电感耦合等离子体质谱在同位素分析中的研究进展

综述了电感耦合等离子体质谱技术(ICP-MS)在同位素分析方面的应用和最新进展,着重介绍了多接收器电感耦合等离子体质谱(MC-ICP-MS),等离子体飞行时间质谱仪(ICP-TOF-MS),激光烧蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱(LA-ICPMS),扇形磁场电磁双聚焦电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-SF-MS).     

NEWS

近年来,基于金属元素标记的生物免疫分析方法被提出并得到了迅速的发展。使用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)作为金属标记免疫分析的检测方法的优点包括:灵敏度高、检出限低、线性范围宽、多检测物同时分析、不需要放射元素和有毒害的酶标记物等。由于蛋白质和标记的有机化合物不影响元素的测定,基体效应小。四川大学吕弋研究组将传统的纳米金标记-银放大技术和ICP-MS免疫分析技术结合起来,提出了高灵敏的免疫分     

基于ICP-MS的蛋白质定量方法*

蛋白质组学已经成为生命科学研究中最为活跃的领域之一。研究蛋白质的生物功能,不但需要高通量的鉴定蛋白质,还需要定量分析动态变化的蛋白质,即定量蛋白质组学研究。蛋白质的定量研究有助于发现新的生物功能,并可以用于疾病的预警和药物靶点的发现。现有的定量蛋白质组学研究主要利用同位素标记结合生物质谱（电喷雾电离质谱ESI-MS,基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱MALDI-MS）技术而实现。近年来电感耦合等离子体质谱（ICP-MS）作为ESI-MS和MALDI-MS的补充,越来越多地应用于蛋白质的定量分析,特别是蛋白质的绝对定量分析。ICP-MS是检测生物分子中痕量元素的理想工具,具有灵敏度高、动态范围广,不易受基体的影响等优点。本文将讨论基于ICP-MS的分析方法,及其在蛋白质定量分析和免疫分析中的部分成功应用。     

基于电感耦合等离子体质谱的肿瘤标志物检测

癌症是导致死亡的重要原因和提高预期寿命的严重阻碍。研究表明,早期的诊断和治疗是降低死亡率最有效的途径。肿瘤标志物的浓度变化通常与肿瘤发生、肿瘤细胞转移和临床治疗相关,肿瘤标志物检测对癌症的早期诊断,进展监测和预后具有重要的意义。近二十年来,基于电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)检测肿瘤标志物的方法引起了研究者的广泛关注。ICP-MS具有分辨率高、灵敏度高、动态范围宽以及可多元素同时检测的优势。结合稳定同位素标记策略,已有许多基于ICP-MS的肿瘤标志物检测方法被报道。该文介绍了几种常见肿瘤标志物及其ICP-MS检测方法,并简要总结了ICP-MS在多组分生物标志物同时检测中的应用。     

HPLC/ICP-MS定量分析蛋白质

定量蛋白质组学已经成为蛋白质组学的重要组成部分,也给分析化学带来了巨大的机遇和挑战.已有的定量蛋白质组学方法主要利用同位素标记结合生物质谱技术而完成定量分析.与生物质谱不同,电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)可以分析周期表中大部分元素,而且元素在ICP-MS中的响应与其所处的分子环境无关.如果蛋白质已被鉴定,或者其元素含量已知,就可以通过分析蛋白质中某一元素而实现对蛋白质的绝对定量分析~([1]).     

电感耦合等离子体质谱用于多组分免疫分析研究进展

免疫分析在临床医学检测领域具有重要的地位.本课题组提出了基于电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)的免疫分析方法,利用元素标记技术结合ICP-MS检测实现多组分免疫分析.随后,研究人员在该领域做了大量研究工作,证明该方法可用于从小分子、蛋白质、核酸到细胞等一系列生物样品的检测.本文综述了基于ICP-MS免疫分析方法的特点,对其发展方向进行了展望,希望为该领域的研究工作提供参考.     

同位素稀释法电感耦合等离子体质谱在痕量元素分析中的应用

介绍了同位素稀释法的原理,对同位素稀释法的浓度计算公式进行了推导。着重论述了同位素稀释法电感耦合等离子体质谱分析过程中影响同位素比值测定结果准确度和精确度的主要因素及其解决办法。综述了同位素稀释法电感耦合等离子体质谱近几年来在材料、生物以及环境样品分析中的应用。     

电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)及其联用技术在核工业领域的应用进展

综述了电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)及其联用分析技术的进展,论述了其在相关核工业及环境领域中分析痕量或超痕量的放射性同位素、长寿命核素、元素形态等的应用。讨论了电感耦合等离子体质谱及联用技术的发展趋势,并对目前存在的主要问题及可能的解决方案进行了讨论。     

电感耦合等离子体-质谱联用及其在环境和生物样品中铂族金属分析的应用进展

本文简述了电感耦合等离子体-质谱联用(LCP-MS)技术和仪器的发展,分析了环境和生物样品中铂族金属分析的主要困难,综述了90年代以来国内外ICP-MS技术在环境和生物样品中铂族金属分析的最新进展,引用文献47篇.     

质谱的无机痕量分析进展

概述了电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)、激光电离质谱(LIMS)和共振电离质谱(RIMS)、火花源质谱(SSMS)、辉光放电质谱(GDMS)、二次离子质谱(SIMS)、热电离同位素稀释质谱法(ID-TIMS)等无机质谱分析方法的基本原理、方法特点和应用进展,概括了ICE-MS和IDMS方法的优缺点;采用溶液进样的ICP-MS和TIMS稀释法,给出的测量结果不确定度要高于固体进样的质谱法。     

Application of enriched stable isotopes as tracers in biological systems: a critical review

The application of enriched stable isotopes of minerals and trace elements as tracers in biological systems is a rapidly growing research field that benefits from the many new developments in inorganic mass spectrometric instrumentation, primarily within inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrumentation, such as reaction/collision cell ICP-MS and multicollector ICP-MS with improved isotope ratio measurement and interference removal capabilities. Adaptation and refinement of radioisotope tracer experiment methodologies for enriched stable isotope experiments, and the development of new methodologies coupled with more advanced compartmental and mathematical models for the distribution of elements in living organisms has enabled a broader use of enriched stable isotope experiments in the biological sciences. This review discusses the current and future uses of enriched stable isotope experiments in biological systems.     

Quantitative analysis of a proteome by N-terminal stable-isotope labelling of tryptic peptides

Covalent modification of peptides and proteins with compounds containing stable isotopes (isotope tagging) has become an essential tool to detect dynamic changes in the proteome following external or internal influence; however, using terminal amino groups for global isotope labelling of tryptic peptides is challenged by the similar reactivity of the amino groups of lysine residues. We describe a new quantitative method based on selective tagging of the terminal amino groups of tryptic peptides with pentafluorophenyl esters containing stable isotopes. The labelled peptides were resolved by two-dimensional nanoflow liquid chromatography on weak anion-exchange and reversed-phase columns and then identified and quantified by tandem mass spectrometry. The method was applied to compare the proteomes of plasma membranes from proliferating and differentiated human colorectal adenocarcinoma (Caco-2) cells and endosomes purified from the livers of rats stimulated with insulin and epidermal growth factor. The comparison of the results obtained by isotope tagging and biochemical assays demonstrate that global isotope tagging with pentafluorophenyl esters allows accurate quantification of complex protein samples.     

Precise and accurate isotope ratio measurements by ICP-MS

The precise and accurate determination of isotope ratios by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) is important for quite different application fields (e.g. for isotope ratio measurements of stable isotopes in nature, especially for the investigation of isotope variation in nature or age dating, for determining isotope ratios of radiogenic elements in the nuclear industry, quality assurance of fuel material, for reprocessing plants, nuclear material accounting and radioactive waste control, for tracer experiments using stable isotopes or long-lived radionuclides in biological or medical studies). Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), which used to be the dominant analytical technique for precise isotope ratio measurements, is being increasingly replaced for isotope ratio measurements by ICP-MS due to its excellent sensitivity, precision and good accuracy. Instrumental progress in ICP-MS was achieved by the introduction of the collision cell interface in order to dissociate many disturbing argon-based molecular ions, thermalize the ions and neutralize the disturbing argon ions of plasma gas (Ar+). The application of the collision cell in ICP-QMS results in a higher ion transmission, improved sensitivity and better precision of isotope ratio measurements compared to quadrupole ICP-MS without the collision cell [e.g., for 235U/238U approximately 1 (10 microg x L(-1) uranium) 0.07% relative standard deviation (RSD) vs. 0.2% RSD in short-term measurements (n = 5)]. A significant instrumental improvement for ICP-MS is the multicollector device (MC-ICP-MS) in order to obtain a better precision of isotope ratio measurements (with a precision of up to 0.002%, RSD). CE- and HPLC-ICP-MS are used for the separation of isobaric interferences of long-lived radionuclides and stable isotopes by determination of spallation nuclide abundances in an irradiated tantalum target.     

Analytical plasma source mass spectrometry in biomedical research

The features of inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) that make it unique also make possible applications in biological chemistry and biomedical research that would be otherwise difficult or impossible. High sensitivity, characterized spectral interferences, rapid mass scanning, and individual isotope measurements are now combined with sophisticated sample preparation, separations, or stable isotope additions to achieve rapid semi-quantitative analysis, element speciation, and high accuracy. The semi-quantitative analysis of various materials, the separation and detection of macromolecules in blood and other tissues, and tracking of stable isotopes added either purposely or inadvertently to children are important applications of ICP-MS. Current functional limitations and obstacles and potential development areas also are examined.     

常见炸药的稳定同位素比值分析方法研究进展

炸药的深度比对与溯源对于爆炸案事件的侦破具有重大意义,以不同地域来源的原料或不同生产工艺生产的炸药,其组成元素的稳定同位素比值具有差异,因而稳定同位素比值可作为炸药深度比对与溯源的重要指标。稳定同位素比值质谱法(IRMS)作为一种高精度的稳定同位素比值测量手段,已逐渐发展成熟,与元素分析仪、气相色谱仪、液相色谱仪等仪器联用,在食品安全、环境保护、法庭科学等领域应用广泛。IRMS在炸药比对与溯源上亦发挥了重要作用,自1975年IRMS被应用于区分不同国家生产的三硝基甲苯(TNT)以来,IRMS已成功用于多种炸药的分析。但目前尚未见有文献系统地总结常见炸药的稳定同位素比值分析研究进展。该文介绍了稳定同位素比值分析的相关原理、仪器组成及特点,分别总结了硝酸铵、黑火药、TNT、太恩、黑索金等常见炸药的稳定同位素比值分析方法,汇总了文献报道的不同国家生产的硝酸铵、黑火药、TNT等炸药的稳定同位素比值。文章就不同炸药的稳定同位素比值差异、炸药生产、存储过程中相关因素对同位素比值的影响,爆炸前后稳定同位素比值的变化情况等内容进行了分析。本文还指出了目前炸药的稳定同位素比值分析研究中存在的问题,对可能的解决办法进行了讨论,对未来的发展方向提出了建议。     

Analytical plasma source mass spectrometry in biomedical research

The features of inductively coupled plasma– mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) that make it unique also make possible applications in biological chemistry and biomedical research that would be otherwise difficult or impossible. High sensitivity, characterized spectral interferences, rapid mass scanning, and individual isotope measurements are now combined with sophisticated sample preparation, separations, or stable isotope additions to achieve rapid semi-quantitative analysis, element speciation, and high accuracy. The semi-quantitative analysis of various materials, the separation and detection of macromolecules in blood and other tissues, and tracking of stable isotopes added either purposely or inadvertently to children are important applications of ICP-MS. Current functional limitations and obstacles and potential development areas also are examined.     

Stable isotope labeling of nanomaterials for biosafety evaluation and drug development

Quantitative information, such as environmental migration, absorption, biodistribution, biotransformation, and elimination, is fundamental and essential for the nanosafety evaluations of nanomaterials. Due to the complexity of biological and environmental systems, it is challenging to develop quantitative approaches and tools that could characterize intrinsic behaviors of nanomaterials in the organisms. The isotopic tracers are ideal candidates to tune the physical properties of nanomaterials while preserving their chemical properties. In this review article, we summarized the stable isotope labeling methods of nanomaterials for evaluating their environmental and biological effects. The skeleton labeling protocols of carbon nanomaterials and metal/metal oxide nanoparticles were introduced. The advantages and disadvantages of stable isotope labeling were discussed in comparison with other quantitative methods for nanomaterials. The quantitative information of nanomaterials in environmental and biological systems was summarized along with the biosafety data. The benefits for drug development of nanomedicine were analyzed based on the targeting effects, persistent accumulation, and safety. Finally, the challenges and future perspectives of stable isotope labeling in nanoscience and nanotechnology were discussed.     

Isotopic determination of selenium in biological materials with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

A method for the isotopic determination of selenium in biological matrices is described. The method is based on hydride generation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The development is specifically related to the requirements of stable isotope tracer studies in human subjects. The method is based on isotope dilution using 82Se as the in vitro spike and can quantify the 74Se and 77Se contents of samples. It involves wet oxidation (HNO3 - H2O2 or HNO3 - HClO4) of the 82Se-spiked matrix, reduction to selenite by boiling with HCl followed by measurement of the isotope ratios (82Se/77Se and 74Se/77Se) in the gas stream (H2Se) generated from on-line reduction of the sample selenite with NaBH4. Compared with the isotopic signal resulting from a selenite solution containing 5 ng ml-1 of Se, the total sample blank contributions at m/z = 74, 77 and 82 were less than 5% of the respective isotope signal. Worst-case absolute detection limits were 0.2-0.9 ng of Se, depending on the isotope used. Ion beam intensity ratios were measured with an over-all precision [relative standard deviation (RSD)] of 1% for both isotope pairs. Measured ratios (MRa/b) were stable during a given day's operation within the expected precision of the measurements but varied for different days. The magnitude of MRa/b was generally independent of the nature of the matrix. Highly linear relationships were found between ion beam intensity ratios (MRa/b) and the corresponding true isotope ratios for calibration solutions whose isotope ratios had been altered by as much as one order of magnitude.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Environmental application of elemental speciation analysis based on liquid or gas chromatography hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry—A review

In recent years the number of environmental applications of elemental speciation analysis using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) as detector has increased significantly. The analytical characteristics, such as extremely low detection limits (LOD) for almost all elements, the wide linear range, the possibility for multi-elemental analysis and the possibility to apply isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) make ICP-MS an attractive tool for elemental speciation analysis. Two methodological approaches, i.e. the combination of ICP-MS with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography (GC), dominate the field. Besides the investigation of metals and metalloids and their species (e.g. Sn, Hg, As), representing “classic” elements in environmental science, more recently other elements (e.g. P, S, Br, I) amenable to ICP-MS determination were addressed. In addition, the introduction of isotope dilution analysis and the development of isotopically labeled species-specific standards have contributed to the success of ICP-MS in the field. The aim of this review is to summarize these developments and to highlight recent trends in the environmental application of ICP-MS coupled to GC and HPLC.