TY  - JOUR
A1  - Monakhova, Yulia
A1  - Diehl, Bernd W. K.
T1  - A step towards optimization of the qNMR workflow: proficiency testing exercise at an GxP-accredited laboratory
JF  - Applied Magnetic Resonance
N2  - Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) is considered as a powerful tool for multicomponent mixture analysis as well as for the purity determination of single compounds. Special attention is currently paid to the training of operators and study directors involved in qNMR testing. To assure that only qualified personnel are used for sample preparation at our GxP-accredited laboratory, weighing test was proposed. Sixteen participants performed six-fold weighing of the binary mixture of dibutylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and 1,2,4,5-tetrachloro-3-nitrobenzene (TCNB). To evaluate the quality of data analysis, all spectra were evaluated manually by a qNMR expert and using in-house developed automated routine. The results revealed that mean values are comparable and both evaluation approaches are free of systematic error. However, automated evaluation resulted in an approximately 20% increase in precision. The same findings were revealed for qNMR analysis of 32 compounds used in pharmaceutical industry. Weighing test by six-fold determination in binary mixtures and automated qNMR methodology can be recommended as efficient tools for evaluating staff proficiency. The automated qNMR method significantly increases throughput and precision of qNMR for routine measurements and extends application scope of qNMR.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-021-01324-3
SN  - 1613-7507
N1  - Corresponding author: Yulia Monakhova
VL  - 52
SP  - 581
EP  - 593
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Wien
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Falkenberg, Fabian
A1  - Voß, Leonie
A1  - Bott, Michael
A1  - Bongaerts, Johannes
A1  - Siegert, Petra
T1  - New robust subtilisins from halotolerant and halophilic Bacillaceae
JF  - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
N2  - The aim of the present study was the characterisation of three true subtilisins and one phylogenetically intermediate subtilisin from halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms. Considering the currently growing enzyme market for efficient and novel biocatalysts, data mining is a promising source for novel, as yet uncharacterised enzymes, especially from halophilic or halotolerant Bacillaceae, which offer great potential to meet industrial needs. Both halophilic bacteria Pontibacillus marinus DSM 16465ᵀ and Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus DSM 5271ᵀ and both halotolerant bacteria Metabacillus indicus DSM 16189 and Litchfieldia alkalitelluris DSM 16976ᵀ served as a source for the four new subtilisins SPPM, SPAH, SPMI and SPLA. The protease genes were cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis DB104. Purification to apparent homogeneity was achieved by ethanol precipitation, desalting and ion-exchange chromatography. Enzyme activity could be observed between pH 5.0–12.0 with an optimum for SPPM, SPMI and SPLA around pH 9.0 and for SPAH at pH 10.0. The optimal temperature for SPMI and SPLA was 70 °C and for SPPM and SPAH 55 °C and 50 °C, respectively. All proteases showed high stability towards 5% (w/v) SDS and were active even at NaCl concentrations of 5 M. The four proteases demonstrate potential for future biotechnological applications.
KW  - Biotechnological application
KW  - Bacillaceae
KW  - Subtilisin
KW  - Subtilases
KW  - Halotolerant protease
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12553-w
SN  - 1432-0614
N1  - Corresponding author: Petra Siegert
VL  - 107
SP  - 3939
EP  - 3954
PB  - Springer Nature
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Muffler, Kai
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Ulber, Roland
ED  - Timmis, Kenneth N.
T1  - Chemical feedstocks and fine chemicals from other substrates
T2  - Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. Volume 4:  Consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils and lipids. - (Springer reference)
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 978-3-540-77588-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-540-77587-4_214
SP  - 2891
EP  - 2902
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin [u.a.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Muffler, Kai
A1  - Poth, Sabastian
A1  - Sieker, Tim
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Ulber, Roland
A1  - Sell, Dieter
ED  - Moo-Young, Murray
T1  - Bio-feedstocks
T2  - Comprehensive biotechnology : principles and practices in industry, agcriculture, medicine and the environment. Volume 2: Engineering fundamentals of biotechnology
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-0-444-53352-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-088504-9.00088-X
SP  - 93
EP  - 101
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ET  - 2. edition
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Wollny, S.
A1  - Al-Kaidy, H.
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - Prozessintegrierte Magnetseparation im Labormaßstab mittels High-Gradient Magnetic Separator (HGMS)
T2  - Chemie Ingenieur Technik
N2  - Die Hochgradient-Magnetseparation (HGMS) stellt eine Alternative zu konventionellen Methoden der Proteinaufarbeitung wie Filtration und Chromatographie dar und dient zudem als Prozessintensivierung. Bisherige Separatoren sind für Anwendungen von mehreren Litern Prozessvolumina Fermentationsmedium und Gramm Magnetpartikel ausgelegt. Bei der Entwicklung und Anwendung neuartiger Magnetpartikeloberflächen ist die Verfügbarkeit großer Mengen nicht gegeben. Bisherige Filterkammern erhöhen zudem den Arbeitsaufwand und verursachen größere Partikelverluste bei Spülvorgängen oder der Reinigung aufgrund der Partikeladsorption. Für Anwendungen im Maßstab < 500 mL wird deshalb ein Miniatur-Hochgradientfilter (miniHGF) entwickelt. Das Modell wird im 3D-Drucker Makerbot Replicator 2 gefertigt und magne-isierbare Drähte zur Partikelabscheidung eingesetzt. Die Vergleichbarkeit mit einem etablierten Magnetseparator wird anhand der Aufnahme von Durchbruchskurven und Bestimmung der Filtereffizienz untersucht. Die Praxistauglichkeit mit kleinen Volumina wird in wiederholten Batch-Versuchen mit auf Magnetpartikeln immobilisiertem Enzym und einem kolorimetrischen Assay geprüft.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201450618
SN  - 0009-286X
SN  - 1522-2640 (eISSN)
N1  - ProcessNet-Jahrestagung 2014 und 31. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen, 30. September - 2. Oktober 2014, Eurogress Aachen
VL  - 86
IS  - 9
SP  - 1507
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Salpati, Laurent
A1  - Chu, Xiaoyan
A1  - Chen, Liangfu
A1  - Prasad, Bhagwat
A1  - Dallas, Shannon
A1  - Evers, Raymond
A1  - Mamaril-Fishman, Donna
A1  - Geier, Ethan G.
A1  - Kehler, Jonathan
A1  - Kunta, Jeevan
A1  - Mezler, Mario
A1  - Laplanche, Loic
A1  - Pang, Jodie
A1  - Soars, Matthew G.
A1  - Unadkat, Jashvant D.
A1  - van Waterschoot, Robert A.B.
A1  - Yabut, Jocelyn
A1  - Schinkel, Alfred H.
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Rode, Anja
T1  - Evaluation of organic anion transporting polypeptide 1B1 and 1B3 humanized mice as a translational model to study the pharmacokinetics of statins
JF  - Drug Metabolism and Disposition
N2  - Organic anion transporting polypeptide (Oatp) 1a/1b knockout and OATP1B1 and -1B3 humanized mouse models are promising tools for studying the roles of these transporters in drug disposition. Detailed characterization of these models will help to better understand their utility for predicting clinical outcomes. To advance this approach, we carried out a comprehensive analysis of these mouse lines by evaluating the compensatory changes in mRNA expression, quantifying the amounts of OATP1B1 and -1B3 protein by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, and studying the active uptake in isolated hepatocytes and the pharmacokinetics of some prototypical substrates including statins. Major outcomes from these studies were 1) mostly moderate compensatory changes in only a few genes involved in drug metabolism and disposition, 2) a robust hepatic expression of OATP1B1 and -1B3 proteins in the respective humanized mouse models, and 3) functional activities of the human transporters in hepatocytes isolated from the humanized models with several substrates tested in vitro and with pravastatin in vivo. However, the expression of OATP1B1 and -1B3 in the humanized models did not significantly alter liver or plasma concentrations of rosuvastatin and pitavastatin compared with Oatp1a/1b knockout controls under the conditions used in our studies. Hence, although the humanized OATP1B1 and -1B3 mice showed in vitro and/or in vivo functional activity with some statins, further characterization of these models is required to define their potential use and limitations in the prediction of drug disposition and drug-drug interactions in humans.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1124/dmd.114.057976
SN  - 1521-009X
VL  - 42
IS  - 8
SP  - 1301
EP  - 1313
PB  - ASPET
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Welden, Melanie
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Vahidpour, Farnoosh
A1  - Wendlandt, Tim
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Wege, Christina
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Towards multi-analyte detection with field-effect capacitors modified with tobacco mosaic virus bioparticles as enzyme nanocarriers
JF  - Biosensors
N2  - Utilizing an appropriate enzyme immobilization strategy is crucial for designing enzyme-based biosensors. Plant virus-like particles represent ideal nanoscaffolds for an extremely dense and precise immobilization of enzymes, due to their regular shape, high surface-to-volume ratio and high density of surface binding sites. In the present work, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particles were applied for the co-immobilization of penicillinase and urease onto the gate surface of a field-effect electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitor (EISCAP) with a p-Si-SiO₂-Ta₂O₅ layer structure for the sequential detection of penicillin and urea. The TMV-assisted bi-enzyme EISCAP biosensor exhibited a high urea and penicillin sensitivity of 54 and 85 mV/dec, respectively, in the concentration range of 0.1–3 mM. For comparison, the characteristics of single-enzyme EISCAP biosensors modified with TMV particles immobilized with either penicillinase or urease were also investigated. The surface morphology of the TMV-modified Ta₂O₅-gate was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. Additionally, the bi-enzyme EISCAP was applied to mimic an XOR (Exclusive OR) enzyme logic gate.
KW  - urease
KW  - enzyme-logic gate
KW  - bi-enzyme biosensor
KW  - capacitive field-effect sensor
KW  - tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
KW  - penicillinase
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12010043
SN  - 2079-6374
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Biosensors: 10th Anniversary Feature Papers"
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Roth, J.
A1  - Möhring, M.
A1  - Wulfhorst, H.
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - Verwertung von Bioraffinerie-Stoffströmen am Beispiel von Einzellerproteinen
T2  - Chemie Ingenieur Technik
N2  - Die Nutzung von Biomasse aus pflanzlichen Abfällen für die stoffliche Verwertung rückt immer stärker in den Vordergrund. Dabei ist vor allem die ganzheitliche Verwertung der Stoffströme von Bedeutung, da diese einen integrativen Ansatz ermöglichen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird die Produktion von Einzellerproteinen (Single-Cell Proteins, SCPs) mithilfe von unterschiedlichen Rohsubstraten dargelegt. Somit können Reststoffströme, die in keiner Konkurrenz zur Produktion von Lebensmitteln stehen, für die Herstellung von Futter- und auch Nahrungsmitteln Verwendung finden. Die zunächst thermisch vorbehandelten Ausgangsmaterialien stammen aus forstwirtschaftlichen und grünen Abfällen und ermöglichen durch eine anschließende enzymatische Hydrolyse die Freisetzung von Monosacchariden. Aus diesen erfolgt die SCP-Produktion fermentativ mithilfe der drei Modellorganismen Bakterium, Hefe und Pilz. Hierfür wird sowohl das flüssige Hydrolysat als auch der feste Reststoff auf der Basis einer Feststofffermentation genutzt. Auf diese Weise ist eine vollständige Verwertung der Ausgangsmaterialien möglich. Mit den gewonnen Daten erfolgt abschließend eine Bewertung der SCPs aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen als alternative Proteinquelle.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201450257
SN  - 0009-286X
SN  - 1522-2640 (eISSN)
N1  - ProcessNet-Jahrestagung 2014 und 31. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen, 30. September - 2. Oktober 2014, Eurogress Aachen
VL  - 86
IS  - 9
SP  - 1399
EP  - 1400
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lempiäinen, Harri
A1  - Couttet, Philippe
A1  - Bolognani, Federico
A1  - Müller, Arne
A1  - Dubost, Valérie
A1  - Luisier, Raphaëlle
A1  - Rio-Espinola, Alberto del
A1  - Vitry, Veronique
A1  - Unterberger, Elif B.
A1  - Thomson, John P.
A1  - Treindl, Fridolin
A1  - Metzger, Ute
A1  - Wrzodek, Clemens
A1  - Hahne, Florian
A1  - Zollinger, Tulipan
A1  - Brasa, Sarah
A1  - Kalteis, Magdalena
A1  - Marcellin, Magali
A1  - Giudicelli, Fanny
A1  - Braeuning, Albert
A1  - Morawiec, Laurent
A1  - Zamurovic, Natasa
A1  - Längle, Ulrich
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Schübeler, Dirk
A1  - Goodman, Jay
A1  - Chibout, Salah-Dine
A1  - Marlowe, Jennifer
A1  - Theil, Dietlinde
A1  - Heard, David J.
A1  - Grenet, Olivier
A1  - Zell, Andreas
A1  - Templin, Markus F.
A1  - Meehan, Richard R.
A1  - Wolf, Roland C.
A1  - Elcombe, Clifford R.
A1  - Schwarz, Michael
A1  - Moulin, Pierre
A1  - Terranova, Rémi
A1  - Moggs, Jonathan G.
T1  - Identification of Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted gene cluster non-coding RNAs as novel candidate biomarkers for liver tumor promotion
JF  - Toxicological Sciences
N2  - The molecular events during nongenotoxic carcinogenesis and their temporal order are poorly understood but thought to include long-lasting perturbations of gene expression. Here, we have investigated the temporal sequence of molecular and pathological perturbations at early stages of phenobarbital (PB) mediated liver tumor promotion in vivo. Molecular profiling (mRNA, microRNA [miRNA], DNA methylation, and proteins) of mouse liver during 13 weeks of PB treatment revealed progressive increases in hepatic expression of long noncoding RNAs and miRNAs originating from the Dlk1-Dio3 imprinted gene cluster, a locus that has recently been associated with stem cell pluripotency in mice and various neoplasms in humans. PB induction of the Dlk1-Dio3 cluster noncoding RNA (ncRNA) Meg3 was localized to glutamine synthetase-positive hypertrophic perivenous hepatocytes, sug- gesting a role for β-catenin signaling in the dysregulation of Dlk1-Dio3 ncRNAs. The carcinogenic relevance of Dlk1-Dio3 locus ncRNA induction was further supported by in vivo genetic dependence on constitutive androstane receptor and β-catenin pathways. Our data identify Dlk1-Dio3 ncRNAs as novel candidate early biomarkers for mouse liver tumor promotion and provide new opportunities for assessing the carcinogenic potential of novel compounds.
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/toxsci/kfs303
SN  - 1094-2025
VL  - 131
IS  - 2
SP  - 375
EP  - 386
PB  - Oxford University Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Henderson, Colin J.
A1  - Mclaughlin, Lesley A.
A1  - Scheer, Nico
A1  - Stanley, Lesley A.
A1  - Wolf, C. Roland
T1  - Cytochrome b5 Is a Major Determinant of Human Cytochrome P450 CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 Activity In Vivo s
JF  - Molecular Pharmacology
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.114.097394
SN  - 1521-0111
VL  - 87
IS  - 4
SP  - 733
EP  - 739
PB  - ASPET
CY  - Bethesda
ER  -