Isolation of tomato pectin methylesterase and polygalacturonase on monolithic columns

An improved cation-exchange chromatographic procedure on Convective Interaction Media (CIM, BIA Separations, Ljubljana, Slovenia) short monolithic methacrylate disk columns was used for the isolation of salt-independent pectin methylesterase (PME; EC 3.1.1.11) isoform and endo-polygalacturonase PG1 (PG, EC 3.2.1.15) from ripe tomato fruit extract after studying the chromatographic conditions including type of disk, binding buffer, pH, eluent composition and different gradients. Between 10 and 20 microg of proteins gave reliable chromatograms. Both carboxymethyl (CM) and sulfonyl (SO3) disks were equally suitable for the fractionation of tomato extract using the new gradient, but only CM disk was appropriate for further purification of the PME and PG fractions, and provided fast and sharp separation of proteins. The isolation of pure PG1 could be achieved only by addition of 20% of acetonitrile to the mobile phase. About 200 microg of proteins were loaded at one chromatographic run at the fractionation and purification. Determination of the molecular weights of the separated proteins showed that dimer of salt-independent PME isoform was formed in concentrated solutions of the enzyme but dissociated upon dilution of the solution. From 6 kg of fresh tomato flesh, 28 mg of purified salt-independent PME, 12.5mg of purified and active PG1 and 4 mg of PG2 fraction contaminated with salt-dependent PME isoform were obtained by means of semi-preparative chromatography on CIM disks.     

Preparation of convection interaction media isobutyl disc monolithic column and its application to purification of secondary alcohol dehydrogenase and alcohol oxidase

A convection interaction media (trade name CIM, BIA Separation, Ljubljana, Slovenia) isobutyl monolithic disc was prepared by incubating a CIM epoxy monolithic disc with isobutylamine, and it was then applied to the purification of secondary alcohol dehydrogenase (S-ADH) and primary alcohol oxidase (P-AOD). Both enzymes were adsorbed on this column and eluted with high purity. Thus, S-ADH was purified to an electrophoretically homogeneous state by four column chromatographies using CIM DEAE-8 and CIM C4-8 tube monolithic columns, blue-Sepharose column and CIM isobutyl disc monolithic column. P-AOD was also purified to an electrophoretically homogeneous state by three column chromatographies of CIM DEAE-8 tube, CIM C4-8 tube and CIM isobutyl disc columns.     

Affinity purification and enzymatic cleavage of inter-alpha inhibitor proteins using antibody and elastase immobilized on CIM monolithic disks

Epoxy-activated monolithic CIM disks seem to be excellent supports for immobilization of protein ligands. The potential use of enzymes, immobilized on monolithic disks for rapid preparative cleavage proteins in solution was investigated. Digestion of complex plasma proteins was demonstrated by using inter-alpha inhibitors with elastase, immobilized on epoxy-activated CIM disks. Recently, a monoclonal antibody against human inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (MAb 69.31) was developed. MAb 69.31 blocks the inhibitory activity of inter-alpha inhibitor proteins to serine proteases. These results suggest that the epitope defined by this antibody is located within or proximal to the active site of the inhibitor molecule. This antibody, immobilized on monolithic disk, was used for very rapid isolation of inter-alpha proteins. The isolated complex protein was used for enzymatic digestion and isolation of cleavage products, especially from inter-alpha inhibitor light chain to elucidate precisely the target sequence for MAb 69.31 by N-terminal amino acid sequencing. Bovine pancreatic elastase immobilized on monolithic disk cleaves inter-alpha inhibitor protein complex into small fragments which are still reactive with MAb 69.31. One of these proteolytic fragments was isolated and partially sequenced. It could be shown that this sequence is located at the beginning of two proteinase inhibitor domains of the inter-alpha inhibitor light chain (bikunin). Elastase immobilized on monolithic disk offers a simple and rapid method for preparative isolation of protease cleavage fragments. The immobilized enzyme is stable and still active after repeated runs. A partial or complete digestion can be achieved by varying the flow rate.     

Detection of processed genetically modified food using CIM monolithic columns for DNA isolation

The availability of sufficient quantities of DNA of adequate quality is crucial in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based methods for genetically modified food detection. In this work, the suitability of anion-exchange CIM (Convective Interaction Media; BIA Separations, Ljubljana, Slovenia) monolithic columns for isolation of DNA from food was studied. Maize and its derivates corn meal and thermally pretreated corn meal were chosen as model food. Two commercially available CIM disk columns were tested: DEAE (diethylaminoethyl) and QA (quaternary amine). Preliminary separations were performed with standard solution of salmon DNA at different pH values and different NaCl concentrations in mobile phase. DEAE groups and pH 8 were chosen for further isolations of DNA from a complex matrix-food extract. The quality and quantity of isolated DNA were tested on agarose gel electrophoresis, with UV-scanning spectrophotometry, and by amplification with real-time PCR. DNA isolated in this way was of suitable quality for further PCR analyses. The described method is also applicable for DNA isolation from processed foods with decreased DNA content. Furthermore, it is more effective and less time-consuming in comparison with the existing proposed methods for isolation of DNA from plant-derived foods.     

Pressure drop in CIM disk monolithic columns

Pressure drop analysis in commercial CIM disk monolithic columns is presented. Experimental measurements of pressure drop are compared to hydrodynamic models usually employed for prediction of pressure drop in packed beds, e.g. free surface model and capillary model applying hydraulic radius concept. However, the comparison between pressure drop in monolith and adequate packed bed give unexpected results. Pressure drop in a CIM disk monolithic column is approximately 50% lower than in an adequate packed bed of spheres having the same hydraulic radius as CIM disk monolith; meaning they both have the same porosity and the same specific surface area. This phenomenon seems to be a consequence of the monolithic porous structure which is quite different in terms of the pore size distribution and parallel pore nonuniformity compared to the one in conventional packed beds. The number of self-similar levels for the CIM monoliths was estimated to be between 1.03 and 2.75.     

Separation of hypoviral double-stranded RNA on monolithic chromatographic supports

A procedure based on BIA Separations CIM DEAE anion-exchange chromatography was developed to separate double-stranded (ds) RNA of hypovirus infecting phytopathogenic fungus Cryphonectria parasitica. Using a linear gradient of 25 mM 4-morpholinepropanesulfonic acid (MOPS), pH 7.0 as a binding buffer, and 25 mM MOPS, 1.5 M NaCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, 15% isopropanol (v/v), pH 7.0 as an elution buffer, hypoviral dsRNA was additionally purified from nucleic acid species present in preparations partially purified by standard CF-11 cellulose chromatography. Moreover, crude phenol/chloroform extracts of the fungal tissue were also applied to monolithic supports and CIM DEAE chromatograms revealed clear evidence for hypoviral presence without CF-11 chromatography, nucleic acid precipitation, and electrophoresis.     

Temperature influence on the dynamic binding capacity of a monolithic ion-exchange column

This work investigates the influence of temperature on the binding capacity of bovine serum albumin (BSA), soybean trypsin inhibitor and L-glutamic acid to a CIM (DEAE) weak anion-exchange disk monolithic column. The binding capacity was determined experimentally under dynamic conditions using frontal analysis. The effect on the dynamic binding capacity of dimers present in the BSA solution has been evaluated and a closed-loop frontal analysis was used to determine the equilibrium binding capacities. The binding capacity for both BSA and soybean trypsin inhibitor increased with increasing temperature. In the case of L-glutamic acid, an increase in the binding capacity was observed with temperature up to 20 degrees C. A further increase in temperature caused a decrease of the dynamic binding capacity.     

Application of Convective Interaction Media (CIM) disk monolithic columns for fast separation and monitoring of organic acids

The separation of organic acids on the anion-exchange monolithic support, commercially available as Convective Interaction Media (CIM), is presented in this study. It is demonstrated that citric, isocitric, pyruvic, fumaric, malic, and alpha-ketoglutaric acid can be successfully separated using a CIM monolithic column of suitable user-adjustable length. The effect of the mobile phase composition on the separation is investigated. CIM monolithic columns of adjustable length from 3 to 18 mm are compared regarding the resolution and the back pressure. It is shown that the CIM monolithic column of 12 mm in length enables a good separation of all six organic acids within 3 min and exhibits a linear dependence of back pressure versus flow rate. The resolution and the dynamic binding capacity are found to be flow-unaffected. A filtrated sample of bioprocess supernatant is analyzed without previous pretreatment, which indicates the possibility of online monitoring of small molecules during the bioprocess using CIM monolithic columns.     

反相高效液相色谱法测定乳品及乳制品中的黄曲霉毒素M_1

采用反相高效液相色谱测定乳品及乳制品中黄曲霉毒素M_1(AFM_1)的含量。样品经氯仿提取,过硅胶固相萃取柱净化,用氯仿-丙酮(1+1)混合溶液将黄曲霉毒素M_1从固相萃取柱上洗脱下来。以ZORBAX SB C_(18)色谱柱为分离柱,水和乙腈为流动相梯度淋洗,用荧光检测器检测,外标法定量。黄曲霉毒素M_1在1.0～25μg·L~(-1)质量浓度范围内与其峰面积呈线性关系,检出限(3S/N)为0.05μg·kg~(-1)。应用此法测定了牛奶和乳粉中AFM_1的含量,并测得其平均回收率分别在76.0%～80.0%和76.7%～90.8%之间,相对标准偏差(n=6)均小于7.0%。     

Peak spreading in linear gradient elution chromatography with a thin monolithic disk

The peak spreading of DNAs of various sizes [12-mer, 20-mer, 50-mer and 95-mer poly(T)] in linear gradient elution (LGE) chromatography with a thin monolithic disk was investigated by using our method developed for determining HETP in LGE. Electrostatic interaction-based chromatography mode (ion-exchange chromatography, IEC) was used. Polymer-based monolithic disks of two different sizes (12 mm diameter, 3mm thickness and 0.34 mL; 5.2 mm diameter, 4.95 mm thickness and 0.105 mL) having anion-exchange groups were employed. For comparison, a 15-μm porous bead IEC column (Resource Q, 6.4mm diameter, 30 mm height and 0.97 mL) was also used. The peak width did not change with the flow velocity for the monolithic disks where as it became wider with increasing velocity. For the monolithic disks the peak width normalized with the column bed volume was well-correlated with the distribution coefficient at the peak position K(R). HETP values were constant (ca. 0.003-0.005 cm) when K(R)>5. Much higher HETP values which are flow-rate dependent were obtained for the porous bead chromatography. It is possible to obtain 50-100 plates for the 3mm monolithic disk. This results in very sharp elution peaks (standard deviation/bed volume=0.15) even for stepwise elution chromatography, where the peak width is similar to that for LGE of a very steep gradient slope.     

Monolithic spin column: a new extraction device for analysis of drugs in urine and serum by GC/MS and HPLC/MS

A monolithic spin column was developed for the extraction of analytes from biological materials. This column was constructed by packing a monolithic silica disk into a spin column. Sample loading, washing, and elution of the target drugs were accomplished simply by centrifugation of the column. Opiates and benzodiazepines are abused throughout the world. Identification and quantification of these drugs is very important to solve crimes or the cause of death. Three opiates (morphine, codeine, and dihydrocodeine) were extracted from urine and serum by using the column. After conversion to trimethylsilyl derivatives of the opiates by vigorous mixing with the derivatizing reagent, the solution was subjected to GC/MS. A linear curve was observed for opiates from 10 to 2500 ng/mL in urine and 5 to 1200 ng/mL in serum, respectively (correlation coefficient > 0.996). For benzodiazepines, the hydroxyl metabolites of triazolam and etizolam were extracted from urine using the column, and the eluate was directly analyzed by HPLC/MS without evaporation. The LOD values were at the ppb level, with RSD values lower than 15%. The proposed methods were successfully applied to clinical and forensic cases, and good agreement of results was obtained compared to conventional methods.     

Characterisation of metal-chelate methacrylate monoliths

Monoliths are attractive stationary phases for purification of large biomolecules like proteins because of their flow-unaffected properties. Isolation of histidine containing proteins to high purity can be efficiently performed using metal-chelate interactions within a single chromatographic step. In this work, we investigated properties of commercial metal-chelate methacrylate monoliths-Convective Interaction Media (CIM). Analytical CIM disk monolithic columns and CIM 8 ml monolithic columns were used for purification of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) analog LK-801 and green fluorescence protein with 6 histidine tag (GFP-6His). In both cases, purity over 90% was achieved. Dynamic binding capacity at 10% of breakthrough was around 17-18 mg/ml for LK-801 and around 30 mg/ml for GFP-6His. Adsorption isotherm revealed that the maximal capacity is achieved at protein concentration above 60 microg/ml. Dynamic binding capacity and resolution were found to be flow unaffected.     

Trypsin immobilization on an ethylenediamine-based monolithic minidisk for rapid on-line peptide mass fingerprinting studies

The aim of this work was to develop a trypsin-based micro-immobilized enzyme reactor prepared on a monolithic ethylenediamine BIA Separations CIM (convective interaction media) minidisk. The micro-immobilized enzyme reactor (IMER) was integrated in a liquid chromatography system hyphenated to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry to carry out on-line protein digestion and identification. The performance of this IMER was compared with that obtained using a previously developed bioreactor prepared on a conventional CIM ethylenediamine disk and with that of the commercially available Poroszyme immobilized trypsin cartridge. In this work, we showed how different proteins were identified with good recoveries using a digestion time of 10 min only.     

半制备型液相色谱法分离纯化茶叶鲜叶中7种儿茶素类化合物

建立了从茶叶鲜叶中分离纯化7种儿茶素类化合物(没食子儿茶素(GC)、表没食子儿茶素(EGC)、儿茶素(C)、表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG)、表儿茶素(EC)、表没食子儿茶素3-O-(3-O-甲基)没食子酸酯(EGCG3"Me)和表儿茶素没食子酸酯(ECG))的半制备色谱法。铁观音鲜叶经甲醇超声浸提、浓缩、氯仿萃取后,向水相中加入碱式醋酸铅沉淀,得到茶多酚粗品。分别以甲醇-水、乙腈-水作为流动相,采用半制备色谱法纯化7种儿茶素类化合物,纯度均达到90%。此外,利用同样的方法分离纯化另外两种茶叶鲜叶中的7种儿茶素类化合物,得到相似的结果。该方法以溶剂提取、离子沉淀结合半制备色谱,适于简单、高效地同时分离制备多种儿茶素类化合物。     

New hydroxyapatite monolithic column for DNA extraction and its application in the purification of Bacillus subtilis crude lysate

A hydroxyapatite (Hap) monolithic column with micrometer macropores skeleton structure was prepared by sol-gel technique for efficient DNA extraction. The main extraction mechanism of this monolithic column was attributed to the electrostatic interaction between the phosphate groups of DNA and the calcium ions (C site) of Hap. DNA extraction conditions, such as pH, ion concentration, ion type and loading capacity, on the monolithic column were optimized online by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection. Under the optimal condition, a 6 cm length monolithic column provided a capacity of 40 ng DNA with an extraction efficiency of 64+/-6.2% (X+/-RSD). As low concentration of salts were used in the extraction procedure, the purified PBE2 plasmid from the Bacillus subtilis crude lysate could be amplified by polymerase chain reaction. This result illustrated that Hap was a potential matrix for DNA purification from complex biological samples which was compatible with the subsequent genetic analysis in miniature format. Since the preparation of this monolithic column was very simple, it was possible to integrate this novel matrix with chip to allow rapid and efficient DNA purification in microscale. This study provided a new attractive solid-phase support for DNA extraction to meet the miniaturized and automated trends of genetic analysis.     

Adsorption behavior of large plasmids on the anion-exchange methacrylate monolithic columns

The objective of this study was to investigate the behavior of large plasmids on the monolithic columns under binding and nonbinding conditions. The pressure drop measurements under nonbinding conditions demonstrated that the flow velocities under which plasmid passing monolith became hindered by the monolithic pore structure depended on the plasmid size as well as on the average monolith pore size; however, they were all very high exceeding the values encountered when applying CIM monolithic columns at their maximal flow rate. The impact of the ligand density and the salt concentration in loading buffer on binding capacity of the monolith for different sized plasmids was examined. For all plasmids the increase of dynamic binding capacity with the increase of salt concentration in the loading solution was observed reaching maximum of 7.1 mg/mL at 0.4M NaCl for 21 kbp, 12.0 mg/mL at 0.4 M NaCl for 39.4 kbp and 8.4 mg/mL at 0.5M NaCl for 62.1 kbp. Analysis of the pressure drop data measured on the monolithic column during plasmid loading revealed different patterns of plasmid binding to the surface, showing "car-parking problem" phenomena under certain conditions. In addition, layer thickness of adsorbed plasmid was estimated and at maximal dynamic binding capacity it matched calculated plasmid radius of gyration. Finally, it was found that the adsorbed plasmid layer acts similarly as the grafted layer responding to changes in solution's ionic strength as well as mobile phase flow rate and that the density of plasmid layer depends on the plasmid size and also loading conditions.     

Purification of genomic DNA by short monolithic columns

The isolation and purification of nucleic acids is essential for many procedures in molecular biology. After showing that bacterial and eukaryotic genomic DNA can be specifically bound to the CIM DEAE monolithic column, this characteristic was exploited in development of a simple and fast chromatographic procedure for isolation and purification of genomic DNA from cell lysates that does not include the usage of toxic organic solutions. The purity and the quality of the isolate as well as the duration of the procedure was similar to other chromatographic methods used today for isolation of genomic DNA, but the initial sample volume was not restricted.     

阴离子交换整体柱对蛋白质的分离与纯化

分别用乙二胺、二乙胺、三乙胺将自制的以甲基丙烯酸缩水甘油酯(GMA)为单体、乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(EDMA)为交联剂的整体柱修饰为弱、强阴离子交换整体柱。考察了该整体柱的性能,选择出分离蛋白质(牛血清白蛋白、溶菌酶和谷胱甘肽)的最佳实验条件,并在最佳分离条件下考察了这些蛋白质在整体柱上的色谱行为和该整体柱对纤维素降解酶的分离纯化情况。实验结果表明,该整体柱性能良好,可以实现对纤维素降解酶的快速分离与纯化。同时,实验也证明采用梯度洗脱可以实现对某些蛋白质的分离纯化。     

Development of a monolithic polymer pipette for solid-phase extraction of liquiritigenin in rat plasma

A monolithic polymer column with mixed-mode interaction was prepared by in situ polymerization in a 1000μL pipette.Two kinds of monomers,butyl methacrylate(BMA) and 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate(DMAM) were applied to constructing the mixed-mode interaction of monolithic polymer column.Its solid-phase extraction properties for liquiritigenin(LQG) were evaluated by high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) with a gradient elution procedure.After the extraction procedure was optimized,the maximum binding capacity and extraction recovery following the optimal extraction procedure were investigated.Calibration curve was expressed as A = 65.9C + 4.53(r~2 = 0.998) with a linear range of 0.151-1.80μg/mL.The experimental results indicate that the monolithic polymer pipette presents good extraction efficiency for LQG.It can be envisaged that the developed monolithic polymer pipette possesses the potential for its application to the enrichment of other flavonoids compounds being similar to the structure of LQG.     

The potential of serially coupled alkyl-bonded silica monolithic columns for high resolution separations of pharmaceutical compounds in biological fluids

Summary In this paper we investigate the potential of alkyl-bonded silica monolithic columns for the isolation and identification of drug-related components in biological fluids. Up to 6 columns have been connected in series to produce a chromatographic system with up to 40,000 plates. This high-resolution chromatography system has been coupled to both MS and NMR to enable efficient detection and characterisation of drug-related components in biological fluids. The use of six coupled columns has been shown to give enhanced resolution over a high quality silica particulate column packed with 3 μm material which exhibits the same back pressure. The effect of volume and mass load on the performance of monolithic columns for semi-preparative chromatography of biological fluids has also been investigated. In these studies it was possible to inject up to 100 mL of neat urine with no loss of chromatographic performance. Furthermore, upon re-testing, the columns showed similar chromatographic performance. Again several columns were serially connected, producing enhanced resolution in the semi-preparative mode.