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Wang A, Liu K, Tian M, Yang L. Open Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Underivatized Amino Acid Enantiomers with a Porous Layer-Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Chiral Column. Anal Chem 2022; 94:9252-9260. [PMID: 35713648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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By developing a novel chiral column, we integrate open tubular capillary electrochromatography into sheathless mass spectrometry (MS) for efficient analysis of underivatized amino acid enantiomers. The chiral column is easily fabricated by modifying the inner surface of a capillary with a three-dimensional porous layer (PL, thickness ∼ 90 nm, pore size ∼ 30 nm) and gold nanoparticles and by introducing a chiral selector, thiol β-cyclodextrin (SH-β-CD), onto the modified surface via Au-S bonds. This approach greatly enhances the specific surface area and thus the ratio of the stationary phase to mobile phase and interaction between the stationary phase and analytes. The proposed PLOT@Au@CD column is coupled to the sheathless CE-ESI-MS system for chiral analysis of amino acid enantiomers. No derivatization of amino acids is required for chiral analysis, and baseline separation of a total of 15 pairs of amino acid enantiomers is achieved within 17 min with high column efficiencies of 5.60 × 104 to 1.82 × 106 N/m, high resolutions of 1.51-10.0, and low limits of detection between 0.02 and 0.09 μg/mL. The separation efficiency and MS intensity are only slightly decreased over 60 runs or after usage for 15 days, showing excellent repeatability and stability of the PLOT@Au@CD column. The proposed method is successfully applied to the determination of amino acid enantiomers in vinegar samples with satisfactory accuracy. Our study provides a new approach for developing a chiral stationary phase in the chromatographic separation technique, which can be easily coupled to sensitive MS detection, thus it would be of value for various applications in the fields of chiral analysis.
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- Anping Wang
- Key Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at Universities of Jilin Province, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin Province 130024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at Universities of Jilin Province, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin Province 130024, China.,Hangzhou Puyu Technology Development Co. Ltd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 311300, China
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- Institute of Chemical and Industrial Bioengineering, Jilin Engineering Normal University, 3050 Kaixuan Road, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at Universities of Jilin Province, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin Province 130024, China
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De Silva M, Opallage PM, Dunn RC. Direct detection of inorganic ions and underivatized amino acids in seconds using high-speed capillary electrophoresis coupled with back-scatter interferometry. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2021; 13:1340-1348. [PMID: 33491683 DOI: 10.1039/d0ay02218g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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High speed capillary electrophoresis (HSCE) combined with refractive index (RI) detection is developed for the rapid separation and detection of inorganic ions and amino acids. A mixture of three inorganic ions (K+, Na+, Li+) and eight amino acids (Lys, Arg, Ala, Gly, Val, Thr, Trp, Asp) are detected using back scatter interferometry (BSI), without the need for chemical modifications or contrast. A thin-walled separation capillary (50 μm i.d. by 80 μm o.d.) helps mitigate Joule heating at the high field strengths required for rapid separations. This, combined with a short 8 cm length-to-detector (10 cm total length), enables separations on the seconds time scale. Using a background electrolyte (BGE) of 4 M acetic acid (pH 1.6) and a field strength of 900 V cm-1, all 11 analytes are separated in less than 40 s. Moreover, peaks in the BSI signal arising from the sample injection and EOF, enable electrophoretic mobilities to readily be obtained from apparent mobilities. This leads to excellent repeatability, with analyte electrophoretic mobilities varying from 0.39 to 1.56 % RSD over eight consecutive separations. The universal detection of inorganic ions and amino acids without prior chemical modification or additives in the BGE is an advantage of refractive index detection. A disadvantage arises from modest detection limits. Here, however, we show that submicromolar detection is possible with careful thermostatting of the thin separation capillary. A series of electropherograms are used to quantify arginine concentrations from 700 nM to 500 μM, using 50 μM Li+ as an internal standard. The resulting calibration curve leads to a calculated LOD of 376 nM and a LOQ of 1.76 μM. Diagnostically relevant amino acid panels are also separated, illustrating the potential for future applications in neurodegenerative and metabolic disease diagnostics. HSCE combined with BSI detection, therefore, is shown to be a rapid, sensitive, and universal approach for analyzing sample mixtures.
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- Miyuru De Silva
- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Kansas, 2030 Becker Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047, USA.
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Yin B, Zhai HL, Zhao BQ, Bi KX, Mi JY. Chemometrics-assisted simultaneous voltammetric determination of multiple neurotransmitters in human serum. Bioelectrochemistry 2021; 139:107739. [PMID: 33485156 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.107739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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An electrochemical method combining chemometrics was developed for simultaneous quantification of multiple neurotransmitters including Dopamine (DA), Epinephrine (EP), Norepinephrine (NE) and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) in human blood serum. A reduced graphene oxide modified glassy carbon electrode (RGO/GCE) was prepared via electrodeposition method. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) measurement of the four neurotransmitters showed that the voltammetric signals of the four targets overlapped significantly. To facilitate the simultaneous determination of the neurotransmitters, a chemometric tool of Tchebichef curve moment (TcM) method was proposed. The TcMs calculated from the voltammograms were used to establish the quantitative models by stepwise regression. The intra-day and inter-day precisions of the proposed method were less than 3.5% and 8.1%, respectively, and the recoveries were from 87.4% to 124%. The limit of detection (LOD) for DA, EP, NE and 5-HT were 74 nM, 104 nM, 84 nM and 97 nM, respectively. The above results indicated that the proposed approach is simple and reliable for the simultaneous determination of multiple neurotransmitters in human serum.
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- Bo Yin
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China; College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810000, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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Mathimaran A, Kumar A, Prajapati G, Ampapathi RS, Bora HK, Guha R. Partially saturated canthaxanthin alleviates aging-associated oxidative stress in D-galactose administered male wistar rats. Biogerontology 2020; 22:19-34. [PMID: 32926226 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-020-09898-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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It has been earlier reported that partially saturated canthaxanthin (PSC) from Aspergillus carbonarius mutant is non-toxic, has anti-lipid peroxidation activity and can induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines. In the present study, the antiaging effect of PSC was explored in D-galactose administered male wistar rats. 8-10 weeks old, male wistar rats were randomly divided into (i) Vehicle Control Group (VCG), (ii) Aged Control Group (ACG), (iii) Aged + α Lipoic Acid Group (ALG) and (iv) Aged + Partially saturated canthaxanthin Group (APG). Rats received D-galactose (300 mg /kg bwt/day; i.p.) alone (ACG) or together with PSC (APG) (20 mg/kg bwt/day; oral) and α Lipoic Acid (ALG) (80 mg/kg bwt/day; oral) for 10 weeks. Rats in VCG were injected with the same volume of physiological saline (i.p.) and fed with olive oil (vehicle). In vitro protein oxidation and DNA oxidation inhibition, in vivo malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), catalase (CAT), acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and monoamine oxidase (MAO) activities were determined. In addition, brain neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin were estimated by NMR. PSC treatment showed inhibition against protein and DNA oxidation. PSC effectively improved D-galactose induced aging rats by inducing a protective effect through up-regulation of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and brain neurotransmitters and downregulated malondialdehyde (MDA) and monoamineoxidase (MAO) levels. Thus, PSC appears to be a functional compound having antioxidant and antiaging properties.
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- Ahila Mathimaran
- Department of Biotechnology, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Vallam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.,Laboratory Animal Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Vallam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.,CSIR-Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Laboratory Animal Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Laboratory Animal Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. .,CSIR-Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (CSIR-AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Kamal Eddin FB, Fen YW. The Principle of Nanomaterials Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors and Its Potential for Dopamine Detection. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25122769. [PMID: 32549390 PMCID: PMC7356898 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25122769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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For a healthy life, the human biological system should work in order. Scheduled lifestyle and lack of nutrients usually lead to fluctuations in the biological entities levels such as neurotransmitters (NTs), proteins, and hormones, which in turns put the human health in risk. Dopamine (DA) is an extremely important catecholamine NT distributed in the central nervous system. Its level in the body controls the function of human metabolism, central nervous, renal, hormonal, and cardiovascular systems. It is closely related to the major domains of human cognition, feeling, and human desires, as well as learning. Several neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease are related to the extreme abnormalities in DA levels. Therefore, the development of an accurate, effective, and highly sensitive method for rapid determination of DA concentrations is desired. Up to now, different methods have been reported for DA detection such as electrochemical strategies, high-performance liquid chromatography, colorimetry, and capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry. However, most of them have some limitations. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy was widely used in biosensing. However, its use to detect NTs is still growing and has fascinated impressive attention of the scientific community. The focus in this concise review paper will be on the principle of SPR sensors and its operation mechanism, the factors that affect the sensor performance. The efficiency of SPR biosensors to detect several clinically related analytes will be mentioned. DA functions in the human body will be explained. Additionally, this review will cover the incorporation of nanomaterials into SPR biosensors and its potential for DA sensing with mention to its advantages and disadvantages.
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- Faten Bashar Kamal Eddin
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia;
- Functional Devices Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, University Putra Malaysia, UPM, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
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Kamal Eddin FB, Wing Fen Y. Recent Advances in Electrochemical and Optical Sensing of Dopamine. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E1039. [PMID: 32075167 PMCID: PMC7071053 DOI: 10.3390/s20041039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nowadays, several neurological disorders and neurocrine tumours are associated with dopamine (DA) concentrations in various biological fluids. Highly accurate and ultrasensitive detection of DA levels in different biological samples in real-time can change and improve the quality of a patient's life in addition to reducing the treatment cost. Therefore, the design and development of diagnostic tool for in vivo and in vitro monitoring of DA is of considerable clinical and pharmacological importance. In recent decades, a large number of techniques have been established for DA detection, including chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, spectroscopic approaches, and electrochemical (EC) methods. These methods are effective, but most of them still have some drawbacks such as consuming time, effort, and money. Added to that, sometimes they need complex procedures to obtain good sensitivity and suffer from low selectivity due to interference from other biological species such as uric acid (UA) and ascorbic acid (AA). Advanced materials can offer remarkable opportunities to overcome drawbacks in conventional DA sensors. This review aims to explain challenges related to DA detection using different techniques, and to summarize and highlight recent advancements in materials used and approaches applied for several sensor surface modification for the monitoring of DA. Also, it focuses on the analytical features of the EC and optical-based sensing techniques available.
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- Faten Bashar Kamal Eddin
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia;
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia;
- Functional Devices Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400 UPM, Selangor, Malaysia
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Ultra-selective fiber optic SPR platform for the sensing of dopamine in synthetic cerebrospinal fluid incorporating permselective nafion membrane and surface imprinted MWCNTs-PPy matrix. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 133:205-214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lee S, Kim SJ, Bang E, Na YC. Chiral separation of intact amino acids by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry employing a partial filling technique with a crown ether carboxylic acid. J Chromatogr A 2018; 1586:128-138. [PMID: 30558847 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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An enantiomeric separation method for underivatized free amino acids (AAs) using a partial filling technique with CE-MS was developed for the determination of D-AAs in vinegars. A typical chiral separation method was performed with different concentrations of (18-crown-6)-2,3,11,12-tetracarboxylic acid (18C6H4) dissolved in water or formic acid as the background electrolyte. Seventeen AAs, excluding proline and asparagine, were separated, showing chiral resolution values (Rs) ranging from 0.5 to 21.0. These results included baseline separations of 11 AAs, the peaks of which were observed as the ions [AA+18C6H4+H]+. The migration order of the chiral AAs was also evaluated, and the L-AAs migrated faster than the counterpart D-AAs except for serine, threonine and methionine when using (+)-18C6H4. To reduce contamination of the ESI source by the nonvolatile chiral selector and improve the ionization efficiency in partial filling technique, the separation zone length was adjusted to 70% of the capillary, which was filled with 30 mM 18C6H4 in water. This method showed a similar separation efficiency as the typical method, and the separated AA peaks were observed as free AA ions, [AA+H]+. The optimized method provided limits of detection (LODs) ranging from 0.07 to 1.03 μg/mL and good linearity (R2 > 0.99) up to 50 μg/mL for DL-AAs. The developed method was utilized to determine DL-AAs in vinegars with a simple pretreatment process. It may be extended to sensitive AA analysis in the determination of minor enantiomeric impurities in the major component.
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- Sul Lee
- Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, 150 Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, 150 Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea; Department of Food Science & Engineering, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, 150 Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea
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- Western Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, 150 Bugahyeon-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03759, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.
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Derivatization reagent-assisted enantioseparation of 3-hydroxyaspartate with two chiral centers in rat cerebrospinal fluid by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1047:257-266. [PMID: 30567658 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2018.09.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A new analytical method based on capillary zone electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CZE-MS) was proposed and validated for the simultaneous determination of four stereoisomers of 3-hydroxyaspartate with two chiral centers in rat cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in absence of optically pure single enantiomer standards. The derivatization reagent 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate (FMOC-Cl) was found to assist chiral separation and the derivatized enantiomers of 3-hydroxyaspartate can achieve enantioseparation with a lower concentration (6 mM) of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), while underivatized 3-hydroxyaspartate cannot be separated. The enhanced interactions between derivatized analytes and β-CD were demonstrated by proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR). The four stereoisomers of FMOC-3-hydroxyaspartate were identified successfully using a new method based on experimental and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra combined with the comparison of CE peak areas. Large volume sample stacking with polarity switching (LVSS-PS) was used to increase sensitivity and the detection limit of 356 nM was achieved for L-THA, which was around 10-fold improvement compared to the normal CE-MS analysis. The composition of the background electrolyte (BGE) was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM). Under the optimal conditions, satisfactory results of L-THA were obtained in terms of linearity over the range of 2-80 μM (R2 > 0.99) and precision (RSD below 1.43% and 2.56% for migration time and peak area, respectively). The recoveries for all four stereoisomers in spiked rat CSF ranged from 91.2% to 99.5%. The method has been successfully applied to rat CSF analysis and D-erythro-3-hydroxyaspartate (D-EHA) was detected.
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Hitchcock ML, Marginean I. Enantiomeric Identification of Pregabalin by GC-MS via Methylation and S-TPC Chiral Derivatization. J Forensic Sci 2018; 64:406-412. [PMID: 30080926 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pregabalin is a Schedule V controlled substance which is defined as the (S) enantiomer of 3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid. It is used legitimately to treat neuropathy in patients with diabetes as well as for epilepsy and fibromyalgia. Pregabalin is an amino acid and an amphoteric compound, which makes it difficult to analyze using the conventional GC-MS instrumentation found in most forensic drug analysis laboratories. Problems associated with the traditional GC-MS analysis of pregabalin include selective solubility, ring closure to the corresponding lactam in the GC injection port and/or the MS transfer line and difficulty with chiral derivatization due to the presence of a carboxylic acid moiety. Here, we show that these challenges can be overcome by methylating (capping) the carboxylic acid portion of the pregabalin molecule and converting to the corresponding methyl ester. Once the methyl ester is synthesized, chiral derivatization at the amine can be achieved to identify the controlled (S) enantiomer of pregabalin via GC-MS.
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- Michael L Hitchcock
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service National Forensic Laboratory, 22433 Randolph Drive, Dulles, VA, 20104.,Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20007
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- Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20007
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Li P, Zhou B, Cao X, Tang X, Yang L, Hu L, Liu J. Functionalized Acupuncture Needle as Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Sensor for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Dopamine in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid. Chemistry 2017; 23:14278-14285. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Pan Li
- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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- School of Acupuncture and Osteology; Institution Anhui University of Chinese Medicine; No. 103 Meishan Road Hefei P.R. China
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- Institute of Intelligent Machines Institution; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei 230031 P.R. China
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Jafarinejad S, Ghazi-Khansari M, Ghasemi F, Sasanpour P, Hormozi-Nezhad MR. Colorimetric Fingerprints of Gold Nanorods for Discriminating Catecholamine Neurotransmitters in Urine Samples. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8266. [PMID: 28811657 PMCID: PMC5557886 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08704-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Catecholamine neurotransmitters, generally including dopamine (DA), epinephrine (EP) and norepinephrine (NE) are known as substantial indicators of various neurological diseases. Simultaneous detection of these compounds and their metabolites is highly recommended in early clinical diagnosis. To this aim, in the present contribution, a high performance colorimetric sensor array has been proposed for the detection and discrimination of catecholamines based on their reducing ability to deposit silver on the surface of gold nanorods (AuNRs). The amassed silver nanoshell led to a blue shift in the longitudinal localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peak of AuNRs, creating a unique pattern for each of the neurotransmitters. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and linear discriminate analysis (LDA) pattern recognition techniques were employed to identify DA, EP and NE. The proposed colorimetric array is able to differentiate among individual neurotransmitters as well as their mixtures, successfully. Finally, it was shown that the sensor array can identify these neurotransmitters in human urine samples.
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- Somayeh Jafarinejad
- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box, 13145-784, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9516, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Liu J, Xie Y, Wang K, Zeng Q, Liu R, Liu X. A nanocomposite consisting of carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles in an amphiphilic copolymer for voltammetric determination of dopamine, paracetamol and uric acid. Mikrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-017-2185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Using gold nanostars modified pencil graphite electrode as a novel substrate for design a sensitive and selective Dopamine aptasensor. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2016; 73:700-708. [PMID: 28183663 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2016.12.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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For the first time, gold nanostars (GNS) were applied for electrostatic and covalent immobilizing a thiol modified Dopamine aptamer on the pencil graphite electrode and signal amplification. Dopamine aptamer was immobilized on the gold nanostars through electrostatic interaction between negatively charged phosphate groups of aptamer and positively charged gold nanostars and AuS well known covalent interaction. In the presence of Dopamine in the test solution, the charge transfer resistance (RCT) on the electrode surface increased with the increase of the Dopamine concentration due to specific interaction between Dopamine aptamer and Dopamine molecules, which made a barrier for electrons and inhibited the electron-transfer. So, the proposed approach showed a high sensitivity and a wide linearity to Dopamine in the range from 1.0 (±0.1) to 100.0 (±0.3) ngL-1 (ppt) with detection and quantification limits of 0.29 (±0.10) and 0.90 (±0.08) ngL-1 (ppt), respectively. Finally, the sensor was successfully used for determination of Dopamine in biological (human blood plasma and urine) samples. The results open up the path for manufacturing cost effective aptasensors for other biomedical applications.
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Rollman CM, Moini M. Ultrafast capillary electrophoresis/mass spectrometry of controlled substances with optical isomer separation in about a minute. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:2070-2076. [PMID: 27470537 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RATIONALE Analysis of forensic evidence by information-rich technologies such as mass spectrometry (MS) is one of the fastest growing areas in forensic analysis. To provide more accurate identification of forensic evidence, in the past few years there has been a growing interest in moving this technology to the field for on-site, real-time analysis. To this end, several portable mass spectrometers have been introduced; however, the analysis of controlled substances could be complicated by the existence of various isomers including optical isomers in which sentencing may depend on the identification of the isomer. To date very few portable separation devices are capable of separating and identifying the optical isomers. METHODS In this study, the application of the portable ultrafast capillary electrophoresis (UFCE) to the separation of controlled substances is presented and the results are compared with the results obtained from a bench-top CE system. Both a nominal mass ion trap mass spectrometer and an accurate mass orbitrap mass spectrometer were interfaced with CE using a porous tip capillary. RESULTS A mixture of several controlled substances can be separated and detected using UFCE/MS in about a minute using field strengths of ≥1000 V/cm. Furthermore, separation and detection of underivatized optical isomers of amphetamine, cathinone, nor-mephedrone, and pregabalin using UFCE/MS can be achieved with an analysis time of less than two minutes. Resolutions of 1.3, 3.7 and 3.8 were achieved for pregabalin, cathinone and nor-mephedrone, respectively, under UFCE/MS conditions. CONCLUSIONS Amphetamine, cathinone, nor-mephedrone and pregabalin were separated and detected in about a minute, demonstrating the utility of the portable CE instrument for the analysis of controlled substances and their optical isomers. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Christopher M Rollman
- Department of Forensics Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20007, USA
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- Department of Forensics Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20007, USA
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Prior A, Sánchez-Hernández L, Sastre-Toraño J, Marina ML, de Jong GJ, Somsen GW. Enantioselective analysis of proteinogenic amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2016; 37:2410-9. [PMID: 27465690 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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d-Amino acids (AAs) are increasingly being recognized as essential molecules in biological systems. Enantioselective analysis of proteinogenic AAs in biological samples was accomplished by CE-MS employing β-CD as chiral selector and ESI via sheath-liquid (SL) interfacing. Prior to analysis, AAs were fully derivatized with FMOC, improving AA-enantiomer separation and ESI efficiency. In order to optimize the separation and MS detection of FMOC-AAs, the effects of type and concentration of CD in the BGE, the composition of the SL, and MS-interfacing parameters were evaluated. Using a BGE of 10 mM β-CD in 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate (pH 8) containing 15% v/v isopropanol, a SL of isopropanol-water-1 M ammonium bicarbonate (50:50:1, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 3 μL/min, and a nebulizer gas pressure of 2 psi, 15 proteinogenic AAs could be detected with enantioresolutions up to 3.5 and detection limits down to 0.9 μM (equivalent to less than 3 pg AA injected). The selectivity of the method was demonstrated by the analysis of spiked cerebrospinal fluid, allowing specific detection of d-AAs. Repeatability and linearity obtained for cerebrospinal fluid were similar to standard solutions, with peak area and migration-time RSDs (n = 5) below 16.2 and 1.6%, respectively, and a linear response (R(2) ≥ 0.977) in the 3-90 μM range.
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- Amir Prior
- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Division of Biomolecular Analysis, Utrecht University, CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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- Division of Biomolecular Analysis, Utrecht University, CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of BioAnalytical Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Denoroy L, Parrot S. Analysis of Amino Acids and Related Compounds by Capillary Electrophoresis. SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2016.1212378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Indirect Enantioseparation of Amino Acids by CE Using Automated In-Capillary Derivatization with ortho-Phthalaldehyde and N-Acetyl-l-Cysteine. Chromatographia 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-016-3122-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sánchez-López E, Marcos A, Ambrosio E, Marina ML, Crego AL. Enantioseparation of the constituents involved in the phenylalanine-tyrosine metabolic pathway by capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2016; 1467:372-382. [PMID: 27371023 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Catecholamines dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine are well-known neurotransmitters playing different roles in the nervous and endocrine system. These compounds are biologically synthesized in the phenylalanine-tyrosine pathway which consists on the successive conversion of l-phenylalanine into l-tyrosine, l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine. This work describes the development of an enantioselective CE-ESI-MS2 methodology enabling, for the first time, the simultaneous enantioseparation of all the constituents involved in the Phe-Tyr metabolic pathway, since all these compounds except dopamine are chiral. The developed method was based on the use of a dual CDs system formed by 180mM of methyl-β-CD and 40mM of 2-hydroxypropyl-β-CD dissolved in 2M formic acid (pH 1.2) and presented the advantage of avoiding the use of any time-consuming labelling procedure. LODs ranged from 40 to 150nM and the unequivocal identification of the compounds investigated was achieved through their MS2 spectra. The applicability of this methodology to the analysis of biological samples (rat plasma) was also demonstrated.
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- Elena Sánchez-López
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33.600, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicobiología, UNED, Juan del Rosal 10, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicobiología, UNED, Juan del Rosal 10, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33.600, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33.600, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Dallongeville S, Garnier N, Rolando C, Tokarski C. Proteins in Art, Archaeology, and Paleontology: From Detection to Identification. Chem Rev 2015; 116:2-79. [PMID: 26709533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Sophie Dallongeville
- Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l'Analyse & la Protéomique (MSAP), USR CNRS 3290, Université de Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies , 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- SARL Laboratoire Nicolas Garnier , 63270 Vic le Comte, France
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- Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l'Analyse & la Protéomique (MSAP), USR CNRS 3290, Université de Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies , 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Miniaturisation pour la Synthèse, l'Analyse & la Protéomique (MSAP), USR CNRS 3290, Université de Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies , 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Moini M, Rollman CM. Compatibility of highly sulfated cyclodextrin with electrospray ionization at low nanoliter/minute flow rates and its application to capillary electrophoresis/electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis of cathinone derivatives and their optical isomers. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2015; 29:304-10. [PMID: 26411628 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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RATIONALE Sodium salts of cyclodextrins are commonly used in capillary electrophoresis/mass spectrometry (CE/MS) analysis of illicit drugs and their optical isomers. To avoid the suppression effect of cyclodextrins under electrospray ionization (ESI), the partial filling technique (PFT) is commonly utilized, which has a limited resolution. Low-flow nano-ESI has been shown to reduce the suppression effect of the salts. To test the compatibility of low-flow ESI with a background electrolyte (BGE) containing sodium salts of cyclodextrin, sheathless narrow capillary CE/MS with flow rates of low nanoliters/minute (nL/min) was applied to the separation and detection of cathinones and their positional and optical isomers for the first time. METHODS Low-flow sheathless CE/MS using a 20-µm-i.d. capillary in conjunction with a porous tip interface was used for the separation of cathinone derivatives and their optical isomers. Highly sulfated γ-cyclodextrin (HS-γ-CD) in conjunction with (+)-18-crown-6-tetracarboxylic acid ((+)-18-C-6-TCA) was used as the BGE and an ion trap mass spectrometer operating in full scan mode was utilized. RESULTS Utilizing low flow rate (~10 nL/min) sheathless CE/MS, the use of the sodium salt of HS-γ-CD as the BGE was compared with the same solution using PFT. The relative and absolute sensitivity of detection of cathinones were about the same, indicating that under low-flow sheathless CE/MS there was no significant suppression due to the existence of HS-γ-CD in the electrospray process. However, enhanced resolution of cathinone derivatives and their positional and optical isomers was observed when the solution of HS-γ-CD was used as the BGE. The enhanced resolution was because of the presence of the HS-γ-CD in the entire capillary during the analysis. The addition of 15 mM (+)-18-C-6-TCA to the BGE containing HS-γ-CD further enhanced the resolution resulting in separation of all cathinones and their positional and optical isomers. CONCLUSIONS A novel CE/MS technique has been introduced that combines low-flow sheathless CE/MS, with HS-γ-CD and 15 mM (+)-18-C-6-TCA as the BGE for separation of cathinone derivatives as well as their positional and optical isomers.
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- Mehdi Moini
- Department of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Ranc V, Markova Z, Hajduch M, Prucek R, Kvitek L, Kaslik J, Safarova K, Zboril R. Magnetically Assisted Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Selective Determination of Dopamine in an Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid and a Mouse Striatum Using Fe3O4/Ag Nanocomposite. Anal Chem 2014; 86:2939-46. [DOI: 10.1021/ac500394g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Vaclav Ranc
- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of
Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Hněvotínská 5, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Center
of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of
Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17. listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Setu Kasera
- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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Sánchez-Hernández L, Domínguez-Vega E, Montealegre C, Castro-Puyana M, Marina ML, Crego AL. Potential of vancomycin for the enantiomeric resolution of FMOC-amino acids by capillary electrophoresis-ion-trap-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2014; 35:1244-50. [PMID: 24338646 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The potential of the antibiotic vancomycin (VC) as chiral selector for the enantiomeric separation of amino acids by CE-ESI-MS/MS² was investigated for the first time in this work. Derivatization of amino acids with FMOC-Cl was carried out to enable their interaction with VC as well as the formation of precursor ions with larger m/z which were employed in MS² experiments. The partial filling of a coated capillary was employed to avoid the loss in MS sensitivity originated by the introduction of VC in the ionization source. Under optimized conditions, the simultaneous enantiomeric separation and unequivocal identification of 17 amino acids (two of them being nonprotein amino acids) took place in about 20 min with LODs in the micromolar range.
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- Laura Sánchez-Hernández
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Biology, Environmental Sciences and Chemistry, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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Moini M, Rollman CM, France CAM. Dating human bone: is racemization dating species-specific? Anal Chem 2013; 85:11211-5. [PMID: 24156614 DOI: 10.1021/ac402917z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Our recently developed dating technique based on the racemization rate of aspartic acid was applied to dating human bone, as well as that of other mammals, utilizing capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry. First, several well-dated (mostly (14)C-dated and with strong archeological evidence) human bones ranging in age from 150 to ~10,000 years were used to develop a calibration curve for human bone. The D/L ratio of aspartic acid for these specimens ranged from 2.4% to ~10%, with a correlation coefficient of better than 0.99, indicating a strong linear relationship between the d/l ratio of aspartic acid and the age of the specimens. This calibration curve can now be used to date human archeological specimens of unknown age, up to ~10,000 years. However, when the technique was applied to well-dated mixed species of larger mammal bones such as bison, whale, llama, etc., the calibration curve showed a slower rate of racemization with a lower correlation (0.88). As additional large mammal bones with less certain age (i.e., using archeological evidence alone with no (14)C-dating) were dated the correlation coefficient decreased to 0.70. The correlation coefficient decreased further to 0.58 when the racemization data from all mammals (including human) were added to the calibration curve, indicating the importance of using well-dated, species-specific specimens for forming a calibration curve. This conclusion is consistent with our previously published calibration curve for a single species of silk (Bombyx mori), which followed the expected reversible first-order kinetics. These results support species specificity of amino acid racemization dating.
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- Mehdi Moini
- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution , Suitland, Maryland 20746, United States
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High sensitive and selective HPTLC method assisted by digital image processing for simultaneous determination of catecholamines and related drugs. Talanta 2013; 114:117-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Řezanka P, Koktan J, Řezanková H, Matějka P, Král V. Spectrometric determination of l-cysteine and its enantiomeric purity using silver nanoparticles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Ge S, Tang W, Han R, Zhu Y, Wang Q, He P, Fang Y. Sensitive analysis of aminoglycoside antibiotics via hyphenation of transient moving substitution boundary with field-enhanced sample injection in capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2013; 1295:128-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 03/31/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sánchez-Hernández L, Serra NS, Marina ML, Crego AL. Enantiomeric separation of free L- and D-amino acids in hydrolyzed protein fertilizers by capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:5022-5030. [PMID: 23646823 DOI: 10.1021/jf4013345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Two capillary electrophoresis-tandem mass spectrometry (CE-MS(2)) methods were optimized in this work using cyclodextrins (CDs) as chiral selectors in order to determine the degree of racemization of the free amino acids contained in different hydrolyzed protein fertilizers used as plant biostimulants. The methodologies developed were characterized by the specificity of MS(2) experiments enabling the identification of all protein amino acids, except for cysteine. The enantiomeric separation of up to 14 amino acids was achieved with resolutions above 1.0 and limits of detection between 0.02 and 0.8 μM. The methods were applied to the analysis of complex samples such as hydrolyzed protein fertilizers to evaluate the presence of d-amino acids after different kinds of hydrolysis treatments. The results corroborated the absence or almost negligible presence of enantiomeric conversions of the L-amino acids into D-amino acids in the case of fertilizers obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis, as well as the high racemization rate for those obtained through a chemical hydrolysis.
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- Laura Sánchez-Hernández
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Alcalá, Carretera Madrid-Barcelona, Km 33,600, 28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Liu JX, Zhao MZ, Deng Y, Tie C, Chen HX, Zhou YL, Zhang XX. The coating of smart pH-responsive polyelectrolyte brushes in capillary and its application in CE. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:1352-8. [PMID: 23436557 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A novel pH-responsive coating technique was developed and applied to CE successfully in this paper. The coating was formed by bonding mixed opposite charge poly(acrylic acid) and poly(2-vinylpyridine) randomly onto the inner wall of a silica capillary. The coating processes were first characterized by ellipsometry and atomic force microscopy at macroscale and microscale, respectively. Measurements of EOF were implemented to confirm the coating. Direction and velocity of EOF became controllable from negative to positive, showing a perfect sigmoidal curve as the coating net charges alternated by the pH of BGE. The control of the EOF makes it possible to analyze different kinds of small molecules, peptides, and proteins successfully in the same capillary. Results showed that the stability and reproducibility for separations of fluoroquinolone standards were satisfactory for more than a hundred separations. A series of basic and acidic protein standards were separated with admirable efficiency and minimal adsorption using both polarities. The separation of tryptic BSA digest showed that the prepared capillary has immense potential in analyzing a single sample with both acidic and basic separations, which achieved the expectation in proteomics study by CE-MS.
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- Jing-Xin Liu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, PR China
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Biswal J, Misra N, Borde LC, Sabharwal S. Synthesis of silver nanoparticles in methacrylic acid solution by gamma radiolysis and their application for estimation of dopamine at low concentrations. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2012.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Moini M. High-throughput capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry: from analysis of amino acids to analysis of protein complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 984:79-119. [PMID: 23386339 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-296-4_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Recent advances in capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS) interfacing using porous tip is leading to commercialization of CE-MS with a sheathless interface for the first time. The new sheathless interface in conjunction with CE capillary coatings using self-coating background electrolytes (BGE) has significantly simplified CE-MS analysis of complex mixtures. CE-MS, with its high separation efficiency, compound identification capability, and ability to rapidly separate compounds with a wide range of mass and charge while consuming only nanoliters of samples, has become a valuable analytical technique for the analysis of complex biological mixtures. These advances have allowed a single capillary to analyze a range of compounds including amino acids, their D/L enantiomers, protein digests, intact proteins, and protein complexes. With these capabilities, CE-MS is poised to become the multipurpose tool of separation scientists. More recently, an eight-capillary CE in conjunction with an 8-inlet mass spectrometry has allowed 8 CE-MS analyses to be performed concurrently, significantly increasing throughput.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acids/chemistry
- Amino Acids/isolation & purification
- Animals
- Coordination Complexes/chemistry
- Coordination Complexes/isolation & purification
- Crown Ethers
- Electrolytes/chemistry
- Electrophoresis, Capillary/instrumentation
- Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods
- Electrophoresis, Capillary/standards
- Erythrocytes/chemistry
- Humans
- Limit of Detection
- Metalloproteins/chemistry
- Metalloproteins/isolation & purification
- Multiprotein Complexes/isolation & purification
- Porosity
- Reference Standards
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/instrumentation
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/methods
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/standards
- Stereoisomerism
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- Mehdi Moini
- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, USA.
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Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry (CE-MS) is a powerful analytical tool, especially in the case of chiral separations, due to the fact that it combines the high efficiency, short analysis time, and versatility of the CE with the sensitivity, selectivity, and the capacity for the identification of unknown chiral compounds offered by MS detection. This chapter describes three methodologies enabling the chiral separation of cationic and anionic compounds using different strategies, illustrating the most employed approaches used in chiral CE-MS. The first methodology uses the partial filling technique for the enantioseparation of a cationic compound using a neutral cyclodextrin. Secondly, the enantioseparation of a cationic compound using low concentrations of a neutral cyclodextrin under acidic conditions is described. Finally, a methodology for the chiral separation of an anionic compound employing low concentrations of a native cyclodextrin under basic conditions is illustrated.
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- Elena Domínguez-Vega
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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Fang H, Pajski ML, Ross AE, Venton BJ. Quantitation of dopamine, serotonin and adenosine content in a tissue punch from a brain slice using capillary electrophoresis with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry detection. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2013; 5:2704-2711. [PMID: 23795210 PMCID: PMC3686531 DOI: 10.1039/c3ay40222c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Methods to determine neurochemical concentrations in small samples of tissue are needed to map interactions among neurotransmitters. In particular, correlating physiological measurements of neurotransmitter release and the tissue content in a small region would be valuable. HPLC is the standard method for tissue content analysis but it requires microliter samples and the detector often varies by the class of compound being quantified; thus detecting molecules from different classes can be difficult. In this paper, we develop capillary electrophoresis with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry detection (CE-FSCV) for analysis of dopamine, serotonin, and adenosine content in tissue punches from rat brain slices. Using field-amplified sample stacking, the limit of detection was 5 nM for dopamine, 10 nM for serotonin, and 50 nM for adenosine. Neurotransmitters could be measured from a tissue punch as small as 7 µg (7 nL) of tissue, three orders of magnitude smaller than a typical HPLC sample. Tissue content analysis of punches in successive slices through the striatum revealed higher dopamine but lower adenosine content in the anterior striatum. Stimulated dopamine release was measured in a brain slice, then a tissue punch collected from the recording region. Dopamine content and release had a correlation coefficient of 0.71, which indicates much of the variance in stimulated release is due to variance in tissue content. CE-FSCV should facilitate measurements of tissue content in nanoliter samples, leading to a better understanding of how diseases or drugs affect dopamine, serotonin, and adenosine content.
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Jeong JS, Kim SK, Park SR. Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry with sheathless electrospray ionization for high sensitivity analysis of underivatized amino acids. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:2112-21. [PMID: 22821486 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A high durability sheathless electrospray ionization interface of CE-MS is applied for the sensitive analysis of underivatized amino acids. The sheathless interface was realized using an ionophore membrane-packed electro-conduction channel. The interface functioned well with a volatile alkaline background electrolyte (BGE) and uncoated fused-silica capillaries for CE-MS analysis of underivatized amino acids. High electroosmotic flow with alkaline BGE facilitated high separation efficiency (>100,000 theoretical plates) and short analysis time (<15 min). Both the short-term stability and long-term durability are particularly suited for routine applications. Using electrokinetic injection and the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode with a triple-quadrupole analyzer, high sensitivity was achieved, which yielded detection limits of 0.05-0.81 μM. For the quantitation of underivatized amino acids, quantification precisions (RSDs) for intra- and inter-day analyses were less than 3%. Recoveries from serum were 96.3-101.8% for isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS). When compared with HPLC-IDMS for human serum samples, highly agreeable (96.9-102.0%) results were obtained with the proposed CE-IDMS method.
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- Ji-Seon Jeong
- Center for Bioanalysis, Division of Metrology for Quality of Life, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, South Korea
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Whitmore CD, Gennaro LA. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry methods for tryptic peptide mapping of therapeutic antibodies. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:1550-6. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lee HC, Chen TH, Tseng WL, Lin CH. Novel core etching technique of gold nanoparticles for colorimetric dopamine detection. Analyst 2012; 137:5352-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an35586h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Britz-McKibbin P. New advances in amino acid profiling by capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 828:83-99. [PMID: 22125139 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-445-2_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (CE-ESI-MS) offers a selective, sensitive yet robust approach for amino acid profiling in complex biological samples with minimal sample pretreatment. Direct analysis of amino acids and their analogs is routinely performed using strongly acidic buffer conditions under positive-ion mode ESI-MS with a coaxial sheath liquid interface. New advances in online sample preconcentration, chemical derivatization, and/or ESI interface designs can further improve assay performance allowing for resolution of amino acid stereoisomers and labile aminothiols with low nanomolar detection limits. Accurate prediction of the electromigration behavior of amino acids offers a convenient approach for their qualitative identification complementary to ESI-MS. Simultaneous analysis of amino acids together with other classes of cationic metabolites can be realized by CE-ESI-MS for comprehensive metabolite profiling applications relevant to disease prognosis, drug efficacy, and food safety/quality control.
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- Philip Britz-McKibbin
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Moini M, Klauenberg K, Ballard M. Dating silk by capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2011; 83:7577-81. [PMID: 21913691 DOI: 10.1021/ac201746u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A new capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE-MS) technique is introduced for age estimation of silk textiles based on amino acid racemization rates. With an L to D conversion half-life of ~2500 years for silk (B. mori) aspartic acid, the technique is capable of dating silk textiles ranging in age from several decades to a few-thousand-years-old. Analysis required only ~100 μg or less of silk fiber. Except for a 2 h acid hydrolysis at 110 °C, no other sample preparation is required. The CE-MS analysis takes ~20 min, consumes only nanoliters of the amino acid mixture, and provides both amino acid composition profiles and D/L ratios for ~11 amino acids.
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- Mehdi Moini
- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863, USA.
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Wu H, Yuan B, Liu YM. Chiral capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry of tetrahydroisoquinoline-derived neurotoxins: observation of complex stereoisomerism. J Chromatogr A 2011; 1218:3118-23. [PMID: 21470616 PMCID: PMC3088083 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that certain 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives (TIQs) are neurotoxins inducing Parkinsonism. Further, individual enantiomers of these toxins such as (R/S)-N-methylsalsolinol ((R/S)-NMSal) possess distinct neurotoxicological properties. In this work, a chiral capillary electrophoresis (CE) method with electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometric (ESI-MS/MS) detection was developed for the quantification of TIQ enantiomers. Enantioseparation was achieved with sulfated β-cyclodextrin (sulfated β-CD) as chiral selector. To avoid any potential contamination of MS ionization source by the non-volatile chiral selector, partial filling technique was deployed in the CE separation. TIQ derivatives, including (R/S)-6,7-dihydroxy-1-methy-TIQ (salsolinol, Sal), (R/S)-1-benzyl-TIQ (BTIQ), and (R/S)-NMSal, were base-line resolved with resolution values (R) ranging from 3 (for Sal) to 4.5 (for BTIQ), which were much better than those reported previously by HPLC methods. ESI-MS/MS detection of the resolved TIQ enantiomers was specific and sensitive (LOD=1.2 μM for Sal enantiomers). The proposed chiral CE-MS/MS method was used to study in vitro formation of (R/S)-NMSal. It was found that NMSal was formed from the incubation of epinine (a dopamine metabolite) with acetaldehyde (a metabolite of alcohol). More interestingly, four isomers of NMSal were separated and detected in the incubation solution. They were identified as (R)-e.e-NMSal, (R)-e.a-NMSal, (S)-e.e-NMSal, and (S)-e.a-NMSal. This was the first lab evidence that this Parkinsonian neurotoxin exists in multiple isomeric forms.
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- Hao Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39110, USA
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Moini M, Jiang L, Bootwala S. High-throughput analysis using gated multi-inlet mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2011; 25:789-794. [PMID: 21337641 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Gated multi-inlet mass spectrometry is introduced for high-throughput chemical analysis. In this design, multiple high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns or capillary electrophoresis (CE) capillaries are attached to multiple electrosprayers (one for each column or capillary) that spray toward a gated multi-inlet time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). Although all of the sprayers are spraying continuously, only one inlet is exposed at any given time for a specific duration set by the MS data system. The gated multi-sprayer, multi-inlet design significantly enhances the performance of the multi-ESI, multi-inlet TOF-MS with minimal cost and reduces analysis time. The gated multi-sprayer, multi-inlet design was applied to the investigation of column-to-column reproducibility of multiple HPLCs using a peptide mixture and to the simultaneous analysis of four protein digests. In addition, it was applied to the analysis of peptide mixtures using eight CE capillaries. The gated multi-inlet MS has several advantages compared to our previous non-gated multi-inlet MS. For example, because only one inlet is open at one time, the original manufacturer's inlet inner diameter and pumping system can be used, which enhances the sensitivity of detection for each inlet and minimizes the manufacturing cost. In addition, the number of inlets can be increased as desired. The maximum number of liquid streams that can be concurrently analyzed is limited by: (1) the number of inlets, (2) the chromatographic (electrophoretic) peak width, and (3) how fast the gate can move from one position to the next.
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- Mehdi Moini
- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD 20746-2863, USA.
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Kong F, Liu H, Dong J, Qian W. Growth-sensitive gold nanoshells precursor nanocomposites for the detection of l-DOPA and tyrosinase activity. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 26:1902-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2010.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Desiderio C, Iavarone F, Rossetti DV, Messana I, Castagnola M. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry for the analysis of amino acids. J Sep Sci 2010; 33:2385-93. [PMID: 20535752 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201000171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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In this review, the recent contribution of CE-MS technology to the analysis of amino acids, as well as the advantages of the hyphenation and the technologies involved in the instrumental coupling are reported. Different sections are dedicated to the recent contributions of CE-MS to the analysis of protein amino acids and their post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and sulfation. CE-MS analysis of some amino acid derivatives, such as the free methylated-derivatives of arginine is also discussed. A section is specifically devoted to the CE-MS applications in the field of chiral separation of D- and L-amino acid enantiomers.
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- Claudia Desiderio
- Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, c/o Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina, Università Cattolica, Roma, Italy
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This review article addresses the developments and applications of capillary electromigration methods coupled on-line with MS for chiral analysis. The multiple enantiomeric applications of this hyphenated technology are covered including chiral analysis of drugs, food compounds, pesticides, natural metabolites, etc. in different matrices such as plasma, urine, medicines, foods, etc. This work intends to provide an updated overview (including works published till September 2009) on the principal chiral applications carried out by CZE-MS, CEC-MS and MEKC-MS, discussing their main advantages and drawbacks in all their different areas of application as well as their foreseeable development in the not too distant future.
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- Carolina Simó
- Department of Food Analysis, Institute of Industrial Fermentations (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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Armenta JM, Cortes DF, Pisciotta JM, Shuman JL, Blakeslee K, Rasoloson D, Ogunbiyi O, Sullivan DJ, Shulaev V. Sensitive and rapid method for amino acid quantitation in malaria biological samples using AccQ.Tag ultra performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-MS/MS with multiple reaction monitoring. Anal Chem 2010; 82:548-58. [PMID: 20038084 PMCID: PMC2829832 DOI: 10.1021/ac901790q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An AccQ*Tag ultra performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (AccQ*Tag-UPLC-ESI-MS/MS) method for fast, reproducible, and sensitive amino acid quantitation in biological samples, particularly, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is presented. The Waters Acquity TQD UPLC/MS system equipped with a photodiode array (PDA) detector was used for amino acid separation and detection. The method was developed and validated using amino acid standard mixtures containing acidic, neutral, and basic amino acids. For MS analysis, the optimum cone voltage implemented, based on direct infusion analysis of a few selected AccQ*Tag amino acids with multiple reaction monitoring, varied from 29 to 39 V, whereas the collision energy varied from 15 to 35 V. Calibration curves were built using both internal and external standardization. Typically, a linear response for all amino acids was observed at concentration ranges of 3 x 10(-3)-25 pmol/muL. For some amino acids, concentration limits of detection were as low as 1.65 fmol. The coefficients of variation for retention times were within the range of 0.08-1.08%. The coefficients of variation for amino acid quantitation, determined from triplicate UPLC-MS/MS runs, were below 8% on the average. The developed AccQ*Tag-UPLC-ESI-MS/MS method revealed good technical and biological reproducibility when applied to P. falciparum and human red blood cells samples. This study should provide a valuable insight into the performance of UPLC-ESI-MS/MS for amino acid quantitation using AccQ*Tag derivatization.
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- Jenny M. Armenta
- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore MD 21205
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- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- Waters Corporation, MedStar Building, Suite 103, 5565 Sterrett Place, Columbia, MD 21044
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore MD 21205
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore MD 21205
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore MD 21205
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- Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
- Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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Giuffrida A, León C, García-Cañas V, Cucinotta V, Cifuentes A. Modified cyclodextrins for fast and sensitive chiral-capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:1734-42. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shang L, Dong S. Detection of neurotransmitters by a light scattering technique based on seed-mediated growth of gold nanoparticles. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2008; 19:095502. [PMID: 21817669 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/9/095502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A simple light scattering detection method for neurotransmitters has been developed, based on the growth of gold nanoparticles. Neurotransmitters (dopamine, L-dopa, noradrenaline and adrenaline) can effectively function as active reducing agents for generating gold nanoparticles, which result in enhanced light scattering signals. The strong light scattering of gold nanoparticles then allows the quantitative detection of the neurotransmitters simply by using a common spectrofluorometer. In particular, Au-nanoparticle seeds were added to facilitate the growth of nanoparticles, which was found to enhance the sensing performance greatly. Using this light scattering technique based on the seed-mediated growth of gold nanoparticles, detection limits of 4.4 × 10(-7) M, 3.5 × 10(-7) M, 4.1 × 10(-7) M, and 7.7 × 10(-7) M were achieved for dopamine, L-dopa, noradrenaline and adrenaline, respectively. The present strategy can be extended to detect other biologically important molecules in a very fast, simple and sensitive way, and may have potential applications in a wide range of fields.
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- Li Shang
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China
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De Benedetto GE. Biomedical applications of amino acid detection by capillary electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol 2008; 384:457-481. [PMID: 18392580 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-376-9_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is an efficient tool for amino acid (AA) analysis. However, its role can be fully accounted for only by examining the applications on real matrices. Methods must be successfully transferred into working environments for use by non-CE experts before their power can be realized. This transfer of technology is rapidly increasing. In this chapter, some applications to real samples are presented with the precise intent to illustrate the great capabilities of CE to AA analysis in clinical applications.
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- Giuseppe E De Benedetto
- Dipartimento dei Beni delle Arti e della Storia, Università degli Studi di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
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