Determinations of humic substances and other dissolved organic matter and their effects on the increase of COD in Lake Biwa.

Humic substances and other dissolved organic matter (DOM) in Lake Biwa and the surrounding rivers were investigated to elucidate their origins and behavior. An annual increase in chemical oxygen demand (COD) has been observed in the northern basin of Lake Biwa since 1985. The concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the northern and southern basins of Lake Biwa were 1.7-2.4 mgC/l and 1.9-2.6 mgC/l, respectively. The DOC concentrations tended to be high in summer and low in winter, and the seasonal changes in the concentrations of humic substances were small. The humic substances content of DOM was considered to be comparatively small because the ratio of the concentration of humic substances to DOC was in the range of 0.14-0.32. From the results of the fractionation of DOM in lake waters, it was estimated that hydrophobic acids, such as humic substances and hydrophilic acids, were about 25% and 45%, respectively. The main origin of hydrophobic acids in Lake Biwa may be humic substances from soils around the rivers that flow into Lake Biwa, while hydrophilic acids may be due to the inner production by phytoplankton. Therefore, the increase of COD in the northern basin of Lake Biwa may be attributed to the contributions of not only humic substances but also hydrophilic acids.     

Dual wavelength excitation fluorescence detector for capillary electrophoresis using a pulsed bi-colour light emitting diode

A simple and novel two-colour fluorescence detector for capillary electrophoresis was created using a single bi-colour light emitting diode (LED), multi-band pass excitation and emission filters and a single detector. Excitation light from a blue/red (470/635 nm) bi-colour LED was filtered through a 390/482/563/640 nm multi-band bandpass filter, with emitted light filtered through a 446/523/600/677 nm multi-band bandpass filter before being detected using a photon counting detector. Sequential pulsing of the blue/red LED and deconvolution of the collected fluorescence data allowed extracted electropherograms to be obtained corresponding to excitation with the blue and red LEDs. Optimisation of the pulsed LED conditions revealed an optimum LED on-time of 50 ms, off-time of 30 ms with a pulsed current of 40 mA, giving an effective data acquisition rate of 6.25 Hz. The characteristics of this system were validated by the simultaneous separation and determination of six fluorescent dyes: fluorescein, FITC, coumarin 334, dibromo(R)fluorescein (Ex/Em 470/525 nm), and Cy 5 and the Agilent Bioanalyser DNA dye (Ex/Em 635/670 nm). Under optimum conditions, the detection limits for FITC, fluorescein and Cy 5 were 69 nM, 42 nM and 289 nM (S/N = 3), respectively. These were lower than those obtained with continuous operation of the individual wavelengths at a constant current of 20 mA, but were slightly higher than those obtained using dedicated single wavelength filter combinations designed specifically for use with these fluorophores. The intraday repeatability (n = 6) of migration times was less than 1.0% and less than 3.4% for peak areas, while interday (n = 3) migration time and peak area reproducibility were less than 0.9% and 3.6%, respectively. This simple detector is capable of performing quantitative two-wavelength excitation without the need for complex optics and light source configurations.     

Laser-induced fluorescence microscopic system using an optical parametric oscillator for tunable detection in microchip analysis

A laser-induced fluorescence microscopic system based on optical parametric oscillation has been constructed as a tunable detector for microchip analysis. The detection limit of sulforhodamine B (Ex. 520 nm, Em. 570 nm) was 0.2 mol, which was approximately eight orders of magnitude better than with a conventional fluorophotometer. The system was applied to the determination of fluorescence-labeled DNA (Ex. 494 nm, Em. 519 nm) in a microchannel and the detection limit reached a single molecule. These results showed the feasibility of this system as a highly sensitive and tunable fluorescence detector for microchip analysis.     

Investigating sorption-driven dissolved organic matter fractionation by multidimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and PARAFAC

Soil organic matter is involved in many ecosystem processes, such as nutrient supply, metal solubilization, and carbon sequestration. This study examined the ability of multidimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC) to provide detailed chemical information on the preferential sorption of higher-molecular-weight components of natural organic matter onto mineral surfaces. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) from soil organic horizons and tree leaf tissues was obtained using water extracts. The suite of fluorescence spectra was modeled with PARAFAC and it was revealed that the DOM extracts contained five fluorescing components: tryptophan-like (peak location at excitation <255 nm:emission 342 nm), tyrosine-like (276 nm:312 nm), and three humic-substance-like components (<255 nm:456 nm, 309 nm:426 nm, <255 nm:401 nm). In general, adsorption onto goethite and gibbsite increased with increasing DOM molecular weight and humification. PARAFAC analysis of the pre- and post-sorption DOM indicated that the ordering of sorption extent was humic-like components (average 91% sorption) > tryptophan-like components (52% sorption) > tyrosine-like components (29% sorption). This differential sorption of the modeled DOM components in both the soil organic horizon and leaf tissue extracts led to the fractionation of DOM. The results of this study demonstrate that multidimensional fluorescence spectroscopy combined with PARAFAC can quantitatively describe the chemical fractionation process due to the interaction of DOM with mineral surfaces.     

Fluorescence immunological determination of immunoglobulin G in human serum by high-performance liquid gel-permeation chromatography

Summary A high-performance liquid gel-permeation chromatographic method is described for the determination of human serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) by separating the fluorescent immuno complex from the free fluorescence-labeled antibody. Fluorescence-labeled antibody used in this study was fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled Fab fragment goat anti-human IgG (anti-IgG Fab). Immuno complexes and antibody of different molecular sizes can be separated. FITC-labeled anti-IgG Fab was added to the serum and the mixture is passed through the column. An immuno complex separates as well-delineated peak in the column void volume, and was measured by the fluorescence of the column eluate (Ex=490nm, Em=520nm). The total analysis time for a serum sample was approximately 15min. The minimum detection limit was 25 mg/dl. The relative standard deviation was below 2% (peak area). The results of the HPL-GPC analysis correlate well with those obtained by laser nephelometric assay (r=0.992).     

Influence of epidermal thickness,pigmentation and redness on skin autofluorescence

Detection of autofluorescence at the skin surface is highly influenced by melanin and hemoglobin. Epidermal absorption and scattering may also be an influencing factor and is represented in this article as a quantitative parameter, epidermal thickness. To examine this parameter we measured the 370 nm fluorescence in vivo after excitation with 330 nm and the 455 nm fluorescence after excitation with 330 and 370 nm. Measurements were performed on sun-exposed skin at the dorsal aspect of the forearm and shoulder and on nonexposed buttock skin. Skin pigmentation and redness of the same body sites were measured by reflectance spectroscopy. The thickness of the stratum corneum and the cellular part of epidermis was quantified by light microscopy of skin biopsies. Multiple regression analysis was used to find correlations between autofluorescence and the potential influencing factors. We found a highly significant correlation of skin autofluorescence with pigmentation and redness for both emission wavelengths (Em). A small but significant correlation to epidermal thickness was found only for excitation wavelength (Ex) 370 nm and Em455 nm if body site was included in the analysis. No correlation between Ex330:Em370 and Ex330:Em455 and thickness of epidermis was found. For practical use, correction of skin autofluorescence for pigmentation is essential, correction for redness is of less importance and correction for epidermal thickness is unnecessary.     

Selective determination of cysteines through precolumn double-labeling and liquid chromatography followed by detection of intramolecular FRET

In this paper we introduce a novel approach for highly selective and sensitive analysis of cysteines (glutathione, cysteine, and homocysteine). This method is based on the detection of intramolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a liquid chromatography (LC) system after double-labeling of the amino and sulfhydryl groups of the cysteines. In this detection process, we monitored the FRET between the amine-derivatized and thiol-derivatized fluorophores. We screened 16 combinations of fluorescent reagents. As a result, FRET occurred most effectively when the sulfhydryl and amino groups of the cysteines were derivatized with 7-diethylamino-3-[{4'-(iodoacetyl)amino}phenyl]-4-methylcoumarin (DCIA, Ex/Em 390/480 nm) and 4-fluoro-7-nitrobenz-2-oxo-1,3-diazole (NBD-F, Ex/Em 480/540 nm), respectively, in this order. The double-labeled cysteines emitted NBD-F fluorescence (540 nm) through an intramolecular FRET process when they were excited at the wavelength of maximum excitation of DCIA (390 nm). The generation of FRET was confirmed by comparison with analysis of n-amylamine or tryptophan (amines without a sulfhydryl group) and 6-mercaptohexanol (thiol without an amino group) performed using LC and a three-dimensional fluorescence detection system. We were able to separate the double-labeled cysteines (DCIA and NBD-F) when performing LC on an ODS column with isocratic elution. The limits of quantification (signal-to-noise ratio = 10) and detection (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) for the cysteines, for a 20-μL injection volume, were in the range 150-670 fmol and 46-200 fmol, respectively. The sensitivity of the intramolecular FRET-forming derivatization method is higher than that of a system which takes advantage of conventional detection of the derivatives. Furthermore, this method provides sufficient selectivity and sensitivity to determine the total cysteines present in the plasma of healthy humans.     

Two-dimension fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to characterize the binding of organic ligands with zinc in eutrophic lake

Metal binding of organic ligands can definitely affect its environmental behavior in waters, while information on the binding heterogeneity with different organic ligands is still lacked till now. In this study, the binding of zinc with organic matters associated with cyanobacterial blooms, including dissolved organic matters (DOM) and attached organic matters (AOM), were studied by using fluorescence quenching titration combined with two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS). Metal-induced fluorescent quenching was obviously observed both for DOM and AOM, indicating the formation of metal-ligand complexes. Compared with the one-dimensional spectra, 2D-COS revealed the sequences of metal-ligand interaction with the following orders: 276 nm > 232 nm for DOM and 232 nm > 276 nm for AOM. Furthermore, the modified Stern-Volmer model showed that the binding constant (log KM) of 276 nm in DOM was higher than that of 232 nm (4.93 vs. 4.51), while AOM was characterized with a high binding affinity for 232 nm (log KM: 4.83). The ranks of log KM values were consistent with the sequential orders derived from 2D-COS results both for the two samples. Fluorescence quenching titration combined with 2D-COS was an effective method to characterize the metal-ligand interaction.     

meso-四[(4-苯乙烯氨基)苯基]卟啉合成及其波谱特点

以吡咯和对硝基苯甲醛为原料,经过环化、还原和缩合,合成了meso-四[(4-苯乙烯氨基)苯基]卟啉(TBAPP),通过UV-Vis、FT-IR、1H NMR及元素分析等对产物进行了表征,并对其荧光和电子顺磁共振特性进行了研究。 卟啉产物的EPR测定显示出游离基特征,表明卟啉分子的大π共轭结构对周边基团产生的自由基有稳定作用。 取代基对卟啉的紫外 可见吸收、光致发光及电子顺磁共振特性均有影响。 四席夫碱苯基卟啉TBAPP的Q带比前体四氨基卟啉（TAPP）和母体四硝苯基卟啉（TNPP）红移,而Soret谱带变化较小;TBAPP的440 nm光激发的最大荧光峰658 nm分别比TAPP蓝移5 nm和比TNPP红移9 nm;TBAPP的EPR精细结构比TAPP弱,而比TNPP强。     

Fluorometric Determination of Iron(Iii) with O-Hydroxyhydroquinonephthalein in the Presence of Brij 58

Abstract

A highly sensitive fluorescence reaction of iron(III) with o-hydroxyhydroquinonephthalein (Qnph) in the presence of various surfactants, and its application to the fluorophotometry of trace amounts of iron(III) is described. the method is based on the fluorescence quenching reaction between Qnph and iron(III) in the presence of Brij 58 at pH 3–4. the quenching calibration graph was linear over the range 0 – 300 ng per ml iron(III) by using fluorescence reaction at Em 525 nm with Ex 470 nm, and the iron(III) detection limit was 5 ng/ml. the proposed method is simple, rapid and does not involve heating or solvent extraction.     

Development of a hypoxia-selective near-infrared fluorescent probe for non-invasive tumor imaging

A near-infrared fluorochrome, GPU-311, was designed, synthesized and evaluated for its application in non-invasive imaging of tumor hypoxia. Efficient synthesis was achieved by nucleophilic substitution and click chemistry ring using the bifunctional tetraethylene glycol linker 2 containing thiol and azide groups for the conjugation of the propargylated nitroimidazole 1 and the heptamethine cyanine dye 3 bearing a 2-chloro-1-cyclohexenyl ring. GPU-311 exhibited long excitation and emission wavelength (Ex/Em=785/802?nm) and a decent quantum yield (0.05). The water solubility and hydrophilicity of GPU-311 increased. After in vitro treatment of SUIT-2/HRE-Luc pancreatic cancer cells with GPU-311, a higher level of fluorescence was observed selectively in hypoxia than in normoxia. However, in vivo fluorescence imaging of a mouse xenograft model after GPU-311 administration revealed inadequate accumulation of GPU-311 in tumors due to its rapid elimination through the liver.     

Assessing the optical changes in dissolved organic matter in humic lakes by spectral slope distributions

The impact of photodegradation and mixing processes on the optical properties of dissolved organic matter (DOM) was examined using a distribution of absorption spectral slopes and fluorescence measurements in two Argentine lakes. By examining the variability of the absorption spectral slopes throughout the ultraviolet and visible wavelengths, it was possible to determine which wavelength intervals were most sensitive to dominant loss processes. For DOM photodegradation, results show that increases in the absorption spectral slope between 265 and 305 nm were highly sensitive to increased exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation. A slightly larger wavelength range (265-340 nm) was found to be influenced when both mixing and photodegradation processes were considered, in terms DOM residence time, DOM absorption and UV diffuse attenuation coefficients. This same interval of spectral slopes (265-340 nm) was found to highly correlate with changes in fluorescence emission/excitation in wavelengths that are typically associated with terrestrial humic-like DOM. The identification of specific wavelength intervals, rather than the use of standard wavelength intervals or ratios, improved our ability to identify the dominant dissolved organic matter (humic-like) and major loss mechanisms (photodegradation) in these lakes.     

The effectiveness of bisulfite-activated permanganate technology to enhance the coagulation efficiency of Microcystis aeruginosa

The effects of bisulfite-activated permanganate technology(PM/BS) as a pre-oxidation process on enhancing Microcystis aeruginosa(M.aeruginosa) removal by post coagulation were investigated.The results demonstrated that pretreatment with PM/BS process effectively promoted the algae removal by coagulation with Al_2(SO_4)_3 as the coagulant and this phenomenon was more obvious with the increase of water hardness.Compared to the sole coagulation,PM/BS pre-oxidation combing with coagulation could neutralize the zeta potential of algal cells effectively,decrease the algal cell size,and lead to the formation of more compact flocs due to the in-situ generated Mn02.The effect of oxidant dosages on algal organic matter(AOM) was also studied and no obvious release of macromolecular substances was observed with the dosage of KMn04 increasing from 3.0 mg/L to 7.0 mg/L,suggesting the integrity of algal cells at a high KMn04 dosage.Moreover,PM/BS pre-oxidation could lead to the decrease of most analyzed disinfection by-products(DBPs) at a Al_2(SO_4)_3 dosage of 40.0 mg/L.The algae removal efficiency was also significantly enhanced by PM/BS pre-oxidation in the test using real algae-laden water.This study indicated that PM/BS process might be a potential assistant technology for algae removal by subsequent coagulation.     

Improved method for determination of abamectin and ivermectin in cattle plasma.

A liquid chromatographic (LC) method was developed for determination of abamectin (ABM) and ivermectin (IVM) in cattle plasma. The sample was extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up on an alumina column. After conversion to stable fluorescent derivative with trifluoroacetic anhydride and N-methylimidazole, the sample was analyzed by LC with fluorescence detection (Ex 365 nm and Em 475 nm). Doramectin was used as an internal standard. Recoveries ranged from 91.2 to 100.7% for IVM and from 87.0 to 98.7% for ABM, with 1-50 ng/mL fortified samples. The coefficients of variation were <10.1%. The limit of detection was 0.02 ng/mL for ABM and IVM in 1.0 mL samples.     

胃蛋白酶对CdTe纳米粒子的表面修饰及分析应用

以巯基乙酸为稳定剂和表面修饰剂, 在有机相中合成了平均粒径为3 nm左右的CdTe纳米粒子, 用胃蛋白酶改变纳米粒子的表面修饰状态并研究其系列特性. CdTe纳米粒子在320 nm处有强的紫外吸收, 在524.8 nm处有荧光发射. 经胃蛋白酶对其表面修饰后, 紫外吸收峰位不变, 但吸光强度升高, 荧光峰位蓝移至467.2 nm, 荧光强度降低. 温度、pH值及离子强度均对表面修饰产生影响. 在最佳实验条件下, 胃蛋白酶质量浓度在4—40 mg/L范围内与荧光降低值之间呈线性关系, 检测限(3σ)为0.28 mg/L(n=10), 该方法已被用于人体胃液胃蛋白酶的测定.     

HPLC-SEC: a new approach to characterise complex wastewater effluents

This work investigates the use of HPLC-SEC to characterise dissolved organic matter (DOM) of complex wastewater effluents. A silica-based column, sodium acetate eluent and multiple detections were employed: UV-254 absorbance for humictype, and tryptophan-like (Ex/Em = 270/355) and tyrosine-like (Ex/Em = 270/310) fluorescence for protein type compounds. Effects of eluent pH, eluent ionic strength and injection volume on separation efficiency were tested. Humic-type and protein-type fractions were clearly differentiated and eluted within and out of calibration range. Eluent ionic strength had the greatest influence on global resolution; the lowest eluent concentration of 0.01 M produced the best separation for all wastewater effluents tested at any detection. UV-254 absorbance was higher at neutral and basic eluent pH while tryptophan-like fluorescence depended on the sample composition rather than on the eluent pH or ionic strength. Tyrosine-like fluorescence decreased significantly with the increase of eluent ionic strength. Accurate molecular weight measurements could not be done, the separation being influenced by secondary interactions, but could be approximated using separate calibrations with sodium salts of polystyrene-sulfonates and protein standards. The results show that this method is suitable for determining DOM in wastewater at low eluent concentrations (up to 0.03 M), at neutral or slightly basic pH.     

官厅水库蓝绿藻及藻毒素初步研究

聚苹果酸最初是由微生物学家在研究青霉菌的过程中发现的,聚苹果酸的人工合成由逐步聚合法开始,但由于苹果酸单体具有3种功能基,因此得到的是支化的聚苹果酸,随后人们改用苄酯基保护一端羧基的苹果酸单体,以DCC为缩合剂,进行缩聚,但这种方法只能得到聚苹果酸低聚物。     

红花水溶性多糖CTP的结构研究

微囊藻毒素（Microcystins,MCs）是由淡水蓝绿藻产生的一类最常见的环七肽缩氨酸肝毒素,它们通过抑制蛋白质磷酸酶的活性产生强烈的促肝癌作用,对人和其它生物产生较大威胁,人类长期饮用微量含有MCs的水,将导致原发性肝癌（PLA）,常见的MCs如MCLR,MCYR和MCRR的LD50值通常为50,70和600μg／kg（mouse,i．P．）。     

堆肥过程不同分子量水溶性有机物电子转移能力的演变及影响因素

利用超滤技术、电化学方法和光谱技术, 以堆肥水溶性有机物的不同分子量(MW)组分为研究对象, 分析在堆肥过程中不同分子量水溶性有机物(DOM)的组成特征、结构演变和电子转移能力变化的影响因素.结果表明, 类蛋白物质主要存在于堆肥前期的DOM(MW<1 kDa)中, 随着堆肥的进行, 类蛋白物质不断降解, 类富里酸物质持续合成, 堆肥后期类蛋白物质被完全降解, 类富里酸物质成为DOM(MW<1 kDa)主要的荧光组分.类腐殖物质是DOM(MW=1～3 kDa)、DOM(MW=3～5 kDa)和DOM(MW>5 kDa)的主要荧光组分, 堆肥过程中类腐殖质物质在3种不同分子量组分的变化各不相同, 但是堆肥后期类腐殖质物质在3个不同分子量组分的含量均高于堆肥初期. 堆肥过程中DOM(MW<1 kDa)的电子供给能力(EDC)呈降低趋势, 而电子接受能力(EAC)呈升高趋势; DOM(MW>5 kDa)的EDC在堆肥过程中呈上升趋势, 而EAC则无明显的变化规律.DOM(MW=1～3 kDa)和DOM(MW=3～5 kDa)的EDC和EAC在整个堆肥过程无明显变化规律.不同分子量组分堆肥DOM 的EAC受控于堆肥过程木质素降解产物的含量, 而其EDC变化与荧光参数和紫外参数无明显关系.     

黄豆黄素与黄豆黄苷吸收光谱和荧光光谱的比较研究

研究了黄豆黄素和黄豆黄苷在不同pH条件下的吸收光谱和荧光光谱, 从分子结构的角度解释了二者呈现不同光谱特征的原因. 黄豆黄素分子基本无荧光. 在弱碱性时, 黄豆黄素分子发生7-OH质子的电离, 导致吸收光谱中320 nm的吸收峰红移至348 nm. 采用pH-光度法测得7-OH质子的电离常数pK_a1=7.08±0.04. 黄豆黄素一价阴离子呈现较强荧光, 最大激发和发射波长λ_ex/λ_em分别为334 nm/464 nm, 荧光量子产率为0.049. 在碱性溶液中, 黄豆黄素4'-OH质子电离, 导致吸收光谱中254 nm的吸收峰红移至260 nm, 电离常数pK_a2=9.96±0.01. 黄豆黄苷分子基本无荧光. 在碱性条件下, 黄豆黄苷分子的4'-OH质子发生电离, 导致吸收光谱中256 nm的吸收峰红移至 280 nm, 电离常数pK_a=9.81±0.03. 黄豆黄苷阴离子基本无荧光, 但在热碱性条件下发生γ-吡喃酮环裂解反应而产生较强荧光, λ_ex/λ_em为288 nm/388 nm, 裂解产物的荧光量子产率为0.056. 虽然, 黄豆黄苷与黄豆黄素是苷与苷元的关系, 但黄豆黄苷不能在热碱性条件下通过糖苷水解转变为黄豆黄素, 二者的荧光增强机理存在本质不同.