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Adımcılar V, Saygılı MT, Cansever MŞ, Öztekin N. Highly sensitive rapid determination of orotic acid in urine samples using a field-amplified sample stacking approach in capillary electrophoresis coupled with contactless conductivity detection. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2024; 238:115826. [PMID: 37922673 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Orotic aciduria is a severe, hereditary, life-threatening condition, particularly in newborns. An increased orotic acid (OA) content in urine may be a strong indicator of this condition. In this study, we developed a rapid, simple, highly sensitive diagnostic method for use in monitoring the OA levels in urine samples, which were successfully determined using capillary electrophoresis combined with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (CE-C4D). A straightforward analysis with an increased sensitivity towards OA and an analysis time of approximately 5 min were realized, and the limit of detection of the developed method was 0.014 mg/L in aqueous solution. The optimized composition of the separation electrolyte was 20 mM 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid/histidine with 0.1 mM cetyltrimethylammonium bromide at a pH of 6.5. The sensitivity of the developed method was significantly increased using a sample stacking approach with a 10% acetonitrile (v/v) plug solution. The method was validated, and satisfactory recoveries of 80.0-92.3% were obtained. The amounts of OA in five urine samples were successfully determined.
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- Veselina Adımcılar
- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Vocational School of Health Services, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, 34265 Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Türkiye.
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Determination of orotic acid in human urine using a combination of two capillaries with different internal diameters. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-020-01076-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yu Z, Jia H, Li N, Liu W, Wang J, Song Y. Design and synthesis of a novel fluorescent probe, EuIII-dtpa-bis(adenine), and application for the detection of orotic acid in urine. CAN J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2019-0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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For detection of orotic acid (OA), a novel fluorescent probe, EuIII-dtpa-bis(adenine), was designed and synthesized based on the complementation base pairing principle. The dtpa-bis(adenine) ligand was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR and 13C NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), and elemental analysis. Then, the effects of solution pH values and some coexisting interfering substances on OA detection using EuIII-dtpa-bis(adenine) as a fluorescent probe were investigated. The linear relationship of F0/F and OA concentration in the range of 10–150 μmol/L was obtained, where F0 and F are the fluorescence intensities of EuIII-dtpa-bis(adenine) at 320 nm in the absence and presence of OA, respectively. The calculated limit of detection is about 0.807 μmol/L. The detection mechanism of OA was proposed. In addition, the detection of OA in urine samples has also been studied. It was found that the designed and synthesized fluorescent probe is effective for the detection of OA in urine samples.
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- Zhiyue Yu
- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P.R. China
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- College of Environment, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, P.R. China
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Degradation caused by incompatibility between sodium stearyl fumarate (PRUV) and AZD7986 in the drug product. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 158:82-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mikuš P, Veizerová L, Piešťanský J, Maráková K, Havránek E. On-line coupled capillary isotachophoresis-capillary zone electrophoresis in hydrodynamically closed separation system hyphenated with laser induced fluorescence detection. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:1223-31. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Peter Mikuš
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University; Odbojárov; Bratislava; Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University; Odbojárov; Bratislava; Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University; Odbojárov; Bratislava; Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University; Odbojárov; Bratislava; Slovak Republic
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy; Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University; Odbojárov; Bratislava; Slovak Republic
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Ginterová P, Marák J, Staňová A, Maier V, Ševčík J, Kaniansky D. Determination of selected biogenic amines in red wines by automated on-line combination of capillary isotachophoresis–capillary zone electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2012; 904:135-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2012.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Revised: 07/14/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mikuš P, Maráková K, Veizerová L, Piešt'anský J. Determination of quinine in beverages by online coupling capillary isotachophoresis to capillary zone electrophoresis with UV spectrophotometric detection. J Sep Sci 2011; 34:3392-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201100633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Revised: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Quirino JP. Micelle to solvent stacking of organic cations in capillary zone electrophoresis with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2009; 1216:294-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2008] [Revised: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Strašík S, Lučaníková M, Kaniansky D. Enhancement of analyte detectability in isotachophoresis exploiting spectrophotometric diode-array detection with chemometric data processing. J Sep Sci 2008; 31:3755-64. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200800381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mikuš P, Maráková K, Marák J, Planková A, Valášková I, Havránek E. Direct determination of celiprolol in human urine using on-line coupled ITP-CZE method with fiber-based DAD. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:4561-7. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mikus P, Maráková K, Marák J, Kaniansky D, Valásková I, Havránek E. Possibilities of column coupling electrophoresis provided with a fiber-based diode array detection in enantioselective analysis of drugs in pharmaceutical and clinical samples. J Chromatogr A 2008; 1179:9-16. [PMID: 17905259 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2007] [Revised: 08/30/2007] [Accepted: 09/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The present work illustrated possibilities of column coupling electrophoresis combined with ionizable chiral selector and diode array detection (DAD) for the enantioselective analysis of trace drugs (pheniramine and its analogs) in pharmaceutical and clinical samples. Isotachophoresis (ITP), on-line coupled with capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), served as an ideal injection technique (high sample load capacity, narrow and sharp drugs zones) of on-line pretreated samples (preseparation, purification and preconcentration of drugs) for the CZE stage. Enhanced (enantio)separation selectivity of CZE with ionizable chiral selector (carboxyethyl-beta-cyclodextrin recognized between drugs enantiomers on one hand as well as between drugs and sample matrix constituents on the other hand) enabled to obtain pure zones of the drugs enantiomers, suitable for their detection and quantitation. DAD in comparison with single wavelength UV detection enhanced value of analytical information verifying purity of drugs enantiomers zones (indicating interferents with different spectra to those of drugs). Obtained results indicated pure zones of interest confirming effective ITP-CZE (enantio)separation process. Distinguishing the trace analytes signals superposed on the baseline noise was provided with sufficient reliability (for this purpose the background correction and smoothing procedure had to be applied to the raw DAD spectra). The proposed ITP-CZE-DAD methods were characterized by favorable performance parameters (sensitivity, linearity, precision, recovery, accuracy, robustness, selectivity) and successfully applied for (i) enantiomeric purity testing of dexbrompheniramine in commercial pharmaceutical tablets and (ii) enantioselective metabolic study of pheniramine in human urine.
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- Peter Mikus
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Nuclear Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Marák J, Mikus P, Maráková K, Kaniansky D, Valásková I, Havránek E. Enantioselective analysis of pheniramine in urine by charged CD-mediated CZE provided with a fiber-based DAD and an on-line sample pretreatment by capillary ITP. Electrophoresis 2007; 28:2738-47. [PMID: 17600843 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Application potentialities of CZE on-line coupled with capillary ITP and DAD to the identification and determination of trace concentration levels (microg/L) of pheniramine (PHM) enantiomers and their metabolites present in complex ionic matrices of biological origin (urine) are shown. An enhanced (enantio)selectivity of the CZE separation system obtained by the addition of carboxyethyl-beta-CD (CE-beta-CD) to the carrier electrolyte provided CZE conditions for a reliable identification of similar/identical DAD spectra of structurally related compounds (PHM enantiomers and their metabolites) in clinical urine samples differing in qualitative and quantitative composition of sample matrix constituents. A high sample loadability (a 30 microL sample injection volume), partial sample clean-up (removing macroconstituents from the sample), and preconcentration of the analytes in ITP stage resulted in the decrease of concentration LOD for PHM enantiomers in urine to 5.2 and 6.8 microg/L (2.2 x 10(-8) and 2.8 x 10(-8) mol/L), without using any sample pretreatment technique. The background correction and smoothing procedure applied to the raw DAD spectra provided analytically relevant DAD spectra of PHM enantiomers and their metabolites also when they were present in urine sample (30 microL injection volumes of ten-times diluted urine sample) at a 9 x 10(-) (8) mol/L concentration. DAD spectra of PHM enantiomers present in urine samples matched their reference spectra with reasonable certainties. DAD spectra of PHM metabolites were compared with the reference spectra of PHM enantiomers and a good match was found which indicates the similarities in the structures of enantiomers and their metabolites detected in the urine samples. This fact allows performing the quantitative analyses of PHM metabolites in the urine samples by applying the calibration parameters of PHM enantiomers also for PHM metabolites and the results show the possibilities of using the ITP-CZE-DAD combination for the direct analysis of PHM enantiomers and/or their metabolites in urine without any sample pretreatment. ITP-CZE-DAD method with oppositely charged selector is suggested to use in clinical research as it provides favorable performance parameters including sensitivity, linearity, precision, recovery, and robustness with minimal demands on sample preparation.
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- Jozef Marák
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Hunzinger C, Schrattenholz A, Poznanović S, Schwall GP, Stegmann W. Comparison of different separation technologies for proteome analyses: Isoform resolution as a prerequisite for the definition of protein biomarkers on the level of posttranslational modifications. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1123:170-81. [PMID: 16822517 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2005] [Revised: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this article we evaluate methods used to reveal the molecular complexity, which is generated in biological samples by posttranslational modifications (PTM) of proteins. We show how distinct molecular differences on the level of phosphorylation sites in a single protein (ovalbumin) can be resolved with different success using 1D and 2D gel-electrophoresis and reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC) with monolithic polystyrol-divinylbenzol (PS-DVB) columns for protein separation, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for protein identification. Phosphorylation site analysis was performed using enzymatic dephosphorylation in combination with differential peptide mass mapping. Liquid chromatography-MALDI-TOF MS coupling with subsequent on-target tryptic protein digestion turned out to be the fastest method tested but yielded low resolution for the analysis of PTM, whereas 2D gel-electrophoresis, due to its unique capability of resolving highly complex isoform pattern, turned out to be the most suitable method for this purpose. The evaluated methods complement one another and in connection with efficient technologies for differential and quantitative analysis, these approaches have the potential to reveal novel molecular details of protein biomarkers.
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Kou HS, Lin TP, Chung TC, Wu HL. Micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatographic method for the quantitative analysis of uricosuric and antigout drugs in pharmaceutical preparations. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2293-9. [PMID: 16718644 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200500860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A simple MEKC method is described for the separation and quantification of seven widely used uricosuric and antigout drugs, including allopurinol (AP), benzbromarone (BZB), colchicine (COL), orotic acid (OA), oxypurinol (OP), probenecid (PB), and sulfinpyrazone (SPZ). The drugs were separated in a BGE of borate buffer (45 mM; pH 9.00) with SDS (20 mM) as the micellar source and the separated drugs were directly monitored with a UV detector (214 nm). Several parameters affecting the separation and analysis of the drugs were studied. Based on the normalized peak-area ratios of the drugs to an internal standard versus the concentration of the drugs, the method is applicable to quantify BZB, COL, and SPZ (each 5-200 microM), AP, OA, OP, and PB (each 10-200 microM) with detection limits (S/N = 3, 0.5 psi, 5 s injection) in the range of 0.6-4.0 microM. The precision (RSD; n = 5) and accuracy (relative error; n = 5) of the method for intraday and interday analyses of the analytes at three levels (30, 120, and 180 microM) are below 4% (n = 3). The method was demonstrated to be suitable for the analysis of AP and COL in commercial tablets with speed and simplicity.
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- Hwang-Shang Kou
- Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wolters AM, Jayawickrama DA, Sweedler JV. Comparative analysis of a neurotoxin from Calliostoma canaliculatum by on-line capillary isotachophoresis/1H NMR and diffusion 1H NMR. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2005; 68:162-167. [PMID: 15730236 DOI: 10.1021/np030302p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy has been coupled on-line to capillary isotachophoresis (cITP) to enhance structural analyses of dilute charged species through separation and sample concentration. Microcoils, the most mass-sensitive NMR probes available, provide optimal detection for cITP/NMR. To evaluate the utility of cITP/NMR for natural product analysis, a homogenate of the hypobranchial gland from the marine snail Calliostoma canaliculatum containing a cationic neurotoxin (1, a disulfide-bonded dimer of 6-bromo-2-mercaptotryptamine) was studied. For comparison, hypobranchial gland homogenate was also examined by diffusion-NMR, an alternative approach for NMR mixture analysis. cITP/NMR concentrated the neurotoxin by almost 20-fold and isolated it from some of the other components present in the matrix. However, a minor component, likely a precursor or degradant, co-migrated with compound 1. Diffusion-NMR also did not resolve the two, indicating that the compounds possessed similar diffusion coefficients and electrophoretic mobilities. The strengths and limitations of the two approaches for NMR mixture analysis are discussed.
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- Andrew M Wolters
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Coupling continuous flow systems to capillary electrophoresis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-526x(05)45004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Olvecká E, Kaniansky D, Pollák B, Stanislawski B. Separation of proteins by zone electrophoresis on-line coupled with isotachophoresis on a column-coupling chip with conductivity detection. Electrophoresis 2004; 25:3865-74. [PMID: 15565671 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200406080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This feasibility study deals with the separations of proteins by an on-line combination of zone electrophoresis (ZE) with isotachophoresis (ITP) on a poly(methylmethacrylate) column-coupling (CC) chip with integrated conductivity detection. ITP and ZE provided specific analytical functions while performing the cationic mode of the separation. ITP served, mainly, for concentrations of proteins and its concentrating power was beneficial in reaching a low dispersion transfer (injection) of the proteinous constituents, loaded on the CC chip in a 960 nL volume, into the ZE separation stage. This was complemented by an electrophoretically driven removal of the sample constituents migrating in front of the focused proteins from the separation system before the ZE separation. On the other hand, ZE served as a final separation (destacking) method and it was used under the separating conditions providing the resolutions and sensitive conductivity detections of the test proteins. In this way, ITP and ZE cooperatively contributed to low- or sub-microg/mL concentration detectabilities of proteins and their quantitations at 1-5 microg/mL concentrations. However, a full benefit in concentration detectabilities of proteins, expected from the use of the ITP-ZE combination, was not reached in this work. Small adsorption losses of proteins and detection disturbances in the ZE stage of separation, very likely due to trace constituents concentrated by ITP, appear to set limits in the detection of proteins in our experiments. The ITP-ZE separations were carried out in a hydrodynamically closed separation compartment of the chip with suppressed hydrodynamic and electroosmotic flows of the electrolyte solutions. Such transport conditions, minimizing fluctuations of the migration velocities of the separated constituents, undoubtedly contributed to highly reproducible migrations of the separated proteins (fluctuations of the migration time of a particular protein were typically 0.5% RSD in repeated ITP-ZE runs).
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- Eva Olvecká
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Marák J, Nagyová I, Kaniansky D. Computer-assisted choice of discrete spacers for anionic isotachophoresis separations. J Chromatogr A 2003; 1018:233-49. [PMID: 14620574 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2003.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In isotachophoresis (ITP), the sample constituents migrate, depending on their concentrations in the loaded sample, either in fully developed zones or in the boundary layers between the zones of constituents of the corresponding effective mobilities. The latter (spike) migration mode is analytically beneficial in selective detections of trace analytes, especially, when appropriately chosen discrete spacers minimize detection interferences due to matrix constituents. To facilitate a search for suitable mixtures of discrete spacers, a two-step calculation procedure was developed in this work. Using a pool of discrete spacers consisting of 42 anionic and zwitterionic constituents, this procedure was shown effective in the anionic ITP separations performed at pH = 6.5-10.0. Besides the predictions of the migration orders, it was helpful in identifying the spacing constituents that could cause resolution problems due to an uncertainty with which pH of the leading electrolyte solution is known. The ionic mobility and pKa data, taken for the spacing constituents from the literature and the ones obtained from the ITP experiments carried out in this work, were used in the calculations performed in a context with the choice of spacers. Although the data obtained from the ITP experiments provided better results, small uncertainties with which they were acquired (attributable to fluctuations in the experimental conditions) set practical limits in the calculation based choice of multi-component mixtures of the spacing constituents.
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- Jozef Marák
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina CH-2, SK-842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Vreeland WN, Williams SJ, Barron AE, Sassi AP. Tandem isotachophoresis-zone electrophoresis via base-mediated destacking for increased detection sensitivity in microfluidic systems. Anal Chem 2003; 75:3059-65. [PMID: 12964751 DOI: 10.1021/ac0259921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrophoresis in microfluidic devices is becoming a useful analytical platform for a variety of biological assays. In this report, we present a method that allows for an increased sensitivity of detection of fluorescent molecules in microfluidic electrophoresis devices. This capability is provided by the implementation of a particular buffer system that is designed to initially function in an isotachophoretic (ITP) mode and, then after a controlled amount of electric current has been applied to the system, to transition to a zone electrophoretic mode. In the initial ITP mode, analytes dissolved in a large volume of injected sample are concentrated into a single narrow zone. After application of a sufficient and adjustable amount of electric current, the system switches into a zone electrophoretic mode, where the concentrated analytes are separated according to their electrophoretic mobilities. Application of this tandem ITP-zone electrophoretic strategy to the concentration, separation, and detection of fluorescent reporter molecules in a standard microfluidic device results in an approximately 50-fold increase in detection sensitivity relative to equivalent separations that are obtained with zone electrophoresis alone. Even with very long initial sample plugs (up to 3000 microm), this strategy produces electrophoretic separations with high resolutions and peak efficiencies. This strategy can be implemented to increase detection sensitivity in any standard microfluidic electrophoresis platform and does not require any specialized hardware or microchannel configurations.
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Kaniansky D, Masár M, Bodor R, Zúborová M, Olvecká E, Jöhnck M, Stanislawski B. Electrophoretic separations on chips with hydrodynamically closed separation systems. Electrophoresis 2003; 24:2208-2227. [PMID: 12858394 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200305474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This review focuses on capillary electrophoretic separations performed on capillary electrophoresis chips (CE chips) with hydrodynamically closed separation systems in a context with transport processes (electroosmotic flow (EOF)) and hydrodynamic flow (HDF)) that may accompany the separations in these devices. It also reflects some relevant works dealing with conventional CE operating under such hydrodynamic conditions. The use of zone electrophoresis (ZE), isotachophoresis (ITP) and their on-line combination (ITP-ZE) on the single-column and column-coupling CE chips with the closed separation systems and related problems are key topics of the review. Some attention is paid to sample pretreatment in the separations performed on the CE chips. Here, mainly potentialities of the ITP-ZE combination in trace analysis applications of the miniaturized systems are discussed in a broader extent. Links between the ZE separation and detection provide a frame for the discussion of current status of the detection on the CE chips. Analytical applications illustrate potentialities of the CE chips operating with the closed separation systems (suppressed HDF and EOF) to the determination of small ions present in various matrices by ZE, ITP and ITP-ZE.
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- Dusan Kaniansky
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Ölvecká E, Koníková M, Grobuschek N, Kaniansky D, Stanislawski B. Direct determination of valproate in serum by zone electrophoresis-isotachophoresis on a column-coupling chip. J Sep Sci 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200301409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Strasík S, Danková M, Molnárová M, Olvecká E, Kaniansky D. Capillary zone electrophoresis in wide bore capillary tubes with fiber-coupled diode array detection. J Chromatogr A 2003; 990:23-33. [PMID: 12685580 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01813-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This feasibility study deals with the use of a wide bore (320 microm I.D.) capillary tube for the detection and identification of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) analytes by optical fiber-coupled diode array detection. A 250-microm mean effective pathlength of the detection cell with an inherently enhanced photon flux through the cell were significant contributors in reaching 0.2-1 micromol/l concentration detectabilities of the CZE analytes by this combination. Experiments with model analytes (p-sulfanilic, sorbic and naphthalene-2-sulfonic acids, tryptophan and asulam) revealed that spectral confirmations of their identities were still possible when their concentrations in the loaded samples (200 nl) were 1-5 micromol/l. Here, chemometry procedures (target transformation factor analysis, fixed size moving window-target transformation factor analysis, fixed size moving window-evolving factor analysis and orthogonal projection approach) employed in the data processing effectively contributed to reliable confirmation of the identities of the analytes also in critical situations (e.g. peak overlaps). The CZE separations were carried out in tandem-coupled columns of identical I.D. This made it possible to use, in the first column of the tandem, carrier electrolyte solutions that provide the desired separative effects, while in the second (detection) column the compositions of the carrier electrolyte solutions employed could reflect favorable conditions for obtaining spectral data. Mixtures containing model constituents at significantly differing concentrations and Maillard's reaction products spiked with tryptophan enantiomers were employed in experiments aimed at assessing practical applicabilities and limits of the present approach to the analysis of samples characterized by complex ionic matrices.
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- Stanislav Strasík
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina CH-2, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Danková M, Strasík S, Kaniansky D. Determination of orotic acid in urine by capillary zone electrophoresis in tandem-coupled columns with diode array detection. J Chromatogr A 2003; 990:121-32. [PMID: 12685590 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01810-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Analytical potentialities of capillary zone electrophoresis in the separation system with tandem-coupled columns to the spectral identification and determination of orotic acid (OA) in urine by diode array detection (DAD), coupled to the separation system via optical fibers, were investigated. A very significant "in-column" clean-up of OA from urine matrix was reached in the separation stage of the tandem by combining a low pH (2.8) with complexing effects of electroneutral agents [alpha- and beta-cyclodextrins, poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and 3-(N,N-dimethyldodecylammonio)propanesulfonate]. Due to this, its DAD spectral data could be acquired in the detection stage of the tandem with almost no disturbances by matrix co-migrants. The concentration limits of detection obtained under such working conditions for a 200-nl sample load of OA and 320 microm I.D. capillary tubes were 3.5 micromol/l (218 nm) and 0.4 micromol/l (280 nm). Using chemometry procedures (target transformation factor analysis, fixed size moving window-evolving factor analysis, orthogonal projection approach and fixed size moving window-target transformation factor analysis) in processing of the acquired spectral data, the presence of OA in the loaded urine matrix could be confirmed with confidence when its concentration was 10 micromol/l or slightly less.
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- Mariana Danková
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská Dolina CH-2, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Salerno C, Crifò C. Diagnostic value of urinary orotic acid levels: applicable separation methods. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2002; 781:57-71. [PMID: 12450653 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Urinary orotic acid determination is a useful tool for screening hereditary orotic aciduria and for differentiating the hyperammonemia disorders which cannot be readily diagnosed by amino acid chromatography, thus reducing the need for enzyme determination in tissue biopsies. This review provides an overview of metabolic aberrations that may be related to increased orotic acid levels in urine, and summarises published methods for separation, identification and quantitative determination of orotic acid in urine samples. Applications of high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis to the analysis of urinary specimens are described. The advantages and limitations of these separation and identification methodologies as well as other less frequently employed techniques are assessed and discussed.
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- Costantino Salerno
- Department of Biochemical Sciences and Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, University of Roma La Sapienza, via dei Sardi 58, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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Wolters AM, Jayawickrama DA, Larive CK, Sweedler JV. Insights into the cITP process using on-line NMR spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2002; 74:4191-7. [PMID: 12199592 DOI: 10.1021/ac025585p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recently, capillary isotachophoresis (cITP) has been coupled on-line with nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to enhance analysis of dilute charged analytes through sample concentration and separation. This study focuses on the unique detection capabilities of NMR to noninvasively examine the cITP process and obtain diagnostic information. With their enhanced mass sensitivity, microcoil NMR probes provide optimal detection for cITP/NMR. Whereas previous studies used deuterated buffers, a 1H NMR observable leading electrolyte, tetramethylammonium acetate, is employed here to better track cITP progression. Fortuitously, the 1H chemical shift of the acetate methyl resonance depends on pD. Hence, by using a calibration curve, the solution pD can be determined on-line during cITP. Similarly, intracapillary temperature can be measured in cITP/NMR by observing the HOD chemical shift. To obtain accurate chemical shift measurements, charge-neutral tert-butyl alcohol is added to all cITP electrolyte solutions as an internal reference. As an ancillary benefit, line width measurements of the ubiquitous tert-butyl alcohol enable NMR spectral resolution to be examined throughout the experiment. Capable of providing quantitative results, NMR simultaneously determines the concentrations of the leading ion, sample, and counterion over the course of the cITP experiment.
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- Andrew M Wolters
- Department of Chemistry and the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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Wolters AM, Jayawickrama DA, Larive CK, Sweedler JV. Capillary isotachophoresis/NMR: extension to trace impurity analysis and improved instrumental coupling. Anal Chem 2002; 74:2306-13. [PMID: 12038755 DOI: 10.1021/ac015744p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Building upon its promising initial performance, the online coupling of capillary isotachophoresis (cITP) to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is extended to trace impurity analysis. By simultaneously concentrating and separating dilute charged species on the basis of their electrophoretic mobility, cITP greatly facilitates NMR structural elucidation. cITP/NMR appears particularly attractive for identifying trace charged synthetic and natural organic compounds obscured by large excesses of other components. A 9.4 microL injection of 200 microM (1.9 nmol) atenolol in a 1000-fold excess of sucrose (200 mM) is analyzed by cITP/NMR. A microcoil, the most mass sensitive NMR probe, serves as the detector as it provides optimal NMR observation of the capillary-scale separation. cITP successfully isolates the atenolol from the sucrose while concentrating it 200-fold to 40 mM before presentation to the 30 nL observe volume microcoil, thereby enabling rapid 1H NMR spectral acquisition of atenolol (experimental time of 10 s) without obstruction from sucrose. For this particular probe and sample, the stacking efficiency is near the theoretical limit as 67% of the sample occupies the 1 mm long microcoil during peak maximum. A multiple-coil probe with two serial 1 mm long microcoils arranged 1 cm apart has been developed to facilitate peak trapping and sample band positioning during cITP/NMR.
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- Andrew M Wolters
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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