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Example 1
Cell-free fractions were prepared as previously described (25). Briefly, Lactobacillus acidophilus strain La-5 was grown overnight in modified DeMann, Rogosa and Sharpe medium. (mMRS; 10 g peptone from casein, 8 g meat extract, 4 g yeast extract, 8 g D(+)-glucose, 2 g dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, 2 g di-ammonium hydrogen citrate, 5 g sodium acetate, 0.2 g magnesium sulfate, 0.04 g manganese sulfate in 1 L distilled water) (MRS; BD Diagnostic Systems, Sparks, MD). The overnight culture was diluted 1:100 in fresh medium. When the culture grew to an optical density at 600 nm (OD600) of 1.6 (1.2×108 cells/ml), the cells were harvested by centrifugation at 6,000×g for 10 min at 4° C. The supernatant was sterilized by filtering through a 0.2-μm-pore-size filter (Millipore, Bioscience Division, Mississauga, ON, Canada) and will be referred to as cell-free spent medium (CFSM). Two litres of L. acidophilus La-5 CFSM was collected and freeze-dried (Unitop 600 SL, VirTis Co., Inc. Gardiner, NY., USA). The freeze-dried CFSM was reconstituted with 200 ml of 18-Ω water. The total protein content of the reconstituted CFSM was quantified using the BioRad DC protein assay kit II (Bio-Rad Laboratories Ltd., Mississauga, ON, Canada). Freeze-dried CFSM was stored at −20° C. prior to the assays.
Example 125
Methyl 4-((5-(benzyloxy)-2-methoxyphenyl)(ethyl)amino)butanoate (184). 5-(Benzyloxy)-N-ethyl-2-methoxyaniline (146) (0.681 g, 2.65 mmol), DIEA (0.92 mL, 5.3 mmol), and methyl 4-iodobutyrate (0.72 mL, 5.3 mmol) in DMF (5 mL) were stirred at 70° C. for 5 days. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt, diluted with EtOAc (60 mL), washed with water (4×50 mL), brine (75 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column (2.5×30 cm bed, packed with CHCl3), eluant: 5% MeOH in CHCl3 to get compound 184 (0.72 g, 76%) as a dark amber oil.
Methyl 4-(ethyl(5-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)amino)butanoate (186). Ester 184 (0.72 g, 2.0 mmol) was stirred under reflux with 6 mL of water and 6 mL of conc HCl for 1.5 hrs and then evaporated to dryness to give acid 185 as a brown gum. The crude acid was dissolved in 50 mL of methanol containing 1 drop (cat.) of methanesulfonic acid ant the solution was kept for 2 hrs at rt. After that the mixture was concentrated in vacuum and the residue was mixed with 20 mL of saturated NaHCO3. The product was extracted with EtOAc (3×40 mL). The extract was washed with brine (40 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column (2.5×30 cm bed, packed with CHCl3), eluant: 5% MeOH in CHCl3 to get compound 186 (0.444 g, 83%) as a brown oil.
N-(6-(dimethylamino)-9-(4-(ethyl(4-methoxy-4-oxobutyl)amino)-2-hydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl)-3H-xanthen-3-ylidene)-N-methylmethanaminium chloride (187). To a stirred suspension of tetramethylrhodamine ketone 101 (0.234 g, 0.830 mmol) in 10 mL of dry chloroform was added oxalyl chloride (72 μL, 0.82 mmol) upon cooling to 0-5° C. The resulting red solution was stirred for 0.5 h at 5° C., and the solution of compound 186 (0.222 g, 0.831 mmol) in dry chloroform (5 mL) was introduced. The reaction was allowed to heat to rt, stirred for 72 h, diluted with CHCl3 (100 mL and washed with sat. NaHCO3 solution (2×30 mL) The organic layer was extracted with 5% HCl (3×25 mL). The combined acid extract was washed with CHCl3 (2×15 mL; discarded), saturated with sodium acetate and extracted with CHCl3 (5×30 mL). The extract was washed with brine (50 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel column (2×50 cm bed, packed with CHCl3/MeOH/AcOH/H2O (100:20:5:1)), eluant: CHCl3/MeOH/AcOH/H2O (100:20:5:1) to give the product 187 (0.138 g, 29%) as a purple solid.
4-((4-(6-(dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-3H-xanthen-9-yl)-5-hydroxy-2-methoxyphenyl)(ethyl)amino)butanoate (188). Methyl ester 187 (0.136 g, 0.240 mmol) was dissolved in 5 mL of 1M KOH (5 mmol). The reaction mixture was kept at rt for 1.5 hrs and the acetic acid (1 mL) was added. The mixture was extracted with CHCl3 (4×30 mL), and combined extract was washed with brine (20 mL), filtered through the paper filter and. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel column (2×50 cm bed, packed with MeCN/H2O (4:1)), eluant: MeCN/H2O/AcOH/(4:1:1) to give the product 188 (0.069 g, 98%) as a purple solid.
N-(6-(dimethylamino)-9-(4-((4-(2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yloxy)-4-oxobutyl)(ethyl)amino)-2-hydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl)-3H-xanthen-3-ylidene)-N-methylmethanaminium chloride (189). To a solution of the acid 188 (69 mg, 0.12 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) and DIEA (58 μL, 0.33 mmol) was added N-hydroxysuccinimide trifluoroacetate (70 mg, 0.33 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min, diluted with chloroform (100 mL) and washed with water (5×50 mL), brine (50 mL), filtered through paper and concentrated in vacuum. The crude product was purified by precipitation from CHCl3 solution (5 mL) with ether (20 mL) to give compound 189 (55 mg, 67%) as a purple powder.
Example 6
The effect of direct plasma treatment time [min] with a distance of 2 mm on the activity of immobilized UPO (40 μL of 1 μM immobilized protein solution, over 60 min) is demonstrated in
The effect of enzyme immobilization and/or direct plasma treatment in comparison to free enzyme and/or samples without direct plasma treatment on the specific enzyme activity of UPO is illustrated in
Activity assay parameters: 5 nM UPO; 2.5 mM ABTS in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5; 1 mM H2O2. Activity was calculated from linear slope in the absorption measurement.
In samples which were directly plasma-treated, the substrate conversion was determined by adding commercially available H2O2 to the sample after direct plasma treatment. The substrate used for the respective assay was added after direct plasma treatment.
Example 101
Compound 104. To a stirred suspension of ketone 101 (94 mg, 0.333 mmol) in dry chloroform (10 mL), oxalyl chloride (30 μL, 0.33 mmol) was added upon cooling to 0-5° C. The resulted red solution was stirred for 1 h, then N,N-diethyl-m-anisidine (60 mg, 0.33 mmol) was added. The reaction was allowed to warm to rt, stirred for 16 h and diluted with CHCl3 (60 mL). Chloroform solution was shaken with sat. NaHCO3 (40 mL) until water layer turned almost colorless. The organic layer was washed with sat. NaHCO3 (20 mL) and extracted with 10% HCl (2×30 mL). The combined acid extract was washed with CHCl3 (2×15 mL; discarded), the aqueous solution was saturated with sodium acetate and extracted with CHCl3 (4×30 mL). The extract was washed with brine (30 mL), and evaporated. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel column (2×40 cm bed, packed with 10% MeOH and 1% AcOH in CHCl3) eluant: 10% MeOH and 1% AcOH in CHCl3 to give the product 104 (3 mg, 2%) as a purple wax.
Example 8
This example provides an alternative in vitro activity assay for SGSH-Fc fusion proteins. The assay is adapted from Karpova et al., J. Inherit. Metab. Dis., 19:278-285 (1996).
The standard reaction mixtures consisted of 10-15 μg of protein and 20 μL MU-α-GlcNS (5 or 10 mmol/L, respectively) in Michaelis' barbital sodium acetate buffer, pH 6.5 (29 mmol/L sodium barbital, 29 mmol/L sodium acetate, 0.68% (w/v) NaCl, 0.02% (w/v) sodium azide; adjusted to pH 6.5 with HCl) and the reaction mixtures were incubated for 17 h at 37° C. MU-α-GcNS is available from Moscerdam Substrates. After the first incubation, 6 μl twice-concentrated McIlvain's phosphate/citrate buffer, pH 6.7, containing 0.02% sodium azide and 10 μl (0.1 U) yeast a-glucosidase (Sigma) in water were added and a second incubation of 24 h at 37° C. was carried out. Long incubations at 37° C. (17-24 h) were carried out in 96-well plates which were sealed airtight with broad sticky tape, limiting evaporation to <15%. Next, 200 μL 0.5 mol/L Na2CO3/NaHCO3, pH 10.7, was added, and the fluorescence of the released 4-methylumbelliferone (MU) was measured on a Fluoroskan (Titertek) fluorimeter. Protein was determined as described previously (van Diggelen et al., Clin. Chim. Acta., 187:131-139 (1990)).