RAPID ENZYME AND RECEPTOR ASSAYS USING BIOSOMES

描述（来自申请人摘要的逐字记录）：本研究将 开发新的分子识别技术用于药物发现。稳定 称为生物体的脂质体聚合物充当生物传感器， 红色是对特定分子识别事件的响应。生物体可以是 用酶底物或受体配体官能化， 对特定的受体或酶有反应。一种原型酶测定法已经被 利用磷脂酶开发的。生物体也会改变颜色， 与受体的相互作用。第二阶段的研究将把这些研究扩展到 开发多种酶分析。将继续进行结合研究， 目的是开发快速同质受体结合测定。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 将努力通过以下方式大大提高生物体测定的灵敏度： 将荧光标记掺入生物体聚合物中。生物体颜色 转换，响应分子识别，将被用来改变 通过颜色猝灭或荧光能量变化的荧光 转移生物体在高通量领域有着广泛的应用前景 筛选用于广泛治疗领域的化合物。 拟议商业应用：不可用

DESCRIPTION (Verbatim from the applicant's abstract): This research will develop a new molecular recognition technology for drug discovery. Stable liposome polymers, called biosomes, act as biosensors that turn from blue to red in response to a specific molecular recognition event. Biosomes can be functionalized with either an enzyme substrate or receptor ligand so that they respond to a specific receptor or enzyme. A prototypic enzyme assay has been developed using phospholipases. Biosomes also change color in response to interactions with receptors. Phase II research will extend these studies to develop a variety of enzyme assays. The binding studies will be continued with the aim of developing rapid homogenous receptor binding assays. In addition, efforts will be made to greatly increase the sensitivity of Biosome assays by incorporating fluorescent labels into the Biosome Polymers. The Biosome color transition, in response to molecular recognition, will be used to alter fluorescence by means of changes in color quenching or fluorescence energy transfer. The Biosomes should have many applications in high-throughput screening of compounds for a wide range of therapeutic areas. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: NOT AVAILABLE