Alkaline phosphatase stability

In 1984, Magnuson et al. (Entry 1) investigated the influence of ethylammoni-um/water mixtures on enzyme activity and stability [29]. At low [H3NEt][N03] concentrations, an increased activity of alkaline phosphatase was found. The same ionic liquid was used by Flowers and co-workers, who found improved protein refolding after denaturation (Entry 2) [30]. 

Enzyme Reference Serums. Several companies sell lyophilized or stabilized reference serums for the calibration of instruments and for quality control. The label values given for the enzymatic activity of these serums should never be taken at face value, as at times they may be quite erroneous (19,33). Also, these values should only be used for the assay with which they were standardized, as interconversion of activity from one method to another for the same enzyme may often lead to marked errors. For instance, it is not recommended that alkaline phosphatase expressed in Bodansky units be multiplied by a factor to convert it to the units of the Ring-Armstrong method, or any other method for that matter. 

Several enzymes have been immobilized in sol-gel matrices effectively and employed in diverse applications. Urease, catalase, and adenylic acid deaminase were first encapsulated in sol-gel matrices [72], The encapsulated urease and catalase retained partial activity but adenylic acid deaminase completely lost its activity. After three decades considerable attention has been paid again towards the bioencapsulation using sol-gel glasses. Braun et al. [73] successfully encapsulated alkaline phosphatase in silica gel, which retained its activity up to 2 months (30% of initial) with improved thermal stability. Further Shtelzer et al. [58] sequestered trypsin within a binary sol-gel-derived composite using TEOS and PEG. Ellerby et al. [74] entrapped other proteins such as cytochrome c and Mb in TEOS sol-gel. Later several proteins such as Mb [8], hemoglobin (Hb) [56], cyt c [55, 75], bacteriorhodopsin (bR) [76], lactate oxidase [77], alkaline phosphatase (AP) [78], GOD [51], HRP [79], urease [80], superoxide dismutase [8], tyrosinase [81], acetylcholinesterase [82], etc. have been immobilized into different sol-gel matrices. Hitherto some reports have described the various aspects of sol-gel entrapped biomolecules such as conformation [50, 60], dynamics [12, 83], accessibility [46], reaction kinetics [50, 54], activity [7, 84], and stability [1, 80],... 

Enzymes have different degrees of stability after their collection. Alkaline phosphatase demonstrates up to 10% increased activity after a few hours at room temperature (B15). Most enzymes are not stable at room temperature, but can be preserved in the refrigerator for short periods or in the deep freeze for relatively long times. In Table 4 are tabulated the reported stabilities of many serum enzymes. It must be realized that the problem of enzyme stability is complicated by the fact that the isoenzymes of a particular enzyme may have different stabilities and that specimens with high activities may react differently than those with normal activities (KIO). Although it is indicated in Table 4 that serum... 

Alkaline phosphatase [H,NEt][N03] Enzyme activity and stability assayed by hydrolysis of 29... 

The frequent occurrence of sialylated enzymes, or even of multiple forms, which are sometimes tissue-dependent, with a varying number of sialyl residues as, for example, in y-glutamyltranspeptida.se (EC 2.3.2.2),456,457 is not yet fully understood. Although the activity of most of these enzymes is not influenced by removal of sialic acid,454 the activity of monoamine oxidase A (EC 1.4.3.4) of outer mitochondrial membranes of rat liver has been shown to be destroyed by treatment with sialidase438 the substrate specificity of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) is altered,459 the kinetic properties of human acid and alkaline phosphatases (EC 3.1.3.1 and 3.1.3.2) are changed, and the stability of a-D-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.22) is drastically lowered.415 In these cases, an influence of sialyl residues on the conformation of the enzyme is assumed, but awaits firm evidence. 

The goal of treatment is to reduce bone pain and stabilize or prevent other problems such as progressive deformity, hearing loss, high-output cardiac failure, and immobilization hypercalcemia. Calcitonin and bisphosphonates are the first-line agents for this disease. Treatment failures may respond to plicamycin. Calcitonin is administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly in doses of 50-100 MRC (Medical Research Council) units every day or every other day. Nasal inhalation at 200-400 units per day is also effective. Higher or more frequent doses have been advocated when this initial regimen is ineffective. Improvement in bone pain and reduction in serum alkaline phosphatase and urine hydroxyproline levels require weeks to months. Often a patient who responds well initially loses the response to calcitonin. This refractoriness is not correlated with the development of antibodies. 

These enzymes, which mainly catalyze hydrolytic reactions, have the zinc ions at their active sites. However, Zn ions also appear necessary in some cases for stabilization of the protein structure, e.g. in Cu/Zn SOD, insulin, liver alcohol dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatases. 

There has been some uncertainty concerning the metal content of alkaline phosphatase and the role of zinc in the catalytic process. Early measurements by Plocke et al. (36, 50) showed that there were 2 g-atoms per dimer. The zinc requirement for enzymic activity was demonstrated by the inhibition of the enzyme with metal binding agents in accord with the order of the stability constants of their zinc complexes. It appears that in some cases (EDTA) zinc is removed from the enzyme and in other cases (CN) the ligand adds to the metalloprotein. A zinc-free inactive apoenzyme was formed by dialysis against 1,10-phenanthro-line. Complete activity was restored by zinc only zinc, cobalt, and possibly mercury produce active enzyme. 

At room temperature alkaline phosphatases are generally stable in neutral or mildly alkaline solution but are sensitive to inactivation by acid. Unfortunately, most stability data refer to impure preparations and some of the following statements may need modifying when further information is available. Scutt and Moss investigated the denaturation of human liver and intestinal enzymes at pH 2.1 and 0° (92). The liver enzyme was significantly more labile, and both enzymes could be par-... 

Location of alkaline phosphatase on starch or polyacrylamide gels has been achieved using a- or /3-naphthyl phosphate in conjunction with a stabilized diazonium salt, e.g., fast blue RR 149) or fast blue BB 150). 

Enzymes are protein catalysts of remarkable efficiency and specificity. Lipid, carbohydrate, nucleotide, or metal-containing prosthetic groups may be attached to these enzymes and serve as essential components of their catalyses by enhancing specificity and/or stability (8—13). Each enzyme has a specific temperature and pH range where it functions to its optimal capacity the optima for these proteins usually He between 37—47°C, and pH optima range from acidic, ie, 1.0 in the case of gastric pepsin, to alkaline, ie, 10.5 in the case of alkaline phosphatase. However, enzymes from extremely thermotolerant bacteria have become available these can function at or near the boiling point of water, and therapeutic use of these ultrastable proteins can be anticipated. 

Ironically, AP is the enzyme of choice for some applications due to its stability. Since it can withstand the moderately high temperatures associated with hybridization assays, AP is the enzyme of choice for labeling oligonucleotide probes. Alkaline phosphatase also is capable of maintaining enzymatic activity for extended periods of substrate development. Increased sensitivity can be realized in ELISA procedures by extending the substrate incubation time to hours and sometimes even days. These properties make AP the second most popular choice for antibody—enzyme conjugates (behind HRP), being used in almost 20% of all commercial enzyme-linked assays. 

Co2+ is less strongly bound to alkaline phosphatase than Zn2+ (109, 116, 122). The very small stability constant (log 4.1) reported by Lazdunski et al. (116) must be considered unrepresentative for the functional ions, however. 

Hinrichs et al. [1.150] compared inulin of various degrees of polymerization with trehalose as glass-forming agents. Inilin above a certain degree of polymerization, DPn/DPw > 5.5/6.0, and trehalose stabilize alkaline phosphatase equally well. The Tg and T values for inulin of <5.5/6.0 where higher than those for trehalose. 

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