Claims
- 1. A method for quantitatively assaying a proteolytic enzyme which is capable of splitting natural peptide chains on the carboxyl side of arginine or lysine which comprises:
- (i) reacting a medium which contains said enzyme with a tripeptide derivative consisting essentially of the general formula
- H--D--X--Y--Z--R
- wherein
- (a) X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group, and Y represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl, isoleucyl, prolyl or pipecolinoyl group or
- (b) Y represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylalanyl or phenylglycyl group, or
- (c) Y represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl or isoleucyl group, or
- (d) X represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or cyclohexylglycyl group, and Y represents a cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexylglycyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group; and wherein Z represents an arginyl or lysyl group, and R represents a chromogenic group which can be split off by enzymatic hydrolysis and which is capable of forming a colored or fluorescent compound;
- or its soluble salts; and
- (ii) measuring the quantity of the colored or fluorescent split product R--H formed by the hydrolytic action of the enzyme on the tripeptide derivative.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein R is a p-nitrophenylamino, 2-naphthylamino, 4-methoxy-2-naphthylamino, 4-methyl-coumaryl-(7)-amino, 1,3-di(methoxycarbonyl)-phenyl-(5)-amino, quinonylamino or nitro-quinonylamino group.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the quantity of the colored or fluorescent split product R--H formed by the hydrolytic action of the enzyme on the tripeptide derivative is measured by photometric or electrochemical methods.
- 4. The method of claim 3 wherein said photometric method includes spectrophotometric or fluorescence spectrophotometric method.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the proteolytic enzyme is an organ or glandular kallikrein, plasmin or thrombin.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the medium is a human body fluid.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the human body fluid is urine, pancreatic juice, intestinal mucosa, milk gland secretion, sweat gland secretion, sputum, blood or blood plasma.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein attached to Arg or Lys is a CHG--Ala, CHG--But, CHG--Nval, CHG--Leu, CHG--Nleu, CHG--Pro, CHG--Pip, CHA--Ala, CHA--But, CHA--Nval, CHA--Leu, CHA--Nleu, CHA--Pro, CHA--Pip, CHT--But, CHT--Leu, CHT--Pro, CHT--Pip, CHG--Phe, CHG--Ph'Gly, CHG--Tyr, CHA--Phe, CHA--Ph'Gly, CHA--Tyr, CHT--Phe, CHT--Ph'Gly, CHT--Tyr, Phe--Tyr, Ph'Gly--Phe, Ph'Gly--Tyr, Ala--CHA, Ala--Ph'Gly, But--CHA, Val--CHG, Val--CHA, Val--CHT, Nval--CHA, Nval--Ph'Gly, Nval--Tyr, Leu--CHA, Leu--Ph'Gly, Nleu--CHA, Ile--CHA, Phe--CHA, Phe--CHG, PH'Gly--CHA, Ph'Gly--CHG, Ph'Gly--CHT, CHG--CHA or CHG--CHG group.
- 9. A method for quantitatively assaying a proteolytic enzyme which is capable of splitting natural peptide chains on the carboxyl side of arginine or lysine which comprises:
- (i) reacting a human body fluid which contains said enzyme with a tripeptide derivative consisting essentially of the general formula
- H--D--X--Y--Z--R
- wherein
- (a) X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group, and Y represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl, isoleucyl, prolyl or pipecolinoyl group, or
- (b) Y represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylalanyl or phenylglycyl group, or
- (c) Y represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl or isoleucyl group, or
- (d) X represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or cyclohexylglycyl group, and Y represents a cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexylglycyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group; and wherein Z represents an arginyl or lysyl group, and R represents a chromogenic group which can be split off by enzymatic hydrolysis and which is capable of forming a colored or fluorescent compound;
- or its soluble salts; and
- (ii) measuring the quantity of the colored or fluorescent split product R--H formed by the hydrolytic action of the enzyme on the tripeptide derivative by photometric or electrochemical methods.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein R is a p-nitrophenylamino, 2-naphthylamino, 4-methoxy-2-naphthylamino, 4-methyl-coumaryl-(7)-amino, 1,3-di(methoxycarbonyl)-phenyl-(5)-amino, quinonylamino or nitro-quinonylamino group.
- 11. The method of claim 9 wherein said photometric method includes spectrophotometric or fluorescence spectrophotometric method.
- 12. The method of claim 9 wherein the proteolytic enzyme is an organ or glandular kallikrein, plasmin or thrombin.
- 13. The method of claim 9 wherein the human body fluid is urine, pancreatic juice, intestinal mucosa, milk gland secretion, sweat gland secretion, sputum, blood or blood plasma.
- 14. A method for quantitatively assaying an organ or glandular kallikrein, plasmin or thrombin which is capable of splitting natural peptide chains on the carboxyl side of arginine or lysine which comprises:
- (i) reacting a human body fluid selected from the group consisting of urine, pancreatic juice, intestinal mucosa, milk gland secretion, sweat gland secretion, sputum, blood and blood plasma which contains the enzymes with a tripeptide derivative consisting essentially of the general formula
- H--D--X--Y--Z--R
- wherein
- (a) X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group, and Y represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl, isoleucyl, prolyl or pipecolinoyl group or
- (b) Y represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylalanyl or phenylglycyl group, or
- (c) Y represents a cyclohexylglycyl, cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexyltyrosyl, phenylglycyl or tyrosyl group, and X represents an alanyl, .alpha.-aminobutyryl, valyl, norvalyl, leucyl, norleucyl or isoleucyl group, or
- (d) X represents a phenylalanyl, phenylglycyl or cyclohexylglycyl group, and Y represents a cyclohexylalanyl, cyclohexylglycyl or cyclohexyltyrosyl group; and wherein Z represents an arginyl or lysyl group, and R represents a chromogenic group which can be split off by enzymatic hydrolysis and which is capable of forming a colored or fluorescent compound;
- or its soluble salts thereof; and
- (ii) measuring the quantity of the colored or fluorescent split product R--H formed by the hydrolytic action of the enzyme on the tripeptide derivative by photometric or electrochemical methods.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 247,621 filed Mar. 25, 1981 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,428,874.
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