Example 4
Binding Affinity of KLK4 Inhibitory Peptide
Surface plasmon resonance analysis was performed using BIAcore T200 (GE healthcare) to measure the binding affinity of KLK4 inhibitory peptides by single cycle kinetics. The complementary strand of DNA of the streptavidin conjugate was captured by hybridization to Sensor Chip CAP (GE healthcare) on which the single-stranded DNA was immobilized. Next, approximately 5 RU of KLK4 biotinylated with EZ-Link NHS-PEG4-Biotin (Thermo Fisher Science) was captured at a flow rate of 10 μL/min and immobilized. Thereafter, three-fold serially diluted KLK4 inhibitory peptide (0.08 to 20 nM) with HBS-EP was added as an analyte at a flow rate of 10 μL/min. Analysis was performed using BIAcore T 200 Evaluation software (version 2.0), and kon and koff were calculated using simple one-to-one Langmuir binding model. The equilibrium constant KD was calculated as a koff/kon ratio. By regenerating Sensor Chip CAP using a regeneration buffer attached to Biotin CAPture Kit (GE healthcare) and repeatedly having biotinylated KLK4 captured, multiple KLK4 inhibitory peptides were measured. All of the three measured KLK4 inhibitory peptides showed a KD value of less than 1 nM, showing that their binding is very strong (