Method of detecting a substance using enzymatically-induced decomposition of dioxetanes

In an assay method in which a member of a specific binding pair is detected by means of an optically detectable reaction, the improvement wherein the optically detectable reaction includes the reaction, with an enzyme, of a dioxetane having the formula where T is a cycloalkyl or polycycloalkyl group...

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Main Author BRONSTEIN; IRENA Y
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.01.2000
Edition7
Subjects
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
CHEMISTRY
DERIVATIVES THEREOF
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
METALLURGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
NUCLEOSIDES
NUCLEOTIDES
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
PHYSICS
SUGARS
TESTING
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Summary:In an assay method in which a member of a specific binding pair is detected by means of an optically detectable reaction, the improvement wherein the optically detectable reaction includes the reaction, with an enzyme, of a dioxetane having the formula where T is a cycloalkyl or polycycloalkyl group bonded to the 4-membered ring portion of the dioxetane by a spiro linkage; Y is a fluorescent chromophore; X is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkaryl, heteroalkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, or enzyme-cleavable group; and Z is hydrogen or an enzyme-cleavable group, provided that at least one of X or Z must be an enzyme-cleavable group, so that the enzyme cleaves the enzyme-cleavable group from the dioxetane to form a negatively charged substituent bonded to the dioxetane, the negatively charged substituent causing the dioxetane to decompose to form a luminescent substance that includes group Y of said dioxetane.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19970958342