萱草花粉类动力蛋白生物物理学及药理学性质

利用FPLC技术从萱草花粉中鉴定并纯化了动力蛋白,研究了它的酶学性质及部分生物化学性质。结果如下:纯化的类动力蛋白分子量为100kD,等电点pI=6·15和6·80。在280nm波长激发下,最大的荧光发射波长是346nm。荧光光谱分析结合紫外吸收光谱及导数光谱分析推断它含有色氨酸和酪氨酸残基。药理学性质研究表明巯基可能在酶的活性中心起重要作用。     

血卟啉衍生物——组蛋白系统照光后光动力学效应的观察:一种新荧光物质的生成

血卟啉衍生物(Hpd)和组蛋白经照光产生一种新荧光物质.其发射波长为460nm,激发波长为370nm.当照光在43℃高温情况下进行时,高温对Hpd的光动力学效应有协同作用.用牛血清白蛋白、血红蛋白,核糖核酸酶、胰蛋白酶及培养的中国仓鼠细胞代替组蛋白均能生成新荧光物质.而所测试的半胱氨酸、酪氨酸、苯丙氨酸、赖氨酸及组氨酸中.唯有组氨酸可产生相似的荧光物质.这种荧光物质推测是Hpd与组蛋白中组氨酸所形成的一种加成物.形成新荧光物质的光化学反应机制主要是单线态氧(~1O_2)的氧化作用.     

高通量筛选高产酪氨酸的酿酒酵母菌株

酪氨酸是重要的芳香族氨基酸,自身不仅具有重要的营养价值,也是合成香豆素类化合物和黄酮类化合物的重要前体。文中以实验室前期构建的一株解除了酪氨酸反馈抑制的酿酒酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiae LTH0 (ARO4K229L,ARO7G141S,Δaro10,Δzwf1,Δura3) 为出发菌株,异源表达甜菜黄素合成基因DOD和CYP76AD1,使酿酒酵母产生黄色荧光。然后利用紫外诱变和常压室温等离子体 (Atmospheric and room temperature plasma,ARTP) 诱变相结合的方法对上述菌株进行随机诱变,并通过流式细胞仪筛选荧光强度显著提高的突变株。其中突变株LTH2-5-DOD-CYP76AD1在激发波长485 nm、发射波长505 nm处荧光强度为 (5 941±435) AU/OD,比诱变前提高了8.37倍。对诱变后荧光强度提高较多的14株突变株进行发酵生产酪氨酸,胞外酪氨酸产量最高为26.8 mg/L,比出发菌株提高了3.96倍。进一步异源表达约翰逊黄杆菌Flavobacterium johnsoniae来源的酪氨酸解氨酶FjTAL,对香豆酸产量达到119.8 mg/L,比出发菌株LTH0-FjTAL提高了1.02倍。     

荧光法测定羽毛中的色氨酸含量

本文探讨了羽毛中色氨酸的荧光分析方法,将２～５ｍｇ的羽毛样品置于聚四氟乙烯管中,用１ｍｌ含０．５％可溶性淀粉的５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ　ＮａＯＨ为水解液,以纯氮为保护气体,在１１０℃水解２０小时,水解产物用６ｍｏｌ／ＬＨＣｌ中和,然后用Ｎａ２ＨＰＯ４－ＮａＯＨ的缓冲溶液（ｐＨ１１）稀释５倍,在激发波长２８０ｎｍ,发射波长３６２ｎｍ测定荧光强度及其浓度。经多次试验,结果较为满意,重现性较好,其相对标准偏差为０．６１％～３．００％。样品的回收率为９５．３％～１０２．１％。此法快速、简便,适用于各种羽毛的例行分析。     

肝素的定量法

根据核糖核酸酶水解核糖核酸时,在300nm波长处光吸收值下降的速率被肝素抑制之特点,用已知量肝素对抑制程度进行定量,制得标准检量线,从而测得未知量的肝素含量．此法简捷方便,一次能测定多个样品．     

苄基异喹啉类化合物与钙调素相互作用的荧光光谱研究

 苄基异喹啉类化合物拮抗钙调素(CaM)并抑制依赖CaM的环核苷酸磷酸二酯酶(CaM-PDE)的活力;用荧光测定法可检测它们与钙调素的相互作用。 Ca~(2+)存在下蝙蝙葛碱(D_1)及其衍生物(D_(14))在激发波长340nm处最大发射波长分别为463和455nm,结合CaM后荧光量子产率增加两倍多。它们同CaM的结合均依赖于Ca~(2+)。 本文制备的丹磺酰基CaM(D-CaM)结合Ca~(2+)后荧光最大发射峰值兰移(518→508nm),荧光强度增加22％。在Ca~(2+)存在下小檗胺衍生物E_6能与CaM结合并淬灭Ca~(2+)-D-CaM荧光。 单苄基异喹啉类化合物86040、86045能淬灭CaM的酪氨酸残基的特征荧光。 实验表明,CaM结合D_(14)、E_6、86040和86045的kd值分别为1.3、1.8、9.5和15.7μmol/L,所观察的化合物与CaM的亲和力的大小与它们拮抗CaM,抑制CaM-PDE的酶活力相对应。     

地衣芽孢杆菌高温α-淀粉酶的组成及光谱学性质

a-Ⅲ是地衣芽孢杆菌变异株A．4041高温a-淀粉酶中的主要组分,每分子含10个钙原子,氨基酸分析表明：a-Ⅲ富含丝氨酸（17．9％）,天门冬氨酸和谷氨酸（包括酰胺）占20．7％,碱性氨基酸占7．7％。紫外光谱的最大和最小吸收分别在278nm和249nm,荧光光谱的最大激发波长和发射波长分别为282nm和340nm。远紫外CD谱显示222nm和219nm的双负峰及208nm和216nm处鼓起的两个负肩,溶液中a-螺旋构象占388％。     

不同激发波长的人体血清自体荧光光谱分析

利用分子荧光光度计测定了激发波长分别为457.9 nm,476.5 nm,488.0 nm,501.7 nm和514.5 nm光的血清自体荧光光谱,并对这些光谱的特征和产生机制进行了分析。实验和分析结果表明:在500 nm~750 nm的波长范围内,518 nm和640 nm附近有两个比较明显的荧光峰;590 nm处有一个非常弱的峰。它们可能主要来自于血清中胆红素,核黄素及其衍生物,β-胡萝卜素,锌卟啉及原卟啉IX等的贡献。这些研究结果将为利用氩离子激光器作为光源进行光谱诊断研究选择最佳激发波长提供一些参考。     

紫光激发中药光敏剂用于早期胃癌的诊断

采用405nm紫光激发传统中药光敏剂(CpD4)发射的荧光中心波长在660nm。红色荧光能深入组织,因而能够应用在胃癌早期诊断及治疗中。本文测定了中药光敏剂的吸收光谱和发射荧光光谱,并提出了二种用于激发光敏剂的紫光光源。一种为“Hg-Xe”灯,发射峰为433nm;另一种为采用紫光LD,发射峰为405nm。这二种波长和中药光敏剂的吸收峰完全匹配。     

地衣芽孢杆菌高温α-淀粉酶的组成及光谱学性质

a-Ⅲ是地衣芽孢杆菌变异株A．4041高温a-淀粉酶中的主要组分,每分子含10个钙原子,氨基酸分析表明：a-Ⅲ富含丝氨酸（17．9％）,天门冬氨酸和谷氨酸（包括酰胺）占20．7％,碱性氨基酸占7．7％。紫外光谱的最大和最小吸收分别在278nm和249nm,荧光光谱的最大激发波长和发射波长分别为282nm和340nm。远紫外CD谱显示222nm和219nm的双负峰及208nm和216nm处鼓起的两个负肩,溶液中a-螺旋构象占388％。     

Determination of mimosine and 3,4-dihydroxypyridine in milk and plasma of goats

A simple method for determination of mimosine and 3,4-dihydroxypyridine (3,4-DHP) in plasma and milk was developed. Milk and plasma, with tyrosine as internal standard, were deproteinized using 9% trichloracetic acid and extracted with diethyl ether. Metabolites were separated by isocratic high-performance liquid chromatography, with 0.02 M orthophosphoric acid (pH 2.5) at 0.5 ml/min and a Hypersil ODS microbore column. Mimosine, 3,4-DHP and tyrosine were detected at 275 nm. The recovery of the mimosine added to the plasma samples 101.6±2.3% and 103.3±1.0% for milk samples. 3,4-DHP recovery for plasma samples was 101.2±0.9% and for milk samples 100.8±1.4%. The reproducibility of the method was evaluated by analyzing six plasma samples and six goat milk samples. The analyses yielded relative standard deviations of 2.65 and 2.82%, respectively.     

Simultaneous determination of citalopram and its metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography with column switching and fluorescence detection by direct plasma injection

High-performance liquid chromatography with a successive column-switching technique was developed for simultaneous determination of citalopram and its four metabolites in plasma. Plasma samples were injected directly, and the target compounds were purified and concentrated with an inexpensive commercial octadecyl guard column. Then, the six-port valve was switched, and the compounds retained in the column were eluted by the back-flush method using 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 4.6)-acetonitrile (70:30, v/v) containing 0.1% diethylamine and separated with an ODS column. The compounds were assayed with a fluorescence detector at an excitation wavelength of 249 nm and an emission wavelength of 302 nm. At least 30 plasma samples could be treated with an octadecyl guard column. The limits of quantitation of this method were 2.0 ng/ml for citalopram, desmethylcitalopram, didesmethylcitalopram, citalopram propionic acid and citalopram N-oxide. This method was applied to a pharmacokinetic study in dogs and a toxicokinetic study in rats.     

Phenylalanine-to-tyrosine singlet energy transfer in the archaebacterial histone-like protein HTa

The Archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum has a histone-like protein (HTa) abundantly associated with its deoxyribonucleic acid. Each native tetrameric complex of HTa contains 20 phenylalanine residues, 4 tyrosine residues, and no tryptophan. When the protein was excited by radiation at 252 nm, which is a wavelength absorbed predominantly by phenylalanine, the fluorescent emission was mostly from tyrosine. According to the excitation spectrum for this tyrosine fluorescence, the cause was energy transfer from phenylalanine, which occurred with about 50% efficiency. When the tyrosine residues were removed enzymatically, the excited-state lifetime of the phenylalanine residues nearly doubled. Because of energy transfer, the tyrosine emission had two apparent fluorescence decay lifetimes; one lifetime (3.9 ns) was that of tyrosine while the second (12.1 ns) corresponded to the excited state of phenylalanine.     

Simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatography method for the determination of ofloxacin concentrations in plasma and urine

A high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of ofloxacin in human plasma and urine was developed. The method involved deproteinisation of the sample with perchloric acid and analysis of the supernatant using a reversed-phase C₁₈ column and fluorescence detection at an excitation wavelength of 290 nm and an emission wavelength of 460 nm. The assay was linear from 0.5 to 10.0 μg/ml. The relative standard deviation of intra- and inter-day assays was lower than 5%. The average recovery of ofloxacin from plasma was 93%. The method was evaluated in samples from healthy subjects whose drug levels were already measured by microbiological assay.     

凝胶过滤法纯化裂褶多糖检测方法的改进

凝胶过滤洗脱液中多糖含量一般采用硫酸-苯酚等化学显色法测定,然后根据洗脱曲线得到纯化的组分,但化学方法费时且消耗试剂.本研究采用350 nm非特征性吸收波长对2种不同纯度裂褶多糖样品PSG1和PSG2的洗脱液直接测定吸光度,与硫酸-苯酚法490 nm测定得到的洗脱曲线基本一致,即分别可得到4个和2个组分,同时采用HPLC对分离效果进行了检测.研究表明,采用350 nm波长直接检测可实现不同纯度裂褶多糖的分离.利用本法检测其他多糖的效果有待进一步研究.     

Quantifying crystal form content in physical mixtures of (±)-tartaric acid and (+)-tartaric acid using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy

The objective of this study was to use diffuse reflectance near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to determine racemic compound content in physical mixtures composed primarily of the enantiomorph and to assess the error, instrument reproducibility and limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) of the method. Physical mixtures ranging from 0 to 25% (±)-tartaric acid in (+)-tartaric acid were prepared and spectra of the powder samples contained in glass vials were obtained using a Foss NIRSystems Model 5000 monochrometer equipped with a Rapid Content Analyzer scanning from 1100 to 2500 nm. A calibration curve was constructed by plotting (±)-tartaric acid weight percent against the 2^nd derivative values of log (1/R) vs λ at a single wavelength, normalized with a denominator wavelength (1480 nm/1280 nm). Excellent linearity was observed (R²=0.9999). The standard error of calibration (SEC) was 0.07 and the standard error of prediction (SEP) for the validation set was 0.11. Instrument and method errors for samples in the 2% composition range ((±)-tartaric acid in (+)-tartaric acid) were less than 1% RSD and 3% RSD, respectively. The practical LOD and LOQ were 0.1% and 0.5%, respectively, and comparable to the calculated LOD and LOQ. These studies show that NIRS can be used as a rapid and sensitive quantitative method for determining racemate content in the presence of the enatiomerically pure crystal in the solid-state. Published: October 6, 2005     

用微孔板分光光度法测定薯蓣皂苷元的含量

为了对植物样品中薯蓣皂苷元的含量进行高通量快速测定,本研究采用高压酸解制备薯蓣皂苷元,以高氯酸为显色剂,用微孔板分光光度法测定样品中薯蓣皂苷元的含量。合适的分析条件为:反应温度为30℃、高氯酸用量为200μL、振荡时间2 min后静置10 min,在410 nm处测定光吸收值。该方法的线性范围为每孔薯蓣皂苷元2～10μg(R=0.9988),平均回收率为99.9%,精密度的RSD为1.65%。该方法操作简单、准确稳定,可实现大批量样品中薯蓣皂苷元的快速检测。     

Analysis of free amino acids during fermentation by Bacillus subtilis using capillary electrophoresis

A high performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) method was presented to identify and quantitate free amino acids during fermentation by Bacillus subtilis. Amino acids, pre-column derivatized with phenylisothicyanate, were separated and characterized by HPCE. In order to optimize separation conditions, the assay was developed by varying the β-cyclodextrin concentration and pH of the background electrolyte. A buffer system comprising 30 mM phosphate and 3 mM β-cyclodextrin at pH 7.0, voltage of 20 kV and detection wavelength of 254 nm showed the best results, with 17 out of 20 phenylthioncarbamyl amino acids in a solution adequately separated. For quantification, p-aminobenzoic acid was added as an internal standard. Analysis of free amino acids in Bacillus subtilis culture medium using this method revealed good consistency with the values obtained using conventional ninhydrin-based amino acid analyzer. Four free amino acids (aspartic acid, glutamic acid, proline, and tyrosine) concentration in an extracellular matrix during fermentation by Bacillus subtilis were mainly monitored using this method.     

The ultraviolet fluorescence spectra of DPN-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase from bovine heart.

The emission maximum of DPN-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase from bovine heart shifted from 316 nm to 324 nm as the excitation wavelength was varied from 265 nm to 300 nm. This shift was accompanied by a nonproportional change in fluorescence intensity. Comparisons of the emission spectra of model compounds in aqueous buffer at pH 7.07 and n-butanol showed that lowered solvent polarity led to a blue shift of the peak of free tryptophan without significant change of fluorescence intensity, whereas the fluorescence intensity of tyrosine amide increased markedly without change in emission maximum. The emission peak of mixtures of tryptophan and tyrosine amide shifted to shorter wavelengths as the proportion of tyrosine amide increased. The results suggest a major contribution of tyrosine to the overall fluorescence of the dehydrogenase. DPNH caused quenching and a blue shift of the protein fluorescence maximum when excited between 270 nm and 290 nm, indicating that the two tryptophan residues per subunit of enzyme are located in different microenvironments of the protein and that DPNH may interact preferentially with the residue emitting at the longer wavelength.     

Simultaneous determination of urinary tryptophan, tryptophan-related metabolites and creatinine by high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet and fluorimetric detection

A high performance liquid chromatography method with ultraviolet and fluorimetric detection has been developed for the simultaneous determination of urinary creatinine (Cr), tryptophan (Trp) and three Trp-related metabolites including kynurenine (Kyn), kynurenic acid (Kyna) and 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA). Samples were pretreated by centrifugation after a freeze-thaw cycle to remove protein and other precipitates. Separation was achieved by an Agilent HC-C18 (2) analytical column and a gradient elution program with a constant flow rate 1mL/min at an ambient temperature. Total run time was 30 min. Cr, Kyn and Kyna were measured by a variable wavelength detector at wavelengths 258 nm, 365 nm and 344 nm respectively. Trp and 5-HIAA were measured by a fluorescence detector with an excitation wavelength of 295 nm and an emission wavelength of 340 nm. This allowed the determination of Kyn/Cr, Kyna/Cr, Trp/Cr and 5-HIAA/Cr concentration ratios in a single run on the same urine sample. Good linear responses were found with correlation coefficient (r)>0.999 for all analytes within the concentration range of physiological level. The limit of detection of the developed method was: Cr, 0.0002 g/L; Kyn, 0.1 μmol/L; Kyna, 0.04 μmol/L; Trp, 0.02 μmol/L and 5-HIAA, 0.01 μmol/L. Recoveries from spiked human urine were: Cr, 93.0-106.4%; Kyn, 97.9-106.9%; Kyna, 98.5-105.6%; Trp, 96.7-105.2% and 5-HIAA, 96.1-99.7%. CVs of repeatability and intermediate precision of all analytes were less than 5%. This method has been applied to the analysis of urine samples from normal subjects.