Microwell plate for high-throughput detection and application thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016348148-A1
Application number	US-201415028522-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 27, 2014
Priority date	Oct 9, 2013
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A microwell plate for high-throughput detection is provided. The microwell plate includes a plurality of microwell groups, the microwell group includes at least a first microwell and a second microwell, and the microwell group further includes a gas diffusion passage for communicating the first microwell and the second microwell. The application of the microwell plate to high-throughput detection of gas produced through biochemical reaction is also provided. The described methodology is applicable to high-throughput detection and can prevent biological and/or chemical reaction and target substance detection from being interfered with each other, and particularly can attain high-throughput screening of enzyme activity regulators.

First claim

1 . A microwell plate for high-throughput detection, the microwell plate comprising a plurality of microwell groups, the microwell group comprising at least a first microwell and a second microwell, the microwell group further comprising a gas diffusion passage for communicating the first microwell and the second microwell; wherein the second micro-well is a detection well and the gas diffusion passage allows at least one gas reaction product in the first microwell to enter the second microwell through the gas diffusion passage.

2 . The microwell plate according to claim 1 , wherein the gas diffusion passage is formed in a microwell wall of the first microwell and the second microwell.

3 . (canceled)

4 . The microwell plate according to claim 2 , wherein the gas diffusion passage is a circular, square or a rectangular tubular passage.

5 . The microwell plate according to claim 4 , wherein a distance from an upper edge of the gas diffusion passage to a top of the microwell wall is smaller than two-third of depth of the first microwell.

6 . The microwell plate according to claim 2 , wherein a membrane having a selective permeability effect is arranged in the gas diffusion passage.

7 . The microwell plate according to claim 2 , wherein the gas diffusion passage is a groove formed in the top of the microwell wall.

8 . The microwell plate according to claim 7 , wherein depth of the groove is smaller than two-third of depth of the first microwell.

9 . The microwell plate according to claim 7 , wherein depth of the groove is smaller than or equal to one-second of depth of the first microwell.

10 . The microwell plate according to claim 1 , wherein each microwell group further comprises a third microwell, a second passage is formed between the third microwell and the first microwell, and a membrane having a selective permeability effect is arranged in the second passage.

11 . The microwell plate according to claim 10 , wherein the third microwell is a material well, a reaction raw material in the third microwell enters the first microwell through the second passage and a gas product after reaction enters the second microwell through the gas diffusion passage.

12 . The microwell plate according to claim 1 , wherein the microwell plate further comprises a sealing device for sealing the microwells.

13 . Application of the microwell plate according to claim 1 to high-throughput detection of gas produced through biochemical reaction.

14 . The application according to claim 13 , wherein the gas is H 2 S, NO, CO, CO 2 , C 2 H 2 , CH 4 , O 2 , H 2 or NH 3 .

15 . Application of the microwell plate according to claim 1 to high-throughput screening of enzyme activity regulators.

16 . The application according to claim 15 , wherein the enzyme activity regulators are enzyme inhibitors or enzyme activators.

17 . A method for high-throughput screening of enzyme activity regulators, characterized in that,
Providing a microwell plate, the microwell plate comprising a plurality of microwell groups, the microwell group comprising a reaction microwell and a detection microwell, the microwell group further comprising a gas diffusion passage for communicating the reaction microwell and the detection microwell; and the method comprises the following steps: 1) biochemical reaction system preparation preparing a biochemical reaction system in each reaction microwell, the biochemical reaction system comprising an enzyme, a substrate and candidate compounds; 2) detection system preparation preparing a detection system in each detection microwell; 3) reaction incubation sealing the microwell plate by using a plate sealing film to incubate reaction, an enzyme catalysis product produced through reaction in the reaction system entering the detection microwells through the gas diffusion passages and reacting with the detection system; and 4) detection performing qualitative or quantitative detection to the enzyme catalysis product which enters the detection microwells.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , being adopted for screening CBS enzyme activity regulators, wherein, in step 1), the biochemical reaction system comprises Tris-HCl, PLP, CBS, L-Cys, D,L-HCys and candidate compounds;
in step 2) the detection system is DTNB solution; in step 3), H 2 S gas produced through reaction in the reaction system enters the detection microwells through the gas diffusion passages and reacts with DTNB in the detection system; and in step 4), 413 nm light absorption is determined by using an enzyme-labeled instrument to determine production situations of H 2 S gas.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein, in step 1), in the reaction system, concentration of Tris-HCl is 50 mM, concentration of PLP is 100 μM, concentration of CBS is 100 nM, concentration of L-Cys is 4 mM and concentration of D,L-HCys is 4 mM.

20 . The method according to claim 17 , being adopted for screening urease inhibitors, wherein,
in step 1), the biochemical reaction system comprises disodium hydrogen phosphate buffer solution, bovine serum albumin, nickel chloride, urease, urea, candidate compounds, negative control or positive control; in step 2), the detection system is Nessler's reagent;
in step 3), NH 3 gas produced through reaction in the reaction system enters the second microwells through the gas diffusion passages and reacts with Nessler's reagent in the detection system; and

in step 4), 420 nm light absorption is determined by using an enzyme-labeled instrument to determine production situations of NH 3 gas.

21 . The method according to claim 20 , wherein, in step 1), in the reaction system, concentration of disodium hydrogen phosphate buffer solution is 50 mM, concentration of bovine serum albumin is 0.025%, concentration of nickel chloride is 100 μM, concentration of urease is 0.0064 U/μL, concentration of urea is 12.5 mM, and pH thereof is 7.4.

Assignees

• Univ Shanghai Jiaotong

Inventors

• Wu Fang
• Zhou Yueyang
• Yu Jing

Classifications

• B01D53/228 Primary

  characterised by specific membranes · CPC title

• G01N2333/988

  Lyases (4.), e.g. aldolases, heparinase, enolases, fumarase · CPC title

• C12Q1/527 Primary

  involving lyase · CPC title

• G01N2500/04

  Screening involving studying the effect of compounds C directly on molecule A (e.g. C are potential ligands for a receptor A, or potential substrates for an enzyme A) · CPC title

• G01N2500/20

  cell-free systems · CPC title