Patent Application: US-28033002-A

Abstract:
β - diketone fluorescent tags are disclosed , particularly those enabling the use of excitation energy in the near visible or visible spectrum . in some cases , these tags allow the use of cost - effective excitation devices such as led &# 39 ; s . the compounds form fluorescent chelates with lanthanide rare earth metal ions . the fluorescent complex may be included in a latex microparticle , such as a styrene latex particle . ideally , the complex has an absorption maximum λ equal to or greater than 360 nm , and the compound is characterized by a pka & lt ; 9 . 0 . kits and methods for detecting target molecules are also disclosed . such methods and kits typically use a ligand for binding to the target molecule and a labeling agent attached to the ligand . the fluorescent complexes described above are at least part of the labeling agent . apparatus for detecting fluorescence from a sample includes an irradiating energy source that produces irradiating energy λ equal to or greater than 360 nm ; a detector positioned to detect fluorescence from the sample ; and a sample holder for holding the sample in position to be irradiated by the energy source . a light - emitting diode is preferably used as the irradiating energy source .

Description:
two compounds were designed in which the trifluoromethyl group in nta ( 1 ) was replaced with a phenyl ring ( phenyl - 3 - naphthyl - 1 , 3 - propanedione , compound 2 or “ pnpd ”) and a naphthyl ring ( 1 , 3 - di - naphthyl - 1 , 3 propanedione , compound 3 or “ nnpd ”). the structures of these compounds and their corresponding enolates are shown below : compounds 2 and 3 were synthesized starting from 1 ′- acetonaphthone and their structures were characterized as described below . fluorescent chelates of europium ( iii ) chloride were prepared in 0 . 1 m borate buffer ph 9 . 0 with each of 2 , and 3 , respectively in presence of topo , and the excitation and emission spectra were recorded on perkin elmer luminescence spectrophotometer model ls 50 and compared with that of nta ( compound 1 ). spectral results ( fig . ii ) demonstrate that the peak excitation wavelengths for compounds 2 and 3 are 390 nm and 400 nm respectively ; both are shifted significantly form the peak at 330 nm for compound 1 and can be excited with a semiconductor light source . the extinction and fluorescence intensity of all of the , compounds are similar . these compounds have high quantum yields coupled with stability in oxygenated solvents , suggesting efficient energy transfer from ligand to metal . based on these findings , derivatives of compound 2 were prepared ; their structures are depicted in fig . iii and their synthesis and characterization are described below . all the compounds that are depicted in fig . iii can form fluorescent chelates with europium ( iii ) chloride in presence of topo . interestingly , no significant spectral shifts were observed for derivatives with different ring substituents such as fluorine , cyano , methoxy , and carboxymethyl compared to pnpd . however , significant changes in pka of the carbonyl groups were observed . as mentioned earlier , it is necessary to form the enolate of the dicarbonyl compund for complex formation with metal to occur . in the case of unsubstituted compound 2 , the pka for the enolic carbon is ˜ ph 9 . 0 and hence it is necessary to maintain that high ph to form the complex and maintain its stability . this limits the ability to successfully load the chelate into latex particles as described below . however , the pka of all the fluorinated derivatives is significantly lower allowing us to work with the chelates over a range of ph &# 39 ; s . for example the pka for compound 4 is ˜ 4 . 2 which allowed us to use this compound to form a stable chelate above ph 4 . 5 . it is usually ( by not universally ) desirable to stay below ph 9 . 0 to allow chelate stability under physiological assay conditions . the excitation wavelength of the fluorescent chelate of n , n - dimethylamino derivative of the pnpd ( compound # 14 in fig . iii ) when loaded into latex particles by the method described later , further shifted to the visible spectrum with the maximum located at ˜ 455 nm . mixtures of ( compound 2 + topo ) and ( compound 2 + europium chloride ) were titrated with standard solutions of europium ( iii ) chloride and topo , respectively , and fluorescence intensity was determined . results suggested the formation of fluorescent chelate by a stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 3 : 3 of metal , ligand and topo . however , compounds with substitutions on phenyl ring , such as compound 4 or 8 ( fig . iii ), resulted in stoichiometric ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 . while we do not wish to be bound to a particular mechanism , it appears that certain of these chelates , in combination with non - fluorescent chelators such as topo or nh 3 in aqueous solution , operate as bis chelators . in other words , two fluorescent chelating molecules will complex with a single metal ion with three non - fluorescent chelators , in a 1 : 2 : 3 molar ratio . moreover , it is possible to avoid hydration with water molecules where one of the aryl moieties is further substituted adjacent to the diketone substitutent with an additional chelating moiety . specifically , fig . iv illustrates this possibility where one of the aryl moieties is substituted with : where x ═ s or o , and r ═ o — r 1 , or s — r 1 , where r 1 = c 1 - c 5 alkyl , c 1 - c 5 alkenyl , c 1 - c 5 alkynyl groups , or substituted c 1 - c 5 alkyl , c 1 - c 5 alkenyl , c 1 - c 5 alkynyl groups . preferably , the further aryl substituent is — co — o - alkyl , such as — co — och 3 . in fig . iv , m = the metal ion , p = a non - fluorescent chelator , the organic chelating molecular formulas are shown with chelation via the oxygen molecules , and h 2 o indicates hydration of the complex . having obtained the stable chelates with desired properties , we demonstrated their potential applications in immunoassays as fluorescent probes using a simple procedure for loading the chelate into carboxy latex as described below . the new procedure was successfully used for loading a variety of carboxy latex of different size ( 34 , 60 , 104 , 190 , 200 , 300 and 400 nm ) and parking areas ( 7 , 50 , 90 å 2 / carboxyl group , etc ), as well as plain polystyrene of different sizes , with chelates formed by different pnpd derivatives . no significant changes in the optical properties of the europium chelates were observed on loading into carboxy latex particles except that the excitation maximum was shifted to longer wavelength by 10 - 20 nm . biotinylated bsa was passively adsorbed onto the chelate ( which had already been loaded carboxy latex particles ) followed by binding of neutravidin —( pierce biotechnology , rockford , ill .) as described below . a heterogeneous sandwich immunoassay for canine heartworm ( htwm ) was performed using chelate loaded carboxy latex coated with neutravidin . the critical steps in the assay were as follows : polystyrene wells were coated with rabbit anti htwm ab followed by blocking with bsa to prevent non - specific binding . serial dilutions of htwm antigen in serum were incubated in these wells ( the lowest concentration in panel # 10 was about 0 . 03 ngr / ml ) followed by biotinylated chicken anti htwm ab . the wells were then washed and finally incubated with neutravidine - coated fluorescent carboxy latex . after thoroughly washing off the unbound particles , fluorescence was read in both continuous and time resolved mode . results are shown in figure v . a heterogeneous sandwich immunoassay was also performed using these neutravidine - coated chelate - loaded carboxy latex for feline leukemia virus ( felv ) antigen . the critical steps in the assay were as follows : the polystyrene wells were coated with monoclonal anti felv ab followed by blocking with bsa to prevent non - specific binding . dilutions of an felv antigen panel were incubated in the wells , followed by biotinylated monoclonal anti felv ab . the wells were then washed and finally incubated with neutravidin coated fluorescent carboxy latex . after thoroughly washing off the unbound particles , fluorescence was read in both continuous and time resolved mode . results are shown in figure vi . antibody / protein coated colloidal gold is used extensively as a probe in immunodiagnostics , histochemistry and cyctochemistry 21 . in typical immunoassays , colloidal gold provides a label for visual or qualitative detection 22 . it was reasoned that the concept of florescent colloidal gold particles would allow the gold particles to be used for both qualitative ( by the visual observation of color ) as well as quantitative detection ( by measuring the florescence ) of the targets . on these lines , a successful procedure was developed for the first time to coat the colloidal gold particles with the europium chelates . as described below , eu chelates of pnpd and its fluorinated analogs were coated onto colloidal gold particles and the optical properties of the resulting florescent gold particles were studies as shown in figure viii . it was further shown that the florescent gold particles can be successfully coated with antibodies for using them as probes in immunoassays . three additional carboxyl functionalized derivatives of pnpd were synthesized successfully as shown in figure vii , to enable the direct conjugation of the new ligands to proteins . the synthesis of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carbomethoxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 17 ) was accomplished as described in the methods from 2 , 6 - dimethyl - naphthlein - dicarboxylate and acetophenone . the corresponding carboxylic acid ( 18 ) was obtained by the hydrolysis of the methyl ester under sonicating conditions . the carboxylic acid derivatives ( 20 & amp ; 21 ) were also synthesized using similar synthetic procedures and appropriate starting materials . it is well known that the n - hydroxysuccinimide esters of the carboxylic acid compounds reacts with the amino groups in proteins resulting in the formation of corresponding conjugates . the nhs ester of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 19 ) was synthesized and conjugated successfully to bsa and both chicken and rabbit α htwm antibodies resulting in the ligand labeled proteins . absorption spectrum of the labeled proteins have a well defined peak , characteristic of new ligands , with maxima at 360 nm suggesting successful conjugation . labeled proteins formed fluorescent chelates when they were mixed with europium chloride and topo solutions . these chelate labeled antibodies allow us to run the sandwich immunoassays without using latex particles . the soluble chelate labeled antibodies shall potentially eliminate the usual diffusion associated problems that are associated with latex particles . to further enhance the sensitivity of this technology , we also successfully labeled polymers with multiple amino groups such as polyallylamine and lysine - aspartic acid polypeptides , as described , below . further conjugation of these labeled polymers to antibodies should result in soluble protein - polymer conjugates with multiple chelate labels . the nhs ester of 1 -( 3 , 5 - f 2 - phenyl )- 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione was also synthesized by following similar chemistry and was used to successfully to label both proteins and polymers . synthesis of 1 - phenyl - 3 - naphthyl - 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 2 ): 9 . 5 gr of 50 % slurry of sodium amide was suspended in 100 ml of anhydrous ether in a 250 ml round bottom flask that was equipped with a magnetic stir bar and a condenser . to this suspension was added 10 . 2 gr of solid acetonaphthone and continued stirring for 5 min at room temperature . after 5 minutes , 8 . 16 gr of methylbenzoate was added in one lot as a neat liquid . at this point , the reaction flask was transferred to an oil bath and the bath temperature was raised so that the contents reflux gently in ether for 3 hours . the contents were then poured onto 300 gr of solid ice and the ph was adjusted to 7 . 0 with conc . hcl while stirring . the ether layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with 150 ml aliquots of ether twice . combined ether layers were dried over a bed of anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated on rotavapor to about 100 ml and let it sit at rt . the recrystallized solid was filtered , washed with ether and dried to obtain 10 . 6 gr of solid diketone . synthesis of 1 , 3 - dinaphthyl - 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 3 ): 4 . 75 gr of 50 % slurry of sodium amide was suspended in 150 ml of anhydrous ether in a 250 ml round bottom flask that was equipped with a magnetic stir bar and a condenser . to this suspension was added 5 . 1 gr of solid acetonaphthone and continued stirring for 5 min at room temperature . after 5 minutes , 5 . 58 gr of methyl - 2 - naphthoate was added in one lot . at this point , the reaction flask was transferred to an oil bath and the bath temperature was raised so that the contents reflux gently in ether for 3 hours . the contents were then poured onto 300 gr of solid ice . on acidification with conc . hcl , solid product fell out of solution . the solid product was filtered and recrystallized in ether / methanol mixture . synthesis of 1 -[( 3 , 5 - f 2 - phenyl ]- 3 - naphthyl - 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 4 ): 2 . 135 gr of 50 % slurry of sodium amide was suspended in 50 ml of anhydrous ether in a 100 ml round bottom flask that was equipped with a magnetic stir bar and a condenser . to this suspension was added 4 . 936 gr of solid acetonaphthone and continued stirring for 5 min at room temperature . after 5 minutes , 5 gr of methyl - 3 , 5 - difluorobenzoate was added in one lot . at this point , the reaction flask was transferred to an oil bath and the bath temperature was raised so that the contents reflux gently in ether for 3 hours . the contents were then poured onto 100 gr of solid ice and acidified with cont . hcl while stirring . the ether layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with 100 ml aliquots of ether twice . combined ether layers were dried over a bed of anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated on rotavapor to obtain a light yellow solid . the solid was dissolved in minimal volume of ether and filtered . the filtered solution was kept at 4 c to obtain crystalline product . tlc showed it as a clean single spot without any contamination . loading of 3 , 5 - f 2 - pnpd - eu chelate into 104 nm carboxy latex : 9 . 3 mg of 3 , 5 - f 2 - pnpd in 30 ml of dioxane , 17 . 4 15 mg of topo in 45 ml of methanol and 15 ml of 1 mm eu ( ii1 ) chloride were mixed with 100 ml of methanol . after 5 minutes , this mixture was diluted with 100 ml of di water and put on shaker for 30 minutes to allow complete formation of the chelate . in the mean time , 2 ml of 104 nm cml latex ( seradyne , 10 % solids , lot # c98 1838 ) was mixed with 20 μl of 6n naoh solution and 2 ml of methanol and incubated for 30 minutes . after 30 minutes , the chelate solution and the particles were mixed together along with 80 μl of 6n naoh and were put on a shaker for 4 hours at rt . after 4 hours , the mixture was concentrated to ˜ 47 ml on rotavapor at 45 c under vacuum . the concentrated particle suspension was dialyzed against 6 l of 10 mm sodium chloride in di water over 3 days , changing the dialysis buffer twice a day . biotinylation of bsa : 10 % bsa solution ( 3 gr / 30 ml of diw ) was filtered through 0 . 2 μfilter and dialyzed against 4 l of di water . one ml of the dialyzed bsa ( 63 . 5 mg / ml ) was diluted with 7 ml of 50 mm sodium phosphate buffer ph 8 . 0 and mixed with 0 . 5 ml of nhs - x - biotin ( pierce chemical company ) solution ( 20 mg / ml ) in anhydrous dmf and let the reaction go for 3 hrs while stirring . after 3 hrs , the reaction mixture was dialyzed against 6 l of 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 to get rid of the unreacted biotin . coating of fluorescent particles with biotin - bsa : 3 ml of particles (− 0 . 4 % solids ) in 10 mm nacl in di water were mixed with 60 ˜ μl of 1 m tris ph 7 . 4 and 2 . 5 ml of biotin / bsa ( 7 . 15 mg / ml in 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 ) in a polypropylene tube and put on rotator at 4 c overnight . next morning , the particles were spun at 15k rpm for 30 minutes . the pellet was resuspended in 2 ml of 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 and spun again . this process was repeated twice . finally the particles were suspended in 2 ml of 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 . coating of biotin - bsa coated particles with neutravidine : 2 ml of above biotin - bsa coated particles in 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 were mixed with 0 . 4 ml of 10 mg / ml solution of neutravidine in the same buffer and put on rotator at 4 c for 48 hrs . after 48 hrs , the unbound protein was removed as in the case of biotin - bsa coating procedure and the particles were finally suspended in 20 mm tris ph 7 . 4 . determination of htwm antigen using neutravidine coated fluorescent particles : the rabbit anti htwm ab coated wells were incubated with 100 ml of htwm antigen panels # 0 - 10 for 30 minutes . the wells were then washed thrice with a commercially available htwm plate wash ( idexx laboratories , inc ., westbrook , me .) followed by incubation with 5 pg / ml biotinylated chicken anti htwm ab in htwm conjugate diluent ( idexx product ) for 30 min . the wells were washed now 7 times followed by incubation with neutravidine coated fluorescent particles for an hour . after an hour , the wells were washed 7 times and read the fluorescence in time resolved as well as continuous mode . figure v shows the results of this assay using both continuous and time resolved fluorescence . synthesis of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carbomethoxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : to a suspension of sodium amide ( 1 . 56 gr of 50 % suspension in toluene ) in anhydrous thf , was added neat acetophenone ( 2 . 88 gr ) and stirred for 3 minutes at rt in a 500 ml round bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stir bar and a condenser . after 3 minutes , solid 2 , 6 - dimethyl - naphthlein - dicarboxylate was suspended into the flask and raised the oil bath temperature to reflux thf . after 4 hrs , the reaction mixture was poured into excess ice cold water to precipitate the product . the product was filtered off and recrystallized from ethanol . synthesis of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : one gram of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carbomethoxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione was suspended in 40 ml of 1n naoh and sonicated 10 times ( 30 sec pulses ) with a probe sonicator . the insoluble solids were filtered off and used for another cycle of sonication . the clear filtrate was acidified with conc . hcl to precipitate the carboxylic acid product . the product precipitate was dried by connecting to lyophilizer overnight . the tlc and mass spectral analysis conformed the formation of the carboxylic acid . synthesis of the nhs ester of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : the 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione ( 29 . 26 mg ), dicyclohexyl carbodiimide ( 59 . 95 mg ) and n - hydroxy - succinimide ( 31 . 77 mg ) were suspended together in 1 ml of anhydrous dmf in a brown glass vial equipped with a magnetic stir bar and stirred overnight at rt . next morning , the insoluble precipitate was filtered off and the dmf solution of the product nhs - ester was stored in a brown glass vial filled with nitrogen and used for protein conjugations without any further purification . conjugation of bsa with nhs ester of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : two ml of 7 . 82 gr / ml bsa solution in 50 mm spb ph 8 . 0 was mixed with 2 aliquots of 3 μl of the above stock nhs ester solution in a glass vial equipped with a small magnetic pellet and stirred at rt for 75 min . after 75 min , the reaction mixture was passed through a size exclusion column equilibrated with 50 mm borate buffer ph 9 . 0 and the protein fraction was collected by following the absorption at 280 nm . conjugation of chicken α htwm ab and rabbit α htwm ab with nhs ester of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : one ml of 6 mg / ml antibody solution in 50 mm spb ph 8 . 0 was mixed with 6 μl of nhs ester stock solution in dmf solution in a glass vial equipped with a small magnetic pellet and stirred at rt for 75 min . after 75 min , the reaction mixture was passed through a size exclusion column equilibrated with 50 mm borate buffer ph 9 . 0 and the protein fraction was collected by following the absorption at 280 nm . conjugation of polyallylamine with nhs ester of 1 - phenyl - 3 ( 6 - carboxy - naphthyl )- 1 , 3 - propanedione : two ml of 6 mg / ml solution of polyallylamine in 50 mm spb ph 8 . 0 is treated with 20 μl of stock nhs - ester solution in dmf in a brown glass vial equipped with a small magnetic pellet and stirred at rt for 75 min . after 75 min , the reaction mixture was passed through size exclusion column and separated the unconjugated ligand . eu - pnpd chelate coated colloidal gold : 10 ml of colloidal gold solution ( bb international gold colloidal ; 40 nm ; cat # em . gc 40 ; batch # 2862 ) was spun at 800 rpm for 15 min and the pellet was retained . the gold pellet was then dissolved in 20 ml of 0 . 1 m borate buffer ph 9 . 0 in a 50 ml glass conical flask . to this colloidal gold solution were added 400 ml each of 10 % tween 20 in di water followed by 1 mm solution of pnpd . the mixture was the put on a shaker for 10 min . after 10 min , 400 ml each of 1 mm solutions of topo followed by europium chloride were added . finally the mixture was put on shaker overnight . next day the solution was spun at 8000 rpm for 20 min and the pellet was retained . the pellet was redissolved in 20 ml of borate buffer and spun again at 8k rpm for 20 min . the pellet was finally dissolved in 2 ml of borate buffer to obtain a solution of fluorescent colloidal gold . eu - 3 , 5 - f2 - pnpd chelate coated colloidal gold : the procedure is same as in the case of eu - pnpd chelate except that the borate buffer was replaced with di water . binding of rabbit α htwm antibody to chelate coated colloidal gold : 119 μl of 4 . 5 mg / ml rabbit α htwm solution was mixed with 881 μl of chelate coated colloidal gold solution and incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes . after 15 min , the contents were spun at 8000 rpm for 12 minutes . the pellet was dissolved in 1 ml of 0 . 1 m borate ph 9 . 0 and spun again at 8000 rpm for another 12 min . the gold pellet was finally dissolved in 1 ml of 0 . 1 m borate ph 9 . 0 . the antibody present in supernatant was measured and confirmed the binding of the protein to chelate coated gold . a number of embodiments of the invention have been described . nevertheless , it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention . further conjugation of the chelating system can be achieved . in case of anionic form ( 2a ) of compound 2 , the conjugation is extended further by three additional double bonds of the phenyl ring , and in the case of the anionic form of compound 3a , conjugation is extended by five double bonds of the naphthyl ring . for example , a number of other potential chelating compounds may be evaluated according to the invention . in particular , as noted , compounds which exhibit absorption maxima in the visible or near visible spectrum are preferred . aqueous solubility is also preferred . substituent selection to produce pka values below 9 . 0 are preferred , particularly when using latex particles . other transition metals can be used , including not only lathanide series metals but also tr , se , and ru , particularly the latter . other immunoassays can also be performed using the fluorescing compounds of the present invention . these include , but are not limited to , assays for hiv , fiv , hepatitis , ehrlichiosis , borrelia burgdorferi ( lyme disease ), parvovirus , leishmania , hcg , insulin , c - 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