Disclosure of Invention
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art LSDs tandem mass spectrometry, it is an object of the present invention to provide a compound for detecting an enzyme associated with a lysosomal storage disease as a substrate for binding to the associated enzyme.
The second object of the present invention is to provide an internal standard compound corresponding to the above compound.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a kit for detecting an enzyme associated with a lysosomal storage disease.
A compound for detecting an enzyme associated with lysosomal storage disease, having the structure of formula i:
wherein G is a hexose linked by a glycosidic bond;
r1 is C1-C10Alkyl or C2-C20An alkenyl group;
r2 is C1-C20Alkyl, C having a substituent of N, O or S1-C20Alkyl radical, C3-C20Alkenyl or C having a substituent of N, O or S3-C20An alkenyl group;
r3 and R4 are each independently C1-C3Alkyl or H.
As for the compound for detecting the enzyme related to the lysosomal storage disease, the part for connecting the glucoside and the ammonia alcohol contains a benzene ring, and the benzene ring is connected with the end part of the ammonia alcohol through an ester bond, and related experiments prove that the structure can enhance the specificity of the substrate and the related enzyme and can improve the reaction efficiency of the enzyme and the substrate.
Specificity for a substrate (i.e., a compound of the invention) for a particular lysosomal enzyme can be provided by: the first moiety is provided by a sugar moiety G, for example G is β -glucose or β -galactose, and the substrate will be specific for a glycosidic bond capable of hydrolyzing such sugar; exemplary sugar moieties G can be alpha-D-glucose for detecting pompe disease; beta-D-glucose for the detection of gaucher disease; alpha-D-galactose for detecting Fabry's disease; and beta-D-galactose for detecting Krabbe's disease. A second part, where the specificity of the substrate is controlled by the coordination of R1 and R2, such as the variation of carbon length and degree of saturation within the R1 aliphatic amide group simultaneously coordinating the carbon chain length and degree of saturation of R2 to increase the specificity of the substrate for the enzyme; illustratively, R1 is a 6-8 carbon alkyl group and R2 is a 13 carbon saturated alkyl group with very desirable specificity for enzymes that function to hydrolyze β -type hexose glycosidic linkages; when R1 is an alkyl group of 6-8 carbons and R2 is a diolefin of 14 carbons, it has very desirable specificity for enzymes that hydrolyze alpha-type hexose glycosidic linkages. In addition, when R1 is an alkyl group of 6 carbons, it has more excellent specificity to an enzyme having a function of hydrolyzing glucoside, and when R1 is an alkyl group of 8 carbons, it has more excellent specificity to an enzyme having a function of hydrolyzing galactoside. Thus, when more than one lysosomal storage disease is detected simultaneously, different substrates designed by the invention can be adopted for respective enzymes, the detection results are not affected mutually, and the specificity and sensitivity of the detection results can be ensured.
Among the above-mentioned compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs), G is D-glucose or D-galactose as a preferred embodiment.
Among the above-mentioned compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs), as a preferred embodiment, R1 is C5-C8An alkyl group.
Among the above-mentioned compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs), as a preferred embodiment, R2 is C12-C20Alkyl or C12-C20An alkenyl group.
In the above compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs), as a preferred embodiment, R3 and R4 are both CH3R3 and R4 on the benzene ring are both CH3Has more excellent contact flexibility of the substrate and the related enzyme compared with the condition that the two are both hydrogen.
Among the above compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs), as a preferred embodiment, the compounds have the following structures represented by formula ii or iii:
Preferably, G in formula II is β -glucose and G in formula III is β -galactose.
Among the above compounds for detecting an enzyme associated with a lysosomal storage disease, as a preferred embodiment, the compound has a structure represented by formula IV or formula V below:
Preferably, G in formula IV is alpha-glucose and G in formula V is alpha-galactose.
Among the above-mentioned compounds for detecting Lysosomal Storage Disease (LSDs) -associated enzymes, as a preferred embodiment, the LSDs-associated enzymes include one or more of acid β -glucocerebrosidase (ABG), β -galactocerebroside esterase (GALC), acid α -Galactosidase (GLA) and acid α -Glucosidase (GAA). The compounds of the invention can be used as targeting substrates for specific lysosomal enzymes, the substrates for these enzymes being used to detect the activity of the corresponding enzymes in a sample, whereby they can be used to detect the following lysosomal storage diseases: mucopolysaccharidosis type i (MPS-i), Fabry disease (Fabry), Gaucher disease (Gaucher), Krabbe disease (Krabbe), Niemann pick disease (a/B) and Pompe disease (Pompe).
An internal standard compound corresponding to the above-described compounds for detecting enzymes associated with Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs) having the structure shown in formula vi below:
wherein R1 is C1-C10Alkyl or C2-C20An alkenyl group;
r2 is C1-C20Alkyl, C having a substituent of N, O or S1-C20Alkyl radical, C3-C20Alkenyl or C having a substituent of N, O or S3-C20An alkenyl group;
r3 and R4 are each independently C1-C3Alkyl or H;
and in the compound of the formula VI, an isotope D,13C、15N、17O、18O、34One or more of S;
the internal standard of the invention is used to measure the amount of product formed by the action of the enzyme on the substrate of the invention. The internal standard is structurally identical to the product produced by the enzyme upon action on the substrate, but some elements are replaced by their isotopes. Preferably, the different substrates correspond to different internal standards, and when formula II is used as a substrate the R1 and R2 moieties in the corresponding internal standards should be the same as the R1 and R2 moieties of formula II, and similarly, when formula III, formula IV and formula VI are used as substrates for enzymes, the R1 and R2 moieties in their respective corresponding internal standards should be the same as the R1 and R2 moieties on the corresponding substrates. Thus, the internal standards of the invention are analogs of stable isotopically labeled cleavage products in which one or more atoms are replaced by an isotope of the corresponding atom to produce a change in mass, e.g., H on the alkyl group is replaced by D, and a "heavier" internal standard molecule having a substituted D exhibits a different m/z from the cleavage product on mass spectrometry spectra results, the change in mass being used to identify the cleavage product from the internal standard in mass spectrometry experiments, the internal standard being added to an assay solution and detected simultaneously with the enzyme acting on the substrate.
Preferably, the oxygen of the amide bond to R1 is18O, nitrogen are15N and hydrogen are D.
A kit for detecting Lysosomal Storage Disease (LSDs) -associated enzymes, comprising:
the above compounds for detecting Lysosomal Storage Disease (LSDs) -associated enzymes and the corresponding internal standard compounds.
The substrate of the invention can be used for detecting the activity of enzymes related to the lysosomal storage disease by the tandem mass spectrometry and the multiple immunoassay method, but is particularly suitable for detecting the activity of LSDs related enzymes by the tandem mass spectrometry.
The sample used in the detection using tandem mass spectrometry may be a dry filter paper sample in which serum, plasma, whole blood, urine, saliva, or the like is deposited on a filter paper and dried. The detection method specifically comprises the following steps: a 3mm diameter sample of DBS was taken with a punch and deposited in a deep or microtiter plate well to which the assay solution was added. The assay solution includes buffers (e.g., Tris-HCl buffer), substrate and internal standards, and optionally protease inhibitors such as inhibitors for competitive glycosidases, resulting in a sample mixture. The sample mixture was then incubated at 30-41 ℃ for 2-5 h. After incubation, the enzymatic reaction is stopped by adding a solution for precipitating the enzyme (such as alcohol, acetonitrile or diluted trifluoroacetic acid). A portion of the incubated product is transferred to a new tube and a new volume of methanol, acetonitrile, water-methanol mixture or water-acetonitrile mixture, etc., equal to the volume of incubated product in the tube is added to be compatible with tandem mass spectrometry analysis. This method of operation can reduce the amount of endogenous competitor species in order to relatively increase the sensitivity of tandem mass spectrometry analysis. The diluted sample was injected directly into the tandem mass spectrometer. The tandem mass spectrometer was set to simultaneously detect the added substrate, enzyme product and corresponding internal standard. Such detection is achieved by a parent ion scan, or a multiple reaction monitoring scan. Relative abundance of observed product and corresponding internal standard to measure the corresponding enzyme activity.
Thus, reagents required for tandem mass spectrometry detection as described above, such as protease inhibitors, alcohols, acetonitrile, and the like, can also be included in the kits of the invention.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following remarkable effects: the lysosomal storage disease-associated enzyme comprises one or more of acid β -glucocerebrosidase, β -galactocerebroside, α -galactosidase, and acid α -glucosidase. The compound for detecting the enzyme related to the lysosomal storage disease, provided by the invention, has the structure that the part for connecting the glucoside and the ammonia alcohol contains the benzene ring and the benzene ring is connected with the end part of the ammonia alcohol through an ester bond, so that the structure enhances the binding specificity of the substrate and the related enzyme and can improve the reaction efficiency of the enzyme and the substrate. In addition, the preferred formulas of R1 and R2 cooperate to increase the specificity of detection and increase the detection sensitivity, thereby improving the stability, specificity and reactivity of the substrate and improving the efficiency, reproducibility and accuracy of the assay.
Detailed Description
The following description of specific embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the scope of the invention, its application, or uses, which may, of course, vary. The definitions and terms used herein are not to be construed as limitations on the scope or practice of the invention, but are presented for illustrative and descriptive purposes only.
Unless defined otherwise, terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms are to be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present invention, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
EXAMPLE 1 preparation of Compound A for detecting enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound a is as follows:
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
(1) adding 195g of 4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethyl methyl benzoate into a reaction system with a stirring device, a thermometer and a water diversion device, heating to 80 ℃, slowly adding 200g of beta-D-glucose in the stirring process, adding macroporous strong-acid cation exchange resin D00143 g when stirring until the solution is a colorless transparent homogeneous solution, controlling the reaction temperature to be 100 ℃, controlling the absolute pressure of the reaction to be 60mmHg, and stirring at the speed of 100r/min for reaction, and simultaneously evaporating water generated by the reaction; when the content of residual sugar is lower than 0.2%, the reaction is finished, the reaction liquid is subjected to reduced pressure filtration, and the macroporous strong-acid cation exchange resin D001 catalyst is recovered; then extracting with ethyl acetate for three times, combining ethyl acetate phases, evaporating to dryness, and separating by column chromatography (petroleum ether: ethyl acetate: 3:1) to obtain a total of 152g of product 1. The specific reaction equation is as follows:
(2) dissolving the product 1 with methanol, reacting at room temperature for 2h in the presence of potassium hydroxide solution, removing methanol by spinning, adjusting the pH of the remaining reaction solution to 5.5, and washing with water to obtain a product 2, wherein the specific reaction is as follows:
(3) adding 100mL of acetonitrile, 50g of product 2 and 68g of N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine into an esterification reaction device, adding 15g of DMAP as a catalyst, wherein the reaction temperature is about 120 ℃, the reaction pressure of a reactor is 0.10MPaG, and the reaction time is 5 h. After the reaction, a white solid compound A was obtained by distillation, and 62g in total was obtained. The specific reaction is as follows:
compound a, analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC, had a molecular weight: 723.
the purity of the compound A is 99.342% by liquid mass analysis, see figure 1.
EXAMPLE 2 preparation of Compound B for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound B is as follows:
compound B was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with β -D-galactose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine was replaced with N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound B obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 751.
the purity of the compound B is 98.985% by liquid mass analysis, and the result is shown in figure 2.
EXAMPLE 3 preparation of Compound C for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound C is as follows:
compound C was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with α -D-galactose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine was replaced with N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine-10, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 761.
the purity of the compound C is 99.92% by liquid chromatography, and the result is shown in figure 3.
EXAMPLE 4 preparation of Compound D for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound D is as follows:
compound D was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with α -D-glucose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-ceramide was replaced with N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine-10, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 733.
EXAMPLE 5 preparation of Compound E for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound E is as follows:
compound E was prepared essentially in the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with α -D-galactose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine was replaced with N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 751.
EXAMPLE 6 preparation of Compound F for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound F is as follows:
compound F was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with β -D-galactose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine was replaced with N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine-10, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 761.
EXAMPLE 7 preparation of Compound G for detecting an enzyme associated with lysosomal storage disease
The structural formula of compound G is as follows:
compound G was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with β -D-glucose, and in step (3), N-hexanoyl-D-ceramide was replaced with N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine-10, and the preparation process was the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 733.
EXAMPLE 8 preparation of Compound H for detection of enzymes associated with lysosomal storage diseases
The structural formula of compound H is as follows:
compound H was prepared in substantially the same manner as Compound A, except that in step (1), β -D-glucose was replaced with α -D-glucose, and the preparation process was otherwise the same as in example 1.
The compound C obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 723.
EXAMPLE 9 preparation of internal Standard Compound 1
The same internal standard was prepared for examples 1 and 8, since the enzyme products of both were identical, and therefore the same internal standard can be used, with the specific structure as follows:
internal standard 1, wherein the oxygen of the amide bond to which R1 is attached is18O, nitrogen are15N, hydrogen is D;
the preparation method comprises the following steps: adding 100mL of acetonitrile, 25g of 4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethylbenzoic acid and 69g of N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine into an esterification reaction device, adding 10g of DMAP as a catalyst, reacting at about 110 ℃, at the reaction pressure of 0.20MPaG for 3 h. After the reaction was completed, the internal standard 1 was obtained by distillation to give a total of 43 g.
The internal standard 1 obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 548.
EXAMPLE 10 preparation of internal Standard Compound 2
The same internal standard was prepared for examples 2 and 5, since the enzyme products of both were identical, and therefore the same internal standard could be used, with the specific structure as follows:
internal standard 2, wherein the oxygen of the amide bond to which R1 is attached is
18O, nitrogen are
15N, hydrogen is D;
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
adding 100mL of acetonitrile, 25g of 4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethylbenzoic acid and 70g of N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine into an esterification reaction device, adding 10g of DMAP as a catalyst, reacting at about 110 ℃, at the reaction pressure of 0.20MPaG for 3 h. After the reaction was completed, the internal standard 2 was obtained by distillation, and a total amount of 45g was obtained.
The internal standard 2 obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 576.
EXAMPLE 11 preparation of internal Standard Compound 3
The same internal standard was prepared for examples 3 and 6, since the enzyme products of both were identical, and therefore the same internal standard could be used, with the specific structure as follows:
internal standard 3, wherein the oxygen of the amide bond to which R1 is attached is18O, nitrogen are15N, hydrogen is D;
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
adding 100mL of acetonitrile, 25g of 4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethylbenzoic acid and 70g of N-octanoyl-D-sphingosine gelophin-10 into an esterification reaction device, adding 10g of DMAP as a catalyst, reacting at the temperature of about 110 ℃, the reaction pressure of a reactor is 0.20MPaG, and the reaction time is 3 hours. After the reaction was completed, the internal standard 3 was obtained by distillation to give a total of 40 g.
The internal standard 3 obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 586.
EXAMPLE 12 preparation of internal Standard Compound 4
The same internal standards were prepared for examples 4 and 7, since the cleavage products were identical, and the same internal standards were used, and the specific structures are as follows:
internal standard 4, wherein the oxygen of the amide bond to which R1 is attached is
18O, nitrogen are
15N, hydrogen is D;
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
adding 100mL of acetonitrile, 24g of 4-hydroxy-3, 5-dimethylbenzoic acid and 68g of N-hexanoyl-D-sphingosine gelophin-10 into an esterification reaction device, adding 10g of DMAP as a catalyst, reacting at the temperature of about 110 ℃, the reaction pressure of a reactor is 0.20MPaG, and the reaction time is 3 h. After the reaction was completed, the internal standard 4 was obtained by distillation to give a total of 42 g.
The internal standard 4 obtained was analyzed by high performance liquid HPLC and had a molecular weight of: 558.
test example 1 Simultaneous detection of lysosomal multiple enzyme activities in a sample by tandem Mass Spectrometry
(1) Preparing dried blood tablets: smearing the blood of a subject on filter paper, and drying to obtain a dry blood slice sample;
(2) and (3) processing of a sample: taking 3mm dry blood filter paper sheet by puncher, placing in 96-well plate, adding 80 μ L extractive solution (20mmol/L NaH) per well2PO4) And sealing and shaking for extraction at 37 ℃ for 1h to obtain a blood spot extracting solution.
(3) Preparation of substrate and corresponding internal standard mixed solution: the substrate compounds A to D prepared in examples were added to 0.45ml of a 120g/L sodium taurocholate solution, mixed well and added to 14.67. mu.l of a blood spot extract
Each of the substrate compounds A to D prepared in examples 1, 2, 3 and 4 had a final concentration of 100. mu. mol/L, while adding internal standards 1 to 4 to give a final concentration of 1. mu. mol/L, and further adding thereto a sodium acetate buffer solution containing sodium taurocholate to give a final concentration of 0.5mol/L of sodium acetate, the final volume of the mixture being 30. mu.l.
(4) The mixture was then incubated at 37 ℃ for 20h with rotary shaking (150rpm), 50: 50(V/V) methanol/ethyl acetate was added to the mixture to stop the enzymatic reaction after incubation, followed by 300 μ l HPLC grade ethyl acetate and 300 μ l water, and after centrifugation the upper layer liquid was transferred to a new 96 well plate and evaporated under nitrogen. This was then reconstituted with 80% acetonitrile in water containing 0.1% formic acid for on-machine testing.
(5) The substrate, enzyme reaction product and internal standard were detected by MS/MS analysis. The mobile phase is 80 vol% acetonitrile water solution containing 0.1 vol% formic acid, the flow rate is 0.2ml/min, the measuring time of each sample is 2min, and the sample amount is 10 mul. For mass spectrometry, the electrospray source is operated in positive ion mode and ions are detected in parent ion scan mode. And carrying out quantitative analysis according to the peak intensity ratio (P/IS) of the enzyme reaction product and the internal standard ion to obtain the enzyme activity.
As a result: the activities of four enzymes GLA, ABG, GALC and GAA are as follows: 12.12. mu. mol/(Lh), 14.83. mu. mol/(Lh), 8.04. mu. mol/(Lh), 10.77. mu. mol/(Lh).
Test example 2 Simultaneous detection of lysosomal multiple enzyme activities in samples Using tandem Mass Spectrometry
The test procedures in this test example were the same as in test example 1 except that the substrates of examples 1 to 4 in test example 1 were replaced with the substrate compounds of examples 5 to 8, and the dried blood sample was derived from the same source, i.e., from the same test subjects.
As a result: the activities of four enzymes GLA, ABG, GALC and GAA are as follows: 9.32. mu. mol/(Lh), 10.59. mu. mol/(Lh), 6.18. mu. mol/(Lh), 8.29. mu. mol/(Lh).
Test example 3 Simultaneous detection of acidic β -glucocerebrosidase (ABG) Activity in samples Using tandem Mass Spectrometry
The substrate compound employed in this test example has the following structure:
the corresponding internal standard structure is:
wherein the oxygen of the amide bond to which R1 is attached is
18O, nitrogen are
15N, hydrogen is D;
the detection method comprises the following steps: the test procedures of this example were the same as in example 1 except that the substrates and internal standards of examples 1 to 4 in example 1 were replaced with the substrate compounds and internal standards of the present example, and the dried blood sample was derived from the same test subjects from the same sources.
As a result: the ABG enzyme activity was: 8.24. mu. mol/(L.h).
As is clear from test examples 1 to 3, detection of various enzymatic activities of lysosomes by using the substrate compound of the present invention has higher substrate stability, specificity and reactivity, and the enzymatic activity measured by using the substrate compound used in test example 1 is 1.3 to 1.4 times that of test example 2 and 1.8 times that of test example 3.