小牛类表皮生长因子活性肽（c－EGF）的分离纯化及性质

本文报道小牛颌下腺通过酸抽提、ＣＭ５２、ＤＥ５２柱层析、ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ７５凝胶过滤及ＨＰＬＣ等步,分离纯化到一个分子量为６ｋＤ,等电点为４．６的小肽。该小肽类似人重组表皮生长因子（ｒｈ—ＥＧＦ）的生物活性,具有刺激ＮＲＫ细胞的增殖及刺激新生小鼠的睁眼、萌牙,并具有增加Ａ４３１细胞膜蛋白质磷酸化的功能。氨基酸组成缺少苯丙氨酸及苏氨酸残基。我们命名它为小牛类ＥＧＦ样活性肽（ｃａｌｆＥＧＦ－ｌｉｋｅａｃｔｉｖｅｐｅｐｔｉｄｅ,简称ｃ－ＥＧＦ）。     

人类免疫缺陷病毒1／2型抗体检测酶联免疫试剂盒的研制

采用二聚体合成肽（ＨＩＶ－１ｇｐ４１、ｇｐ１２０、ｐ２４和ＨＩＶ－２ｇｐ３６）包被酶标板条制备成固相抗原,与鼠抗人ＩｇＧ单克隆抗体酶标记物、底物ＴＭＢ及阴阳性参考血清配套制备成ＨＩＶ抗体ＥＩＡ试剂盒,专供检测人血清或血浆ＨＩＶ１／２抗体之用。以荷兰、韩国及万泰试剂作为对照,用该试剂盒对检定所的Ｐａｎｅｌ标准及献血员１５５５０例（其中ＨＣＶ抗体阳性１２８例,ＨＢｓＡｇ阳性４６例）进行检测,四种试剂对检定所Ｐａｎｅｌ标准的１３份阳性血清均呈阳性反应,２８份阴性血清均为阴性;献血员１５５５０例,四种试剂对其中１份血清均呈阳性反应,经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ试验证实为阴性,四种试剂的阴性检出率均为９９．９９％。连续制备三批试剂经中国药品生物制品检定所检定,所检项目全部合格;同时委托检定所进行临床考核,４７份阳性血清全部呈阳性反应,１５０份阴性血清全部为阴性。说明该试剂盒具有很好的敏感性和特异性。     

Solid-phase Synthesis and Cellular Localization of a C- and/or N-terminal Labelled Peptide

We report the solid-phase synthesis by the Fmoc strategy of a peptide containing a cysteamide group at its C-terminus. This peptide was subject to further modifications including the linkage of fluorophores, namely lucifer yellow and coumarin respectively, at the C- and/or N-terminals. After incubation with living cultured cells these two probes were localized and it is concluded that the post-synthesis modifications can strongly modify the localization of the peptide.     

Nonconventional Protease Catalysis in Frozen Aqueous Solutions

During the past decade proteases have been widely used as catalysts in peptide synthesis. Unfortunately, they are not ideal ligases. Enzymatic peptide synthesis in frozen aqueous systems has been developed as an approach towards the suppression of competitive reactions. This paper summarizes reports concerning the behaviour of non-enzymatic as well as of enzyme-catalysed reactions when the reaction mixture is frozen. The advantages of freezing the reaction mixture in serine and cysteine protease-catalysed peptide synthesis, the influence of modified reaction conditions and the possible reasons for the yield-increasing effect of freezing are discussed.     

Inclusion volume solid-phase synthesis

Solid-phase synthesis of peptides was carried out using only the volume of the solvent included in the swollen solid-phase resin beads [inclusion volume synthesis]. This approach enables (i) the use of higher concentrations of activated amino acids, resulting in increased coupling rates, (ii) drastically decreased consumption of solvents, and (iii) the construction of multiple peptide synthesizers having virtually no reaction vessels.     

Preferred conformation of peptides rich in Ac8c,a medium-ring alicyclic Cα,α-disubstituted glycine

A complete series of terminally blocked, monodispersed homo-oligopeptides (to the pentamer level) from the sterically demanding, medium-ring alicyclic C^α,α-disubstituted glycine 1-aminocyclooctane-1-carb oxylic acid (Ac₈c), and two Ala/Ac₈c tripeptides, were synthesized by solution methods and fully characterized. The preferred conformation of all the oligopeptides was determined in deuterochloroform solution by IR absorption and ¹H-NMR. The molecular structures of the amino acid derivative Z-Ac₈c-OH, the dipeptide pBrBz- (Ac₈c)₂-OH and the tripeptide pBrBz-(Ac₈c)₃-OtBu were assessed in the crystal state by X-ray diffraction. Conformational energy computations were performed on the monopeptide Ac-Ac₈c-NHMe. Taken together, the results obtained strongly support the view that the Ac₈c residue is an effective β-turn and helix former. A comparison is also made with the conformational preferences of α-aminoisobutyric acid, the prototype of C^{α, α}-disubstituted glycines, and of the other members of the family of 1-aminocycloalkane-1-carboxylic acids (Ac_nc, with n=3, 5–7) investigated so far. The implications for the use of the Ac₈c residue in peptide conformational design are considered.     

The Total Chemical Synthesis of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 (MCP-1)

The affinity-based N^α-amino protecting group tetrabenzo [a,c,g,i]fluorenyl-17-methoxycarbonyl (Tbfmoc) has been utilized as a hydrophobic probe to allow the simple, quick and highly effective isolation of a 76 residue cysteine-containing protein (MCP-1). The base-labile Tbfmoc group can be removed under very mild conditions, which preserve the thiol-con taining protein in the reduced state. Oxidative folding was then used to furnish the biologically active β-chemokine MCP-1.     

Cysteine Racemization in Peptide Synthesis: A New and Easy Detection Method

A new method has been developed for the rapid determination of D-cysteine contents in synthetic peptides. It is based on the reduction of cystine residues, when present, with tris- alkylphosphines, selective derivatization of the cysteine residues with 4-vinylpyridine, followed by acid hydrolysis of the (4-pyridylethyl)cysteine –peptides. Baseline enantiomeric resolution of theD ,L -S-β-(4-pyridylethyl)cysteine, and thus quantification ofD - enantiomer contents at levels ≤1%, is easily achieved by capillary zone electrophoresis exploiting the host–guest complexation principle with crown ethers or by gas chromatography on chiral glass capillary columns upon conventional derivatization of the hydrolysate. The acid-stability of the (4-pyridylethyl)cysteine derivative prevents racemization via thiazoline intermediates and allows for standardization of the acid hydrolysis-dependent racemization.     

磷脂组成对脱脂蛋白模型多肽与脂质体相互作用的影响

根据脱脂蛋白的脂结合序列合成了两个两亲性多肽Ａｍｐ１和Ａｍｐ２,在Ａｍｐ２在缬氨酸残基取代了Ａｍｐ１第４位的赖氨酸残基。用内源荧光谱发射峰的蓝移,包埋的钙氯黄素在脂质体中的渗漏,丙烯酰胺对多肽色氨酸残基的淬灭等手段比较了Ａｍｐ１与Ａｍｐ２与具有不同磷脂组成的脂质体的相互作用,并研究了温度的影响。     

Full-Length and Truncated Alzheimer Amyloid Precursors in Chromaffin Granules: Solubilization of Membrane Amyloid Precursor Is Mediated by an Enzymatic Mechanism

Abstract: The amyloid β peptide (Aβ) of Alzheimer disease is derived from the proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor proteins (APPs), which are considered type I transmembrane proteins. Here we report that the soluble fraction of isolated adrenal medullary chromaffin granules (CG), a model neuronal secretory vesicle system, contains an antigen that immunochemically and on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was indistinguishable from full-length APP. A truncated APP fragment with intact Aβ sequence was also detected in the soluble fraction of CG. In vitro experiments showed that full-length APP was solubilized from CG membranes at 37°C as a function of pH, with a peak of activity between pH 8.5 and pH 9.0. Solubilization of full-length APP was inhibited by several protease inhibitors, including aprotinin, cystatin, and iodoacetamide, by the divalent cations Ca²⁺ and Zn²⁺, and by preheating of the membranes. These results are consistent with and suggest the involvement of an enzymatic mechanism in the solubilization of potentially amyloidogenic full-length APP. Production of Aβ from a transmembrane APP predicts a proteolytic cleavage within the lipid bilayer, a site relatively inaccessible to proteases. Thus, the detected soluble, potentially amyloidogenic, full-length APP may be a substrate for the proteases producing Aβ. The detection of soluble APP with intact Aβ sequence in secretory vesicles is consistent with the extracellular topology of amyloid depositions.