Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic characterization of acetic acid extracts of the normal and the diabetic human pancreas

The combination of a divinylbenzene-based reversed-phase (RP) column and acetic acid gradients in water as mobile phase described in the accompanying paper was used for characterizing the extractable polypeptides from the normal and the diabetic human pancreas. The pancreas was lyophilized, minced and extracted three times in 3 M acetic acid. After mechanical clarification, the raw extracts were applied directly to the RP column. Alternatively, the extracts were lyophilized and subjected to size-exclusion chromatography on Sephadex G-50 in 3 M acetic acid. Two fractions with mol. wt. greater than 6000 dalton (Peak I) or with mol. wt. less than or equal to 6000 dalton (Peak II) were obtained. The Sephadex G-50 size-exclusion chromatography and the RP-high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analyses of the crude extracts from a normal pancreas clearly demonstrated the weight distribution and differences between the exocrine pancreas (containing primarily the major digestive enzymes) and the endocrine pancreas (containing insulin, glucagon, etc.). RP-HPLC analyses of crude extracts from various normal pancreatic glands resulted in very similar UV profiles, whereas those from a number of individual diabetic glands differed. Chromatograms of acetic acid extracts from normal pancreata were similar when analysed before or after lyophilization, whereas lyophilization of acetic acid extracts of diabetic glands resulted in severely obscured chromatograms. RP-HPLC analyses clearly demonstrated several differences between the diabetic and the normal pancreas. In the crude extracts, the extractable proteins from the diabetic pancreas were shifted towards lower molecular weight and/or hydrophobicity. Further, a peak co-eluting with authentic, human insulin could be demonstrated in the raw extract and in the peak II material from the normal pancreas, whereas virtually no mass signal was seen in the UV-profiles of similar materials from the diabetic gland. This finding was further verified by insulin radioimmunoassay (RIA) performed on the isolated fractions after RP-HPLC of a crude extract from a normal and a diabetic pancreas. The insulin content in the diabetic pancreas was found to be ca. 1% of that in the normal pancreas. When authentic glucagon was added to crude extracts from a diabetic pancreas, a single component was found after immediate analysis, but after several hours at room temperature the glucagon was found to be degraded. Added insulin was stable under these conditions. Similar RP analyses were performed on a silica C4 column eluted with an acetonitrile gradient in trifluoroacetic acid.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Development of off-line layer chromatographic and total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometric methods for arsenic speciation

Rapid and low cost off-line thin layer chromatography–total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and overpressured thin layer chromatography–total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry methods have been developed for separation of 25 ng of each As(III), As(V), monomethyl arsonic acid and dimethylarsinic acid applying a PEI cellulose stationary phase on plastic sheets and a mixture of acetone/acetic acid/water = 2:1:1 (v/v/v) as eluent system. The type of eluent systems, the amounts (25–1000 ng) of As species applied to PEI cellulose plates, injection volume, development distance, and flow rate (in case of overpressured thin layer chromatography) were taken into consideration for the development of the chromatographic separation. Moreover, a microdigestion method employing nitric acid for the As spots containing PEI cellulose scratched from the developed plates divided into segments was developed for the subsequent total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry analysis. The method was applied for analysis of root extracts of cucumber plants grown in As(III) containing modified Hoagland nutrient solution. Both As(III) and As(V) were detected by applying the proposed thin layer chromatography/overpressured thin layer chromatography–total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry methods.     

Trennung polyzyklisher aromatischer kohlenwasserstoffe durch hochdruckflössigkeitschromatographie: Vergleich einer bestimmung von benzo[a]pyren nach trennung an saäulen mit quervernetztem celluseacetat und einem reversed-phase system

Separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Comparison of the determination of benzo(a)pyrene with separation on columns of cross-linked cellulose acetate and a reversed-phase system.

The behaviour of a new high-pressure liquid chromatographic support, i.e. a cross-linked cellulose acetate, as selective separation material for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is discussed. The determination of benzo[a]pyrene is described by an example of separating a so-called benzpyrene fraction. The separation of the benzpyrene fraction was possible by combining column systems with aluminium oxide, cross-linked cellulose acetate or a reversed-phase system. By means of a fluore- scence detector 0.1-0.8 ng benzo[a]pyrene could be detected in 5μl injection volume.     

Stimulatory effect of Ceriops tagal on hexose uptake in L6 muscle cells in culture

The ethanolic extracts of a mangrove plant Ceriops tagal (Family Rhizophoraceae) and its sequential fractions thereof were studied for their effect on 3H-2-deoxyglucose uptake by L6 rat muscle cells cultured to the myotube stage. Among these, the n-hexane soluble fraction of ethanolic extract of the leaves of C. tagal enhanced 3H-2-deoxyglucose uptake even at 2 microg mL(-1) concentration with half maximum activity at 10 microg mL(-1), comparable with insulin (1 microM) and metformin (400 microM). This enhancement in glucose uptake was found to be insulin independent and in contrast to insulin, its effect was also prevalent in undifferentiated myoblasts. It may be concluded from the results that n-hexane soluble fraction of ethanolic extract of C. tagal have the property to stimulate the glucose uptake, which might be a useful source for the isolation of new antihyperglycemic compounds.     

Refolding of reduced/denatured bovine pancreatic insulin with ion-exchange chromatography coupled with MALDI-TOF MS

The refolding of the reduced/denatured insulin from bovine pancreas as the model protein was investigated with weak anion exchange chromatography(WAX) coupled with MALDI-TOF MS.The results indicated that the disulfide bonds almost cannot be formed correctly with the common mobile phase by WAX.However,with the urea gradient elution and in the presence of GSSG/ Cyst as the ratio 1:6 in the mobile phase employed,the disulfide exchange of reduced/denatured insulin can be accelerated resulting in forming the ...     

Antihyperglycemic effect of orthosiphon stamineus benth leaves extract and its bioassay-guided fractions

Preliminary investigations were carried out to evaluate the antidiabetic effects of the leaves of O. stamineus extracted serially with solvents of increasing polarity (petroleum ether, chloroform, methanol and water); bioassay-guided purification of plant extracts using the subcutaneous glucose tolerance test (SbGTT) was also carried out. Only the chloroform extract, given at 1 g/kg body weight (b.w.), significantly reduced (P < 0.05) the blood glucose level of rats loaded subcutaneously with 150 mg/kg (b.w.) glucose. The active chloroform extract of?O. stamineus was separated into five fractions using a dry flash column chromatography method. Out of the five fractions tested, only chloroform fraction 2 (C?2), at the dose of 1 g/kg (b.w.) significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) blood glucose levels in SbGTT. Active C?2 was split into two sub-fractions C?2-A and C?2-B, using a dry flash column chromatography method. The activities C?2-A and C?2-B were investigated using SbGTT, and the active sub-fraction was then further studied for anti-diabetic effects in a streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model. The results clearly indicate that C?2-B fraction exhibited a blood glucose lowering effect in fasted treated normal rats after glucose-loading of 150 mg/kg (b.w.). In the acute streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model, C?2-B did not exhibit a hypoglycemic effect on blood glucose levels up to 7 hours after treatment. Thus, it appears that C?2-B functions similarly to metformin, which has no hypoglycemic effect but demonstrates an antihyperglycemic effect only in normogycemic models. The effect of C?2-B may have no direct stimulatory effects on insulin secretion or on blood glucose levels in diabetic animal models. Verification of the active compound(s) within the active fraction (C?2-B) indicated the presence of terpenoids and, flavonoids, including sinensitin.     

Separation and some characteristics of two factors from rat liver particulate fraction which stimulate and inhibit the low-Km adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase of rat fat cells.

Two factors were separated from rat liver particulate fraction treated with insulin, one of them having a stimulating effect on low-Km adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase activity of crude microsomal fraction (P-2 fraction) and the other having an inhibiting effect on the activity of low-Km cAMP phosphodiesterase solubilized with 0.3% Brij 58 from P-2 fraction. Trypsin and heat treatments had essentially no effect on these two factors. The stimulating factor did not significantly change the apparent Km value of enzyme in P-2 fraction but increased the maximal velocity of the reaction. The inhibiting factor raised the Km value of solubilized enzyme without affecting the maximal velocity of the reaction. The stimulating factor level in diabetic rat was larger than that in normal rat while the inhibiting factor level in diabetic rat was smaller than that in normal rat. Possible participation of both factors in insulin action is discussed.     

A Comparative Simulation: Difference between Chemical Grafting and Physical Doping of Cellulose by Using Polysilsesquioxane

In order to study the effect of different modification methods on polysilsesquioxane (POSS) modified cellulose, a molecular dynamics method was used to establish a pure cellulose model and a series of modified models modified by polysilsesquioxane in different ways. And their thermodynamic properties were calculated. The results showed that the performance of cellulose models was better than that of unmodified model, and the modified effect was the best when two cellulose chains were grafted onto polysilsesquioxane by chemical bond (M2 model). Compared with pure cellulose model, the cohesive energy density and solubility parameters of M2 model are increased by 9%, and the values of tensile modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus and Cauchy pressure increased by 38.6%, 29.5%, 41.1% and 29.5%, respectively. In addition, the free volume fraction and mean square displacement of each model were calculated and analyzed in this work. Compared with the pure cellulose model, the molecular chain entanglement of cellulose was increased due to the existence of the chemical bonds in the M2 model, which made the cellulose molecular chains occupy more free volume, so that the system had a smaller free volume fraction, inhibited the chain movement of cellulose chains, and thus improved the thermal stability of cellulose.     

High-speed counter-current chromatography separation and purification of resveratrol and piceid from Polygonum cuspidatum

High-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) was applied to the separation and purification of resveratrol and piceid from the dried roots (20.0 g) of Polygonum cuspidatium. The EtOAc extracts were separated with chloroform-methanol-water (4:3:2, v/v). Resveratrol was identified in fraction 5. The water extracts were separated first with EtOAc-EtOH-water (10:1:10, v/v) and then with the same solvent system at the modified volume ratio of 70:1:70. Yields of resveratrol and piceid obtained were 2.18% and 1.07%. Chemical structures of the purified resveratrol and piceid were confirmed by electrospray ionization MS and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.     

Comparison of carboxymethyl-cellulose cation-exchange chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography in the purification of guinea-pig insulin from pancreatic extracts

Guinea-pig insulin was purified from pancreatic extracts either by carboxymethyl-cellulose cation-exchange chromatography with a sodium chloride gradient or by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on octadecyl silica with mixtures of acetonitrile and phosphate buffer. HPLC proved to be superior to ion-exchange chromatography in the purification of insulin with respect both to time saving and to the purity of the product.     

在线单柱二维液相色谱法快速纯化牛胰腺中细胞色素C

用二维（弱阳,疏水）色谱柱首次完成了在线单柱二维液相色谱法快速纯化牛胰腺中的细胞色素C.在将牛胰腺粗提液进样到该二维色谱柱后,在弱阳离子交换模式下,以梯度洗脱方式进行一维色谱分离,并将分离得到的细胞色素C样品液收集到色谱仪的附加样品储液管内.然后将储液管中样品液全部排出,并二次进样到同一根二维色谱柱中,与此同时也完成了对该样品液的缓冲溶液交换,按疏水色谱（HIC）分离模式进行分离.最终对细胞色素C完成了第二维的HIC纯化.上述全部操作均为在线,在一具有正压的封闭体系中进行并可在52分钟内完成.细胞色素C的最终产品纯度高达94.7%（RSD=1.91%）,质量回收率为80.5%（RSD=2.20%）.预计此在线单柱二维液相色谱法也可能用于牛胰腺中其他功能蛋白的快速纯化,并可能将其放大到制备和生产规模.     

Phase behavior and structure of liquid crystalline solutions of cellulose derivatives

Summary Structural and thermodynamic characteristics of liquid-crystalline solutions of four cellulose derivatives in a range of solvents were studied. Basic observations were made on these systems using polarized light microscopy, small angle light scattering, dilute solution and concentrated solution viscosities. The polymers studied include hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), ethyl cellulose (EC), and cellulose triacetate (CT). The formation of the liquid crystalline phase was shown to strongly depend on polymer concentration, solvent type and temperature. The critical volume fraction of polymer required to form the liquid crystal phase varied significantly as the solvent changed. The critical volume fraction decreased with increasing solvent acidity and polymer intrinsic viscosity in a given solvent. The breadth of the two phase region seems to decrease with increasing acidity. The liquid crystalline phase was in most cases determined to be cholesteric. In all cases positively birefringent cellulose derivatives form negative spherulitic domains. In one case, the negativity birefringent system (cellulose triacetate) formed positively birefringent spherulitic liquid crystalline domains. This is interpreted to mean the structure organizes itself by a tangential alignment of polymer chains within the domain. SALS measurements appear to detect domains and in some cases cholesteristic pitch.With 5 figures and 4 tables     

Alternative mobile phases for the reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography of peptides and proteins

The use of a high content of acetic acid as mobile phase additive for the reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) of several proteins and extracts of biological tissues was evaluated for a divinylbenzene (DVB)-based stationary phase, and the separations obtained with acetic acid gradients in acetonitrile, isopropanol or water were compared with classical polypeptide RP-HPLC on silica C4 with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)-acetonitrile. The separation patterns for recombinant derived interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) on the C4 column eluted with TFA-acetonitrile and the DVB column eluted with acetic acid-acetonitrile were similar, but only the polymeric column was able to separate the components present in an iodinated IL-1 beta preparation. Neither eluent had any harmful effect on the biological activity of IL-1 beta isolated after RP-HPLC. Several standard proteins could be separated when the polymeric column was eluted with acetic acid gradients in acetonitrile, isopropanol or water and, although the separation efficiency with acetic acid in water was lower than that in combination with classical organic modifiers, insulin, glucagon and human growth hormone (hGH) were eluted as sharp, symmetrical peaks. The recoveries of insulin and hGH were comparable for all three mobile phases (80-90%). The separation patterns obtained from a crude acetic acid extract of a normal and a diabetic, human pancreas analysed using acetic acid gradients with or without organic modifiers were found to be similar and comparable to those obtained on a silica C4 column eluted with an acetonitrile gradient in TFA. The principal differences resulted from the use of different UV wavelengths (215 nm for TFA-acetonitrile, 280 nm for acetic acid). Acetic acid extracts of recombinant derived hGH-producing Escherichia coli were separated on the DVB column eluted with an acetic acid gradient in water. Although the starting material was a highly complex mixture, the hGH isolated after this single-step purification was surprisingly pure (as judged by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). Consequently several (pure) polypeptides and complex biological samples were separated on a polymeric stationary phase eluted with acetic acid gradients in water without the use of organic modifiers.     

亲水作用液相色谱脱除人参提取物中农药残留

亲水作用液相色谱法(HILIC)是一种用于改善强极性物质的保留和分离选择性的方法,广泛应用于药物分析、代谢组学、蛋白质组学等领域。该文利用农药分子与皂苷成分在HILIC上的保留行为差异,开发了一种农药残留脱除方法。以市售高纯人参提取物为例,该文评价了农药分子和人参皂苷在亲水色谱柱上的保留行为,并考察了上样量、淋洗体积、上样体积等因素对农残脱除效果的影响。实验结果证明:7种人参皂苷由于糖链上的羟基与亲水色谱固定相上的羧基形成氢键作用而具有较强保留,而农药分子由于亲水性较差且相对分子质量较小,保留很弱,从而一步实现了7种人参皂苷的富集与14种农残的脱除。在优化所得的最佳脱除工艺条件下,最终制备得到的人参总皂苷样品中,总皂苷的含量由59.87%提高到69.61%;总皂苷的回收率为94.4%;通过气相色谱-三重四极杆质谱(GC-MS/MS)对样品中的农残进行定量检测,发现原人参提取物中14种农残均得到了有效脱除,其中5种含量降至0.05 mg/kg以下,9种完全脱除。本研究是亲水色谱在中药提取物中农残脱除领域的应用,为天然产物的精制提供了一种新的技术手段,该技术对人参提取物中的农残脱除率高、人参总皂苷回收率高且安全、高效、无污染,为高品质人参提取物的研制提供了新的思路。     

Separation and determination of lipids by one-dimensional micro-thin-layer chromatography followed by densitometry

A method is described for the rapid analysis of a mixture of phospholipids and neutral lipids, which was used for the analysis of extracts obtained from a nuclear fraction isolated from rat liver. The lipids are separated by one-dimensional thin-layer chromatography on microchromatoplates (48 X 24 mm), using three solvents for development. After spraying the plates with phosphoric acid and heating, the amount of carbon from the charred compounds is measured densitometrically. Only 2-10 microgram of lipid mixture are needed for the determination of the relative amounts of the separated compounds.     

Studies on the refolding of the reduced-denatured insulin with size exclusion chromatography

The refolding of the reduced-denatured insulin from bovine pancreas was investigated with the size exclusion chromatography (SEC). It was shown that the reduced-denatured insulin originally denatured with 7.0 mol L^?1 guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCI) or 8.0 mol L^?1 urea could not be refolded with a non-oxidized mobile phase. Although the oxidized and reduced glutathione (GSSG and GSH) were employed in the oxidized mobile phase, the reduced-denatured insulin still could not be renatured. However, in the presence of 2.0 mol L^t-1 urea in the oxidized mobile phase employed, the reduced-denatured insulin can be refolded with SEC, and the aggregation of denatured insulin can be diminished by urea. In addition, the disulfide exchange of reduced-denatured insulin also can be accelerated with GSSG/GSH in the oxidized mobile phase. The three disulfide bridges of insulin were formed correctly and the reduced-unfolded insulin can be renatured completely. The results were further tested with reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC).     

Trace element speciation in largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides) from a fly ash settling basin by liquid chromatography-ICP-MS

Analytical techniques used to examine the chemical speciation of multiple trace elements are important for the investigation of biological systems. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled to ICP-MS was used to investigate the speciation of Se, As, Cu, Cd and Zn in tissue extracts from a largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) collected from a coal fly ash basin and results were compared to a largemouth bass collected at a reference site. Using a Biosil SEC column, with an effective separation range of 100-7 KDa, Cu, Zn and Cd were shown to be bound to metallothionein (MT) in the liver, gill and, to a lesser extent, gonad tissue extract. In liver, muscle and gill of the ash basin bass, Se was predominantly present as low molecular weight species. Only in the gonad extract was the major fraction of Se associated with high molecular weight species. For the liver and gill extracts, further SEC-ICP-MS on a column with an effective separation range of 7000-500 Da was performed, but Se species still eluted near the total volume of the column suggesting a low molecular weight organic or inorganic species. Ion chromatography (IC)-ICP-MS using an AS7 column and HNO(3) gradient elution indicated that the Se and As species in the liver and gill extracts had similar retention times but these retention times did not correspond to retention times for As(III), As(V), dimethylarsenate, arsenobetaine, Se(IV), Se(VI), seleno-methionine, or seleno-cystine.     

Quantitative analysis of trace‐level benzene,toluene, ethylbenzene,and xylene in cellulose acetate tow using headspace heart‐cutting multidimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometry

This study describes a method for the quantification of trace‐level benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene in cellulose acetate tow by heart‐cutting multidimensional gas chromatography with mass spectrometry in selected ion monitoring mode. As the major volatile component in cellulose acetate tow samples, acetone would be overloaded when attempting to perform a high‐resolution separation to analyze trace benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene. With heart‐cutting technology, a larger volume injection was achieved and acetone was easily cut off by employing a capillary column with inner diameter of 0.32 mm in the primary gas chromatography. Only benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene were directed to the secondary column to result in an effective separation. The matrix interference was minimized and the peak shapes were greatly improved. Finally, quantitative analysis of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene was performed using an isotopically labeled internal standard. The headspace multidimensional gas chromatography mass spectrometry system was proved to be a powerful tool for analyzing trace volatile organic compounds in complex samples.     

A fluorimetric, column-switching HPLC and its application to an elimination study of LLU-alpha enantiomers in rat plasma

A method for the enantiomeric determination of 2,7,8-trimethyl-2-(beta-carboxyethyl)-6-hydroxy chroman (LLU-alpha, gamma-CEHC) in rat plasma was developed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a fluorimetric derivatization with 4-N, N-dimethylaminosulfonyl-7-piperazino-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole (DBD-PZ) followed by O-acetylation with acetyl chloride. The proposed HPLC system used two non-chiral columns (phenyl and octadecylsilica) and a chiral column (a modified cellulose type), which were connected via two column-switching valves. A derivatized sample prepared from rat plasma was first separated on the phenyl column, and the fraction including LLU-alpha derivative was introduced to the octadecylsilica column to quantify the concentration of the mixture of S- and R-LLU-alpha. Finally, the LLU-alpha derivative was directly injected into the chiral column to obtain the ratio of the enantiomers. The proposed HPLC system was applied to the enantiomeric determination of LLU-alpha in plasma after intravenous administration of racemic LLU-alpha. S-LLU-alpha was eliminated faster than R-LLU-alpha, and its concentration in plasma decreased to one-third at 2 min after dosing.     

Alkaline treatment of the cellulose fiber affecting membrane column behaviour for high-performance immunoaffinity chromatography

The original cellulose fibers and those treated by alkaline solution were both used to prepare the acrylic membranes. The two kinds of membranes were packed into the columns for high-performance immunoaffinity chromatography by the immobilization of protein A on them. It was observed that the alkaline treatment of the cellulose fiber decreased the pressure resistance of the membrane to the mobile phases and greatly increased the accessible volume to the proteins, but affected the adsorption capacity of human IgG on the protein A membrane columns less. There is little difference between those two kinds of membranes on the adsorption capacities of HIgG, which means that the alkaline treatment of the cellulose fiber only significantly changes the void volume inter-membrane, and the porosity and surface area of membrane less. Alkaline treatment of the cellulose fiber reduced the membrane-column efficiency significantly. Some typical examples for the immunoaffinity analysis of IgG from human and dog plasma on the protein A membrane columns are illustrated.