Screening of inhibitors using enzymes entrapped in sol-gel-derived materials.
Anal Chem
; 75(10): 2382-91, 2003 May 15.
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| ID: mdl-12918981
ABSTRACT
In recent years, a number of new methods have been reported that make use of immobilized enzymes either on microarrays or in bioaffinity columns for high-throughput screening of compound libraries. A key question that arises in such methods is whether immobilization may alter the intrinsic catalytic and inhibition constants of the enzyme. Herein, we examine how immobilization within sol-gel-derived materials affects the catalytic constant (kcat), Michaelis constant (KM), and inhibition constant (KI) of the clinically relevant enzymes Factor Xa, dihydrofolate reductase, cyclooxygenase-2, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase. These enzymes were encapsulated into sol-gel-derived glasses produced from either tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) or the newly developed silica precursor diglyceryl silane (DGS). It was found that the catalytic efficiency and long-term stability of all enzymes were improved upon entrapment into DGS-derived materials relative to entrapment in TEOS-based glasses, likely owing to the liberation of the biocompatible reagent glycerol from DGS. The KM values of enzymes entrapped in DGS-derived materials were typically higher than those in solution, whereas upon entrapment, kcat values were generally lowered by a factor of 1.5-7 relative to the value in solution, indicating that substrate turnover was limited by partitioning effects or diffusion through the silica matrix. Nonetheless, the apparent KI value for the entrapped enzyme was in most cases within error of the value in solution, and even in the worst case, the values differed by no more than a factor of 3. The implications of these findings for high-throughput screening are discussed.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos
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Inibidores Enzimáticos
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Enzimas Imobilizadas
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Géis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article