表面活性剂对NBD-Cl衍生氨基酸的荧光增敏和芯片电泳分离的影响

研究多种表面活性剂以及溶剂对4-氯-7-硝基苯-2-氧-1,3-二唑(NBD-Cl)衍生氨基酸荧光性质的影响。考察并优化了NBD-Cl与氨基酸的衍生反应条件以及芯片毛细管电泳-激光诱导荧光的分离分析条件。结果表明:在临界胶束浓度以上,阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化胺(CTMAB)对精氨酸、谷氨酸、天冬氨酸的NBD-Cl衍生物,非离子表面活性剂十二烷基聚氧乙烯醚(Brij-35)对苯丙氨酸、精氨酸的NBD-Cl衍生物有荧光增敏效果。在含有5mmol/LBrij-35和20%乙腈添加剂的15mmol/L硼砂缓冲液(pH9.2)中,精氨酸、苯丙氨酸、丙氨酸、甘氨酸、谷氨酸及天冬氨酸等6种氨基酸的NBD-Cl衍生物可以在70s内实现分离,其中较难分离的丙氨酸、甘氨酸的NBD-Cl衍生物分离度为0.91;6种氨基酸衍生物的检出限为0.15～1.6μmol/L。     

电泳芯片结构和芯片电泳分离操作参数的模拟、优化和实验验证

选择了L-精氨酸和L-苯丙氨酸为分离样品体系,根据电泳实验提出样品基本参数,通过模拟计算考察了进样管道宽度和进样时间对进样方差的贡献;根据分离度与分离长度拟合曲线确定电泳芯片的有效分离长度;对化学发光柱后衍生管道施加的夹流电压进行了模拟优化,得出氨基酸体系分离分析的电泳芯片设计方案和操作参数为:进样管道宽度为分离管道宽度的1/2,简单进样充样时间应大于5 s,分离管道有效分离长度为30 mm,衍生夹流比1.0~1.6。根据模拟优化结果提出了电泳芯片设计方案,采用整体浇注法制作带有柱后衍生反应器的PDMS电泳芯片,按照模拟计算提出的电压操作参数实现了精氨酸和苯丙氨酸样品体系的准确进样、芯片电泳分离和柱后衍生化学发光检测。电泳过程模拟结果和实验结果相结合,考察了柱后衍生对样品谱带展宽的影响,简单进样过程样品泄露引起的谱峰拖尾现象,并讨论了夹流进样法对减小进样方差和抑制样品泄露的贡献。     

强阳离子交换整体柱的研制及其在电色谱多肽分离中的应用

以丙烯酸、2-丙烯酰胺-2-甲基丙磺酸为功能单体,N,N′-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,正十二醇、1,4-丁二醇及二甲基亚砜为致孔剂,偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂,原位聚合制备了丙烯酰胺类强阳离子交换整体柱。考察了驱动电压、有机调节剂、盐浓度、pH值等对电渗流的影响。结果表明,电渗流与驱动电压的线性关系良好,相关系数为0.9981;有机调节剂乙腈对电渗流的影响除与流动相的黏度有关外,还与固定相的溶胀有关,当浓度低时,电渗流随乙腈浓度的增加有反常的下降趋势;随着磷酸盐浓度逐渐增加,电渗流降低,与理论相符;在pH值为3～9范围内,电渗流基本上保持恒定,体现了整体柱使用酸碱范围宽的优越性。在优化的实验条件下,采用毛细管电色谱法在此整体柱上成功分离了5种多肽,体现了该类整体柱在多肽分离研究中的优势,为进一步将其应用于蛋白质分离研究打下了基础。     

丙烯胺-β-环糊精电色谱整体柱的性能评价及应用

以丙烯胺-β-环糊精(Allylamine-β-CD)为功能单体,采用一步键合法制备毛细管电色谱手性整体柱,并考察了整体柱的制备条件。在毛细管电色谱(CEC)模式下,以苯丙氨酸为对象,考察了整体柱的分离能力,同时考察缓冲溶液pH,柱温,分离电压对拆分的影响。苯丙氨酸的拆分达到了基线分离,并在优化条件下,应用整体柱对盐酸去甲苯福林和愈创甘油醚对映体进行拆分,均达到基线分离。同时,以硫脲为电渗流标记物,测得整体柱的理论塔板数达87488板/m,并且可持续使用16 h,可间歇使用3个月以上,仍具有良好的柱效。     

微流控芯片中金属离子印迹整体柱集成及用于Cd2+富集和在线检测

以Cd2+为模板,丙烯酰胺和4-乙烯吡啶为功能单体,二甲基丙烯酸乙二醇酯(EGDMA)为交联剂,环己醇/十二醇为致孔剂,采用原位聚合的方法在聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)芯片中定位合成了Cd2+印迹整体柱。建立了微流控芯片中金属离子的富集-电泳-在线检测方法。通过扫描电镜和傅里叶红外光谱对合成的印迹整体柱进行了表征,证明合成的印迹整体柱具有良好的孔结构。将Cd2+印迹整体柱与固相萃取联用,优化了Cd2+印迹整体柱富集Cd2+的条件,并研究了Cd2+印迹整体柱的吸附性能和富集能力。在此基础上将Cd2+印迹整体柱与芯片电泳、鲁米诺-过氧化氢化学发光检测体系联用,实现了微流控芯片中Cd2+富集、分离以及检测的集成化。     

吉培福林对映体的毛细管电色谱分离

在碱性条件下合成了单(六-氧-甲基丙烯酸酯)-β-环糊精(CD),以甲基丙烯酸甘油酯(GMA)和单(六-氧-甲基丙烯酸酯)-β-CD为单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EDMA)为交联剂,2-丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基-1-丙磺酸(AMPS)用来产生电渗流,正丙醇和1,4-丁二醇为制孔剂,偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂,在内径100 μm的毛细管内原位聚合制得了手性毛细管电色谱整体柱.采用制得的手性整体柱,在加压毛细管电色谱(pCEC)模式下,对吉培福林对映体进行手性分离,考察了流动相配比、背景电解质pH值、柱温和分离电压等对分离的影响.在缓冲溶液为5 mmol/L NaH2PO4-Na2HPO4(pH 2.5)、运行电压20 kV、毛细管温度15 ℃条件下,16 min内成功分离了吉培福林对映体,其分离度为1.53.     

手性整体柱在加压毛细管电色谱中拆分地匹福林对映体

采用一步原位键合法制备了环糊精衍生物毛细管整体柱,在加压毛细管电色谱模式下,对盐酸地匹福林对映体进行了手性分离,并考察了以NaH2PO4作为流动相时电解质溶液pH值、柱温及分离电压等因素对分离的影响.在优化的实验条件下,地匹福林对映体达到了基线分离.     

微流控芯片毛细管电泳柱后衍生激光诱导荧光检测氨基酸

建立了微流控芯片毛细管柱后扩散衍生激光诱导荧光检测氨基酸的方法。利用微流控芯片的二维平面结构特征,在分离通道末端增加支通道,通过扩散法引入柱后衍生试剂,避免了电压引入法对分离通道流型的影响,因而提高了分离效率。考察了支通道长度、衍生试剂液面高度、检测点位置对衍生结果的最优条件,考察了衍生试剂引入方法、催化剂种类、缓冲溶液种类对检测结果的影响。用20 mmol/L硼砂-NaOH(pH=10)溶液作为电泳缓冲溶液,与柱后衍生试剂1.0 mmol/L NDA+8.0 mmol/L 2-ME+35 mmol/L硼砂(pH 10.0)的30%(V/V)甲醇溶液反应,精氨酸、苯丙氨酸、天冬酰胺、脯氨酸、丙氨酸、甘氨酸在不加任何添加剂的情况下可达到基线分离。本法用于板蓝根药材中主要游离氨基酸的分离检测,相对标准偏差小于4.4%(n=5),回收率为92.3%~98.6%。所测板蓝根药材中精氨酸和脯氨酸含量分别为14.97,8.02 mg/g。     

2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸分子印迹整体柱的制备、表征及色谱性能研究

以2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸分子为模板,甲基丙烯酸为单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,甲苯和十二醇为混合致孔剂,采用热引发原位聚合法制备了作为高效液相色谱固定相的分子印迹整体柱.用红外光谱、扫描电镜、比表面积分析法对聚合物进行了表征.考察了模板分子在不同条件下合成的印迹整体柱及空白整体柱上容量因子的变化规律,同时探讨了流动相中甲醇的体积分数、pH值、流速对印迹整体柱分离性能的影响.结果表明,在优化的合成条件下制备的分子印迹整体柱可在15 min内分离2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸及其类似物苯氧乙酸,分离度为1.52.对柑桔提取液进行了分离测试,结果满意.     

氨基酸在乙醇/磷酸氢二钾双水相体系中分配行为

研究了5种结构和性质各异的氨基酸(谷氨酸,半胱氨酸,苯丙氨酸,赖氨酸,精氨酸)在亲水性有机溶剂乙醇和磷酸盐溶液形成的乙醇/K2HPO4双水相体系中的分配行为及其影响因素。当双水相体系中乙醇的质量分数从22%增加到30%时,半胱氨酸和苯丙氨酸的分配系数明显增大,其它三种氨基酸的分配系数变化幅度不大;当磷酸盐的质量分数从14%增加到22%时,氨基酸的分配系数的变化均不明显;双水相体系的pH值对氨基酸的分配系数影响较大,当pH增加时,5种氨基酸的分配系数均增加,但是当pH约为9.5时,苯丙氨酸、半胱氨酸的分配系数接近相等但与其它3种氨基酸的分配系数相差较多,当pH为6.0~8.0时,苯丙氨酸的分配系数远远大于另外4种氨基酸。氨基酸的支链结构中含有非极性基团将导致其分配系数的增加。     

Study on the separation of amino acids in modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) microchips

A mixture of five amino acids including arginine, histidine, phenylalanine, serine and glutamic acid was successfully separated in microchip capillary electrophoresis and detected with laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) detector. These amino acids were labeled with 5-(4, 6-dichloro-s-triazin-2-ylamino) fluorescein (DTAF). The analyses were performed on two kinds of modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchips. One kind of chip was simply treated with oxygen plasma (OP-chip), and the other was further modified by coating double layers of non-ionic polymer poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) after plasma oxidization (PVA-chip). The derivatization condition of amino acids by DTAF was optimized. The properties of the two modified PDMS microchips were studied and separation conditions, such as the buffer pH, buffer concentration and separation voltage, were also optimized. The column efficiencies of the two microchips were in the range of 193,000–1,370,000 plates/m. The DTAF-labeled amino acids were sufficiently separated within 50 s and 90 s in 2.5 cm channels on OP-chip and PVA-chip, respectively.     

C18柱串联冠醚手性柱高效分离3种芳香族氨基酸对映体

将C18柱与手性冠醚柱串联,建立了一种反相高效液相色谱法用于3种芳香族氨基酸对映体同时拆分的方法.考察了反相色谱流动相的组成、pH值、柱温、流速对对映体拆分的影响.实验结果表明,当流动相为HClO4-乙睛溶液(86:14,V/V,pH 2.0)、柱温20℃、流速0.4 mL/min时,3种氨基酸对映体可获得基线分离.进一步对比了C18柱、冠醚手性柱和串联顺序不同的4种分离模式,结果表明,C18柱不能拆分氨基酸对映体,仅能分离不同种类氨基酸;冠醚手性柱可分离氨基酸映体,但不同种类氨基酸色谱峰出现重叠;串联模式能实现3种氨基酸对映体的基线分离,实现双柱优势互补,而串联顺序对分离影响不大,仅影响色谱峰的峰形.     

Optimization of an interface chip for coupling capillary electrophoresis with thermal lens microscopic detection.

This paper presents a capillary-to-microchip connection, which can be used as an interface for coupling capillary electrophoresis (CE) with a thermal lens microscope (TLM). It is difficult to directly apply TLM to samples in a capillary with a curved surface, and such an interface chip at the end of a CE separation column is needed for reliable TLM measurements. The dependence of the TLM signal intensity on the TLM detection point in the interface chip and the dependence of the theoretical plate number of CE separation on the channel dimensions of the interface chip were investigated and optimized with a mixture of 4-dimethylaminoazobenze-4'-sulfonyl (DABSYL)-derivatized amino acids (glycine, alanine, methionine, and proline) as a model sample. By using an optimized interface chip, theoretical plate numbers of DABSYL-glycine, -methionine, -alanine, and -proline were obtained to be 104000, 95000, 104000, and 95000, respectively.     

含双T切换接口的胶束电动色谱-毛细管区带电泳二维电泳芯片上混合氨基酸的分离富集

基于时间顺序设计提出了含双T切换接口的胶束电动色谱(MEKC)和毛细管区带电泳(CZE)的二维芯片,构建了相应的芯片分析测试系统.基于FITC标记的氨基酸样品的一维MEKC和CZE实验结果,对二维进样时间、二维分离启动时间等二维芯片电泳关键操作参数进行了优化.采用所构建的MEKC-CZE二维芯片电泳分析系统对精氨酸、赖氨酸、组氨酸、苯丙氨酸和酪氨酸的混合样品进行了二维芯片电泳分离分析,计算得到两种分离模式的正交性为56.0%.     

化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统

化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统设计集成了一种可用于分离检测氨基酸、多肽和蛋白质等复杂样品的化学发光二维两点检测微流控芯片系统.该系统采用双检测器同时检测第一维和第二维的分离峰信息,可获得样品的二维分离谱图,满足了对多种复杂结构微流控芯片分离特性进行研究的要求.     

Chiral separation of fluorescamine-labeled amino acids using microfabricated capillary electrophoresis devices for extraterrestrial exploration

Chiral separations of fluorescamine-labeled amino acids are characterized and optimized on a microfabricated capillary electrophoresis (CE) device. A standard mixture of acidic and neutral amino acids is labeled with fluorescamine in less than 5 min and the hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPbetaCD) concentration, temperature, and pH are optimized (15 mM HPbetaCD, 6 degrees C, pH < 9) to achieve high-quality and low background chiral separations in less than 200 s. All four stereoisomers formed in the labeling reaction of the chiral dye with the chiral amino acids are typically resolved. At pH > 9, isomerization of the dye chiral center is observed that occurs on the time scale of the chip separation. Typical limits of detection are approximately 50 nM. These results demonstrate the feasibility of combining fluorescamine labeling of amino acids with microfabricated CE devices to develop low-volume, high-sensitivity apparatus and methods for extraterrestrial exploration.     

Determination of soil amino acids by high performance liquid chromatography-electro spray ionization-mass spectrometry derivatized with 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate

Determination of amino acids by mass spectrometry (MS) is an important technique to investigate soil nitrogen transformation and cycling as amino acids being the major nitrogen-containing compounds in soil organic matter. However, researchers have long faced a critical problem in coupling an efficient separation technique to a sensitive MS detection system simultaneously. In this context, we established a new method of liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry based on the 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC) derivatization method for convenient and accurate quantification of amino acids in soil samples. Baseline separation of 17 amino acid AQC-derivatives was achieved on an XTerra^R MS C₁₈ column using ammonium formate as a mobile phase modifier. The concentration of ammonium formate and the pH of the mobile phase were optimized in order to obtain sensitive MS signals. The response curves were linear over the range of 50-800 μmol L⁻¹ amino acids. The detection limits were 0.20-0.60 pmol μL⁻¹ on column and 0.07-0.24 μg g⁻¹ soil under the optimized conditions. The method has been applied successfully for the first time to determine amino acids in 4 types of soil samples, in which 15 amino acids were quantified by MS detector but methionine and cystine were below the detection limits. Both the recovery and the precision were satisfactory. Hence, this proposed technique shows a potential for the identification of amino acids in soil as well as tracing the transformation of soil amino acids with isotope dilution technique in nitrogen cycling investigation.     

Pressurized gradient capillary electrochromatographic separation of eighteen amino acid derivatives

A pressurized gradient capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) instrument was developed to separate 18 amino acid derivatives. A reversed-phase C18 column (3 microm, 130 mm x 75 microm I.D.) and an acetate buffer (50 mmol/l NaAc, pH 6.4) with an ion-pair reagent (1% N,N-dimethylformamide) were used to separate derivatized amino acids from a standard solution (2 microg/ml), and the wavelength of the UV-Vis detector was 360 nm. The pressure on the capillary column was kept at approx. 70 Pa and 3 kV positive voltage was added on the outlet end of column. The effect of voltage on the eluting order of amino acids and the resolution of separation were studied, and it was found that when the voltage was higher than 3 kV, the adsorption of amino acids in the porous C18 column occurred. The effect of salt concentration, injection volume, and column length on the separation of amino acids was determined. The amino acid sample was separated by pCEC, and RSDs of the migration times of each amino acid were all less than 2.5%.     

Synthesis and application of dehydroabietylisothiocyante as a new chiral derivatizing agent for the enantiomeric separation of chiral compounds by capillary electrophoretic

A new chiral derivatizing reagent, dehydroabietylisothiocyante (DHAIC), was synthesized and used for the enantiomeric separation of chiral compounds in capillary electrophoresis (CE). The synthetic route to obtain DHAIC is described. The separation conditions for the chiral separation of several chiral compounds, such as protein amino acids and chiral drug DOPA were optimized. Best results for the chiral separation of DHAIC derivatized amino acids and DOPA were obtained in a running buffer consisted of 50 mM borate (pH 9.5), 5 mM sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and 20% acetonitrile for amino acids and 60 mM Na₂HPO₄ (pH 8.0), 17 mM SDS and 25% acetonitrile for DOPA. Under the conditions studied, chiral separation of five amino acids including Ser, Val, Ala, Thr, Cys and a chiral drug DOPA as their diastereomeric DHAIC derivatives has been achieved by micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC).