Quantitative polymerase chain reaction using capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection: Analysis of duck hepatitis B

We report an accurate and reproducible DNA quantitation method using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The amount of PCR product is monitored after each PCR cycle by capillary electrophoresis. To ensure accurate quantitation, a non-amplified internal standard is added to each PCR-amplified electrophoresis sample to correct for variations in injection volume. Quantitation of the sample is based on the number of cycles necessary to generate a predetermined amount of PCR product. Duck hepatitis B virus genome was used as a model in this study. The genome was quantified with a linear relationship between cycle number and logarithm of sample DNA for amounts of sample DNA between 30 and 3.1 x 10(8) copies ( r(2)>0.999). The relative standard deviation for the corrected capillary electrophoresis signal was 2.7%, while the relative standard deviation for the overall assay was 3.0%. Results from a single-blind study generated a relative error of 1.3%.     

Optimization of affinity capillary electrophoresis for routine investigations of protein–metal ion interactions

To facilitate the implementation of affinity capillary electrophoresis into routine binding screening studies of proteins with metal ions, method acceleration, transfer and precision improvement were investigated. Affinity capillary electrophoresis was accelerated by using shorter capillaries, employing lower sample concentrations and smaller injection volumes. Intra‐ and inter‐instrument method transfers were investigated considering the temperature setting of the capillary cooling system. For intra‐instrument method transfer, similar results were obtained when transferring a method from a long (62 cm) to a short (31 cm) capillary. The analysis time was reduced from 9 to 4 min. In case of inter‐instrument method transfer, interaction results showed small variation on the capillary electrophoresis instrument with inefficient capillary cooling system. Binding measurement precision was enhanced by slightly pushing the sample above the beginning of the capillary. Changing the buffer vials after each 30 runs and employing extra flushing after each 60 subsequent runs further enhanced the precision. The use of 0.1 molar ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in the rinsing solution successfully desorbs the remaining metal ions from the capillary wall. Excellent precision for apparent mobility ratio measurements was achieved for different protein–metal ion interactions (relative standard deviation of 0.16–0.89%, 15 series, 12 runs for each).     

毛细管区带电泳测定纳米粒子粒度分布的研究

建立了一种用毛细管区带电泳测定纳米粒子平均粒径及粒径分布的新方法。该方法通过外标定量法对样品的原始电泳谱图进行定量校正,从而得到样品的粒径分布图及平均粒径。外标定量法包括迁移时间-粒径校正曲线的建立及不同粒径含量校正曲线的建立。该方法所需样品量少,且粒度分布结果具有统计代表性。     

Rational approach to quantitative sodium dodecyl sulfate capillary gel electrophoresis of monoclonal antibodies

Sodium dodecyl sulfate capillary gel electrophoresis has been used to separate and quantify murine monoclonal antibodies. The method uses a murine IgG, whose subclass differs from the analyte antibody, as an internal reference. The internal reference is chosen based on knowing that mouse IgG1 can be separated from mouse IgG2a or IgG2b. Good intra- and inter-day reproducibility [relative standard deviation (RSD)<2%] of peak-area ratio has been obtained. A calibration curve also demonstrates high linearity (R2=0.9999) of response for the analyte. The described method is highly suitable for accurate determination of the antibody concentration even if a capillary electrophoresis apparatus is unable to provide good injection reproducibility.     

Design and evaluation of capillary electrophoresis in dynamically coated capillaries coupled with chemiluminescence detection

A dynamic coating capillary electrophoresis coupled with a simplified on-line chemiluminescence detection system was designed and evaluated. In the proposed system, poly-vinylpyrrolidone was used as dynamic coating substance in the separation buffer to reduce the unwanted protein non-specific adsorption, which was first applied in capillary electrophoresis coupling with on-line chemiluminescence detection. In order to avoid complex processing, an ordinary plastic cuvette was modified as a three-way joint. The chemiluminescence reaction conditions and capillary electrophoresis separation conditions were investigated in detail. The results showed that the coated capillary can be injected protein samples at least 30 times continuously with good repeatability. Under optimal conditions, the chemiluminescence relative intensity was linear with the concentration of hemoglobin in the range of 4-1850 μg mL(-1) and the detection limit was 2.0 μg mL(-1) (S/N=3). The relative standard deviation of migration times and peak heights for 40 μg mL(-1) hemoglobin were 2.5% and 4.1% (n=11) respectively. Interference of matrix effects was overcome by the calibration according to standard addition methods. Afterwards, the method was validated successfully and was applied to detect the concentration of hemoglobin in the serum of haemolytic patients.     

毛细管电泳叠加对比法测定阿片粉中吗啡的含量

 用毛细管区带电泳 ,以叠加对比法对阿片粉中的吗啡进行了定量分析 ,样品的回收率为 10 0 .6 % ,峰迁移时间的相对标准偏差 (RSD)不大于 2 .4 % ,相对迁移时间的RSD不大于 1.1% ,相对峰面积的RSD不大于 0 .5 1%。与内标对比工作曲线法作了比较 ,实验表明两种分析方法的结果无显著性差异 ,叠加对比法具有简便、快速、准确的优点 ,可用于样品中有效成分的快速定量。     

Double‐layer poly(vinyl alcohol)‐coated capillary for highly sensitive and stable capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis with mass spectrometry glycan analysis

Glycosylation plays an important role in protein conformations and functions as well as many biological activities. Capillary electrophoresis combined with various detection methods provided remarkable developments for high‐sensitivity glycan profiling. The coating of the capillary is needed for highly polar molecules from complex biosamples. A poly(vinyl alcohol)‐coated capillary is commonly utilized in the capillary electrophoresis separation of saccharides sample due to the high‐hydrophilicity properties. A modified facile coating workflow was carried out to acquire a novel multiple‐layer poly(vinyl alcohol)‐coated capillary for highly sensitive and stable analysis of glycans. The migration time fluctuation was used as index in the optimization of layers and a double layer was finally chosen, considering both the effects and simplicity in fabrication. With migration time relative standard deviation less than 1% and theoretical plates kept stable during 100 consecutive separations, the method was presented to be suitable for the analysis of glycosylation with wide linear dynamic range and good reproducibility. The glycan profiling of enzymatically released N‐glycans from human serum was obtained by the presented capillary electrophoresis method combined with mass spectrometry detection with acceptable results.     

Cross-linked poly(vinyl alcohol) as permanent hydrophilic column coating for capillary electrophoresis.

A fast method for the generation of permanent hydrophilic capillary coatings for capillary electrophoresis (CE) is presented. Such interior coating is effected by treating the surface to be coated with a solution of glutaraldehyde as cross-linking agent followed by a solution of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), which results in an immobilization of the polymer on the capillary surface. Applied for capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) such capillaries coated with cross-linked PVA exhibit excellent separation performance of adsorptive analytes like basic proteins due to the reduction of analyte-wall interactions. The long-term stability of cross-linked PVA coatings could be proved in very long series of CZE separations. More than 1000 repetitive CE separations of basic proteins were performed with stable absolute migration times relative standard deviation (RSD > 1.2%) and without loss of separation efficiency. Cross-linked PVA coatings exhibit a suppressed electroosmotic flow and excellent stability over a wide pH range.     

Fluorescein thiocarbamyl amino acids as internal standards for migration time correction in capillary sieving electrophoresis

A number of algorithms have been developed to correct for migration time drift in capillary electrophoresis. Those algorithms require identification of common components in each run. However, not all components may be present or resolved in separations of complex samples, which can confound attempts for alignment. This paper reports the use of fluorescein thiocarbamyl derivatives of amino acids as internal standards for alignment of 3-(2-furoyl)quinoline-2-carboxaldehyde (FQ)-labeled proteins in capillary sieving electrophoresis. The fluorescein thiocarbamyl derivative of aspartic acid migrates before FQ-labeled proteins and the fluorescein thiocarbamyl derivative of arginine migrates after the FQ-labeled proteins. These compounds were used as internal standards to correct for variations in migration time over a two-week period in the separation of a cellular homogenate. The experimental conditions were deliberately manipulated by varying electric field and sample preparation conditions. Three components of the homogenate were used to evaluate the alignment efficiency. Before alignment, the average relative standard deviation in migration time for these components was 13.3%. After alignment, the average relative standard deviation in migration time for these components was reduced to 0.5%.     

Simplex maximization of the correlation coefficient for DNA sizing analysis by capillary electrophoresis

The separation of DNA molecules in polymeric solution by capillary electrophoresis involves the optimization of several variables, such as polymer solution concentration, electric field separation, temperature, etc. The optimization of each variable individually usually is a time-consuming process and the results may reach a false optimum point. Chemometric methods are suitable to be applied in such cases in which a number of variables can be optimized simultaneously. The simplex is a chemometric method that can perform such a task easily and efficiently. In this study, a simplex method was carried out to maximize the correlation coefficient (r(2)) of a logarithmic plot of mobility (mu) vs. base pair (bp), which was obtained from the separation of DNA fragments of size between 75 and 4072 bp. The simplex showed three vertexes with r(2) > 0.98 and the vertex 21 showing the highest resolution. For the fragments between 201 and 2036 bp, the r(2) increased to 0.992 with and relative standard deviation (RSD) lower than 0.2% (inter- and intra-day variation). The precision of the method in determining the size of a PCR DNA fragment was carried out using a 1 kbp DNA ladder. With the addition of an internal standard to the sample, the precision could be further improved.     

A capillary electrophoresis method for the determination of soluble monosaccharides in Ginkgo biloba leaves

A method for the simultaneous determination of six monosaccharides by pre-column derivatization with 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone and capillary electrophoresis was developed in this work. The derivatization (i.e., reaction temperature, capillary electrophoresis duration, and extraction number) and separation (i.e., pH and buffer concentration) conditions for capillary electrophoresis were optimized. Results showed that the limits of detection under optimal conditions were in the range of 0.036–0.35 mg/L with a mean correlation coefficient >0.99. The recoveries were in the range of 87.3–108.49%, and the relative standard deviations of intra- and inter-day variations were in the ranges of 2.2–3.8 and 3.2–5.0%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of six free monosaccharides in three types of Ginkgo biloba leaves.     

Determination of herbicides and their metabolites in natural waters by capillary zone electrophoresis combined with dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and on-line preconcentration

A method has been proposed for the determination of 17 herbicides and their metabolites in natural waters by capillary zone electrophoresis with UV detection at 190 nm. Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction with trichloromethane has been used for pesticide recovery from water. The high sensitivity of determination has been provided by additional intracappilary preconcentration: the limits of pesticide detection in water involving off- and on-line preconcentration are 0.5–3.0 μg/L. The analysis takes 1–1.5 h; the relative standard deviation of the analysis results does not exceed 5%.     

气相色谱法测定铸造用酚醛树脂粉中六次甲基四胺含量

以间-甲酚作为内标,建立毛细管气相色谱法测定铸造用酚醛树脂粉中六次甲基四胺的含量。色谱柱为DB–5石英毛细管柱(30 m×0.25 mm,0.25μm),采用FID检测器。用水溶解样品中的六次甲基四胺,经过滤分离后,在确定的色谱条件下进行测定。此方法测定结果的相对标准偏差为0.9%~2.1%(n=6),加标回收率在98.7%~100.2%之间,与HG/T 2755–1996方法测定结果比较,误差在±0.2%之内。该方法灵敏度和准确度均符合要求,方法可靠,可用于铸造用酚醛树脂粉中六次甲基四胺含量的测定。     

气相色谱法测定溶剂型涂料中环己酮含量

建立测定溶剂型涂料中环己酮含量的气相色谱(GC)检测方法。样品在乙酸乙酯中超声提取,以ZB–WAX毛细管柱(30 m×0.25 mm,0.25 μm)为分离色谱柱,加入十四烷作为内标物,氢火焰离子化检测器(FID)检测,内标法定量。结果表明,环己酮的质量浓度在10~250 mg/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r=0.999 9。以阴性涂料样品为样品基质,加标平均回收率在92.5%~97.8%之间,测定结果的相对标准偏差在0.87%~1.77%(n=7)之间,方法检出限为13 mg/kg。采用该方法对15种溶剂型涂料样品进行测定,其中11种检出环己酮。该方法能使目标化合物得到有效分离,分析时间短,重复性好,灵敏度高,适用于溶剂型涂料中环己酮含量的快速测定。     

Comparison of high-performance liquid chromatography and high-performance capillary electrophoresis for the determination of cicletanine in plasma.

A sensitive and selective high-performance capillary electrophoresis (HPCE) procedure was developed for the determination of total cicletanine in human plasma. The procedure consisted in extraction of the drug with diethyl ether and analysis by micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography in a fused-silica capillary using sodium dodecyl sulphate in the run buffers and ultraviolet detection. The concentrations of cicletanine obtained by this method were compared with those obtained by a high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method used routinely. The within-run precision of the methods, expressed as relative standard deviation, ranged from 1.6 to 7.8% for HPLC and from 6.4 to 11.1% for HPCE. Both methods showed an adequate level of accuracy; the relative errors ranged from 0.02 to 3.25% for HPLC and from 0.21 to 2.90% for HPCE. The HPCE method required less than half the time taken by the HPLC method, making HPCE a useful alternative technique for the routine determination of cicletanine in plasma. Both methods were used to follow the time course of total cicletanine in human plasma after a single oral therapeutic dose of the drug.     

Simultaneous detection of zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate in cabbage leaves by capillary electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

We report a simple and highly sensitive method for the simultaneous detection of trace zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate by capillary electrophoresis with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate were chelated with trans‐1,2‐diaminocyclohexane‐N,N,N′,N′‐tetraacetic acid to form a macromolecule complex. Then, these two compounds were separated by α‐cyclodextrin‐modified capillary electrophoresis within 12 min at a separation voltage of 15 kV and measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The developed method is sensitive with detection limit of 1.9 and 3.0 ng Zn/mL for zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate, respectively. By means of ultrasound‐assisted extraction methods, zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate and zinc ethylenebisdithiocarbamate spiked into cabbage leaves were successfully extracted and determined with a relative standard deviation (n  = 5) ≤ 6% and a recovery of 95–107%.     

Fast separation and determination of carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid in different rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) extracts by capillary zone electrophoresis with ultra violet-diode array detection

Summary Carnosol, carnosic acid, rosmarinic acid and other not identified phenolic compounds were separated by capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) using a 40-cm long capillary and a 20 mM tetraborate buffer (pH 9.0), within 3 min. A UV-diode array detector was employed to collect spectra of phenolic compounds. The effect of some separation parameters on peak resolution and migration time of phenolic species present in a refined rosemary extract was studied. The repeatability of the method was also investigated: the intraday relative standard deviation on total peak area was less than 4%, while the intraday relative standard deviation on migration time was less than 0.6%. Moreover the CZE method showed good sensitivity (0.0007 μg mL¹ for carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid). Carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid have been quantified in different commercial extracts of rosemary. Finally, the optimized method was also applied to evaluate the recovery of these two compounds when different organic solvents were employed during the extraction procedure.     

Cationic starch derivatives as dynamic coating additives for protein analysis in capillary electrophoresis

Positively charged starch derivatives were used to modify the inner surface of fused-silica capillaries by addition to running buffer, which were subsequently employed in capillary electrophoresis (CE). Capillaries coated with the cationic starch derivatives were shown to generate a stable, reversed electroosmotic flow (EOF) in the investigated pH range of 3-9. The presented coating procedure was fast, based on a simple rinsing protocol where the polymer created a physically adsorbed, cationic polymer layer. Among the additives studied, a quaternary ammonium starch derivative showed a fast EOF mobility and effectively suppressed the adsorption of proteins. The intra- and inter-day reproducibility of the coating referring to the EOF mobility were satisfactory with relative standard deviation (RSD) of 0.27 and 1.67%, respectively. The coating enabled separation of some protein mixtures including basic proteins within l3 min with efficiencies up to 280,000 plates/m. In addition, this cationic starch derivative possessed a good solubility (about 100mg/mL), and it does not significantly contribute to the background adsorption in the UV region of 190-400 nm.     

Separation and Determination of Five Anthraquinones in Rheum and Rheum-Containing Preparations by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis

A capillary zone electrophoresis method modified by β-CD was, for the first time, developed for the simultaneous determination of five anthraquinones (physcion, chrysophanol, aloe-emodin, emodin and rhein) in rheum and rheum-containing preparations. The factors relevant to the run buffer media and their effects on the separation were studied. A buffer solution composed of 15 mM sodium borate, 30 mM β-CD, 20% acetonitrile and 1.0% ethanediol was found to be the most suitable electrolyte for separation, whereby the contents of the five anthraquinones in rheum and rheum-containing preparations could be easily determined in 20 min at 20 kV. The relative standard deviation for the determination of the five constituents in the samples varied form 0.16–5.47%, and the recovery ranged between 92.0 and 107.3%. Moreover the inclusion constants of the target compounds, except for rhein with β-CD, were also determined.     

气相色谱法测定溶剂型木器涂料中异佛尔酮含量

建立一种快速测定溶剂型木器涂料中异佛尔酮含量的气相色谱法。样品经乙酸乙酯提取,采用Rtx–1701毛细管色谱柱分离后,以十四烷作内标物,内标法定量。该方法中异佛尔酮质量浓度在10~200 mg/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,相关系数r=0.999 98,方法检出限为10 mg/kg。样品平均加标回收率为92.2%~97.1%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为0.13%~1.25%(n=6)。该方法能有效地对溶剂型木器涂料中异佛尔酮进行定性、定量分析,而且具有简单、快速、准确、检出限低等特点,能满足实验要求。