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Cornall A, Rose A, Streten C, McGuinness K, Parry D, Gibb K. Molecular screening of microbial communities for candidate indicators of multiple metal impacts in marine sediments from northern Australia. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2016; 35:468-484. [PMID: 26274631 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Coastal sediments accumulate metals from anthropogenic sources and as a consequence industry is required to monitor sediment health. The total concentration of a metal does not necessarily reflect its potential toxicity or biological impact, so biological assessment tools are useful for monitoring. Rapid biological assessment tools sensitive enough to detect relatively small increases in metal concentrations would provide early warning of future ecosystem impact. The authors investigated in situ populations of Archaea and Bacteria as potential tools for rapid biological assessment in sediment at 4 northern Australian coastal locations over 2 yr, in both wet and dry seasons. The 1 M HCl-extractable concentrations of metals in sediment were measured, and Archaeal and Bacterial community profiles were obtained by next-generation sequencing of sediment deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Species response curves were used to identify several taxonomic groups with potential as biological indicators of metal impact. Spatial variation, sediment grain size, water depth, and dissolved oxygen also correlated with microbial population shifts. Seasonal variation was less important than geographic location. Metal-challenge culture trials supported the identification of metal-resistant and -sensitive taxa. In situ Archaea and Bacteria are potentially sensitive indicators for changes in bioavailable concentrations of metals; however, the complexity of the system suggests it is important to identify metal-specific functional genes that may be informed by these sequencing surveys, and thus provide a useful addition to identity-based assays.
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- Alyssa Cornall
- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Kovachev N, Aguirre MÁ, Hidalgo M, Simitchiev K, Stefanova V, Kmetov V, Canals A. Elemental speciation by capillary electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma spectrometry: A new approach by Flow Focusing® nebulization. Microchem J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2014.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Krizkova S, Ryvolova M, Masarik M, Zitka O, Adam V, Hubalek J, Eckschlager T, Kizek R. Modern bioanalysis of proteins by electrophoretic techniques. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1129:381-396. [PMID: 24648089 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-977-2_28] [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: 06/03/2023]
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In 1957, protein rich in cysteine able to bind cadmium was isolated from horse kidney and named as metallothionein according to its structural properties. Further, this protein and metallothionein-like proteins have been found in tissues of other animal species, yeasts, fungi and plants. MT is as a potential cancer marker in the focus of interest, and its properties, functions, and behavior under various conditions are intensively studied. Our protocol describes separation of two major mammalian isoforms of MT (MT-1 and MT-2) using capillary electrophoresis (CE) coupled with UV detector. This protocol enables separation of MT isoforms and studying of their basic behavior as well as their quantification with detection limit in units of ng per μL. Sodium borate buffer (20 mM, pH 9.5) was optimized as a background electrolyte, and the separation was carried out in fused silica capillary with internal diameter of 75 μm and electric field intensity of 350 V/cm. Optimal detection wavelength was 254 nm.
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- Sona Krizkova
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Timerbaev AR. Element speciation analysis using capillary electrophoresis: twenty years of development and applications. Chem Rev 2012; 113:778-812. [PMID: 23057472 DOI: 10.1021/cr300199v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Andrei R Timerbaev
- Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin Str. 19, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Ryvolova M, Adam V, Kizek R. Analysis of metallothionein by capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr A 2012; 1226:31-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/01/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry for biospeciation analysis: critical evaluation. Trends Analyt Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Yin XB, Li Y, Yan XP. CE-ICP-MS for studying interactions between metals and biomolecules. Trends Analyt Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2008.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mason AZ, Moeller R, Thrippleton KA, Lloyd D. Use of stable isotopically enriched proteins and directly coupled high-performance liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for quantitatively monitoring the transfer of metals between proteins. Anal Biochem 2007; 369:87-104. [PMID: 17673155 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2007] [Revised: 06/09/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Studies have shown that metallothionein (MT) may play an important role in modulating the activity of certain Zn-regulated enzymes under various oxidoreductive conditions by either donating or removing Zn. To better determine the role of MT in interprotein metal transfer, we describe a procedure that uses stable isotopically enriched (67)Zn(7) metallothionein 2 ((67)Zn(7)-MT-2) to quantitatively determine the stoichiometry of transfer of Zn from the protein to a recipient apo-metalloenzyme, apo-carbonic anhydrase (apo-CA) by directly coupled ion exchange high-performance liquid chromatography inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Quantitatively, the transfer of (67)Zn was consistent with the enzymatic activation of the apo-enzyme as judged by its esterase activity and ability to cleave p-nitrophenyl acetate. Maximum enzyme activation occurred at an MT-2:apo-CA molar ratio of 1, implying the release of a single atom of Zn from MT-2. Preincubation of (67)Zn(7)-MT-2 with an excess of oxidized glutathione (GSSG) increased metal donation fourfold, whereas reduced glutathione (GSH) inhibited donation by approximately 50%. By using multiple recipient and donor proteins having different stable isotopic signatures, the technique has the potential for quantitatively studying the kinetic and thermodynamic aspects of Zn transfer between numerous competing ligands in vitro, an important first step toward understanding the regulatory role of this metal in protein functioning and cellular metabolism in vivo.
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- Andrew Z Mason
- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Society, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
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Haselberg R, de Jong GJ, Somsen GW. Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry for the analysis of intact proteins. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1159:81-109. [PMID: 17560583 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.05.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 05/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Developments in the fields of protein chemistry, proteomics and biotechnology have increased the demand for suitable analytical techniques for the analysis of intact proteins. In 1989, capillary electrophoresis (CE) was combined with mass spectrometry (MS) for the first time and its potential usefulness for the analysis of intact (i.e. non-digested) proteins was shown. This article provides an overview of the applications of CE-MS within the field of intact protein analysis. The principles of the applied CE modes and ionization techniques used for CE-MS of intact proteins are shortly described. It is shown that separations are predominantly carried out by capillary zone electrophoresis and capillary isoelectric focusing, whereas electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) are the most popular ionization techniques used for interfacing. The combination of CE with inductively coupled plasma (ICP) MS for the analysis of metalloproteins is also discussed. The various CE-MS combinations are systematically outlined and tables provide extensive overviews of the applications of each technique for intact protein analysis. Selected examples are given to illustrate the usefulness of the CE-MS techniques. Examples include protein isoform assignment, single cell analysis, metalloprotein characterization, proteomics and biomarker screening. Finally, chip-based electrophoresis combined with MS is shortly treated and some of its applications are described. It is concluded that CE-MS represents a powerful tool for the analysis of intact proteins yielding unique separations and information.
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- Rob Haselberg
- Department of Biomedical Analysis, Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Lobinski R, Moulin C, Ortega R. Imaging and speciation of trace elements in biological environment. Biochimie 2006; 88:1591-604. [PMID: 17064836 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Accepted: 10/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mineral elements, often at the trace level, play a considerable role in physiology and pathology of biological systems. Metallogenomics, metalloproteomics, and metallomics are among the emerging disciplines which are critically dependent on spatially resolved concentration maps of trace elements in a cell or tissue, on information on chemical speciation, and on that on metal-binding coordination sites. The mini-review discusses recent progress in analytical techniques for element profiling on the genome scale, biological trace element imaging, and probing, identification and quantification of chemical species in the biological environment. Imaging of the element distribution in cells and tissue sections is becoming possible with sub-micrometer spatial resolution and picogram-level sensitivity owing to advances in laser ablation MS, ion beam and synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence microprobes. Progress in nanoflow chromatography and capillary electrophoresis coupled with element specific ICP MS and molecule-specific electrospray MS/MS and MALDI enables speciation of elements in microsamples in a complex biological environment. Laser ablation ICP MS, micro-SXRF, and micro-PIXE allow mapping of trace element distribution in 1D and 2D proteomics gels. The increasing sensitivity of EXAFS and XANES owing to the use of more intense synchrotron beams and efficient focusing optics provide information about oxidation state, fingerprint speciation of metal sites and metal-site structures.
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- R Lobinski
- Equipe de chimie analytique bio-inorganique, CNRS UMR5034, Hélioparc, 2, avenue Professeur-Angot, 64053 Pau, France
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This review article with 304 references describes recent developments in CE of proteins, and covers the two years since the previous review (Hutterer, K., Dolník, V., Electrophoresis 2003, 24, 3998-4012) through Spring 2005. It covers topics related to CE of proteins, including modeling of the electrophoretic migration of proteins, sample pretreatment, wall coatings, improving separation, various forms of detection, special electrophoretic techniques such as affinity CE, CIEF, and applications of CE to the analysis of proteins in real-world samples including human body fluids, food and agricultural samples, protein pharmaceuticals, and recombinant protein preparations.
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Lobiński R, Schaumlöffel D, Szpunar J. Mass spectrometry in bioinorganic analytical chemistry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2006; 25:255-89. [PMID: 16273552 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A considerable momentum has recently been gained by in vitro and in vivo studies of interactions of trace elements in biomolecules due to advances in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS) used as a detector in chromatography and capillary and planar electrophoresis. The multi-isotopic (including non-metals such as S, P, or Se) detection capability, high sensitivity, tolerance to matrix, and large linearity range regardless of the chemical environment of an analyte make ICP MS a valuable complementary technique to electrospray MS and MALDI MS. This review covers different facets of the recent progress in metal speciation in biochemistry, including probing in vitro interactions between metals and biomolecules, detection, determination, and structural characterization of heteroatom-containing molecules in biological tissues, and protein monitoring and quantification via a heteroelement (S, Se, or P) signal. The application areas include environmental chemistry, plant and animal biochemistry, nutrition, and medicine.
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- Ryszard Lobiński
- Equipe de Chimie Analytique Bio-Inorganique, CNRS UMR 5034, Hélioparc, 2, av. du Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France.
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Michalke B. Capillary electrophoresis-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: A report on technical principles and problem solutions, potential, and limitations of this technology as well as on examples of application. Electrophoresis 2005; 26:1584-97. [PMID: 15822064 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200410314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This paper summarizes some basic principles of capillary electrophoresis (CE), inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and coupling of both devices. Especially the interfacing is described in detail. A special focus is drawn to various interface developments reported in literature and technical problems, i.e., requirements to the interface setup and respective solutions. Nowadays, typically sheath flow-based interfaces are used. The sheath flow fulfills two requirements of hyphenation, (i) the closing of the electrical circuit of CE and (ii) the feeding of the used nebulizer with an adequate flow rate. In the beginning of CE-ICP-MS coupling predominantly home-made interface-nebulizer constructions were developed and tested for various speciation problems. Now increasingly such laboratory-constructed interfaces are left. Mostly commercial nebulizers are employed being combined with commercially available tee or cross fittings to connect the CE capillary to the electrode, the additional sheath flow, and the nebulizer. Due to the low sample amounts and low flow rates from CE, such nebulizers are typically low-flow nebulizers like, e.g., the microconcentric nebulizer (MCN) and the direct injection nebulizer (DIN). However, there are also reports on couplings using standard Meinhard systems. Still the control and reduction of a siphoning sucting flow and sufficient detection limits are the major problems in hyphenating CE to ICP-MS. Different solutions are reported on these problems and summarized here. Finally numerous applications are reported. Mostly, applications are performed on speciation of selenium, arsenic, metallothionein isoforms, mercury, or cobalt.
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- Bernhard Michalke
- GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Neuherberg, Germany.
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Szpunar J. Advances in analytical methodology for bioinorganic speciation analysis: metallomics, metalloproteomics and heteroatom-tagged proteomics and metabolomics. Analyst 2005; 130:442-65. [PMID: 15776152 DOI: 10.1039/b418265k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The recent developments in analytical techniques capable of providing information on the identity and quantity of heteroatom-containing biomolecules are critically discussed. Particular attention is paid to the emerging areas of bioinorganic analysis including: (i) a comprehensive analysis of the entirety of metal and metalloid species within a cell or tissue type (metallomics), (ii) the study of the part of the metallome involving the protein ligands (metalloproteomics), and (iii) the use of a heteroelement, naturally present in a protein or introduced in a tag added by means of derivatisation, for the spotting and quantification of proteins (heteroatom-tagged proteomics). Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP MS), used as detector in chromatography and electrophoresis, and supported by electrospray and MALDI MS, appears as the linchpin analytical technique for these emerging areas. This review focuses on the recent advances in ICP MS in biological speciation analysis including sensitive detection of non-metals, especially of sulfur and phosphorus, couplings to capillary and nanoflow HPLC and capillary electrophoresis, laser ablation ICP MS detection of proteins in gel electrophoresis, and isotope dilution quantification of biomolecules. The paper can be considered as a followup of a previous review by the author on a similar topic (J. Szpunar, Analyst, 2000, 125, 963).
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- Joanna Szpunar
- Equipe de Chimie Analytique Bio-inorganique, CNRS UMR 5034, Helioparc, 2, av. Pr. Angot, F-64053 Pau, France.
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