciferase for the simultaneous determination of ATP and AMP (RNA)

A novel bioluminescent enzymatic cycling assay for ATP and AMP with concomitant use of firefly luciferase and pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) was developed. In this system, AMP and pyrophosphate produced from ATP by firefly luciferase were converted back into ATP by PPDK. This resulted in constant luminescence once the stable phase had been reached. Background luminescence of the reagent was reduced with adenosine phosphate deaminase by degrading ATP and AMP in the reagent. The maximum recycling ratio calculated from the integrated luminescence value was 2.64 cycles/min. The measurable ranges for ATP and AMP were equal and were between 4 x 10(-13) and 4 x 10(-17) mol/assay. The amount of yeast RNA could be estimated in the range of 1 x 10(-8) to 1 x 10(-12) g/assay by estimating the amount of AMP resulting from the degradation of RNA with nuclease P1. Various food samples were subjected to measurement of the amount of ATP + AMP + RNA to provide an index for hygiene monitoring. For beef extract, sensitivity was improved by more than 20 million compared to the previous methods relying only on the amount of ATP as an index.     

ATP amplification for ultrasensitive bioluminescence assay: detection of a single bacterial cell

We developed an ultrasensitive bioluminescence assay of ATP by employing (i) adenylate kinase (ADK) for converting AMP + ATP to two molecules of ADP, (ii) polyphosphate (polyP) kinase (PPK) for converting ADP back to ATP (ATP amplification), and (iii) a commercially available firefly luciferase. A highly purified PPK-ADK fusion protein efficiently amplified ATP, resulting in high levels of bioluminescence in the firefly luciferase reaction. The present method, which was approximately 10,000-fold more sensitive to ATP than the conventional bioluminescence assay, allowed us to detect bacterial contamination as low as one colony-forming unit (CFU) of Escherichia coli per assay.     

Interaction of firefly luciferase with substrates and their analogs: a study using fluorescence spectroscopy methods.

The results of the author's laboratory on the interaction of Luciola mingrelica firefly luciferase with substrates and their analogs using both steady-state and time resolved fluorescence are reviewed. The contribution of fluorescence of Trp and Tyr residues of the protein to its intrinsic fluorescence spectrum was estimated. Studies of quenching of Trp and Tyr fluorescence by luciferin and ATP allowed one to determine binding constants of the luciferase with substrates and to show that the binding of one substrate to the luciferase decreases the affinity of the enzyme for the other one. Fluorescence of oxyluciferin and its analogs (dimethyl- and monomethyloxyluciferins) was shown to be a good model of native firefly bioluminescence. A comparison of the fluorescence spectra of oxyluciferin and its analogs in aqueous solutions and in the presence of the luciferase revealed specific and nonspecific effects of the microenvironment on the equilibrium between different ionic forms of oxyluciferin. An approach based on photo-physical concepts of the correlation between luminescence spectra and structure of the emitter and its microenvironment was proposed and this approach was used to analyze bioluminescence spectra of wild-type and mutant luciferases.     

Continous monitoring of ATP-converting reactions by purified firefly luciferase.

The time course of the bioluminescence obtained with a partially purified firefly luciferase preparation has been studied. At ATP levels less than 10^?6m the light emission could be maintained essentially constant for several minutes, if the luciferase was not subjected to product inhibition or other inactivating processes. This could be achieved by performing the reaction at appropriate pH and concentration of luciferin and luciferase. Under these conditions continuous measurement of light emission may be used for nondestructive monitoring of ATP-converting reactions, since the emission will be proportional to the ATP concentration in each instant. The continuous monitoring of ATP concentration by firefly luciferase was used for kinetic determination of enzymes and metabolites and for endpoint analysis of metabolites. It was found to be extremely sensitive and convenlent for routine applications.     

Biosynthesis-inspired deracemizative production of d-luciferin by combining luciferase and thioesterase

Due to the strict enantioselectivity of firefly luciferase, only d-luciferin can be used as a substrate for bioluminescence reactions. Unfortunately, luciferin racemizes easily and accumulation of nonluminous l-luciferin has negative influences on the light emitting reaction. Thus, maintaining the enantiopurity of luciferin in the reaction mixture is one of the most important demands in bioluminescence applications using firefly luciferase. In fireflies, however, l-luciferin is the biosynthetic precursor of d-luciferin, which is produced from the L-form undergoing deracemization. This deracemization consists of three successive reactions: l-enantioselective thioesterification by luciferase, in situ epimerization, and hydrolysis by thioesterase. In this work, we introduce a deracemizative luminescence system inspired by the biosynthetic pathway of d-luciferin using a combination of firefly luciferase from Luciola cruciata (LUC-G) and fatty acyl-CoA thioesterase II from Escherichia coli (TESB). The enzymatic reaction property analysis indicated the importance of the concentration balance between LUC-G and TESB for efficient d-luciferin production and light emission. Using this deracemizative luminescence system, a highly sensitive quantitative analysis method for l-cysteine was constructed. This LUC-G-TESB combination system can improve bioanalysis applications using the firefly bioluminescence reaction by efficient deracemization of D-luciferin.     

Caged ATP - an internal calibration method for ATP bioluminescence assays

ATP bioluminescence, based on the firefly luciferase system, is used for the rapid determination of hygienic practices in the food industry. This study has demonstrated the use of caged ATP as an internal ATP standard and quantified the effects of industrial cleansing solutions, alcoholic beverages and pH on firefly luciferase activity. The light signal was quenched 6-47% by five cleansing solutions at standard working concentrations. Ethanol at 1% (v/v) inhibited bioluminescence by 15% (w/v) whereas concentrations above 4% enhanced the light output. The light signal was quenched by 20-25% at pH values below pH 4 and above pH 10.