Synthesis of hydrophilic boronate affinity monolithic capillary for specific capture of glycoproteins by capillary liquid chromatography

Boronate affinity chromatography is an important tool for specific isolation of cis-diol-containing compounds such as glycoproteins, RNA and carbohydrates. Boronate functionalized monolithic capillaries have been recently developed for specific capture of cis-diol-containing small biomolecules, but the apparent hydrophobicity of the columns prevents them from specific capture of glycoproteins. In this paper, a hydrophilic boronate affinity monolithic capillary was prepared by in situ free radical polymerization, using 4-vinylphenylboronic acid (VPBA) and N, N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBAA) as functional monomer and cross-linker, respectively. The prepared poly(VPBA-co-MBAA) monolithic capillary exhibited uniform open channel network and high density of accessible boronic acid. Due to the utilization of hydrophilic cross-linker, the prepared column was hydrophilic, allowing for specific capture of glycoproteins.     

Synthesis and characterization of a new boronate affinity monolithic capillary for specific capture of cis-diol-containing compounds

Boronate affinity chromatography (BAC) is an important tool for specific capture and separation of cis-diol-containing compounds such as glycoproteins, RNA and carbohydrates. Only a few reports on monolithic column-based BAC have appeared. In this paper, boronate functionalized monolithic capillary column was synthesized by in situ free radical polymerization for the first time. The prepared column was first characterized in terms of morphology, pore properties, capacity and retention mechanisms. The column exhibited uniform open channel network and high capture capacity. Systematical investigation on the retention mechanism revealed that multiple intermolecular interactions occur between the analytes and the boronate affinity monolith, including boronate affinity, reversed-phase, cation-exchange and hydrogen bonding interactions, depending on the conditions used. In addition, the presence of Lewis base such as fluoride ion in the mobile phase was found to be favorable to the complexation between cis-diol-containing compounds with the boronic acid ligand under less basic conditions. On the basis of these fundamental investigations, the prepared monolithic column was then applied to the capture of adenosine and flavin adenine dinucleotide. The investigations in this study provide sound understanding not only on how to manipulate the separation selectivity through selection of appropriate mobile phase composition on the currently prepared columns but also on how to design next-generation columns with desired properties and functions.     

利用高度结构对称的共聚试剂制备高比表面积的硼亲和整体柱

硼亲和整体柱是一种能对顺式二羟基化合物进行选择性分离的重要色谱介质。然而,整体柱微结构在制备过程中难以控制。本文以分子结构高度对称的三聚氰胺和三(2,3-环氧基丙基)异氰酸酯(TEPIC)作为共聚试剂,利用“团队硼亲和”原理,采用原位聚合的方法制备了一种新型硼亲和整体柱。“团队硼亲和”的作用使该硼亲和整体柱对顺式二羟基化合物的结合pH降低至中性范围。结构高度对称的共聚试剂有效地提高了整体柱材料的比表面积,使其达80.3 m²/g,显著高于文献中报道的其它硼亲和整体柱。     

利用高度结构对称的共聚试剂制备高比表面积的硼亲和整体柱

硼亲和整体柱是一种能对顺式二羟基化合物进行选择性分离的重要色谱介质。然而,整体柱微结构在制备过程中难以控制。本文以分子结构高度对称的三聚氰胺和三(2,3-环氧基丙基)异氰酸酯(TEPIC)作为共聚试剂,利用“团队硼亲和”原理,采用原位聚合的方法制备了一种新型硼亲和整体柱。“团队硼亲和”的作用使该硼亲和整体柱对顺式二羟基化合物的结合pH降低至中性范围。结构高度对称的共聚试剂有效地提高了整体柱材料的比表面积,使其达80.3 m²/g,显著高于文献中报道的其它硼亲和整体柱。     

Off-line hyphenation of boronate affinity monolith-based extraction with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry for efficient analysis of glycoproteins/glycopeptides

Boronate affinity materials have attracted increasing attentions as sample enrichment platforms for glycoproteomic analysis in recent years. However, most of the boronate affinity materials that have already employed for proteomic analysis are suffering from apparent disadvantages, such as alkaline pH for binding, weak affinity, and relatively poor selectivity. Benzoboroxoles are a unique class of boronic acids which have showed excellent binding properties for the recognition of cis-diol-containing compounds. Recently, a 3-carboxy-benzoboroxole-functionalized monolithic column had been reported and it had exhibited the best selectivity and affinity as well as the lowest binding pH among all reported boronate affinity monolithic columns. In this study, an off-line hyphenation of this boronate affinity monolithic column-based extraction with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was developed and the powerfulness of this hyphenated approach in the analysis of glycoproteins and glycopeptides in complex samples was investigated. The approach was first applied to the analysis of glycopeptides in the tryptic digest of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Totally 22 glycopeptides were identified. To the best of our knowledge, this is the best performance among all the boronic acid-functionalized materials. We further employed this approach to the analysis of intact proteins in human saliva. Totally 6 intact glycoproteins were successfully identified. As comparison, when the samples were analyzed without extraction, only a few glycopeptides were identified from the tryptic digest of HRP while no glycoproteins were found from the saliva samples.     

硼酸亲和整体柱在富集中药活性物质中的应用

以4-乙烯基苯硼酸(VPBA)为功能单体,季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯(PETA)为交联剂,乙二醇和二甘醇为二元致孔剂,通过热引发自由基聚合反应,在毛细管内原位聚合制备得到一种poly(VPBA-co-PETA)毛细管整体柱。所制备的整体柱具有典型的硼酸亲和特性,可以特异性地捕获含有顺二羟基的化合物。在前期实验的基础上,将其用于两种中草药 蒲公英和刺果卫矛中含顺二羟基的小分子活性物质的富集。这两种中药提取物直接用高效液相色谱进行检测时,其活性成分绿原酸等因含量太低而使检测困难或无法检测;经过硼酸亲和整体柱富集后收集洗脱液进行检测,色谱峰响应则显著提高。该结果表明所制备的poly(VPBA-co-PETA)整体柱可以作为富集中药提取物中含顺二羟基活性物质的有效手段。     

以聚乙二醇/甲醇为二元致孔剂的新型磺酸甜菜碱型两性离子亲水毛细管整体柱的合成与色谱评价

使用新型二元致孔剂聚乙二醇(PEG)/甲醇,以N,N-二甲基-N-甲基丙烯酰胺基丙基-N,N-二甲基-N-丙烷磺酸内盐(SPP)为单体,季戊四醇三丙烯酸酯(PETA)为交联剂,偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN)为引发剂,通过原位聚合法制备磺酸甜菜碱型两性离子亲水毛细管整体柱。对各反应物的配比进行了优化。结果表明,当单体与致孔剂的质量比为1∶2.5,并且致孔剂中PEG与甲醇的质量比为1∶2,单体内部SPP与PETA的质量比为1∶1,AIBN为总质量的0.1%时为最优配比;PEG/甲醇二元致孔剂的加入实现了对整体柱内部孔径大小的调节,得到了结构更为均一,渗透性、机械稳定性良好的毛细管整体柱,并且理论塔板数与传统制备方法相比有显著提高,在毛细管液相色谱模式下最高可达2.4×105塔板/m。将制备的整体柱应用于毛细管液相色谱和加压毛细管电色谱分离酚类、核苷类等极性小分子混合物,得到了很好的分离效果。     

基于巯基-烯点击反应制备有机-无机杂化硼酸亲和整体柱用于糖蛋白的选择性富集

发展了以巯基-烯点击反应制备有机-无机杂化硼酸亲和整体柱的新方法。首先以四甲氧基硅烷(TMOS)和巯丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MPTMS)作为反应单体,采用溶胶-凝胶反应制备表面含巯基的硅胶整体柱。然后利用巯基-烯(thiol-ene)的点击反应在整体柱上修饰硼酸配基3-丙烯酰胺基苯硼酸(AAPBA),制成AAPBA-硅胶杂化亲和整体柱。对影响硼酸亲和整体柱性能的条件如TMOS与MPTMS的比例、聚乙二醇和甲醇的用量等进行了优化。并采用扫描电镜、红外光谱等分析仪器对整体柱形貌和机械稳定性能进行了表征。研究了AAPBA-硅胶杂化亲和整体柱的分离性能,结果表明,其在中性条件下对含有顺式二醇的生物小分子核苷具有良好的特异亲和能力,并已成功地应用于卵清蛋白、辣根过氧化物酶等糖蛋白的分离。基于巯基-烯反应的制备方法新颖、可靠,可用于制备多种不同类型的硼酸亲和整体柱,具有较大的应用前景。     

混合模式毛细管聚合物整体柱的制备及应用

混合模式毛细管整体色谱柱由于保留机理多样,具有很好的应用前景。本文以[2-（甲基丙烯酰基氧基）乙基]二甲基-（3-磺酸丙基）氢氧化铵（SPE）为单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯（EDMA）为交联剂,偶氮二异丁腈（AIBN）为引发剂,正丙醇/1,4-丁二醇/水三元体系为致孔剂,制备了聚合物基质SPE-co-EDMA毛细管液相色谱整体柱。通过系统优化致孔剂和反应物种类和配比、引发剂的用量、反应时间和反应温度等因素,提高了整体柱的柱效、机械强度、渗透性和重复性。结果表明该毛细管整体柱在10 MPa内具有良好的机械强度,渗透性为2.17×10^-14 m²,而且批次内和批次间峰面积的重现性（RSD）分别为1.0%和4.6%。以极性和非极性的多种化合物评价了该毛细管整体柱的色谱性能,结果表明该柱在高有机相中具有亲水相互作用机理,在低有机相中具有反相作用机理,显示出混合模式分离特性。     

Ring‐opening metathesis polymerization‐derived,lectin‐functionalized monolithic supports for affinity separation of glycoproteins

Lectin‐functionalized monolithic columns were prepared within polyether ether ketone (PEEK) columns (150 × 4.6 mm id) via transition metal‐catalyzed ring‐opening metathesis polymerization of norborn‐2‐ene (NBE) and trimethylolpropane‐tris(5‐norbornene‐2‐carboxylate) (CL) using the first‐generation Grubbs initiator RuCl₂(PCy₃)₂(CHPh) (1, Cy = cyclohexyl) in the presence of a macro‐ and microporogen, i.e. of 2‐propanol and toluene. Postsynthesis functionalization was accomplished via in situ grafting of 2,5‐dioxopyrrolidin‐1‐yl‐bicyclo[2.2.1]hept‐5‐ene‐2‐carboxylate to the surface of the monoliths followed by reaction with α,ω‐diamino‐poly(ethyleneglycol). The pore structure of the poly(ethyleneglycol)‐ derivatized monoliths was investigated by electron microscopy and inverse‐size exclusion chromatography, respectively. The amino‐poly(ethyleneglycol) functionalized monolithic columns were then successfully used for the immobilization of lectin from Lens culinaris hemagglutinin. The thus prepared lectin‐functionalized monoliths were applied to the affinity chromatography‐based purification of glucose oxidase. The binding capacity of Lens culinaris hemagglutinin‐immobilized monolithic column for glucose oxidase was found to be 2.2 mg / column.     

整体柱和填充柱离子对色谱-间接紫外检测法分析四乙基铵根离子

建立了整体柱离子对色谱-间接紫外检测和填充柱离子对色谱-间接紫外检测分析四乙基铵根离子的两种方法。用反相整体柱和反相填充柱,以咪唑离子液体-离子对试剂-有机溶剂为流动相,研究了背景紫外吸收试剂、检测波长、离子对试剂、有机溶剂、柱温和流速对测定四乙基铵根离子的影响,比较了两种色谱柱的差异,并讨论了保留规律。在优化的实验条件下,两种方法测定四乙基铵根离子的保留时间分别是2.40和3.02 min;检出限分别是0.04和0.07 mg/L;峰面积的相对标准偏差分别是0.16%和0.11%;保留时间的相对标准偏差分别是0.02%和0.01%。将这两种方法用于分析实验室合成的溴化四乙基铵离子液体,加标回收率分别为98.2%和99.1%。两种方法均能满足四乙基铵根离子测定的需要。     

反相毛细管整体柱的制备及其在多肽混合物分离中的应用

采用甲基丙烯酸月桂酯为基础功能单体,乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,正十二醇、1,4-丁二醇及二甲基亚砜为致孔剂,在内径为75 μm的石英毛细管内制备了具有良好机械性能及化学稳定性的反相毛细管整体柱。考察了致孔剂的种类、比例以及交联剂在单体混合物中的比例对柱压和分离效果的影响;以单体15%、交联剂15%、致孔剂70%(均为质量分数)作为优化配方,在70 ℃条件下反应24 h;并对所合成的毛细管整体柱进行了电镜表征,测试了流速、柱长与柱压的关系。结果表明,毛细管整体柱的通透性良好,可通过延长柱长的方法提高分离效果。将所制备的毛细管整体柱装于纳升级高效液相色谱仪上进行牛血清白蛋白及血浆样本的胰蛋白酶酶切液的分离,获得了比较理想的分离效果。     

Development and validation of a rapid HPLC method for the determination of five banned fat-soluble colorants in spices using a narrow-bore monolithic column

This work reports a fast and simple liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of five banned fat-soluble synthetic colorants, namely Sudan I-IV and Para-Red, in spice samples. The analytes were successfully separated isocratically in less than 5 min on the new narrow bore monolithic column, FastGradient^® Chromolith (50 mm × 2.0 mm i.d.) using a mobile phase of 0.1% (v/v) HCOOH/acetonitrile (35/65%, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.5 mL min⁻¹. All colorants were detected at 506 nm. The main parameters (mobile phase composition, flow rate, injection volume) affecting the separation were studied. The proposed method was thoroughly validated in terms of linearity, LODs, precision and accuracy. The method was applied to the determination of the studied azo-dyes in various spices (paprika, chilli and mixed spice powders) after ultrasound-assisted extraction. Satisfactory recoveries, ranging from 92% to 109% were obtained.     

Determination of intracellular glutathione and cysteine using HPLC with a monolithic column after derivatization with monobromobimane

An optimized high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method is used to show that, as myoblasts differentiate into multinucleated muscle fibers, there is a shift to a more oxidized cell redox state. The HPLC method incorporated derivatization with monobromobimane for the determination of the reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG) forms of glutathione and the reduced (Cys) and oxidized (CysSS) forms of cysteine. The derivatization was optimized to improve the sensitivity of the approach; the limits of detection for glutathione and cysteine were 3 × 10^?8 and 5 × 10^?8 M , respectively. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

胃蛋白酶亲和有机聚合物毛细管整体柱的制备及性能考察

以热引发原位聚合方法制备了聚（甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯（glycidyl methacrylate,GMA）-乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯（ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate,EDMA））毛细管整体柱,对整体柱的性能进行了表征。结果表明,柱内部结构均匀、渗透性好;整体柱能够实现苯等中性小分子化合物的分离,具有反相色谱特征,重现性和稳定性良好。利用整体柱环氧基团的活性,采用间接法,以戊二醛为连接臂制备胃蛋白酶亲和手性整体柱。在毛细管电色谱模式下进行了柱分离性能研究,并对缓冲液pH值和运行电压等分离条件进行了考察。结果表明,亲和整体柱对4种碱性手性药物（奈福泮、氨氯地平、西酞普兰、扑尔敏）有拆分效果,奈福泮、氨氯地平、西酞普兰能达到基线分离。本文为蛋白质亲和毛细管电色谱整体柱的制备和应用提供了新的思路和方法。     

硼亲和吸附剂的制备及其对苯甲酰脲类农药的萃取性能

以3-丙烯酰胺苯硼酸（APB）为单体,二乙烯基苯（DVB）为交联剂,“原位”聚合制备了聚（3-丙烯酰胺苯硼酸-二乙烯基苯）多孔硼亲和整体材料并作为搅拌饼固相萃取（SCSE-APBDVB）的萃取介质。以5种苯甲酰脲农药为目标化合物,详细考察了萃取过程中解吸溶剂、样品基底中pH值以及离子强度、萃取和解吸时间等实验条件对萃取效率的影响。在此基础上,与高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测器联用建立了环境水样和果汁样品中苯甲酰脲农药残留的测定方法。在最佳条件下,在水样和果汁样品中,5种目标化合物的检出限（LOD,S/N=3）分别在0.055~0.11 μg/L和0.095~0.31 μg/L之间,所建立的方法具有理想的日内和日间重现性（RSD值均小于9.0%）。在对实际环境水样和果汁样品的测定中,不同加标浓度苯甲酰脲的回收率为75.6%~109%。研究表明,由于所制备吸附剂与目标化合物存在B-N配位作用、氢键和疏水等多种作用力,因此SCSE-APBDVB可对苯甲酰脲农药进行有效萃取,所建立的分析方法具有简便、灵敏和环境友好等特点。     

On-line coupling of in-tube boronate affinity solid phase microextraction with high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of cis-diol biomolecules

Boronate affinity solid phase microextraction (BA-SPME) is a new format appeared recently with great potential for specific extraction of cis-diol-containing compounds. Unlike conventional SPME, BA-SPME relies on covalent interactions and thereby features with specific selectivity, eliminated matrix effect and manipulable capture/release. However, only on-fiber BA-SPME and its off-line combination with high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) have been reported so far. In this study, we report on-line coupling of in-tube BA-SPME with HPLC-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectroscopy (in-tube BA-SPME-HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) for the specific and sensitive determination of cis-diol-containing biomolecules. A boronate affinity extraction phase was prepared onto the inner surface of the capillary by copolymerization of vinylphenylboronic acid (VPBA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EDMA). The extraction conditions were optimized by choosing appropriate extraction/desorption solutions and extraction time. The extraction capacity, linear range, reproducibility and life-time were investigated. The developed method was successfully applied for the determination of dopamine in urine samples. Since many cis-diol-containing compounds are of great biological importance, the in-tube BA-SPME-HPLC method can be a promising tool.     

Validated method for bioactive lignans in Schisandra chinensis in vitro cultures using a solid phase extraction and a monolithic column application

A simple and rapid method for determination of six lignans found in plant cell cultures of Schisandra chinensis was developed and validated. The lignans were extracted from plant samples with methanol and the extracts were effectively cleaned by solid‐phase extraction using Strata C18‐E (Phenomenex) cartridges. Chromatographic separation was carried out on a Chromolith Performance RP‐18e monolithic column (100 × 4.6 mm, Merck) using an isocratic mobile phase of acetonitrile and water in a 50:50 (v/v) ratio. The eluent was monitored at 220 nm. The baseline separation of schizandrin, gomisin A, deoxyschizandrin, γ‐schizandrin, gomisin N and wuweizisu C was achieved in a relatively short time period (20 min), which was made possible by the relatively high flow rate of the mobile phase (2 mL/min). The lower limit of quantitation was 0.1 mg/L for schizandrin and gomisin A, 0.3 mg/L for deoxyschizandrin, γ‐schizandrin, and gomisin N and 1 mg/L for wuweizisu C. The analysis of spiked samples containing six lignans provided absolute recoveries between 93 and 101% in all cases. The validated method was successfully applied to the determination of lignans in embryogenic plant cell cultures of Schisandra chinensis. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fast fabrication of a hybrid monolithic column containing cyclic and aliphatic hydrophobic ligands via photo‐initiated thiol‐ene polymerization

Three monomers, octakis (3‐mercaptopropyl) octasilsesquioxane, 1,2,4‐trivinylcyclohexane and isophytol were employed to synthesize a novel monolithic stationary phase via photo‐initiated thiol‐ene click polymerization for reversed‐phase liquid chromatography. Several factors such as porogenic system, reaction time and the molar ratio of functional groups were investigated in detail. The resulting poly(POSS‐co‐TVCH‐co‐isophytol) monolithic column exhibited suitable permeability for fast separation and outstanding thermal stability. Five alkylbenzenes were employed to evaluate the ability of chromatographic separation of the resulting monolithic columns at different flow rates, and showed the highest column efficiencies of 90,200–93,100 N/m (corresponding to 10.4–10.6 μm of plate height) at a velocity of 0.41 mm/s. The baseline separations of five anilines and eight phenols further proved the applicability of poly(POSS‐co‐TVCH‐co‐isophytol) monolithic column in the separation of small molecules.