Device for determining the activity of enzymes in liquids
First Claim
1. A device for measuring the activity of an enzyme in liquids comprising:
- a vessel, a column, said column having a chromatographic carrier having a substance capable of binding an enzyme inhibitor corresponding to said enzyme in a sample, a valve/pump assembly between said column and said vessel for filling said vessel with a substrate and the sample, said sample and said substrate reacting to form a cleavage product, a detector for measuring the increase of the concentration per unit of time of said cleavage product, and a means for enabling the passage of said sample through said column or outside said column into said vessel.
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Abstract
A process and device are disclosed to determine the activity of enzymes in liquids in a largely automatic manner. The device for carrying out this process has a column with an chromatographic carrier for treating a measurement sample. The carrier is mixed with a substance capable of binding to an enzyme inhibitor present in the measurement sample and that corresponds to at least one enzyme. A measurement sample supply is associated to one end of the column. A valve/pump arrangement for filling at least one test tube with a carrier and at least part of the measurement sample is connected downstream of the column, in the flow direction of the measurement sample. The carrier is dissociated into cleavage products by the action of the enzyme. The rise in concentration per unit of time of at least one of the cleavage products of the carrier is sensed during an incubation time. As an alternative or supplementary step, the enzyme that corresponds to at least one enzyme inhibitor is extracted by chromatography from a measurement sample to detect enzyme inhibitors in liquids and the thus treated measurement sample is tested for inhibitor concentration and/or activity.
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1. A device for measuring the activity of an enzyme in liquids comprising:
- a vessel, a column, said column having a chromatographic carrier having a substance capable of binding an enzyme inhibitor corresponding to said enzyme in a sample, a valve/pump assembly between said column and said vessel for filling said vessel with a substrate and the sample, said sample and said substrate reacting to form a cleavage product, a detector for measuring the increase of the concentration per unit of time of said cleavage product, and a means for enabling the passage of said sample through said column or outside said column into said vessel.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for measuring the activity of an enzyme in liquid comprising:
- a vessel, a column for treating a sample, said column carrying a chromatographic carrier treated with a substance capable of binding an enzyme inhibitor corresponding to said enzyme in the sample, said column being connected for discharge into the vessel, a substrate source being connected for discharge into said vessel and reaction with said sample thereby releasing a cleavage product, a detector for measuring the increase of the concentration per unit of time in the treated vessel of said cleavage product and an arrangement connected to the column for measuring the degree of dilution of the discharged sample caused by a column buffer.
- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device for measuring the activity of an enzyme in liquid comprising:
- a vessel, a column for treating a sample, said column being exchangeable and filled with a chromatographic carrier treated with a substance capable of binding an enzyme inhibitor which corresponds to said enzyme in the sample, a valve/pump assembly having a supply tube connected in series to a sample reservoir so as to fill the vessel with a buffer and the treated sample, a substrate source connected to said vessel for discharge of a substrate into said vessel for reaction with said treated sample, thereby releasing a cleavage product, and a detector for measuring the increase of the concentration per unit of time of said cleavage product, further including a control device connected to the column for monitoring the purity of a buffer discharging the sample from the column.
- View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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