PROCESS FOR DETERMINING ENZYME ACTIVITY IN A CELL BY ACTIVITY-BASED REPORTER GENE TECHNOLOGY (ABRGT)

    公开(公告)号:US20190338373A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16401906

    申请日:2019-05-02

    Abstract: Methods and materials for specific imaging of active enzyme in a live or intact cell are disclosed. The enzyme of interest tagged to reporter protein (donor) is exogenously expressed in a cell. The conversion of proenzyme to active enzyme (containing reporter protein) is achieved upon applying an appropriate stimulus to the target cells. The activated enzyme is labelled with an activity-based probe carrying a fluorophore (acceptor). The covalent labelling of active enzyme by the activity-based probe creates a FRET pair which provides the opportunity to exquisitely image the function of an “active enzyme”. This method is used for specific imaging of the function of active caspase-3,-7,-8,-9 and cathepsin-B and also for profiling of inhibitors of caspases and cathepsin B.

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