Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 704 Hamilton Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA.
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2010 Jun 15;878(20):1707-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.04.028. Epub 2010 Apr 24.
This study examined the use of affinity microcolumns as tools for the rapid analysis and high-throughput screening of drug-protein binding. The protein used was immobilized human serum albumin (HSA) and the model analytes were warfarin and L-tryptophan, two solutes often used as site-specific probes for drug binding to Sudlow sites I and II of HSA, respectively. The use of HSA microcolumns in binding studies was examined by using both zonal elution and frontal analysis formats. The zonal elution studies were conducted by injecting the probe compounds onto HSA microcolumns of varying lengths while measuring the resulting retention factors, plate heights and peak asymmetries. A decrease in the retention factor was noted when moving from longer to shorter column lengths while using a constant amount of injected solute. However, this change could be corrected, in part, by determining the relative retention factor of a solute versus a reference compound injected onto the same microcolumn. The plate height values were relatively consistent for all column lengths and gave an expected increase at higher linear velocities. The peak asymmetries were similar for all columns up to 1 mL/min but shifted to larger values at higher flow rates and when using short microcolumns (e.g., 1 mm length). The association equilibrium constants and number of binding sites estimated by frontal analysis for warfarin with HSA were consistent at the various column sizes that were tested and gave good agreement with previous literature values. These results confirmed affinity microcolumns provide comparable results to those obtained with longer columns and can be used in the rapid analysis of drug-protein binding and in the high-throughput screening of such interactions.
本研究考察了亲和微柱作为快速分析和高通量筛选药物-蛋白结合的工具的应用。所用的蛋白质为固定化人血清白蛋白(HSA),模型分析物为华法林和 L-色氨酸,这两种溶质通常分别用作药物结合到人血清白蛋白 Sudlow 位点 I 和 II 的位点特异性探针。通过使用区带洗脱和前沿分析两种格式来考察 HSA 微柱在结合研究中的应用。进行区带洗脱研究时,将探针化合物注入到不同长度的 HSA 微柱上,同时测量得到的保留因子、板高和峰不对称性。当使用恒定量的注入溶质时,从较长的柱子移动到较短的柱子时,保留因子会降低。然而,通过确定相对于注入到同一微柱上的参考化合物的溶质的相对保留因子,可以部分校正这种变化。板高值对于所有柱子长度相对一致,并在较高线性速度下给出预期的增加。在所有柱子上,峰不对称性在 1 mL/min 之前相似,但在更高的流速和使用短微柱(例如 1 毫米长度)时会移向更大的值。通过前沿分析估计的华法林与人血清白蛋白的结合平衡常数和结合位点数量在测试的各种柱尺寸上是一致的,并且与先前的文献值吻合良好。这些结果证实,亲和微柱提供与较长柱子相当的结果,可用于快速分析药物-蛋白结合,并可用于此类相互作用的高通量筛选。