58 results about "Repair enzyme" patented technology

The invention provides an Enzyme Blend comprising a DNA polymerase and a DNA repair enzyme. Methods and kits for amplification of DNA that is damaged, undamaged, or suspected of being damaged are also provided.

A cosmetic treatment system is provided having ingredients that may prevent signs of aging, improve the aesthetic appearance of skin, and promote recovery from environmental stresses. The composition includes natural ingredients, including at least one ingredient or extract from rosemary; at least one ingredient or extract from Centella, Echinacea, Alpinia or mixtures thereof; a DNA repair enzyme; and at least one pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable vehicle. The treatment system may further include a patch for applying the cosmetic ingredients and/or a packaging system for holding the components of the cosmetic treatment system.

A cosmetic composition is provided having ingredients that may prevent signs of aging, improve the aesthetic appearance of skin, and promote recovery from environmental stresses. The composition includes natural ingredients, including at least one ingredient or extract from rosemary; at least one ingredient or extract from Centella, Echinacea, Alpinia or mixtures thereof; a DNA repair enzyme; and at least one pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable vehicle.

Disclosed are a phthalic hydrazide (phthalazine ketone) compound, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. As a DNA repair enzyme poly (ADP-ribozyme) polymerase inhibitor, the compound and the pharmaceutical composition can effectively treat diseases involving PARP enzymatic activity, including cancer, neural degenerative diseases, inflammation and the like.

The invention discloses a method and a reagent kit for constructing BRCA 1/2 (breast cancer susceptible genes 1/2) detection libraries. The method includes carrying out fragmentation and tail-end repair on homogenized DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) samples in DNA fragmentation and tail-end repair systems under the effects of interruption enzymes and tail-end repair enzymes; linking products obtained at the previous step with linker sequences under the effects of DNA ligase; utilizing linker linking products obtained at the previous step as templates and carrying out PCR (polymerase chain reaction) amplification by the aid of primers of linker sequences under the effects of DNA polymerases; hybridizing probe sequences with BRCA 1/2 and products obtained at the previous step to trap DNA fragments with the BRCA 1/2 and carrying out elution to obtain hybridization trapped products; carrying out cyclization on single strands of the hybridization trapped products under the effects of ligase to obtain the BRCA 1/2 detection libraries. The method and the reagent kit have the advantages that steps for constructing the libraries are simple, convenient and speedy, the cost can be effectively reduced, workload can be relieved, and variation types are comprehensive and accurate and are high in flux.

A method for analyzing the repair of DNA modifications and base mispairings as well as apurinic and apyrimidinic sites by DNA repair enzymes, comprising the following steps: contacting (a) single- or double-stranded DNA molecules which were covalently coupled to a solid-phase matrix carrying primary or secondary amino groups by reaction with a reactive squaric acid derivative, and which have modifications and/or base mispairings and/or apurinic or apyrimidinic sites, with (b) a composition containing DNA repair enzymes; and determining the elimination of the DNA modifications and/or base mispairings and/or apurinic or apyrimidinic sites. The DNA molecules are covalently coupled to the solid state matrix via a primary or secondary amino group incorporated in the DNA molecule at the 5'-end or at the 3'-end of the DNA or in the 2'-position of at least one deoxyribosyl residue.

The invention discloses an anti-aging composition for improving co-enzyme I, a preparation and a preparation method thereof. The anti-aging composition is prepared from the following raw materials andcomponents in parts by weight: 0.005 to 0.02 part of methylpyridine chromium, 0.05 to 0.2 part of folic acid, 100 to 250 parts of quercetin, 30 to 80 parts of resveratrol, 10 to 100 parts of niacinamide, 10 to 300 parts of niacin, 10 to 50 parts of soluble magnesium, and 300 to 600 parts of leucine. The anti-aging composition and the preparation have the advantages that the content of the coenzyme I (NAD) in cells is effectively increased; by compounding with other natural components, the histone deacetylase family (SIRT 1-7) for cell growth, metabolism and survival can be more effectively activated, the health of mitochondria is maintained, the energy metabolism of the cells is optimized, the activity of the gene repair enzyme PARP1 is maintained, the injury of the cells is restored, thegeneration of the cells is enhanced, and the functions of a human body are regulated and optimized; a user can reach the purposes of more effectively resisting aging, and reducing deteriorative disease risk of the patient.

The present invention provides improved methods for assessing the level of MGMT activity in a variety of biological preparations. MGMT, a DNA repair enzyme, can reduce the chemotherapeutic efficacy of alkylating agents by repairing the damage that alkylating agents do to tumor cell DNA. The methods of the present invention can be used, inter alia, to measure MGMT levels and to thereby predict the clinical response to alkylating agents. The present invention includes three preferred assays for assessment of MGMT activity: (1) the immunoassay technique, (2) the labeled O⁶—BG technique, and (3) the fluorescence polarization technique. Kits useful for the performance of such assays are also provided.

The invention provides a fluorescent chemical sensor and detection method for detecting oxidative damage in telomeres and an application of the fluorescent chemical sensor and the detection method. Specificity of a repair enzyme and polymerization mediated by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase are combined so as to start a cycle cutting signal probe induced by endonuclease IV, induce an AP sitein an Endo IV splitting signal probe, cause release of AF488 fluorophore on the signal probe, and besides, generate a signal probe having free 3'-OH end. Each signal probe having free 3'-OH can be effectively extended through TdT to generate a long poly-A sequence. The released poly-A sequence and a newly-generated poly-A sequence can induce the repeated cycle cutting of the signal probe so as torelease more AF488 fluorophore. Under magnetic separation, the fluorophore in supernatant can be imaged and quantified by unimolecule. The fluorescent chemical sensor and detection method have favorable actual application value.

A method for determining the activity of a nucleic-acid-repair enzyme is provided. The method comprises the following steps: (i) providing a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, which is labeled with a fluorophore and a quencher and has at least one mutated nucleotide in either strand; (ii) mixing the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, S1 nuclease, and the sample to obtain a mixture; and measuring the fluorescence intensity of the mixture.

The invention relates to the technical field of biological detection, and relates to a reagent box for detecting chromosome aneuploidy and a preparing method and an application thereof. The reagent box comprises a first reagent, a third reagent with purification magnetic beads or a second reagent, and a third reagent with the purification magnetic beads; the first reagent comprises a breaking repairing buffer solution, a breaking repairing enzyme, a dATP, a dNTP, a DNA polymerase I and a rtaq enzyme; the second reagent comprises the breaking repairing buffer solution, the breaking repairing enzyme, the dATP, the dNTP, a klenow enzyme and the rtaq enzyme; the third reagent comprises T4 DNA ligase, a PNK buffer solution and a junction. According to the reagent box, through an efficient and precise building database method, chromosome abnormity is detected, the comparison rate is increased, the GC deviation is reduced, the dup rate is lowered, meanwhile 10bp fluctuation before sequencing can be reduced, and the situation of AT separation can be avoided.

A slow-release anticancer injection contains the slow-release microspheres and solvent. Said slow-release microsphere contains the active anticancer component chosen from 6 Pt compounds including bicycloplatinum, etc and 3 cytotoxins including phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, pyrimidine analog or DNA repairase inhibitor, and the slow-release auxiliary.

The invention discloses a site-directed mutagenesis escherichia coli DNA photolyase and a construction method thereof. The photolyase has an amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO:1. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a DNA photolyase gene from the existing WT escherichia coli, designing a mutation primer to obtain a mutated gene fragment, and connecting the mutated gene fragment with a pET22b plasmid to construct a recombinant expression plasmid pET22b-A377N; and converting the recombinant expression plasmid into an escherichia coli competent cell to construct a genetic engineering bacterium BL21(DE3)/pET22b-A377N for mutant enzyme expression. The site-directed mutagenesis escherichia coli DNA photolyase obtains better expression under a 1mM ITPG condition at 18 DEG C. The expressed photolyase is more stable in activity, and the antioxidation effect of the photolyase is significantly improved.

The present invention provides methods relating to chemotherapeutic treatment of a cell proliferative disorder. In particular, a method is provided for predicting the clinical response to certain types of chemotherapeutic agents. Alkylating agents, used for the treatment of certain types of tumors including tumors of the nervous system and lymph system, are efficacious agents when the damage they do to tumor cell DNA is not repaired by cellular DNA repair mechanisms. The present invention provides a method for determining the activity of a gene encoding a DNA repair enzyme, thus providing a prediction of the clinical response to alkylating agents.

A anticarcinogenic slow release injection carrying platinum compounds and a synergist thereof is composed of slow release microspheres and a dissolvant, wherein, the slow release microspheres comprise anticancer active components and a slow release adjuvant, and the dissolvant is a special dissolvant containing a suspending agent. The anticancer active component comprises platinum compounds such as sunpla, dicycloplatin, eptaplatin, (cis-amminedichloro(2-methylpyridine) platinum, camphoramine chloroacetic platinum or picoplatin, and the like, and a cytotoxic drug selected from a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, pyrimidine analogue and/or a DNA repair enzyme inhibitor; the slow release adjuvant is biocompatible macromolecules such as polylactic acid and copolymer thereof, polyethylene glycol, carboxyl end polylactic acid copolymer, copolymer of dienoic fatty acid and sebacic acid, poly (erucic acid dimer-sebacic acid), poly (fumaric acid-sebacic acid), polifeprosan, polylactic acid, EVAc, and the like, and the suspending agent has the viscosity of 100cp-3,000cp (at the temperature of 20-30 DEG C) and is selected from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and the like. The slow release microspheres can also be made into a slow release implant. The slow release injection is injected or placed in tumors or around the tumors, which can improve the curative effects of non-operative therapies such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and the like.

The invention discloses an oxidative damage DNA detection method, and relates to the technical field of DNA oxidative damage detection. The method comprises (a) obtaining of DNA containing 3 ', 5'-phosphate group nucleotide voi, to be more specific, adding a DNA repair enzyme for recognition and cutting of oxidized DNA bases; (b) introduction of hydroxyl into 3 ', 5' site, to be more specific, adding alkaline phosphatase for dephosphorylation to obtain the DNA containing 3 ', 5'-hydroxyl group nucleotide voids; (c) introduction of a fluorescent marker, to be more specific, adding DNA polymerase I and the fluorescent marker to obtain fluorescence-labeled DNA; (d) formation of a PFP-DNA complex, to be more specific, adding PFP to obtain the PFP-DNA complex; and (e) oxidative damage DNA detection, to be more specific, detecting damage DNA by FRET. The method alleviates the disadvantages of tedious steps, low sensitivity and low selectivity of DNA damage detection in the prior art. The method has the advantages of high sensitivity, strong specificity and high accuracy.

An anticarcinogenic slow release injection carrying an angiogenesis inhibitor and a synergist thereof is made from slow release microspheres and a dissolvant. The slow release microspheres comprise anticancer active components and a slow release adjuvant, and the dissolvant is a special dissolvant containing a suspending agent. The anticancer active components are angiogenesis inhibitors such as gefitinib, erlotinib, lapatinib, vatalanib, pelitinib, thalidomide, ranolamine, angiostatin, endostatin, imatinib, thalidomide, ranolamine, simatinib, dasatinib, avastin, kanatini, sorafenib, sunitinib, telstar or panitoma, and the like, and/or cytotoxic drugs selected from a phosphoinositide-3-kinase inhibitor, pyrimidine analogue and/or a DNA repair enzyme inhibitor; the slow release adjuvant is biocompatible macromolecule; the viscosity of the suspending agent is 100cp-3,000cp (at the temperature of 20-30 DEG C), and the suspending agent is selected from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and the like. The slow release microspheres can be also made into a slow release implant, and the curative effects of non-operative therapies such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and the like, can be improved when the slow release injection is injected or placed in tumors or around the tumors.

The invention relates to compositions for repairing the adverse effects of the environment daily stress, sun exposure or premature-aging on human skin which comprise a DNA repair enzyme and a phycobiliprotein.

The invention discloses a gene combination, a primer and a probe for detecting gastric cancer susceptibility and application. The gene combination comprises a combination of four genes closely related with a gastric cancer, namely an MTHFR gene, a CYP2E1 metabolic enzyme gene, an XRCC1 repairase gene and an ADPRT repairase gene. The gene combination comprises the following SNP sites: rs1801133 site of the MTHFR gene, rs2031920 site of the CYP2E1 gene, rs25478 site of the XRCC1 gene and rs1136410 site of the ADPRT gene. Whether the detected crowds carry 'gastric cancer susceptible genes' are comprehensively detected and analyzed by detecting a group of genes and sites related with the gastric cancer susceptibility, using the specific primer and the probe and combining a mononucleotide extending technique and a micro array chip technique so as to screen the gastric cancer susceptible crowd from the crowds, change unhealthy lifestyles and fulfill the purpose of preventing.

An anticarcinogenic slow release injection carrying an angiogenesis inhibitor and a synergist thereof is made from slow release microspheres and a dissolvant. The slow release microspheres comprise anticancer active components and a slow release adjuvant, and the dissolvant is a special dissolvant containing a suspending agent. The anticancer active components are angiogenesis inhibitors such as gefitinib, erlotinib, lapatinib, vatalanib, pelitinib, thalidomide, ranolamine, angiostatin, endostatin, imatinib, thalidomide, ranolamine, simatinib, dasatinib, avastin, kanatini, sorafenib, sunitinib, telstar or panitoma, and the like, and/or cytotoxic drugs selected from a phosphoinositide-3-kinase inhibitor, pyrimidine analogue and/or a DNA repair enzyme inhibitor; the slow release adjuvant is biocompatible macromolecule; the viscosity of the suspending agent is 100cp-3,000cp (at the temperature of 20-30 DEG C), and the suspending agent is selected from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and the like. The slow release microspheres can be also made into a slow release implant, and the curative effects of non-operative therapies such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and the like, can be improved when the slow release injection is injected or placed in tumors or around the tumors.