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Aparna GM, Tetala KKR. Titanium particles incorporated polymer monolith microcolumn for phosphoprotein enrichment from biological samples. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2023; 233:115453. [PMID: 37224729 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In proteomic studies, selective enrichment of target phosphoproteins from biological samples is of importance. Of various enrichment methods, affinity chromatography is widely preferred method. Development of micro-affinity columns with simple strategies are in constant demand. Here in this report, for the first time, we have embedded TiO2 particles within the monolith structure in a single step. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope analysis has confirmed the successful incorporation of TiO2 particles within the polymer monolith. Incorporation of 3-(trimethoxy silyl) propyl methacrylate within the poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) based monolith composition has enhanced its rigidity and one fold phosphoprotein (α-casein) adsorption capacity. Presence of only 66.6 µg of TiO2 particles within the monolith has displayed a four-fold higher affinity to α-casein over the non-phosphoprotein i.e. bovine serum albumin. Under optimized conditions (TiO2 particle and acrylate silane), the affinity monolith has a maximum adsorption capacity of ∼ 72 mg per gram monolith. Translation of TiO2 particles-monolith into a microcolumn of 3 cm long and 19 µL volume was successful. α-casein was selectively separated from an artificial protein mixture of α-casein and BSA, α-casein spiked human plasma, and cow milk within 7 min.
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- G M Aparna
- Centre for Bioseparation Technology (CBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamilnadu 632014, India
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- Centre for Bioseparation Technology (CBST), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamilnadu 632014, India.
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Paper-based monolith extraction of psychoactive substances from biological fluids. Talanta 2022; 246:123536. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2022.123536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Korzhikova‐Vlakh EG, Tennikova TB. Some factors affecting pore size in the synthesis of rigid polymer monoliths: Theory and its applicability. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.51431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Scorza LC, Simon U, Wear M, Zouliatis A, Dimartino S, McCormick AJ. Evaluation of novel 3D-printed monolithic adsorbers against conventional chromatography columns for the purification of c-phycocyanin from Spirulina. ALGAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Korzhikova-Vlakh E, Antipchik M, Tennikova T. Macroporous Polymer Monoliths in Thin Layer Format. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:1059. [PMID: 33801786 PMCID: PMC8037505 DOI: 10.3390/polym13071059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Nowadays, macroporous polymer monoliths represent widely used stationary phases for a number of dynamic interphase mass exchange processes such as high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, electrochromatography, solid-phase extraction, and flow-through solid-state biocatalysis. This review represents the first summary in the field of current achievements on the preparation of macroporous polymer monolithic layers, as well as their application as solid phases for thin-layer chromatography and different kinds of microarray.
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- Evgenia Korzhikova-Vlakh
- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy pr. 31, 199004 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, Unversitetskiy pr. 26, Petergof, 198584 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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Removal of thorium(IV) ions from aqueous solution by polyacrylamide-based monoliths: equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic studies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07614-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Korzhikova-Vlakh EG, Platonova GA, Tennikova TB. Macroporous Polymer Monoliths for Affinity Chromatography and Solid-Phase Enzyme Processing. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2178:251-284. [PMID: 33128755 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0775-6_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nowadays, monolithic stationary phases, because of their special morphology and enormous permeability, are widely used for the development and realization of fast dynamic and static processes based on the mass transition between liquid and solid phases. These are liquid chromatography, solid-phase synthesis, microarrays, flow-through enzyme reactors, etc. High-performance liquid chromatography on monoliths, including the bioaffinity mode, represents unique technique appropriate for fast and efficient separation of biological (macro)molecules of different sizes and shapes (proteins, nucleic acids, peptides), as well as such supramolecular systems as viruses.In the edited chapter, the examples of the application of commercially available macroporous monoliths for modern affinity processing are presented. In particular, the original methods developed for efficient isolation and fractionation of monospecific antibodies from rabbit blood sera, the possibility of simultaneous affinity separation of protein G and serum albumin from human serum, the isolation of recombinant products, such as protein G and tissue plasminogen activator, respectively, are described in detail. The suggested and realized multifunctional fractionation of polyclonal pools of antibodies by the combination of several short monolithic columns (disks) with different affinity functionalities stacked in the same cartridge represents the original and practically valuable method that can be used in biotechnology. In addition, macroporous monoliths were adapted to the immobilization of such different enzymes as polynucleotide phosphorylase, ribonuclease A, α-chymotrypsin, chitinolytic biocatalysts, β-xylosidase, and β-xylanase. The possibility of use of immobilized enzyme reactors based on monoliths for different purposes is demonstrated.
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- E G Korzhikova-Vlakh
- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint-Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Towards the Development of a 3-D Biochip for the Detection of Hepatitis C Virus. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20092719. [PMID: 32397590 PMCID: PMC7249126 DOI: 10.3390/s20092719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The early diagnostics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is currently one of the most highly demanded medical tasks. This study is devoted to the development of biochips (microarrays) that can be applied for the detection of HCV. The analytical platforms of suggested devices were based on macroporous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-di(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate) monolithic material. The biochips were obtained by the covalent immobilization of specific probes spotted onto the surface of macroporous monolithic platforms. Using the developed biochips, different variants of bioassay were investigated. This study was carried out using hepatitis C virus-mimetic particles (VMPs) representing polymer nanoparticles with a size close to HCV and bearing surface virus antigen (E2 protein). At the first step, the main parameters of bioassay were optimized. Additionally, the dissociation constants were calculated for the pairs “ligand–receptor” and “antigen–antibody” formed at the surface of biochips. As a result of this study, the analysis of VMPs in model buffer solution and human blood plasma was carried out in a format of direct and “sandwich” approaches. It was found that bioassay efficacy appeared to be similar for both the model medium and real biological fluid. Finally, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), spot-to-spot and biochip-to-biochip reproducibility for the developed systems were evaluated.
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Eco-friendly production of metal nanoparticles immobilised on organic monolith for pepsin extraction. POLISH JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/pjct-2020-0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Polymer monoliths modified by using nanoparticles (NPs) integrate high NP specific surface area with different monolith surface chemistry and high porosity. As a result, they have extensive applications within different fields, whereas nanomaterial-functionalised porous polymer monoliths have elicited considerable interest from investigators. This study is aimed at fabricating organic polymer-based monoliths from polybutyl methacrylate-co-ethylenedimethacrylate (BuMA-co-EDMA) monoliths prior to immobilization of gold or silver metal on the pore surface of the monoliths using reducing reagent (extracts of lemon peels). This was intended to denote a sustainable technique of immobilizing nanoparticles that are advantageous over physical and chemical techniques because it is safe in terms of handling, readily available, environmentally friendly, and cheap. Two different methods were used in the study to effectively immobilize nanoparticles on monolithic components. The outcomes showed that soaking the monolith rod in the prepared nano solution directly and placing it within ovens at temperatures of 80°C constituted the most effective method. Characterisation of the fabricated monolith was undertaken using SEM/EDX analysis, UV-vis. spectra analysis, and visual observation. The SEM analysis showed that nanoparticles were extensively immobilised on the surface polymers. Another peak was attained through EDX analysis, thus confirming the Au atom existence at 2.83% alongside another peak that proved the Ag atom existence at 1.92%. The fabricated components were used as sorbents for purifying protein. The ideal performance was achieved using gold nanoparticles (GNPs) immobilised organic monolith that attained a greater pepsin extraction recovery compared to silver nanoparticles (SNPs) immobilised organic monoliths alongside bare organic-based monolith.
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Hasanah AN, Maelaningsih FS, Apriliandi F, Sabarudin A. Synthesis and Characterisation of a Monolithic Imprinted Column Using a Methacrylic Acid Monomer with Porogen Propanol for Atenolol Analysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2020; 2020:3027618. [PMID: 32190401 PMCID: PMC7064834 DOI: 10.1155/2020/3027618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A monolithic imprinted atenolol column was constructed by in situ polymerisation using a methacrylic acid monomer and a 1 : 1 (v/v) porogen of propanol: toluene with two template: monomer: crosslinker combinations, namely, MIP 1 (1 : 4 : 20) and MIP 2 (1 : 5 : 20). Physical characterisation of the monolithic columns consisted of permeability testing, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) testing, surface area analysis (SAA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The permeability value of four monolithic columns was in the good category: MIP 1 (24.01 mD), NIP 1 (56.43 mD), MIP 2 (23.03 mD), and NIP 2 (14.47 mD). The polymerisation process of these four monolithic imprinted columns was carried out perfectly, as shown by the absence of vinyl groups (1000 cm-1 and 900 cm-1) during FTIR testing. Based on SAA testing, the pores of the four polymers were classified as mesopores. The best monolithic column was MIP 1, as seen from the intercolumn and intracolumn reproducibility values and a % RSD <2.0%. The MIP 1 column was selective towards atenolol, as seen from the selectivity factor, imprinting factor (IF), and resolution (Rs) values. The IF values of MIP 1 were atenolol (204.62), metoprolol (3.36), and propranolol (1.27). The Rs value between atenolol and the analogue compounds was 7.23. The MIP 1 column can be used for the analysis of atenolol in blood serum samples with an average percentage recovery rate of 94.88 ± 4.43%.
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- Aliya Nur Hasanah
- Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, 5, Sumedang, Indonesia
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- Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, 5, Sumedang, Indonesia
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- Pharmaceutical Analysis and Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Raya Bandung Sumedang KM 21, 5, Sumedang, Indonesia
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Kamin Z, Abdulrahim N, Misson M, Chiam CK, Sarbatly R, Krishnaiah D, Bono A. Use of melt blown polypropylene nanofiber templates to obtain homogenous pore channels in glycidyl methacrylate/ethyl dimethacrylate-based monoliths. CHEM ENG COMMUN 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2020.1715958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Zykamilia Kamin
- Oil and Gas Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
- Energy Research Unit, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Oil and Gas Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Chemical Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Daniels CR, Waguespack BL, Hodges SA, Bushey MM. Temperature effects on retention and efficiency of butyl and lauryl acrylate porous polymer monoliths in capillary electrochromatography. J Sep Sci 2019; 42:3703-3711. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201900837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Velásquez-Silva BA, Castillo-Aguirre A, Rivera-Monroy ZJ, Maldonado M. Aminomethylated Calix[4]resorcinarenes as Modifying Agents for Glycidyl Methacrylate (GMA) Rigid Copolymers Surface. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:polym11071147. [PMID: 31277429 PMCID: PMC6680909 DOI: 10.3390/polym11071147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Functionalization of tetrapropylcalix[4]resorcinarene, tetrapentylcalix[4]resorcinarene, tetranonylcalix[4]resorcinarene, and tetra-(4-hydroxyphenyl)calix[4]resorcinarene by means of aminomethylation reactions with the amino acids β-alanine and l-proline in the presence of aqueous formaldehyde was carried out. When β-alanine was used, the reaction products were tetrabenzoxazines. The reaction with tetra-(4-hydroxyphenyl)calix[4]resorcinarene did not proceed under the experimental conditions; therefore, l-proline was used, and the corresponding tetra-Mannich base was regio- and diasteroselectively formed. The products were characterized via FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and elemental analysis. With these aminomethylated-calix[4]resorcinarenes, the chemical surface modification of the copolymers poly(GMA-co-EDMA) and poly(BMA-co-EDMA-co-MMA) in a basic medium was studied. The results were quite satisfactory, obtaining the corresponding copolymers functionalized by nucleophilic substitution reaction and ring-opening between the carboxyl group of the upper rim of aliphatic calix[4]resorcinarenes and the hydroxyl group of the lower rim in the aromatic calix[4]resorcinarene and the epoxy group of the glycidyl methacrylate residue of each copolymer. The modified copolymers were characterized via FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy imaging, and elemental analysis. Finally, the modified copolymer surfaces exhibited interaction with peptides, showing their potential application in chromatographic separation techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography.
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- Betty Astrid Velásquez-Silva
- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, 7122 Carrera, Colombia
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, 7122 Carrera, Colombia
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, 7122 Carrera, Colombia
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- Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, 7122 Carrera, Colombia.
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Aydoğan C, Gökaltun A, Denizli A, El Rassi Z. Biochromatographic applications of polymethacrylate monolithic columns used in electro- and liquid phase-separationsΨ. J LIQ CHROMATOGR R T 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/10826076.2018.1462204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Cemil Aydoğan
- Department of Food Engineering, Bingöl University, Bingöl, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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Wang X, Garcia CT, Gong G, Wishnok JS, Tannenbaum SR. Automated Online Solid-Phase Derivatization for Sensitive Quantification of Endogenous S-Nitrosoglutathione and Rapid Capture of Other Low-Molecular-Mass S-Nitrosothiols. Anal Chem 2018; 90:1967-1975. [PMID: 29271637 PMCID: PMC5892179 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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S-Nitrosothiols (RSNOs) constitute a circulating endogenous reservoir of nitric oxide and have important biological activities. In this study, an online coupling of solid-phase derivatization (SPD) with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) was developed and applied in the analysis of low-molecular-mass RSNOs. A derivatizing-reagent-modified polymer monolithic column was prepared and adapted for online SPD-LC-MS. Analytes from the LC autosampler flowed through the monolithic column for derivatization and then directly into the LC-MS for analysis. This integration of the online derivatization, LC separation, and MS detection facilitated system automation, allowing rapid, laborsaving, and sensitive detection of RSNOs. S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) was quantified using this automated online method with good linearity (R2 = 0.9994); the limit of detection was 0.015 nM. The online SPD-LC-MS method has been used to determine GSNO levels in mouse samples, 138 ± 13.2 nM of endogenous GSNO was detected in mouse plasma. Besides, the GSNO concentrations in liver (64.8 ± 11.3 pmol/mg protein), kidney (47.2 ± 6.1 pmol/mg protein), heart (8.9 ± 1.8 pmol/mg protein), muscle (1.9 ± 0.3 pmol/mg protein), hippocampus (5.3 ± 0.9 pmol/mg protein), striatum (6.7 ± 0.6 pmol/mg protein), cerebellum (31.4 ± 6.5 pmol/mg protein), and cortex (47.9 ± 4.6 pmol/mg protein) were also successfully quantified. When the derivatization was performed within 8 min, followed by LC-MS detection, samples could be rapidly analyzed compared with the offline manual method. Other low-molecular-mass RSNOs, such as S-nitrosocysteine and S-nitrosocysteinylglycine, were captured by rapid precursor-ion scanning, showing that the proposed method is a potentially powerful tool for capture, identification, and quantification of RSNOs in biological samples.
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- Xin Wang
- Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Müllner T, Zankel A, Höltzel A, Svec F, Tallarek U. Morphological Properties of Methacrylate-Based Polymer Monoliths: From Gel Porosity to Macroscopic Inhomogeneities. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:2205-2214. [PMID: 28186759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Shaping chemical interfaces of hard and soft matter materials into physical morphologies that guarantee excellent transport properties is of central importance for technologies relying on adsorption, separation, and reaction at the interface. Polymer monoliths with a hierarchically structured pore space, for example, are widely used in flow-driven processes, whose efficiency depends on the morphology of the support material over several length scales. Compared with alternative support structures, particularly silica monoliths, polymer monoliths yield lower efficiency, which suggests a suboptimal morphology. Based on physical reconstruction by serial block-face scanning electron microscopy we evaluate the structural features of a methacrylate-based polymer monolith from the pore scale to the column scale. The morphological data reveal a homogeneous polymer skeleton with a solute-impenetrable core-porous shell architecture and a heterogeneous macropore space that suffers from inhomogeneities at the short-range and the transcolumn scale. Although the morphology of the polymer phase is favorable to efficient mass transport, the performance of the polymer monolith is limited by severe transcolumn gradients in macroporosity and macropore size. We propose to overcome these morphological limitations by pursuing a preparation strategy that involves active rather than passive shaping of the macropore space, for example, by using silica monoliths as templating structures for polymer monolith preparation.
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- Tibor Müllner
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg , Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis, Graz University of Technology, and Graz Centre for Electron Microscopy, Steyrergasse 17, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg , Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology , 100029 Beijing, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg , Hans-Meerwein-Strasse 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Sonker M, Yang R, Sahore V, Kumar S, Woolley AT. On-Chip Fluorescent Labeling using Reversed-phase Monoliths and Microchip Electrophoretic Separations of Selected Preterm Birth Biomarkers. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2016; 8:7739-7746. [PMID: 28496521 PMCID: PMC5421993 DOI: 10.1039/c6ay01803c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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On-chip preconcentration, purification, and fluorescent labeling are desirable sample preparation steps to achieve complete automation in integrated microfluidic systems. In this work, we developed electrokinetically operated microfluidic devices for solid-phase extraction and fluorescent labeling of preterm birth (PTB) biomarkers. Reversed-phase monoliths based on different acrylate monomers were photopolymerized in cyclic olefin copolymer microdevices and studied for the selective retention and elution of a fluorescent dye and PTB biomarkers. Octyl methacrylate-based monoliths with desirable retention and elution characteristics were chosen and used for on-chip fluorescent labeling of three PTB biomarkers. Purification of on-chip labeled samples was done by selective elution of unreacted dye prior to sample. Automated and rapid on-chip fluorescent labeling was achieved with similar efficiency to that obtained for samples labeled off chip. Additionally, protocols for microchip electrophoresis of several off-chip-labeled PTB biomarkers were demonstrated in poly(methyl methacrylate) microfluidic devices. This study is an important step toward the development of integrated on-chip labeling and separation microfluidic devices for PTB biomarkers.
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- Mukul Sonker
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo 84602, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo 84602, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo 84602, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo 84602, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo 84602, UT, USA
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