Fabrication of enzyme-immobilized halloysite nanotubes for affinity enrichment of lipase inhibitors from complex mixtures

Fabrication of enzyme-immobilized halloysite nanotubes for affinity enrichment of lipase inhibitors from complex mixtures

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Accepted Manuscript Title: Fabrication of enzyme-immobilized halloysite nanotubes for affinity enrichment of lipase inhibitors from complex mixtures Author: Haibo Wang Xiaoping Zhao Shufang Wang Shan Tao Ni Ai Yi Wang PII: DOI: Reference:

S0021-9673(15)00369-6 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2015.03.002 CHROMA 356335

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18-12-2014 28-2-2015 2-3-2015

Please cite this article as: H. Wang, X. Zhao, S. Wang, S. Tao, N. Ai, Y. Wang, Fabrication of enzyme-immobilized halloysite nanotubes for affinity enrichment of lipase inhibitors from complex mixtures, Journal of Chromatography A (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.03.002 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

Fabrication of enzyme-immobilized halloysite nanotubes

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Haibo Wang1†, Xiaoping Zhao2†, Shufang Wang1, Shan Tao1, Ni Ai1, Yi Wang*1

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Corresponding Author: Dr. Yi Wang, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang

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Highlights

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> Lipase was immobilized into nanotubes by electrostatic interaction.

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> A nanoscale affinity selection strategy for ligand fishing from mixture.

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>A new type of biphenyl-type neolignans were identified as lipase inhibitors.

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ABSTRACT:

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Lipase is the key enzyme for catalyzing triglyceride hydrolysis in vivo, and lipase

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inhibitors have been used in the management of obesity. We present the first report on

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the use of lipase-adsorbed halloysite nanotubes as an efficient medium for the

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selective enrichment of lipase inhibitors from natural products. A simple and rapid

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approach was proposed to fabricate lipase-adsorbed nanotubes through electrostatic

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interaction. Results showed that more than 85% lipase was adsorbed into nanotubes in

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90 min, and approximately 80% of the catalytic activity was maintained compared with free lipase. The specificity and reproducibility of the proposed approach was validated by screening a known lipase inhibitor (i.e., orlistat) from a mixture that contains active and inactive compounds. Moreover, we applied this approach with

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high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technique to screen

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lipase inhibitors from the Magnoliae Cortex extract, a medicinal plant used for

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treating obesity. Two novel biphenyl-type natural lipase inhibitors magnotriol A and

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magnaldehyde B were identified, and their IC50 values were determined as 213.03 and 2

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96.96 μM, respectively. The ligand–enzyme interactions of magnaldehyde B were

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further investigated by molecular docking. Our findings proved that enzyme-adsorbed

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nanotube could be used as a feasible and selective affinity medium for the rapid

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screening of enzyme inhibitors from complex mixtures.

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KEYWORDS. Affinity selection mass spectrometry; enzyme inhibitor; rapid

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screening; microextraction; traditional Chinese medicine

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1. INTRODUCTION

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Triglyceride hydrolysis is catalyzed by lipase in vivo, and this process can lead to the

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accumulation of free fatty acids and monoacylglycerol in the body. The re-absorption

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of these constituents by the intestinal system may induce obesity and other relevant

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diseases [1,2]. Lipase inhibitors, such as orlistat, which forms covalent binding to the

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enzyme (lipase) and hence inhibits the triglyceride hydrolysis [3,4], have become an

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efficient way to control or treat obesity [5,6]. Natural products are promising

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resources of lipase inhibitors. Various naturally derived lipase inhibitors have been

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reported in recent years and have been shown to have potentials for drug development

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[7-9]. However, the screening and identification of lipase inhibitors from natural

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products are time-consuming and labor-intensive works that often involve repeated

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bioassay guided isolation and identification [8,10]. Thus, the rapid screening of lipase

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inhibitor from complex mixture of natural products is of great demand to discover novel therapeutics for diseases related to abnormal fat accumulation. During the last decade, various nanomaterials, such as carbon and TiO2 nanotubes have been used as microextraction mediums for the selective enrichment of specific

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compounds [11,12]. Furthermore, a number of affinity mass spectrometry- based

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approaches, such as ultrafiltration [13-15], enzyme-immobilized magnetic particles,

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enzyme reactors [16-18], and cell membrane chromatography [19], have been

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developed to explore potential ligands from complex mixtures. Recently, we have 4

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demonstrated that enzyme-immobilized magnetic beads can be used for the screening

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of active compounds from herbal extracts [20]. Compared with commonly used

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immobilization techniques based on covalent attachment or cross-linking, the

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adsorption of enzymes onto the carriers offers advantages, including (1) the retention

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of active conformation of free enzyme and (2) avoidance of complicated pretreatment

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and chemical modification processes. Meanwhile, the physical/chemical property of

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the carriers (e.g. surface area) is critical to the efficacy of ligand screening and to the

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extent of non-specific binding, which may confound the interpretation of results.

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Halloysite, a naturally occurring aluminosilicate nanotube, has attracted increasing

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interest because of its outstanding physical characteristics. The inner diameter,

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external diameter and length of halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are 20–30 nm, 30–50 nm,

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and 1–2 µm, respectively [21]. HNTs provide an ideal nanometer-scale entrapment

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system for the storage of drugs, enzymes, and biocides [22,23]. More importantly, the

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external (mainly composed of O-Si-O groups) and inner surfaces (consist of Al2O3) of halloysite nanotubes provide more selective enzyme binding and hence reduce the non-specific adsorption of ligands onto HNTs. Therefore, HNTs may be used as a novel medium for ligands screening.

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The aim of this study is to develop a rapid and effective method to screen and

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characterize lipase inhibitors from Magnoliae cortex by lipase-adsorbed nanotube

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combined with HPLC-MS analysis. Magnoliae cortex, the bark of Magnoliae

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officinalis L. (Magnoliaceae), is a medicinal herb commonly used for digestive

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diseases. Many other biological activities have been associated with the extracts and 5

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ingredients of Magnoliae cortex, such as anti-inflammatory[24-28], anti-oxidant

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[29,30], anti-microbial [31], anti-clastogenic activities [32], and modulating the

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proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells [33]. To date, limited

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studies have been reported to identify the active compounds responsible for its

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efficacy in treating digestive diseases. In this study, four neolignan compounds were

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found to be potential ligands of lipase. Two of them were identified, and their

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structures were confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Furthermore, their

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lipase inhibitory activities were verified by a functional assay. This new type of lipase

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inhibitors from Magnoliae cortex was reported for the first time.

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2. Experimental

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The halloysite nanotubes were obtained from Wenzhou XinchengShenfei Aluminum

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Alloy Co., Ltd., China. Cortex Magnolia officinalis was obtained from the Hangzhou

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traditional Chinese herbal medicine factory (Hangzhou, China). Lipase (from porcine pancreas), 4-methylumbelliferyl oleate, orlistat and 4-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP), were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co., Ltd. (St. Louis, Missouri, USA). Schisandrin was purchased from Ronghe Pharmaceutical Technology Development

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Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China). HPLC-grade methanol and acetonitrile were purchased

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from Thermo Fisher Scientific (New Jersey, USA). Formic acid (HPLC-grade) was

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purchased from Roe Scientific Inc. (Newark, DE, USA).

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The morphological characteristics of the halloysite nanotubes and lipase-immobilized

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HNTs were obtained by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Samples were

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prepared by drying drops of a diluted aqueous solution of empty HNTs or

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enzyme-immobilized HNTs onto a carbon-coated copper grid. TEM analysis was

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performed on a JEM-3010 TEM at 80 kV. The Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR)

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spectra of these samples were recorded by a Thermo Nicolet Avatar 370 FT-IR

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spectrometer in transmission mode between 400 and 4000 cm−1 at a resolution of 4

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2.3. Optimization of operative parameters for lipase immobilization

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To improve the binding efficiency of lipase on HNTs, parameters including lipase

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concentration, HNTs-to-enzyme ratio, pH of Tris buffer, incubation time, and

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incubation temperature were optimized. Different amounts of HNTs (5, 10, 20, 40, 60,

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and 80 mg) were mixed with lipase (1mL, 2 mg mL−1) at various time intervals (30,

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60, 90, 120, 180, and 240 minutes). After incubation at a specific time, the mixture was washed three times with 1mL of Tris buffer, centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 5 min to collect the supernatant, and stored at 4 °C until use. The amount of immobilized lipase on HNTs was calculated by obtaining the difference in the amount of protein contents in the supernatant before and after adsorption. The catalytic activity of

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immobilized lipase was also determined and compared with free lipase by measuring

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spectrophotometrical method [34]. Moreover, different concentrations of lipase (1mL,

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mg) to optimize the enzyme concentrations during the adsorption process. In addition,

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different pH values (5.6, 6.2, 6.8, 7.4, and 8.0) and temperatures (4, 25, and 37 °C) of

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the incubation solution were used to investigate the extent of enzyme adsorption. The

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stability of lipase-immobilized nanotube reactor was evaluated by comparing its

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catalytic capability with free lipase after 2 weeks’ storage.

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2.4. Optimization of operative parameters for lipase immobilized-HNTs based ligand

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To test the specificity and to select the best conditions for ligand screening of the

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lipase-immobilized HNTs, a self-made test mixture containing orlistat (a lipase

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inhibitor with IC50 of 0.423 μM) and schisandrin (a phytochemical without lipase

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inhibitory activity) was used. Briefly, lipase-immobilized HNTs were incubated with

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the mixture (1mL, containing 2mg mL−1 orlistat and 0.2 mg mL−1 schisandrin) for 2 h,

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followed by three times of washing with 1mL of Tris buffer (ionic strength varied

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from 150mM to 1000mM; pH varied from 5.6 to 8.0). Degeneration solvent (10% to 100% acetonitrile) was added to release the potential ligands from the enzyme-loaded HNTs, whereas empty HNTs were operated in the same manner to exclude non-specific adsorbed compounds. The specificity of ligands screening was determined by the binding degree which was calculated by the following formula:

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binding degree = (A–A0)/Atotal, where A and A0 are the peak areas of the compound in

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the degeneration solution of lipase-coated HNTs and the empty HNTs, respectively.

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Atotal represents the peak area of the compound in the original test mixture. The

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Supporting Information S1.

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2.5. Screening potential ligands from Magnoliae cortex using lipase immobilized

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The screening of potential lipase ligands from the extract of Magnoliae cortex was

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performed as follows. A 1mL extract solution (5 mg mL−1) was incubated with

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lipase-immobilized HNTs (40 mg, dissolved in 1mL pH 6.8 Tris buffer) for 2 h at

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room temperature. After washing three times with 1mL of Tris buffer (to remove

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unbound compounds), the potential ligands were then released by 1mL of 50%

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acetonitrile and followed by centrifuging for 5 min. The supernatants were injected

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into the HPLC-MS. Two groups were designed for this experiment, namely, the

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sample group using the lipase-immobilized HNTs and the control group using the

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blank HNTs, to distinguish the non-specific binding compounds.

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1100 series HPLC system connected to the LCQ DecaXPplus mass spectrometer via an ESI source. Agilent Zorbax SB-C18 column (4.6 mm, 250 mm, 5μm) was used for separation. The flow rate was 0.8 mL min−1, and the column temperature was set at 30 °C. The mobile phase was 0.05% formic acid–water (A) and acetonitrile (B). The

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linear gradient program was as follows: 0/20, 45/95, 50/95 (min/ B%). The MS

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signals were acquired in both the positive and negative ionization modes. The

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2.6. Identification and characterization of active compounds

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By using the preparative HPLC (Shimadzu LC-8A system with a photodiode array

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detector) and Agilent Zorbax SB-C18 column (250 × 21.2 mm, 7 μm), two identified

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compounds, namely, magnotriol A and magnaldehyde B, were isolated, and their 1H

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NMR (500 MHz) and

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AVANCE DMX 500 NMR spectrometer. The dose-dependent inhibitory activities of

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two compounds were determined by the conventional lipase inhibitory assay reported

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in our previous study[35]. The IC50 values of the compounds were calculated by the

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To investigate how the identified active compounds interact with lipase, we employed

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a molecular docking approach in the study. The high resolution crystal structure of

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lipase was retrieved from the Protein Data Bank (PDB id = 1LPB). Three-dimensional

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structures of the compounds were built, and energy was minimized using Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) (Montreal, CA). These structures were docked into the putative binding site of lipase by the MOE docking module. Each compound was docked 50 times, and the conformation with the highest docking score was kept for

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3.1. Characterization of natural halloysite nanotubes and lipase-immobilized

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As shown in Figure 1A, HNTs form clear hollow tubular structure with 50 nm i.d., 80

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nm o.d., and ~1.5 μm in length and open spaces on the surfaces. The nanotubes were

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also open at the ends with an inner diameter of around 50 nm. After

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incubation/fabrication, the enzyme was adsorbed on the surfaces of the HNTs (the

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empty spaces were occupied, Figure 1B). The immobilization of lipase in HNTs is

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also evidenced by the presence of characteristic bands at 1659 cm−1 (representing the

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–C=O (amide I band) stretching vibration) and 1538 cm−1 (–NH (amide II band)

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bending vibration from the peptide group), as observed in the adsorbed lipase (Figure

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1C). The results suggest that the proposed incubation approach is feasible for

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incorporating lipase into HNTs.

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To select the best parameters for lipase immobilization, the effects of lipase

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concentration, the HNT-to-enzyme ratio, pH of buffer, incubation time, and

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incubation temperature were investigated. As shown in Figure 2A and 2B, the amount of adsorbed lipase and the relative enzyme activity increased with the increase in added lipase concentration, but then reached a plateau when the added lipase concentration was approximately 2 mg mL−1. The amount of adsorbed lipase and the relative enzyme activity also exhibited an increasing trend as the HNT-to-enzyme

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ratio increased from 20 to 40 mg/mg and remained unchanged at higher ratio (Figure

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2C and 2D). To minimize the oversaturated HNTs that may cause non-favorable

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non-specific adsorption of chemicals during screening, a lower HNTs-to-enzyme ratio

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between the percentage of adsorbed lipase (82.78% to 84.02%, Figure 2E) and the

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relative enzyme activity (70.9% to 72.7%, Figure 2F) at various buffer pH values

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(from pH 5.6 to 8.0), though the maximum activity was observed at the physiological

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The amount of loaded lipase and relative enzyme activity increased as the

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incubation time increased from 30 min to 90 min, and then reached an equilibrium

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(Figure 3A and 3B). Moreover, the highest amount of adsorbed lipase and the optimal

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enzyme activity were achieved when the incubation temperature was set to 37°C

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(Figure 3C and 3D). After incubation, the sample mixture was rinsed three times with

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Tris buffer, and negligible protein was detected in the washes, suggesting that the

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enzyme was strongly adsorbed onto HNTs. Furthermore, the hydrolytic activity of

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immobilized lipase (after the washes) remained at a relatively high level (about 80%

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of the activity of free lipase), which was in consistent with the previous finding that

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the catalytic activity of adsorbed lipase can be retained/maintained on hydrophilic

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that the immobilized lipase could maintain more than 80% of the original activity for

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14 days, whereas the stored free lipase rapidly loses its efficacy after 2 weeks’ storage

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(Figure 3E). The reusability of the lipase-immobilized nanotube reactor was also

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tested by the repeated use of the same sample for ligand screening. Figure 3F shows

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carriers [36].

To test the stability of immobilized lipase at long term storage, the immobilized

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that the immobilized lipase maintained over 50% of the original activity after seven

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cycles. The immobilization of lipase on various types of carriers has been vastly

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investigated in the past decades [34,37]. Compared with previous reports, the loading

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amount (12.5 mg g−1) and stability of lipase on HNTs were satisfied because of the

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quick and simple procedure of adsorption-based immobilization.

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A mixture of orlistat (lipase inhibitor) and schisandrin (non-lipase inhibitor, used as

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negative control) was used to evaluate the screening selectivity/feasibility of

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lipase-immobilized HNTs. As shown in Figure 4A, an increase in the amount (peak

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area) of orlistat in the dissociation solution after incubated with lipase-adsorbed HNTs

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(when compared with those using unloaded HNTs) was observed, indicating that the

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adsorption of lipase was highly selectively. No change in the amount of schisandrin, was observed in both the lipase-adsorbed and unloaded HNTs. The washing steps after incubation play important roles in ligand fishing because

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on different washing times (one to three times) were carried out. The results indicated

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that all nonspecific binding orlistat were completely removed after three times of

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rising (Figure 4B). The fourth wash was performed by different proportions of

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that 50% acetonitrile–water (v/v) was the optimal degeneration solvent (Figure 4C).

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As shown in Figure 4D, no apparent difference in the binding efficiency was observed

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when the pH of the buffer varied from 6.8 to 8.0. Thus, buffer with pH 6.8 was

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adopted in the screening steps. Figure 4E shows that an increase in the ionic strength

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of the buffer medium reduced the amount of orlistat. This result may be explained by

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the fact that the surface charge of lipase was neutralized by the excess ions in the

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buffer solution and hence led to a significant decrease in the electrostatic interaction

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between the orlistat and the lipase [38]. In summary, Tris buffer (150mM, pH6.8) for

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washing three times and 50% acetonitrile-water(v/v) were found to be the optimal

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operation conditions. After optimization, the screening procedure was repeated, and

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the results were found to be reproducible (peak area of orlistat within 3.1% RSD,

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n=6). The binding capacity of orlistat was calculated as 16.5% from the linearity

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curve (Figure 4F). Those results indicated that the proposed lipase-adsorbed nanotube

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reactor was stable, selective, reproducible, and convenient for ligand screening.

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remain unclear. To further investigate on this issue, a screening test was conducted for

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this crude herbal extract. After the incubation of the crude extract with

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lipase-adsorbed HNTs and subsequent sample washings and LC/MS analysis, four

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abundant signals (peaks) were identified (Figure 5). The chromatographic portions of

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3.4. Screening and identification of lipase inhibitor from extract of Magnoliae cortex

Our preliminary study demonstrated that the crude extract of Magnoliae cortex exhibits anti-lipase activity (IC50=14.46 μg mL−1). However, its active compounds

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peaks 1 and 4 were further isolated and identified (based on their NMR data,

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Supporting Information Tables S-1 and S-2) as magnotriol A and magnaldehyde B,

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respectively. Peaks 2 and 3 were tentatively identified as magnaldehyde A and

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magnaldehyde D according to multistage tandem MS analysis. The binding degree of

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magnotriol A (1), magnaldehyde A (2), magnaldehyde D (3), and magnaldehyde B (4)

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were calculated as 4.5%, 5.0%, 7.0%, and 7.4%, respectively. Validation assay

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showed that the IC50 values of magnotriol A (1) and magnaldehyde B (4) were 213

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and 96.96 μM, respectively. It is obvious that magnaldehyde B with a higher binding

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degree exerted better anti-lipase activity than magnotriol A, suggesting that the extent

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of binding determined by this method was consistent with the lipase inhibitory

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Figure 6A illustrates the complex of magnaldehyde B–lipase predicted by molecular

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docking. As shown in Figure 6B, docking simulations revealed significant binding

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lipolytic activity of the enzyme (Figure 6).

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interactions between magnaldehyde B and key amino acids in the catalytic pocket of the pancreatic lipase, such as the hydrogen bonding of the hydroxyl group with His263. In addition to the polar interactions with the enzyme, several hydrophobic contacts were observed for this compound. Our results suggested that this compound

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Nanomaterials, in particular inorganic nanomaterials with excellent physical

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properties, including high surface area, excellent chemical and thermal stability, high

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mechanical strength, and ultra-light weight, are important advanced materials

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commonly used in biomedical research (e.g., biosensors, bioanalysis and biocatalysis)

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[39,40]. For example, Hua et al. immobilized the enzyme on multi-walled carbon

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nanotubes for glucose detection[41]. Miyahata and co-workers developed a graphene

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oxide-based DNA sensing platform by using fluorescence resonance energy transfer

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for DNA analysis[42]. However, application of nanomaterials in ligand screening is

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restricted by the relatively high proportion of non-specific adsorption from

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non-covalent hydrophobic and π-stacking interactions between the carriers and the

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small molecules. Thus, the development of nanomaterials with limited non-specific

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adsorption is of great importance to maximize their potential as carrier system for

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ligand screening.

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HNTs exhibited high selectivity for the solid-phase extraction of trace Pd(II) [47]. To

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the best of our knowledge, HNTs have never been explored as a carrier for drug

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screening. This technique was applied to the crude extract of Magnoliae cortex and

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two novel biphenyl-type neolignans with lipase inhibitory effects were identified.

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ligands from complex mixtures by using enzyme-immobilized nanomaterials. Loading or immobilization of the enzymes in halloysite nanotubes has been reported in several literatures[43,44]. However most of them used HNTs as carriers for drug delivery [45] and catalytic reaction[46]. Li et.al. also reported that functionalized

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Moreover, our docking results indicated that magnaldehyde B can be bound to several

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key amino acids in the catalytic pocket of the pancreatic lipase, suggesting that this

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adsorption-immobilized enzyme reactor is a useful tool for screening inhibitors from

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complex mixture.

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Our results showed that enzyme-immobilized HNTs can be utilized as an

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alternative affinity based screening technique for ligand fishing from natural products.

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Compared with magnetic materials based ligand fishing assays[48,49], which need

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multi-step reaction to immobilize enzymes on carriers through covalent binding or

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crosslinking, the proposed adsorption-based immobilization strategy is much quicker

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and simpler. Meanwhile, in comparison with our previous proposed hollow

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fiber-based immobilization, the loading amount and efficiency of enzyme adsorbed

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onto the nanotube are much higher because of the large area-to-volume ratio of HNTs.

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Furthermore, since HNTs can be packed in column for on-line solid phase extraction,

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it can be applied as an automated immobilization devices and can be coupled with

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LC-MS for on-line screening and identification of ligands, which would dramatically reduce the screening time and hence improve productivity.

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In this work, we demonstrated an adsorption immobilization of lipase on

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nanotubes and its application in ligand fishing from natural products. It is a rapid,

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with LC-MS. Two neolignans with lipase inhibitory effects were identified. Future 17

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work will focus on improving the adsorption capacity of the nanomaterials and

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simplifying the operating procedure by incorporating these nanotubes with an on-line

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Figure 1. Characterization of HNTs and lipase immobilized HNTs. (A) TEM images

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