辣根过氧化物酶模拟酶研究进展

辣根过氧化物酶 (HRP)是一种常用的工具酶 ,对其模拟酶的研究是近年来生物化学和有机化学的重要课题 ,具有重要的理论意义和应用价值。本文评述了近十年来HRP模拟酶的研究进展。     

中性辣根过氧化物酶制法新进展

中性辣根过氧化物酶制法新进展季钟煜,费锦鑫（上海普洛麦格生物产品有限公司,上海２００２３３）关键词中性辣根过氧化物酶辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）是生物检测中用得非常多的工具酶,其应用和经济价值都很大。因此,制备ＨＲＰ的技术和方法也是相关行业的一个重要研究...     

银离子对辣根过氧化物酶的影响

实验研究Ag 对HRP的影响对检测银的污染有重要意义。以ABTS[2,2-连氮-双-(3-乙基苯并噻唑-6-磺酸)]和H2O2为底物,在pH值5.0的条件下,用分光光度法考察了Ag 存在下的辣根过氧化物酶催化氧化反应。Ag 对辣根过氧化物酶的催化活性显示出抑制作用,并进一步分别探讨了对两种底物的抑制类型和对酶结构的影响。结果表明Ag 对底物H2O2而言,对酶的抑制效应属于反竞争性抑制类型,抑制常数Ki=14.83mmol/L;对底物ABTS而言,对酶的抑制效应属于非竞争性抑制,抑制常数Ki=16.139mmol/L。不同浓度Ag 分别与酶作用后,测定酶的内源荧光光谱。光谱结果表明Ag 影响酶活性的同时也影响酶的构象。     

非水介质中辣根过氧化物酶（HRP）荧光活性测定法

建立了一种分析ＨＲＰ催化活力的新方法。该方法基于单体（底物）、聚合物（产物）的荧光发射光谱不重叠,使用荧光光谱仪,通过测量底物荧光淬灭来检测ＨＲＰ在非水介质中（二氧六环一水、乙醇－水、丙酮－水体系）催化酚类、芳香胺类物质聚合的活力。此方法迅速、简便,结果是定量并可重复的,并能定量地计算底物转化率。     

辣根过氧化物酶产品的测定

辣根过氧化物酶产品的测定季钟煜,陈佩颖（上海普洛麦格生物产品有限公司,上海２００２３３）关键词辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）,邻苯三酚辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）是从辣根植物块根中提取制造的。它的实用价值很高,在临床检验上用作为酶指示剂和酶标记,藉以检验体液和...     

辣根过氧化物酶的结构与作用机制

辣根过氧化物酶是一种重要的酶制剂,它已经有一个多世纪的研究历史了。近几年,有关它的结构、催化中间体、催化机制以及特殊氨基酸残基功能等又有了新的发现。     

反相胶束体系对辣根过氧化物酶结构与功能的影响

在十六烷基三甲基溴化铵（ＣＴＡＢ）／异辛烷－正戊醇反相胶束中,研究了含水量（Ｗ０）和表面活性剂对辣根过氧化物酶（ＨＲＰ）和活力的影响机制。在测定不同含水量（Ｗ０）和ＣＴＡＢ不同浓度下的ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ光谱（即Ｓｏｒｅｔ吸收光谱）及活力的变化的基础上,发现含水量不同时,反相胶束主要通过影响ＨＲＰ的活性中心而影响酶的活力,但ＣＴＡＢ对酶活性中心没有明显影响。此外通过反相胶束与水相中的ＨＲＰ与Ｈ２Ｏ２复合物     

辣根过氧化物酶在水相胶束中的动力学

研究了辣根过氧化物酶在三种表面活性剂（ＳＤＳ,ＴｒｉｔｏｎＸ－１００及ＣＴＡＢ）的水相胶束中催化联苯胺聚合反应的动力学。结果表明水相胶束体系有利于反应的进行。辣根过氧化物酶在水相胶束体系中遵循米氏反应,Ｋ_ｍ在ＳＤＳ、ＴｒｉｔｏｎＸ－１００及ＣＴＡＢ三种体系中分别为３．０１４×１０~（－４）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ、１．７２８×１０~（－４）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ和５．６６４×１０~（－５）ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。由于微环境的不同,ＨＲＰ在三种体系中表现出不同的最适反应温度和最适ｐＨ。     

Improvements to enhanced horseradish peroxidase detection sensitivity

At very low horseradish peroxidase (HRP) concentrations, the enhanced chemiluminescence reaction is often characterized by a lag time between initiation of the reaction and beginning of light output. In this study, four treatments of luminol solution were examined in an effort to remove the lag time and to improve chemiluminescence light output. Addition of ammonium persulphate stimulated light output more than tenfold. Ultraviolet irradiation and photoactive dye pretreatment of luminol solution both increased light output fourfold. Luminol purity was the most important factor affecting detection sensitivity. Recrystallization of luminol from base improved the detection limit 13-fold although there was an improvement in the detection limit from 13 attomoles per millilitre to 5 attomoles per millilitre with highly purified luminol when photoactive dye pretreatment was utilized. The results are consistent with a simple interference mechanism whereby enhancer radicals produced by the enzyme are preferentially quenched by contaminants present in the luminol, in the enhancer and in the solvent used to dissolve the enhancer. Consumption of these interferences prior to light emission results in a lag time and a less favourable HRP detection limit.     

Sensitivity limitations encountered in enhanced horseradish peroxidase catalysed chemiluminescence

Conditions for the enhanced horseradish peroxidase (HRP) catalysed reaction between luminol and hydrogen peroxide were optimized to determine detection limits for HRP conjugated to antibody fragment (HRP-Fab) in solution phase. Light output was linear with respect to HRP-Fab concentration but became nonlinear at low HRP-Fab concentrations when an accelerator (enhancer) of the reaction was used. para-Phenylphenol was a more effective enhancer than p-iodophenol at HRP-Fab concentrations below 20 pmol/l. The detection limit for HRP-Fab was 1.2 femtomoles in the absence of p-phenylphenol and 0.08 femtomole in the presence of p-phenylphenol. The acceleration of peroxidase activity at the lowest HRP-Fab concentrations occurred after an incubation time period of up to five minutes. This lag time limited the sensitivity and the mechanism for it was sought. Preincubation experiment results indicated that the lag time phenomenon may involve a reversible alteration in HRP catalytic activity and that enhancer, peroxide, luminol and HRP-Fab had to be incubated together some time before maximum activation could occur.     

Erythrocyte-mediated microinjection of horseradish peroxidase into BHK cells

In order to establish the distribution with time of proteins microinjected into mammalian cells, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was microinjected into baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells using chicken erythrocyte ghosts. At time intervals following initiation of fusion between ghosts and target cells, samples were fixed with aldehydes and the peroxidase visualized by reaction with diaminobenzidine and viewing by light and electron microscopy. At 10 min, the reaction product was observed within the cytoplasm of 60% of the microinjected cells, but was excluded from the nucleus and membranous organelles. In the other 40% of microinjected cells, the reaction product was also observed within the nucleus. At 30 min, the reaction product was observed to be evenly distributed throughout the cell, including the nucleus but excluded from organelles. By 6 h, the reaction product was present almost exclusively within the nucleus of 63% of microinjected cells. At all time points, 20–30% of the erythrocytes ghosts appear to have been taken up by cells by phagocytosis rather than fusion, as evidenced by the presence of peroxidase reaction product within intact and fragmented erythrocyte ghosts in the cytoplasm of target cells. Cells incubated with a lanthanum solution following fusion excluded this electron dense tracer, indicating that the cytoplasmic compartment is not opened during exposure to polyethylene glycol.     

Spectroscopic study on structure of horseradish peroxidase in water and dimethyl sulfoxide mixture

The structure of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS)/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) mixed solvents at different compositions is investigated by IR, electronic absorption, and fluorescence spectroscopies. The fluorescence spectra and the amide I spectra of ferric HRP [HRP(Fe3+)] show that overall structural changes are relatively small up to 60% DMSO. Although the amide I band of HRP(Fe3+) shows a gradual change in the secondary structure and a decrease in the contents of a helices, its fluorescence spectra indicate that the distance between the heme and Trp173 is almost constant. In contrast, the changes in the positions of the Soret bands for resting HRP(Fe3+) and catalytic intermediates (compounds I and II) and the IR spectra at the C-O stretching vibration mode of carbonyl ferrous HRP [HRP(Fe2+)-CO] show that the microenvironment in the distal heme pocket is altered, even with low DMSO contents. The large reduction of the catalytic activity of HRP even at low DMSO contents can be attributed to the structural transition in the distal heme pocket. In PBS/DMSO mixtures containing more than 70 vol % DMSO, HRP undergoes large structural changes, including a large loss of the secondary structure and a dissociation of the heme from the apoprotein. The presence of the components of the amide I band that can be assigned to strongly hydrogen bonding amide C=O groups at 1616 and 1684 cm(-1) suggests that the denatured HRP may aggregate through strong hydrogen bonds.     

Antiperoxidase antibodies enhance refolding of horseradish peroxidase

The effect of monoclonal antibodies on protein folding was studied using horseradish peroxidase refolding from guanidine hydrochloride as a model process. Among the five antiperoxidase clones tested, one was found to increase the yield of catalytically active peroxidase after guanidine treatment. The same clone also increased the activity of the native peroxidase by a factor of 2-2.5. While peroxidase refolding under standard conditions resulted in the recovery of only 7-8% of the initial catalytic activity, antibody-assisted refolding increased the yield to 50-100% (or 20-40% from the activity of native enzyme with antibodies). Kinetics of autorefolding and antibody-assisted refolding differed significantly. In the course of autorefolding the catalytic activity was recovered within the first 2.5 min and did not change further within a 2.5- to 60-min interval, whereas in the course of antibody-assisted refolding maximal catalytic activity was attained only in 60 min. The yield of active peroxidase for the antibody-assisted refolding depended linearly on the antibody concentration. The observed effect was strongly specific. Other antiperoxidase clones tested as well as nonspecific antithyroglobulin antibody affected neither kinetics, no the yield of peroxidase refolding.     

Effects of phthalic anhydride modification on horseradish peroxidase stability and activity

Phthalic anhydride (PA) modification stabilizes horseradish peroxidase (HRP) by reversal of the positive charge on two of HRP's six lysine residues. Native and PA-HRP had half-inactivation temperatures of 51 and 65 degrees C and half-lives at 65 degrees C of 4 and 17 min, respectively. PA-HRP was more resistant to dimethylformamide at room temperature and tetrahydrofuran at 60 degrees C and to unfolding by heat, guanidine chloride, EDTA, and the reducing agent tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride. Binding of the hydrophobic probe Nile Red to the native enzyme and to PA-HRP was similar. The kinetics of both HRPs with the substrates ABTS, ferrocyanide, ferulic acid, and indole-3-propionic acid were measured, as was binding of the inhibitor benzhydroxamic acid. Small improvements in the catalytic properties were detected.     

Mechanism of action of lignins and lignin model compounds with horseradish peroxidase

Horseradish peroxidase displayed a ping-pong kinetic reaction mechanism with lignin model compounds and lignins. Oxidation of the α carbon on acetosyringone or acetovanillone failed above pH 6.5, while conversion of α-methylsyringyl (or guaiacyl) alcohol to acetosyringone (or vanillone) occurred optimally at pH 7.8. Small MW fragments were not formed from lignins at pH 6.4 and 7.8. These observations provide evidence for the growing concept that freely soluble peroxidase is not a lignolytic enzyme.     

Assembly of horseradish peroxidase within supported cationic bilayers

The interaction between horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DODAB) bilayers supported on polystyrene microspheres (PSS) or on flat silicon wafers was evaluated from the following techniques: (1) dynamic light-scattering for determining size distributions, zeta-potentials and polydispersities for dispersions; (2) spectrophotometric determination of HRP concentration in supernatants of centrifuged mixtures; (3) in situ ellipsometry for mean thickness of deposited layers on wafers; (4) kinetics of product appearance for oxidation of 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid by H(2) O(2) in presence of free or immobilized enzyme. HRP incorporation (3.0 mg/m(2)) did not alter mean diameter and zeta-potential of PSS/DODAB particles but reduced enzyme activity by 50%, though activity persisted after several rinsing steps. In situ ellipsometry could not detect any HRP layer on top of the DODAB bilayer. HRP insertion in the bilayer core explained all results for both systems. Useful biotechnological applications are anticipated for such assemblies.     

Characterization of antigenic properties of horseradish peroxidase with monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies (mcAbs) specific to alkaline isoenzymes of horseradish peroxidase were used to characterize the antigenic properties of horseradish peroxidase. The results of a competitive binding assay indicated that monoclonal antibodies can be divided into three groups directed against distinct parts of the protein. The interaction of monoclonal antibodies with native and modified horseradish peroxidase showed also three different patterns of reactivity. Antibodies from groups I and II are directed against epitopes which are conformational and formed by tertiary structure elements. Epitopes recognized by these antibodies are sensitive to heme removal or partial denaturation of peroxidase. Antibodies from group III bind specifically with epitopes consisting of primary or secondary structure elements. The antigenic determinants recognized by antibodies from group III PO ₁ and 36F ₉ were shown to be linear (continuous) and formed by amino acid residues 261-267 and 271-277, respectively, as determined by the peptide scanning method (PEPSCAN). The location of revealed linear antigenic determinants in the molecular structure of peroxidase is analyzed.     

Protein extraction by reverse micelles: studies on the recovery of horseradish peroxidase

Phase transfer studies were carried out on the solubilization of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) (E.C. 1.11.1.7) in reverse micelles formed in isooctane using the anionic surfactant, aerosol OT, at concentrations between 50 and 110mM. The selectivity of this methodology was tested, because the HRP used comprised a mixture of seven different isoenzymes with a wide range of isoelectric points. Forward and backward transfers were carried out in wellstirred vessels until equilibrium was reached. Significant protein partitioning could only be obtained by using NaCl to adjust ionic strength in pH range between 1.5 and 3.5, with a maximum at pH 3. The back transfer process was best at pH 8 with 80mM phosphate buffer and 1 M KCI. A loss of 1% to 3% of the surfactant through precipitation at the interface at pH<4 was observed, which may be due to instability in this pH region, because, even without protein, a similar precipitate was noticed. Protein partitioning was approximately constant when the ionic strength was increased up to 1 MNaCl at pH 3, but protein recovery in back transfer decreased accordingly. Hydrophobic interactions together with association between the protein and surfactant might be responsible for that behavior. Protein partitioning remained the same when the surfactant concentration was decreased to 50 mM, at the expense of higher variability. HPLC chromatograms showed no apparent damage to the protein after reverse micellar extraction. Protein partitioning is best when the temperature is kept at 25xC. The amount of protein and specific activity recovered strongly depends on the phase ratio used during forward transfer. Overall activity recovery varied from 87% to 136% when the phase ratio was increased from 1:1 to 30:1 in forward transfer. This behavior may be due to a change in the ratio of the three isoenzymes recovered after the backward transfer process, with the most active one being increasingly enriched at higher phase ratios. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.