Modeling rapid and selective capture of nNOS-PSD-95 uncouplers from Sanhuang Xiexin decoction by novel molecularly imprinted polymers based on metal-organic frameworks

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 1; no. 13; pp. 7671 - 7681
• Main Authors: Pan, Linli, Ding, Yingying, Ni, Xiaoting, Wang, Chong-Zhi, Jiang, Bo, Zhang, Yu, Jiang, Nan, Tang, Yulin, Chen, Lina, Yuan, Chun-Su
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 21.02.2020; The Royal Society of Chemistry
• Subjects: Chemistry; Chromium; Fourier transforms; High performance liquid chromatography; Imprinted polymers; In vivo methods and tests; Infrared analysis; Metal-organic frameworks; Nitric oxide; Performance tests; Polymers; Selectivity; Solid phases; Thermogravimetric analysis
• ISSN: 2046-2069; 2046-2069
• DOI: 10.1039/c9ra10537a

Novel and highly selective molecularly imprinted polymers based on the surface of metal-organic frameworks, NH 2 -MIL-101(Cr) (MIL@MIP S ), were successfully fabricated to capture neuronal nitric oxide synthase-postsynaptic density protein-95 (nNOS-PSD-95) uncouplers from Sanhuang Xiexin Decoction (SXD) for stroke treatment. The resultant polymers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction. The performance tests revealed that MIL@MIPs had a large binding capacity, fast kinetics, and excellent selectivity. Then the obtained polymers were satisfactorily applied to solid-phase extraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography to selectively capture nNOS-PSD-95 uncouplers from SXD. Furthermore, the biological activities of components obtained from SXD were evaluated in vivo and in vitro . As a consequence, the components showed a potent neuroprotective effect from the MTS assay and uncoupling activity from the co-immunoprecipitation experiment. In addition, the anti-ischemic stroke assay in vivo was further investigated to determine the effect of reducing infarct size and ameliorating neurological deficit by the active components. Therefore, this present study contributes a valuable new method and new tendency to selectively capture active components for stroke treatment from SXD and other natural medicines. Novel MIL@MIPs were prepared to rapidly capture nNOS-PSD-95 uncouplers from Sanhuang Xiexin decoction, coupled with SPE and HPLC.