聚乙二醇定点修饰重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子突变体的研究

研究了重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子突变体（rmhG-CSF）的聚乙二醇化修饰、分离纯化和活性鉴定。通过对人重组粒细胞集落刺激因子（rhG-CSF）第1,3,4,5,17位氨基酸进行突变,并在C末端加了一个半胱氨酸,获得了体外活性为原型rhG-CSF 150％以上的重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子突变体（rmhG-CSF）。然后用分子量为20kD的甲氧聚乙二醇马来酸酐（mPEG-Mal）修饰rmhG-CSF,反应混合物经离子交换和凝胶过滤柱纯化,得到纯化的聚乙二醇重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子突变体（PEG-rmhG-CSF）。SDS-PAGE电泳分析表明纯化后的PEG-rmhG-CSF的纯度大于95％,体外活性分析表明PEG-rmhG-CSF活性优于目前临床使用的聚乙二醇重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子（PEG-rhG-CSF,Neulasta^?）,药代动力学研究表明PEG-rmhG-CSF体内半衰期约为14h,比修饰前延长了7倍。     

重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的表达、纯化以及PEG修饰

重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)经大肠杆菌温度诱导表达后,其表达产物以包涵体形式存在,包涵体经过变性、复性和分离纯化等步骤处理后得到纯化的rhG-CSF.在一定的实验条件下用单甲氧基聚乙二醇活性酯(mPEG20k-NHS)对rhG-CSF进行化学修饰,所得修饰产物经分离纯化后获得PEG20K-rhG-CSF偶联物.与修饰前的rhG-CSF相比较,尽管修饰后的rhG-CSF体外生物学活性下降至修饰前的20%左右,但其在体内的作用时间能够得到显著的延长,药效有了明显提高.     

两步连续离子交换制备色谱分离纯化聚乙二醇化重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子

建立了两步连续离子交换制备色谱分离、纯化聚乙二醇与重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子 (Recombinanthumangranulocytestimulatingfactor,rhG_CSF)偶联物的方法。首先用阳离子交换色谱将偶联蛋白质和非偶联蛋白质分开 ,然后使用阴离子交换色谱去除过量的游离聚乙二醇杂质 ,并分离纯化偶联蛋白异构体分别得到单聚乙二醇化、双聚乙二醇化和三聚乙二醇化的rhG-CSF。它们经十二烷基磺酸钠_聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 (SDS-PAGE)分析均为单带。采用基质辅助激光解吸离子化-飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF)分析三种偶联蛋白质的分子量 ,分别为 23.8kD、28.6kD、33.8kD。用噻唑蓝 (MTT)比色法 ,以粒细胞集落刺激因子的依赖细胞株NFS_6 0为靶细胞 ,测定重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子及其与聚乙二醇的偶联物的体外细胞生物学活性 ,单聚乙二醇化、双聚乙二醇化和三聚乙二醇化的rhG_CSF体外活性保留率分别为 92 %、75 %、4 3%。     

聚乙二醇化重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的药效学研究

比较研究聚乙二醇化重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(PEG-rhG-CSF)与重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)升高环磷酰胺所致外周血白细胞降低的Blab/c小鼠的白细胞效果.结果显示一次注射聚乙二醇化重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子与多次注射重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的药效作用相当,且各剂量间呈良好的量效关系.     

聚乙二醇单修饰重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的研究

制备单修饰的PEG蛋白偶联物,对获得重复性好的修饰产品,减少后续分离步骤具有重要的意义。用N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺活化法对单甲氧基聚乙二醇 (mPEG,分子量20000) 进行活化,红外光谱分析, 并考察了其水解动力学性质。对重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)进行化学修饰,通过正交试验结合SDS-PAGE电泳检测建立了单条PEG链修饰rhG-CSF的条件,单修饰PEG-rhG-CSF的收率为90%。离子交换层析对修饰产物进行分离纯化,高效凝胶过滤色谱(SEC-HPLC)检测纯度达到97%。     

重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的N端氨基定点PEG化修饰

尽管重组粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)具有重大的治疗价值,然而在实际应用却受到体内半衰期过短因而需要频繁重复注射的限制．为了解决这一问题,我们利用两种不同分子量（5 kD和 20 kD）的单甲氧基聚乙二醇丙醛（mPEG-PAL）对rhG-CSF的N端氨基进行了定点PEG化修饰．通过正交实验的统计学方法得到了最适修饰条件．研究发现,PEG化后的rhG-CSF具有了更高的体外稳定性,其体内活性也得到了很大提高,体内作用时间得到很大延长．因此,对于rhG-CSF的N端氨基定点PEG化修饰,可以显著提高rhG-CSF的临床应用价值．     

重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子的复性研究

通过小试研究对重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)的复性条件,如氧化剂和还原剂比例、操作方法、时间和蛋白浓度,进行了优化选择,并在此基础上进行了中试放大试验的验证.试验结果表明,采用优化后的复性方法复性液中rhG-CSF的效价可达到1.8×107U/ml以上,比活性达到0.9×108/mg以上.     

高效表达重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子工程菌的发酵参数优化

运用正交试验对影响重组人粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)在大肠杆菌DH5α中表达水平的因素进行了研究。结果表明,在培养阶段,培养温度是影响rhG-CSF表达的显著性因素;在诱导阶段,诱导pH是影响rhG-CSF表达的显著性因素。将实验得到的优化参数运用到NBS MPP-40发酵罐进行工程菌株的发酵培养,结果表明rhG-CSF表达量可占细菌总蛋白量的25.83％。     

粒细胞集落刺激因子对全身炎症反应综合征中细胞因子的影响

目的:对粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)在全身炎症反应综合征及其治疗中的作用和机制进行初步的探究.方法:腹腔注射脂多糖(LPS)建立全身炎症反应综合征的小鼠动物模型后,将BALB/c模型小鼠随机分为生理盐水(NS)、50 μg/m2重组粒细胞集落刺激因子(rhG-CSF)、200 μg/m2rhG-CSF、400 μg/m2 rhG-CSF四组,进行脾淋巴细胞的分离,通过RT-PCR、ELISA等方法检测共刺激分子和炎症相关因子在不同组别中的表达.结果:各RHG-CSF组的炎症相关因子表达有不同程度下调.诱生性共刺激分子(ICOS)表达下调,同时杀伤性T细胞相关抗原-4(CTLA-4)的表达量明显上调.作用最明显的是200μg/m2 rhG-CSF组.结论:rhG-CSF对于全身炎症反应综合征有一定的治疗作用且存在剂量依赖性.     

粒细胞集落刺激因子在临床中的应用

粒细胞集落刺激因子(granulocyte colony stimulatmg factor,G-CSF)是刺激骨髓细胞集落形成的一种造血因子,能特异性地刺激和调节粒细胞的增殖、分化、存活和活化。在临床上,G-CSF可作为各种中性粒细胞减少症以及其他相关疾病的治疗药物。天然人G-CSF(hG-CSF)来源非常有限,价格昂贵,不能满足临床应用的需要。随着生物技术的发展,在八十年代中期国外已获得了重组人G-CSF(rhg-CSF),国内随后也在大肠杆菌中表达了人G-CSF,从而可以大量生产相对廉价的rhG-CSF,以满足临床的需要。因此,G-CSF的临床应用越来越广泛。本文将从几方面介绍一     

Bioactivity of human growth hormone in urine from acromegalic patients

Bioactivity of hGH in urine from five acromegalic patients was determined by Nb2 bioassay and IM-9 receptor modulation assay (RMA). Urine samples were concentrated by immunoadsorbent chromatography, dialysis and lyophilization. The ratio of the bioactivity by Im-9 RMA and the immunoactivity by RIA was between 0.81 and 1.24 (1.01 +/- 0.19, mean +/- SD). The ratio of the bioactivity by Nb2 bioassay and the immunoactivity ranged from 0.45 to 0.60 (1.37 +/- 0.85). Gel chromatography of hGH in urine samples measured by sensitive sandwich enzyme immunoassay showed that more than 97% of hGH activity was the 22K form. Urinary hGH from acromegalic patients was bioactive in Nb2 bioassay and IM-9 RMA and the bioactivity showed a close correlation with the immunoactivity. The major immunoactive form of hGH (22K) seems to correspond to the bioactivity.     

Preferential association of the insulin-like growth factors I and II with metabolically inactive and active carrier-bound complexes in serum.

Ion-exchange chromatography of serum on DEAE-Sephadex A-50 using a stepwise NaCl gradient showed that complexes enriched with insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II) could be preferentially eluted. A fraction eluted with 0.075 M-NaCl preferentially contained immunoreactive IGF-I with peak levels appearing in fractions of Mr approx. 110,000. The IGF-I-binding protein complex itself had low bioactivity as measured in a non-suppressible insulin-like (NSILA) bioassay. On conversion to free IGF-I by gel-permeation chromatography on Sephadex G-75 in 1% formic acid, however, the IGF-I did express its intrinsic NSILA bioactivity. In contrast, an IGF-II-enriched complex was eluted from the DEAE-Sephadex with 0.15 M-NaCl. Practically all of the recovered NSILA of the original serum was present in this fraction, in the Mr range 70,000-300,000 with a peak of 150,000. Chromatography on Sephadex G-75 in 1% formic acid separated this high-Mr NSILA into low-Mr (less than 15000) IGF-II and high-Mr acid-stable NSILA-P. The high-Mr IGF-II complex bound to concanavalin A-Sepharose, suggesting that it was a glycoprotein. The results confirm previous reports that a large portion of the NSILA of whole serum can be accounted for by a biologically active acid-dissociable complex. These data show for the first time that this active complex consists of an IGF-II-preferring binding protein. In direct contrast, the IGF-I-preferring complex does not express NSILA bioactivity until the IGF-I is liberated through acidification. The presence of a metabolically active IGF-II complex in serum raises questions as to its possible biological role in the adult.     

重组人粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子复性和纯化方法的比较

比较重组人粒细胞-巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(rhGM-CSF)在用疏水色谱(HIC)、离子交换色谱(IEC)和体积排阻色谱(SEC)3种液相色谱进行复性和纯化,选择较好的复性和纯化方法.通过对比rhGM-CSF在液相色谱上复性和纯化的主要指标,包括比活、纯度和质量回收率,结果发现采用HIC和IEC对rhGM-CSF进行复性和纯化时,其比活可以达到国家标准,纯度和质量回收率也比较高,而采用SEC,其比活、纯度和质量回收率远低于HIC和IEC.     

Soluble multimer of recombinant endostatin expressed in E. coli has anti-angiogenesis activity

The bioactivity, refolding, and multimer formation of endostatin, particularly of recombinant endostatin produced from bacteria, are proved challenging for clinical application. In order to determine the biological activity of recombinant endostatin multimer, first, we expressed endostatin in Escherichia coli and purified it with ion-exchange chromatography. The purified active protein could elicit multimer formation spontaneously, but still has comparable activity. Aim to determine the anti-angiogenic activity of multimer endostatin, by use of RP-HPLC, we then successfully separated endostatin monomer and multimer for subjecting to anti-angiogenesis assay. The results from CAM (chorioallantoic membrane) inhibition assay showed that both monomer and multimer suppressed CAM vascularization significantly. At the dosage of 0.8 microg, inhibition rates of multimeric and monomeric proteins were about 58% and 38%, respectively. Multimeric endostatin exerted a higher activity than monomeric endostatin (p < 0.05). However, when the protein dosage is less than 0.4 microg/ml, there is no significance between their inhibition rates (p > 0.05), although both of them show a high inhibition effect in contrast to control. The results from HUVEC proliferation assay also showed similar effects at dosages of 0.6 and 1.6 microg/ml, multimer exerted a higher activity on inhibition of HUVEC proliferation comparing with monomer (p < 0.05). In conclusion, our results suggest that endostatin multimer has a comparable or higher bioactivity and multimerization will not affect its bioactivity, implying that endostatin activity is insensitive to structure conformation contributed by disulfide bonds.     

Metastasis-stimulating activity in the mouse uterus

Mouse uterine luminal proteins are thought to play important roles in inducing diapausing blastocysts to implant into the uterine wall. Employing a syngeneic teratocarcinoma cell line (402AX), we demonstrate that neoplastic cells are better able to invade and metastasize if they are coinjected with uterine fluid from pregnant or estrogen-primed mice. This metastasizing activity of uterine fluid was partially purified by using disc polyacrylamide electrophoresis and gel filtration chromatography. Preliminary experiments indicate that the post-albumin and albumin bands contain most of the bioactivity. Furthermore, these bands contain smaller molecular weight proteins (less than 14,000) than can be separated by detergent and mild acetic acid (0.1 N) treatment.     

Purification and Characterization of High Molecular Weight Human Pituitary Prolactin

A large form of human prolactin (molecular weight 150 000–170 000) was purified from the residue remaining after extraction at neutral pH of homogenized frozen pituitaries. This purification involved extraction at pH 9.8, molecular sieve chromatography on Sepharose CL-6B, and hydrophobic interaction chromatography on pentyl-Sepharose 4B. The procedure was followed by radioimmunoassay. The large form of prolactin was prepared both from fresh and from long-term stored residues. In the latter case the final yield was considerably higher. By zone electrophoresis in agarose suspension the prolactin preparation was separated into four or five immunoactive components. In sedimentation equilibrium analysis in the ultracentrifuge, however, these isohormones showed heterogeneity, which was suggested to be caused by dissociation. Evaluation of data obtained from the bottom region of the cells gave molecular weight values of the components in the range of 160 000 – 180 000. One of the is hormones s further studied and exhibited bioactivity in the local crop-sac assay and showed an amino acid composition closely similar to that of the native monomer prolactin. The high molecular weight prolactin was partially dissociated by treatment with 50% ethylene glycol or 1 M propionic acid or 6 M guanidine hydrochloride. Molecular sieve chromatography in the presence of these dissociating agents, resolved the prolactin activity into three separate peaks. The most retarded fraction, which eluted in a position corresponding to that of native monomer prolactin was characterized by electrophoresis and amino acid analysis. The results were supporting evidence that the dissociation procedure gave a monomer which had a lower amide content than the native monomer. Furthermore, its specific immunoactivity was 2–3 times higher than the activity of the intact large form.     

The preparation of biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated forms of the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) as probes for the VIP receptor.

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated using sulfosuccinimidyl-6-(biotinamido) hexanoate thereby producing a series of products that were separated by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Seven VIP-derivatives were isolated and the number and location of biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylation was determined by a combination of enzymatic degradation and plasma desorption mass spectrometry (PDMS). Receptor binding experiments with the VIP biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated derivatives revealed IC50 values for the monobiotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated peptides that were 1.3-3.2 times higher than for natural VIP. All isolated biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated derivatives possess VIP-like bioactivity as shown by an assay measuring pancreatic juice secretion in cat, VIP biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproylated in position lysine being almost equipotent with natural VIP.     

重组人白细胞介素-6的纯化

重组人白细胞介素－６（ｒｈＩＬ－６）在工程菌ｐＢＶ２２０／ｒｈＩＬ－６／ＤＨ５ａ中以包涵体形式高效表达。ｒｈＩＬ－６经过工程菌体破碎、包涵体分离及抽提、复性、色谱分离后得到高度纯化。纯化产物纯度９５％,具有良好的生物学活性     

One step flow-through adsorptive purification of tubulin from tissue homogenate

Tubulin, a potential target for anti-cancer drugs, has been purified in one step and obtained as flow-through fraction directly from an extract of a mammalian brain tissue by adsorption chromatography on H-CELBEADS, an indigenously developed rigid, superporous cross-linked cellulose based weakly hydrophobic adsorbent. The fibrous polymerized tubulin mass passed through the H-CELBEADS bed while the associated proteins were separated by adsorption. The final tubulin preparation was obtained free from other proteins as seen on SDS-PAGE. Purified tubulin was obtained in a yield of about 29 mg/100 g brain, and its bioactivity, evaluated through its ability to bind colchicine, was found to be preserved.     

Correlations between in vitro potency of polyethylene glycol-protein conjugates and their chromatographic behavior

Pegylation is the most widely used and accepted methodology for half-life extension of biopharmaceutical drugs that also improves physicochemical and biological characteristics of proteins considerably. Most of the positive pharmacological effects of pegylated proteins are believed to be related to an increased hydrodynamic volume and molecular size. To explore the size impact of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on in vitro potency, a series of well-defined conjugates of interferon α-2b (IFN) were prepared with PEGs of different lengths and shapes specifically attached to the N-terminal amino group of the protein. Specificity of the attachment was confirmed by peptide mapping and mass spectroscopy. When potency values determined by reporter gene assay were correlated with methods for molecular weight and size characterization, such as size exclusion chromatography and dynamic light scattering, rough parallels were found. Unexpectedly, the retention times on cation exchange chromatography showed much higher correlation with experimentally determined in vitro potency. It appears that in a series of N-terminally pegylated IFNs, their in vitro potency could be predicted from the retention times on the cation exchange chromatography columns, probably because both methods reflect not only the influence of molecular size but also the impact of protein masking exerted by attached PEG moiety.