EP0759974A1 - Procede pour produire des surfaces revetues d'enzyme et procede pour commander des reactions catalysees par enzyme - Google Patents

Procede pour produire des surfaces revetues d'enzyme et procede pour commander des reactions catalysees par enzyme

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EP0759974A1
EP0759974A1 EP95915938A EP95915938A EP0759974A1 EP 0759974 A1 EP0759974 A1 EP 0759974A1 EP 95915938 A EP95915938 A EP 95915938A EP 95915938 A EP95915938 A EP 95915938A EP 0759974 A1 EP0759974 A1 EP 0759974A1
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Brian Kay
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L12/00Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L12/08Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising contact lenses; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L12/12Non-macromolecular oxygen-containing compounds, e.g. hydrogen peroxide or ozone
    • A61L12/124Hydrogen peroxide; Peroxy compounds
    • A61L12/126Hydrogen peroxide; Peroxy compounds neutralised with catalase or peroxidase
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12NMICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA
    • C12N11/00Carrier-bound or immobilised enzymes; Carrier-bound or immobilised microbial cells; Preparation thereof
    • C12N11/02Enzymes or microbial cells immobilised on or in an organic carrier
    • C12N11/08Enzymes or microbial cells immobilised on or in an organic carrier the carrier being a synthetic polymer
    • C12N11/089Enzymes or microbial cells immobilised on or in an organic carrier the carrier being a synthetic polymer obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • C12N11/096Polyesters; Polyamides
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61LMETHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L2/00Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor
    • A61L2/16Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lenses; Accessories therefor using chemical substances
    • A61L2/18Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12MAPPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
    • C12M21/00Bioreactors or fermenters specially adapted for specific uses
    • C12M21/18Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilized or carrier-bound enzymes
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12MAPPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISMS FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS, FOR GROWING CELLS OR FOR OBTAINING FERMENTATION OR METABOLIC PRODUCTS, i.e. BIOREACTORS OR FERMENTERS
    • C12M23/00Constructional details, e.g. recesses, hinges
    • C12M23/34Internal compartments or partitions

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  • This invention relates generally to the field of the immobilisation of enzymes on solid supports for carrying out enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
  • the invention relates to methods and apparatus for retarding the initial action of an enzyme on its substrate, whilst not retarding, or at least retarding to a lesser extent, the subsequent reaction.
  • a retardation pattern can be useful for example when the enzyme substrate is a disinfectant, such as hydrogen peroxide, and it is desired to produce a disinfection system in which articles to be disinfected can be introduced into the disinfectant solution in the presence of an enzyme, such that the substrate disinfects the article, and is subsequently decomposed by the enzyme, without the need for user intervention.
  • An example of this kind of system is a container for the disinfection of a contact lens using hydrogen peroxide.
  • the invention is concerned with methods for the immobilisation of enzymes on polymeric materials such as nylon.
  • the immobilisation of enzymes is useful in a number of fields, but is particularly useful, as indicated above, in the production of systems for the automatic disinfection of contact lenses, using hydrogen peroxide.
  • An example of a system for contact lens disinfection using hydrogen peroxide and an immobilised catalase catalyst is described in EP-A-0229807.
  • a catalase is deposited on an internal surface of a container used for the contact lens disinfection. The aim is to produce a rate of peroxide decomposition by the catalase which is such that lens disinfection has been effectively completed, -by the time that all the peroxide is decomposed by the catalase.
  • reaction of the peroxide with the immobilized enzyme generally follows pseudo-first order reaction kinetics, such that the initial rate of peroxide decomposition is very high, falling to a much lower level as the reaction progresses.
  • Film techniques involve providing the enzyme in solid form with an external barrier, for example a coating.
  • This coating is sparingly soluble in the solution of the enzyme substrate, and so the coating dissolves after a period, thereby bringing the substrate into contact with the enzyme, and initiating the enzyme-catalyzed decomposition of the substrate.
  • the time for which the coating prevents contact between the enzyme and the substrate depends upon the thickness and nature of the coating. This parameter can therefore be adjusted to control the length of time that the substrate is present at its initial concentration.
  • Matrix techniques typically involve the entrapment of the enzyme within the interstitial regions of a matrix.
  • catalase can be entrapped by using polyacrylamide or polyHema. This process alters the kinetic profile of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction by virtue of altering the environment of the enzyme.
  • apparatus for carrying out the enzyme catalyzed decomposition of a solution of an enzyme substrate which apparatus comprises a container for containing the said solution, and an enzyme suitable for catalysing the decomposition of the said substrate, the enzyme being immobilized on a surface with which, in use, the said solution comes into contact, wherein the container is separated into a primary chamber and a secondary chamber in communication with the primary chamber, wherein the surface to which the enzyme is immobilized is provided within the said secondary chamber, and wherein the communication between the primary and secondary chambers is such as to permit limited circulation of the solution so as to decrease the initial rate of decomposition of the enzyme substrate in the primary chamber as compared with the initial rate of decomposition which would occur if the said enzyme were immobilized
  • the primary chamber may be a reaction chamber for the reaction of the enzyme substrate with a reactant.
  • the enzyme substrate may be hydrogen peroxide
  • the primary chamber may be a chamber for the disinfection of an article such as a contact lens.
  • the preferred enzyme is catalase.
  • the primary chamber is separated from the secondary chamber by means of a divider.
  • This divider can be made of nylon or any other activatable polymer surface.
  • the divider can be removably mounted in the container. Communication between the two chambers can be provided by a hole in the divider.
  • the communication between the chambers may be generally at the edge of the divider, for example by providing a series of holes around the edge of the divider, or by means of a shaft passing through the divider and connecting the two chambers.
  • the communication between the chambers may also be at the edge of the divider.
  • the enzyme is immobilized on that surface of the divider which faces the secondary chamber.
  • the ratio of the volume of the primary chamber to that of the secondary chamber is preferably from 3:1 to 20:1, more preferably about 10:1.
  • the invention also provides a method for carrying out the enzyme-catalyzed decomposition of a solution of an enzyme substrate, which method comprises introducing the solution into the primary chamber of a container as described above.
  • a second aspect o'f the invention is concerned, as indicated above, with methods for the immobilisation of enzymes to polymeric materials such as nylon.
  • enzymes are adsorbed on the internal surfaces of a contact lens container. From an ease of manufacturing standpoint however, it is difficult to coat the interior of a container of this kind with an enzyme in a manner which is reproducible, and which is satisfactory from the point of view of quality control. It is far more straight forward from a manufacturing standpoint to coat a sheet of material with an enzyme, and then to incorporate the sheet of material into a container, typically either as a part of the exterior wall of the container, or as a divider as discussed above.
  • a sheet of material is much more susceptible to coating methods providing a uniform coating, air drying and the like; than is the interior of a container.
  • Large sheets of material can be coated with enzyme, and subsequently used to produce discs or inserts, for incorporation in the contact lens case.
  • sheets of polymeric material, in particular nylon sheets do not perform in a satisfactory manner, in that only relatively low amounts of enzyme can be bound to the surface.
  • the amounts of enzyme which it is possible to bind to nylon sheets are found to be insufficient to make a workable contact lens disinfection system.
  • the amount of catalyst which can be caused to adhere to a polymeric material, in particular a polyamide material can be substantially increased if the polymer has been orientated by the application of shear during the production of the sheet.
  • a method of producing a sheet of a polymeric material having a layer of an enzyme bound thereto comprises providing a polymer sheet which has been formed by a method which includes the step of applying shear to a shear orientatable polymer, to orientate the polymer in the sheet, and binding the enzyme to the orientated sheet.
  • a preformed shear orientated sheet is taken and coated with an enzyme layer.
  • the method includes within its scope the preliminary step of forming the polymer sheet by applying a shear to a shear-orientatable polymer, as well as the subsequent step of coating the sheet with the enzyme.
  • the enzyme may be a catalase, as disclosed in EP-A-0229807.
  • the shear may be applied to the polymeric material by melting the polymer, applying a shear force to the molten polymer, and cooling the melt to crystallise the polymer thereby fixing the orientation of the polymer in the sheet.
  • the shear force may be applied by causing a rapid change of direction of the melt, for example by injection moulding the polymer melt into a mould which is shaped such that the melt flows in a moulding path which causes it to experience a change in direction during moulding, sufficient to introduce the desired shear.
  • a polymer sheet having an enzyme bound thereto produced by a method as described above.
  • Figure 1 shows the variation of rate of the enzyme- catalyzed decomposition of H2O2 for different enzyme coat numbers
  • Figure 2 is a schematic drawing of a container in accordance with the invention for disinfecting a contact lens
  • Figure 2a is a schematic drawing of a further embodiment of a container in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 3 is a graph showing the variation in rate of the enzyme-catalyzed decomposition of H2O2 solution in the reaction chamber (2) of the apparatus: of Figure 2, when the height of the secondary chamber (3) is altered;
  • Figure 4 is a graph showing the variation in neutralization time of H2O2 solution in the reaction chamber (2) of the apparatus of Figure 2, when the surface area of the hole (5) and peripheral holes (6) is varied;
  • Figure 5 is a graph showing the change in concentration of H2O2 solution in the reaction chamber (2) of the apparatus of Figure 2, over an expanded time range.
  • Figure 6 shows a schematic cross-section through a mould used for injection moulding an orientated polymer sheet
  • Figure 7 is a schematic perspective drawing of a polymer sheet produced in the mould of Figure 6.
  • Figure 1 is a graph showing the normal first-order reaction curve resulting from the decomposition of H 2 ⁇ 2 catalyzed by catalase, in which the initial rate of decomposition of H2O2 is delayed using a film technique.
  • the film technique involves coating a surface (in this case, a nylon surface) with a layer of catalase, and subsequently applying a layer of a sparingly soluble coating, in order to minimise the initial rate of H2O2 decomposition, and therefore maximise the contact lens disinfection time.
  • the coating comprises polymethylmethacrylate copolymer and is of such a thickness as is produced when the surface is immersed in a solution of the coating, removed and allowed to dry.
  • a coating of double thickness is produced as a result of a second immersion, after- the first has dried.
  • the catalase does not begin to catalyse the decomposition of the H2O2 until the catalase comes into contact with the , that is until a part of the. coating has dissolved. Consequently, the initial rate of decomposition of the H2O2 depends upon the thickness of the coating: the thicker the coating, the slower the initial rate.
  • first order reaction kinetics is that the rate is much faster at the beginning of the reaction than it is at the end. This means that a coating that leads to a slow initial rate will also lead to a very slow final rate, and therefore to a long H2O2 neutralization time.
  • Figure 1 illustrates this point.
  • Figure 2 illustrates apparatus in accordance with the invention for disinfection of a contact lens using hydrogen peroxide, in which the peroxide is decomposed by catalase immobilized on a surface in the apparatus.
  • the apparatus comprises a contact lens container (1) with a reaction chamber (2) and a secondary chamber (3) .
  • a nylon divider (4) separates reaction chamber (2) and secondary chamber (3), divider (4) being 3mm above the base of container (1) .
  • Catalase (7) is immobilized on that surface of divider (4) which faces secondary chamber (3) ⁇ thickness of catalase (7) is exaggerated in Figure 2).
  • divider (4) is removably mounted in container (1), by means of retention ring (11). This enables replacement dividers to be provided (not shown), with replacement catalase immobilized thereon, for use when catalase (7) is contaminated and no longer catalyses the decomposition of the H2O2.
  • divider (4) is non-replaceable, the entire container being disposable after use.
  • Communication is provided between reaction chamber (2) and secondary chamber (3) by means of a central hole (5), and peripheral holes (6) in divider (4).
  • Central hole (5) has a diameter of 1.7mm.
  • Lid (8) of container (1) has contact lens support (9) attached thereon, so that lens support (9) is suspended in reaction chamber (2) .
  • Fill line (10) is marked on container (1), and the dimensions of the apparatus are such that, when the container is filled with H2O2 solution to the level of fill line (10) and lens support (9) is immersed therein, the solution rises to the same height as the top edge of lens support (9) .
  • Lens support (9) may be provided separately from lid (8).
  • support (9) may be adapted to support an article other than a contact lens in reaction chamber (2), in order to disinfect the article.
  • Divider (4) may be permanently joined to container (1), in which case container (1) has no retention ring (11).
  • the ratio of the volume of reaction chamber (2) to secondary chamber (3) is 10:1. Generally, this ratio may be between 3:1 and 20:1.
  • FIG. 2a illustrates an alternative embodiment of apparatus in accordance with the invention.
  • Container (1) is substantially the same as that illustrated in Figure 2, except that it has a vent shaft (6) instead of the peripheral holes (6) of Figure 2.
  • Vent shaft (6) passes through divider (4) and provides communication between reaction chamber ( 2 ) and secondary chamber (3). In use, shaft (6) allows escape from secondary chamber (3) of liberated gases, thereby reducing the likelihood of the system becoming air-locked.
  • the apparatus of Figures 2 and 2a are used to disinfect a contact lens in the following manner.
  • Lid (8) (together with attached lens support (9) ) is removed from container (1), and a contact lens is then supported on lens support (9) .
  • H2O2 solution with a concentration of 3 percent (w/v) is introduced into container (1) to the level of fill line (11), where the solution is distributed between reaction chamber (2) and secondary chamber (3).
  • Hole (5) and peripheral holes (6) enable limited circulation of the H2O2 between these two chambers.
  • Lid (8) is replaced on container (1), thereby lowering lens support (9) and the contact lens into reaction chamber (2).
  • the concentration of H2O2 solution is from 0.3% (w/v) to 3.0% (w/v).
  • Catalyzed decomposition of the H2O2 takes place in secondary chamber (3) due to contact between the H2O2 and catalase (7). Limited circulation of the H2O2 solution results in a decreased initial rate of decomposition in the reaction chamber (2) as compared with the initial rate of decomposition which would occur if the catalase (7) had been immobilized on a surface in the reaction chamber (2). After a period of time, a sudden increase in H2O2 decomposition rate occurs, resulting in the complete decomposition of the H2O2 solution (see Figure 5 below).
  • the H2O2 concentration in reaction chamber (2) is therefore initially maintained at- a value close to 3 percent (w/v), enabling the H2O2 to disinfect the contact lens before the H2O2 is neutralized.
  • the contact lens is left immersed in reaction chamber (2) until the concentration of the H2O2 is reduced by decomposition to a level that the human eye can tolerate (typically ⁇ 50 ppm).
  • Lid (8) is then removed from container (1) together with lens support (9); the contact lens is removed and can be worn.
  • Figure 3 is a plot of concentration of H2O2 against time for apparatus in which the hole (5) has a diameter of 1.7mm and the height of the divider (4) above the base of container (1) is a) 0.5 mm and b) 2.0mm. It can be seen from Figure 3 that when the height is 0.5mm the concentration of the H2O2 solution is maintained at a level close to the initial concentration (i.e.
  • Figure 4 is a plot of the combined surface area of the hole (5) and peripheral holes (6) in divider (4) against the time that it takes for the H2O2 solution to be fully neutralized. It can be seen that the greater the extent of the communication between secondary chamber (3) and reaction chamber (2), the faster is the H2O2 neutralization time. This demonstrates that the longest delay in catalase action (and consequently, the longest H2O2 neutralization time) is given by apparatus in which the circulation of the H2O2 solution between reaction chamber (2) and secondary chamber (3) is limited because the extent of the communication between the two chambers is limited.
  • Figure 5 is a plot of the concentration of H2O2 against time for three reactions in which the diameter of the hole (5) is 1.7mm and the height of divider (4) above the base of the container (1) is 2.0mm.
  • the expanded time axis shows that the catalytic effect of the catalase is delayed for about 60 minutes.
  • the concentration of H2O2 is maintained at about its initial value (i.e. 3 percent w/v) for about 60 minutes, at which point the decomposition of the H2O2 takes place so that its concentration is reduced to below 2ppm between 75 minutes and 100 minutes after the start of the experiment.
  • the H2O2 would typically have about 60 minutes in which to disinfect the lens, and then the contact lens may be ready to wear after only about another 20 minutes.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a nylon sheet produced by injection moulding, suitable for producing a coated sheet in accordance with the second aspect of the invention.
  • the sheet of Figure 7 is injection moulded in a mould of the kind as illustrated in Figure 6.
  • Steel mould (21) has a first cavity (22) with an inlet port (25) , and second cavity (23) .
  • First cavity (22) and second cavity (23) connect at a right angle at edge (24).
  • Mould (21) can be opened to gain access to the injection moulded sheet having sides of 112mm, formed in second cavity ( 23 ) .
  • molten nylon-6 is injected into first cavity (22) at inlet port (25).
  • the melt flows through first cavity (22) and around edge (24), where it undergoes a shear force due to the forced change of direction.
  • the temperature of mould (21) is carefully controlled, so that the melt is just below its crystallisation temperature as it approaches edge (24) .
  • the temperature is such that the melt then rapidly crystallises to form a nylon sheet, such as nylon sheet (30) shown in Figure 7.
  • Sheet (30) has sides of approximately 112mm, and a lip (32) at right-angles to square section (31).
  • nylon sheet (30) was removed from mould (21), it was coated with a catalase by covalent immobilisation.
  • the immobilisation was achieved by binding a molecule to nylon sheet (30), reacting gluteraldehyde with the bound molecule to provide an enzyme binding site, coating the activated surface of sheet (30) with an aqueous solution of the catalase in order to bind the catalase to the surface, and stabilising the bound catalase by coating sheet (30) with a suitable stabilising composition. Discs approximately 3cm in diameter were then pressed from the coated sheet.
  • the amount of catalase bound to sheet (30) was measured by immersing a disc pressed from sheet (30) in 3% (w/v) hydrogen peroxide solution. The time taken for the catalase to decompose the hydrogen peroxide was measured, and a rate constant was calculated. This rate constant is a measure of the amount of catalase bound to the disc. The same process was carried out for a disc pressed from a commercially available nylon sheet coated with catalase by the same method, and the rate constants for each disc were compared. The following rate constants were found: Conventional nylon sheet 0.025 min -1
  • a shear force can be applied to shear orientatable molecules within a polymer sheet by methods other than that described above. For instance, cold drawing of the polymer sheet after crystallisation of a polymer melt may be used to produce an orientated sheet to which high levels of a catalase can be bound.
  • apparatus in accordance with the first aspect of invention can be used in the disinfection of other objects, for example dentures, and in other applications in which it is desired to retard the initial rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction.

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Abstract

On peut retarder l'action initiale d'une enzyme (par exemple une catalase) sur un substrat (par exemple du peroxide d'hydrogène), en distribuant une solution de ce substrat dans une chambre primaire et une chambre secondaire, et en immobilisant ensuite l'enzyme sur une surface de cette chambre secondaire. La décomposition ultérieure du substrat par l'enzyme n'est pas retardée. Ce procédé peut être utilisé pour désinfecter des lentilles de contact au moyen de peroxide d'hydrogène. La surface sur laquelle est immobilisée l'enzyme peut être formée à partir d'une feuille de nylon. Des niveaux élevés d'enzyme peuvent être fixés à une feuille de nylon, dans laquelle les molécules de nylon ont été soumises à un cisaillement pendant la formation de la feuille, afin d'orienter les molécules à l'intérieur de ladite feuille.
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