场放大样品堆积毛细管区带电泳检测尿液中苯丙胺类毒品

建立了毛细管区带电泳(CZE)中场放大样品堆积(FASS)技术分析尿液中苯丙胺类毒品的方法。采用体积分数30%甲醇的100 mmol/L磷酸盐(pH 3)为分离缓冲液,利用缓冲体系与样品溶液体系电导率的差异,在毛细管中浓缩样品组分,对苯丙胺、甲基苯丙胺、3,4-(亚甲二氧基)苯丙胺(MDA)、3,4-(亚甲二氧基)甲基苯丙胺(MDMA)4种毒品进行了分离和定量测定,与常规毛细管区带电泳比较,检测灵敏度提高约2000倍。采用利多卡因为内标,对添加上述4种毒品的尿液进行提取和测定,分析的相对标准偏差在15%范围之内,可检测到的上述毒品质量浓度为0.002μg/mL,相对回收率在70%~120%内。该方法可用于生物检材中苯丙胺类毒品的检测。     

柱头场放大样品富集技术测定镍

利用毛细管电泳在线化学发光检测技术,研究了镍离子场放大样品富集过程。结果表明,利用该技术可使灵敏度显著改善,浓缩因子达5 8×104,镍离子检出限为1 2×10-10mol/L。预进一段水柱可使检出限达到7 0×10-11mol L。还考察了进样方式、样品基体浓度、进样时间、进样电压对检测灵敏度的影响。     

Determination of nerve agent degradation products by capillary electrophoresis using field-amplified sample stacking injection with the electroosmotic flow pump and contactless conductivity detection

In the present study, field-amplified sample stacking injection using the electroosmotic flow pump (FAEP) was developed for the capillary electrophoretic separation of the four nerve agent degradation products methylphosphonic acid (MPA), ethyl methylphosphonic acid (EMPA), isopropyl methylphosphonic acid (IMPA) and cyclohexyl methylphosphonic acid (CMPA). Coupled to contactless conductivity detection, direct quantification of these non-UV active compounds could be achieved. Sensitivity enhancement of up to 500 to 750-fold could be obtained. The newly established approach was applied to the determination of the analytes in river water and aqueous extracts of soil. Detection limits of 0.5, 0.7, 1.4 and 2.7 ng/mL were obtained for MPA, EMPA, IMPA and CMPA, respectively, in river water and 0.09, 0.14, 0.44 and 0.22 μg/g, respectively, in soil.     

Head-column field-amplified sample stacking in a capillary electrophoresis-flow injection system

A simple, effective, and continuous online concentration method for the sensitive detection of alkaloids applying CE-flow injection analysis with head-column field-amplified sample stacking was developed. A series of samples was continuously introduced into the capillary by electrokinetic means without interrupting the high voltage. A short water plug was introduced by the EOF at the capillary inlet end prior to sample introduction. Under optimum conditions, 15-fold improvement in concentration sensitivity was achieved, giving an LOD of about 0.67 and 0.73 microg/mL for ephedrine (E) and pseudoephedrine (PE), respectively. The separation could be achieved within 4 min and sample throughput rate could reach up to 7/h. The repeatability (defined as RSD) was 3.62, 1.51% with peak area evaluation and 1.30, 2.58% with peak height evaluation for E and PE, respectively. This method has been successfully applied to the analysis of commercial pharmaceutical preparations containing E and PE, and the recoveries were 92.3-102.4%.     

Confirmation of vanadium complex formation using electrospray mass spectrometry and determination of vanadium speciation by sample stacking capillary electrophoresis

Capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) with UV detection was used to determine vanadium species. Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA), hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether)-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (PDCA) were investigated to determine whether these ligands formed stable anionic complexes with vanadium. Of all the ligands studied HEDTA was the most suitable ligand because it gave the largest UV response with reasonable migration time. Electrospray mass spectrometry (ES-MS) was used to confirm the formation of [VO₂(HEDTA)]²⁻ and [VO(HEDTA)]¹⁻ in solution. An electrolyte containing 25 mM phosphate, 0.25 mM tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) at pH 5.5 was optimum for the separation of these anionic vanadium complexes. Sample stacking techniques, including large-volume sample stacking (LVSS) and field-amplified sample injection (FASI), were tested to improve the sensitivity. Best sensitivity was obtained using FASI, with detection limits of 0.001 μM, equivalent to 0.4 μg L⁻¹, for [VO₂(HEDTA)]²⁻ and 0.01 μM, equivalent to 3.4 μg L⁻¹ for [VO(HEDTA)]¹⁻. The utility of the method for the speciation of V(IV) and V(V) was demonstrated using ground water samples.     

比较纳升反相色谱-串联质谱与毛细管区带电泳-串联质谱用于自顶向下蛋白质组学

自顶向下蛋白质组学的一个重要难题是缺乏与质谱可以在线连用并且可以提供高效蛋白质分离的液相分离技术。毛细管区带电泳与纳升反相色谱都可以与质谱在线连用,并且在复杂蛋白质样品分析方面也都有了显著的提升。在这里,我们首次比较了先进的纳升反相色谱-串联质谱与毛细管区带电泳-串联质谱平台用于自顶向下蛋白质组学分析。相对于纳升反相色谱-质谱而言,毛细管区带电泳-质谱可以将标准蛋白质样品的消耗量降低10倍,而且保持与纳升反相色谱-质谱相当的蛋白质信号强度。有意思的是,与毛细管区带电泳-质谱相比,纳升反相色谱-质谱可以获得更高的蛋白质分子的气相价态。这个现象可能是由于反相流动相中的高浓度乙腈使得蛋白质变性的更加充分。从1微克的大肠杆菌蛋白质样品中,毛细管区带电泳-串联质谱可以鉴定到159个蛋白质和513个蛋白质变体,而纳升反相色谱-串联质谱仅鉴定到105个蛋白质和277个蛋白质变体。当将大肠杆菌蛋白质的上样量提高到8微克时,纳升反相色谱-串联质谱可以鉴定到245个蛋白质和1004个蛋白质变体。由于纳升反相色谱-串联质谱具有比毛细管区带电泳-串联质谱更高的上样量与更宽的分离窗口,当蛋白质样品量不受限制时,纳升反相色谱-串联质谱具有明显的优势。但是,在痕量样品分析方面,毛细管区带电泳-串联质谱具有更大的潜力。     

Micelle to solvent stacking of organic cations in capillary zone electrophoresis with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

The direction of the effective electrophoretic mobility of small organic cations in micellar electrokinetic chromatography using sodium dodecyl sulphate in a low-pH electrolyte can be reversed in the presence of organic solvent. This effective electrophoretic mobility change is presented here as a new dimension for on-line sample preconcentration of cations in capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) using a background solution (BGS) modified by an organic solvent. The sample is prepared in a micellar solution without organic solvent. The focusing effect relies on the reversal in the effective electrophoretic mobility at the boundary zone between the micellar matrix and the BGS modified with organic solvent. This on-line sample preconcentration technique, called micelle to solvent stacking (MSS) afforded more than an order of magnitude improvement in concentration sensitivity compared to typical CZE-UV or CZE-electrospray ionization (ESI) MS analysis. The calculated limit of detection (S/N = 3) for pindolol and metoprolol analysed by MSS-CZE-ESI-MS was found to be 0.03 and 0.01 μg/mL, respectively.     

Diffusion as major source of band broadening in field-amplified sample stacking under negligible electroosmotic flow velocity conditions

Theory of field-amplified sample stacking (FASS) also called field-enhanced sample stacking is reevaluated considering the early work of Chien, Burgi and Helmer. The classical theory presented by Chien, Helmer and Burgi predicts the existence of maxima, which are ascribed to the counteracting principles of zone focusing and hydrodynamic dispersion. In contrast to their work, we here focus on cationic analytes separated in an acidic background electrolyte providing a very low electroosmotic flow velocity. Therefore, peak broadening due to differences in the local electroosmotic flow velocities in different compartments of the capillary can be regarded to be negligible. Consequently, peak broadening resulting from hydrodynamic dispersion will not be the dominant limitation of the accessible enrichment efficiency. In our experimental studies we, however, obtain an optimum value for the field enhancement factor (maximum of the enrichment efficiency, when varying the electric conductivity of the sample and the size of the sample injection plug) corresponding to a 10-fold dilution of the BGE in the sample solution. Comparing these experimental data with data modeled according to the revised theory, we show that this limitation of the loadability is caused by the unavoidable decrease of the analyte migration velocity in the BGE compartment of the capillary when injecting of a sample plug of lower electric conductivity (decrease in the local electric field strength). The additional diffusional band broadening limits the obtainable enrichment efficiency.     

Identification of degradation products of aspartyl tripeptides by capillary electrophoresis-tandem mass spectrometry

Capillary electrophoresis-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (CE-MS/MS) has been used to identify degradation products of the aspartyl tripeptides Phe-Asp-GlyNH(2) and Gly-Asp-PheNH(2) following incubation of the peptides in acidic and alkaline solution. At pH 2, the dominant decomposition products resulted from cleavage of the peptide backbone amide bonds to yield the respective dipeptides and amino acids. In addition, the cyclic aspartyl succinimide intermediate was identified by its [M+H](+) at m/z = 319 and the MS/MS spectrum exhibiting a simple fragmentation pattern with the [C(8)H(10)N](+)-ion as the principal daughter ion (a(1) of Phe-Asp-GlyNH(2)). Deamidation of the C-terminal amide as well as isomerization and enantiomerization of the Asp residue occurred upon incubation at pH 10. alpha-Asp and the isomeric beta-Asp and most of the diastereomeric forms (corresponding to D/L-Asp) could be separated by CE. All isomers could be identified based on their MS/MS spectra. Peptides with the amino acid sequence Phe-Asp-Gly containing the regular alpha-Asp bond displayed a highly intense b(2) fragment ion and a low abundant y(2) ion. In contrast, the y(2) and a(1) fragment were high abundant daughter ions in the mass spectra of beta-Asp peptides while the b(2) ion exhibited a lower abundance. Differences in the MS/MS spectra of the isomers of the peptides with the sequence Gly-Asp-Phe were obvious but less pronounced. In conclusion, CE-MS/MS proved to be a useful tool to study the decomposition and enantiomerization of peptides including the isomerization of Asp residues, due to the combination of efficient separation of isomers by CE and their identification by MS/MS.     

Solvent-bar microextraction of herbicides combined with non-aqueous field-amplified sample injection capillary electrophoresis

Solvent-bar microextraction (SBME) based on two-phase (water-to-organic) extraction was for the first time used as the sample pretreatment method for the non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) of herbicides of environmental concern. Due to the compatibility of the extractant organic solvent and the NACE separation system, the extract could be introduced directly to the CE system after SBME. Through investigations of the effect of sample pH, extraction time, agitation speed and salt addition on extraction efficiency, the most suitable extraction conditions were determined: sample solution at a pH of 1, without added salt, and stirring at 700 revolutions per minute for 30 min. SBME as applied here was also compared with single-drop microextraction and hollow fiber-protected liquid-phase microextraction. SBME showed the highest extraction efficiency. In addition, field-amplified sample injection with pre-introduced organic solvent plug removal using the electroosmotic flow as a pump (FAEP) was used to enhance the sensitivity further in NACE. Based on studies of the effect of different organic solvents, different lengths of the organic plugs and different volumes of sample injection on stacking efficiency under the most suitable separation conditions, methanol was found to be the most efficient solvent for on-line preconcentration. Combined with SBME, FAEP-NACE achieved limits of detection of between 0.08 ng/mL and 0.14 ng/mL for the studied analytes. This preconcentration approach for NACE was demonstrated to be amenable to aqueous environmental samples by applying it to spiked river water.     

毛细管电泳-场强放大样品堆积法检测染发剂中的7种苯胺类物质

建立了毛细管电泳-场强放大样品堆积测定染发剂中4,4′-二氨基二苯甲烷、苯胺、邻甲氧基苯胺、对氨基苯甲醚、3,4-二甲基苯胺、间氨基苯酚、1-萘胺7种苯胺类物质的分析方法。在优化的缓冲溶液体系(0.15 mol/L NaH2PO4,0.015 mol/L 三乙醇胺, pH 2.3)下7种分析物在6.5 min内实现基线分离。考察了样品中添加的磷酸浓度和乙腈浓度、水柱长度、电动进样时间与电压对场强放大富集效率及重现性的影响。最佳的富集条件为: 水柱注入3.45 kPa(0.5 psi)×6 s,样品中添加40%(v/v)乙腈和0.6×10~3mol/L磷酸,进样电压与进样时间为10 kV×10 s。线性范围为3～1000 μg/L(R2＞0.996),检出限为0.26～2.75 μg/L,将已有方法的检测灵敏度提高了1～3个数量级。在2种市售黑色染发剂中均检测到间氨基苯酚,含量分别为7.32 mg/g和1.34 mg/g。平均加标回收率为74%～108%。该方法灵敏度高、快速、重现性好、成本低,可供多种样品基质中痕量苯胺类污染物及其他阳离子物质的测定借鉴使用。     

Quantification of phosphorus in DNA using capillary electrophoresis hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

We have analyzed phosphorus in an enzymatically digested DNA molecule using capillary electrophoresis (CE) hyphenated with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The DNA concentration was quantified by the phosphorus value obtained in the CE-ICP-MS analysis. The CE-ICP-MS measurement, for which the interface device AIF-01 equipped three layered nebulizer was adopted, was achieved with limited μL/min nebulizing without loss of sample in the vaporizing chamber. The samples of nucleotides and free phosphate were separated well in the CE-ICP-MS measurement, and the calibration curve (0.1-10μg/mL) of the phosphorus showed a linear (R(2)=0.999) increase in intensity. After digestion of the 100-bp double-strand DNA sample to deoxyribonucleotide-5'-monophosphates (dNMPs) by phosphodiesterase-I, phosphorus was detected by CE-ICP-MS without further purification steps. In this study, we applied two calculation schemes of DNA analysis using a dNMP concentration obtained from CE-ICP-MS. Comparative CE-ICP-MS analysis with DNA digested to dNMPs showed that the assay gave an equal value obtained from the total DNA quantification using fluorescence detection. The detection limits of the DNA sample obtained from these species and phosphorus in nucleotides using CE-ICP-MS were 3.1-26ng/mL. These LOD values were equal to the conventional fluorescence determination of DNA.     

Analysis of urinary neurotransmitters by capillary electrophoresis: sensitivity enhancement using field-amplified sample injection and molecular imprinted polymer solid phase extraction

Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been investigated for the analysis of some neurotransmitters, dopamine (DA), 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) and serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) at nanomolar concentrations in urine. Field-amplified sample injection (FASI) has been used to improve the sensitivity through the online pre-concentration samples. The cationic analytes were stacked at the capillary inlet between a zone of low conductivity - sample and pre-injection plug - and a zone of high conductivity - running buffer. Several FASI parameters have been optimized (ionic strength of the running buffer, concentration of the sample protonation agent, composition of the sample solvent and nature of the pre-injection plug). Best results were obtained using H₃PO₄–LiOH (pH 4, ionic strength of 80 mmol L⁻¹) as running buffer, 100 μmol L⁻¹ of H₃PO₄ in methanol–water 90/10 (v/v) as sample solvent and 100 μmol L⁻¹ of H₃PO₄ in water for the pre-injection plug.In these conditions, the linearity was verified in the 50–300 nmol L⁻¹ concentration range for DA, 3-MT and 5-HT with a determination coefficient (r²) higher than 0.99. The limits of quantification (10 nmol L⁻¹ for DA and 3-MT, 5.9 nmol L⁻¹ for 5-HT) were 500 times lower than those obtained with hydrodynamic injection. However, if this method is applied to the analysis of neurotransmitters in urine, the presence of salts in the matrix greatly reduces the sensitivity of the FASI/CE–UV method.Therefore, a solid phase extraction (SPE) on a dedicated imprinted polymer (MIP) was developed to extract specific neurotransmitters, catecholamines, metanephrines and indolamines, from urine. Matrix salts were thus discarded after sample extraction on AFFINIMIP™ Catecholamine & Metanephrine (100 mg) cartridge.Therefore, lower limits of quantification were determined in artificial urine (46 nmol L⁻¹ for DA, 11 nmol L⁻¹ for 3-MT and 6 nmol L⁻¹ for 5-HT).The application of this protocol MIP-SPE/FASI–CE–UV analysis of neurotransmitters in human urine gave rise to electropherograms with a very good base line and signal to noise ratios above 15.     

Multiresidue determination of (fluoro)quinolone antibiotics in chicken by polymer monolith microextraction and field-amplified sample stacking procedures coupled to CE-UV

Simultaneous determination of 9 (fluoro)quinolone antibiotics (FQs) was accomplished by capillary electrophoresis-ultraviolet (CE-UV) based on poly(methacrylic acid-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (MAA-EGDMA) monolith microextraction (PMME) coupled with on-line preconcentration technique of field-amplified sample stacking (FASS). The effects of composition of the acid and organic solvent in the sample solution, sampling time, and voltage on the efficiency of the sample stacking have been systematically investigated. Several parameters that influence extraction efficiency for PMME such as pH of sample solution, extraction volume, and wash and desorption conditions were optimized. In the proposed method, a substantial increase in sensitivity for all the FQs tested was achieved by the combination of PMME procedure with on-line preconcentration of FASS prior to CE analysis. Good linearities were obtained for the 9 tested FQs with the correlation coefficients (R) above 0.9954. The limits of detection (S/N = 3) were found to be 2.4-34.0 ng g⁻¹ and the recoveries ranged from 81.2 to 100% with relative standard deviations less than 11.3%. The proposed PMME-FASS-CE method was applied to the determination of FQs residues in chicken samples.     

Separation of alkylbenzyl quaternary ammonium compounds by capillary zone electrophoresis with sample stacking injection

Summary A systematic investigation of operational buffer systems, sample preparation and instrument parameters for achieving the best possible performance for determinating an homologous series of N-benzyl-N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylammonium chloride compounds by capillary zone electrophoresis with direct UV detection. The most effective separation was achieved within 3.5 min with the addition of acetonitrile (40%) in a phosphate buffer (20 mM pH 5.2) using a 40 cm fused-silica capillary operating at 25 KV and 20°C. Degassing of all electrolyte solutions and samples was very important. The linearity and repeatability for each compounds were satisfactory. To improve detection limits, on-column sample preconcentration, sample stacking, was investigated achieving a tenfold enrichment factor and quantitation limits about 10⁻⁷M.     

Large volume sample stacking in capillary electrophoresis of weakly acidic compounds using coated capillaries at high pH

Large volume stacking using the electroosmotic flow (EOF) pump (LVSEP) in capillary electrophoresis under a reverse potential is a convenient and straightforward approach for on-line concentration of dilute anionic sample solutions. LVSEP achieves automatic sample matrix removal and subsequent separation without intermediate polarity switching nor complicated instrumental setup. Since anionic analytes should move against the EOF in LVSEP, EOF needs to be suppressed. We extended the range of LVSEP up to pH 11 using various EOF suppression methods, such as dynamic coating by polymer pretreatment and permanent coating. Weakly acidic organic compounds (pK_a<5.2), chlorinated phenols (pK_a=7-9), and aromatic amino acids (pK_a2∼9.3) were concentrated and separated. By hydrodynamically filling the whole capillary of 27 cm long with the sample solution, fast and reliable injection was achieved and sensitivity enhancement factors as large as 170 were readily obtained in less than 8 min.     

Determination of mercaptopurine and its four metabolites by large-volume sample stacking with polarity switching in capillary electrophoresis

This study describes approaches for stacking a large volume of sample solutions containing a mixture of mercaptopurine monohydrate, 6-methylmercaptopurine, thioguanine, thioguanosine, and thioxanthine in capillary electrophoresis (CE). After filling the run buffer (60 mM borate buffer, pH 8.5), a large sample volume was loaded by hydrodynamic injection (2.5 psi, 99.9 s), followed by the removal of the large plug of sample matrix from the capillary using polarity switching (-15 kV). Monitoring the current and reversing the polarity when 95% of current recovered, the separation of anionic analytes was performed in a run buffer < 20 kV. Around 44- to 90-fold improvement of sensitivity for five analytes was achieved by large-volume stacking with polarity switching when compared with CE without stacking. This method was feasible for determination of the analytes spiked in plasma. Removing most of electrolytes from plasma is a key step for performing large-volume sample stacking. Solid-phase extraction was used for pretreatment of biological samples. To our knowledge, this study is one of few applications showing the possibilities of this stacking procedure to analyze biological samples by large-volume sample stacking with polarity switching (LVSSPS) in CE.     

Determination of sulfa antibiotic residues in river and particulate matter by field-amplified sample injection-capillary zone electrophoresis

In the present research, field-amplified sample injection–CZE (FASI–CZE) coupled with a diode array detector was established to determine trace level sulfa antibiotic. Sulfathiazole, sulfadiazine, sulfamethazine, sulfadimethoxine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfisoxazole were selected as analytes for the experiments. The background electrolyte solution consisted of 70.0 mmol/L borax and 60.0 mmol/L boric acid (including 10% methanol, pH 9.1). The plug was 2.5 mmol/L borax, which was injected into the capillary at a pressure of 0.5 psi for 5 s. Then the sample was injected into the capillary at an injection voltage of –10 kV for 20 s. The electrophoretic separation was carried out under a voltage of +19 kV. The capillary temperature was maintained at 20˚C throughout the analysis, and six sulfonamides were completely separated within 35 min. Compared with pressure injection-CZE, the sensitivity of FASI-CZE was increased by 6.25–10.0 times, and the LODs were reduced from 0.2–0.5 to 0.02–0.05 μg/mL. The method was applied to the determination of sulfonamides in river water and particulate matter samples. The recoveries were 78.59–106.59%. The intraday and interday precisions were 2.89–7.35% and 2.77–7.09%, respectively. This provides a simpler and faster method for the analysis of sulfa antibiotic residues in environmental samples.     

In-column field-amplified sample stacking of biogenic amines on microfabricated electrophoresis devices

A novel method for performing in-column field-amplified sample stacking (FASS) in chip-based electrophoretic systems is presented. The methodology involves the use of a narrow sample channel (NSC) injector. NSC injectors allow sample plugs to be introduced directly into the separation channel, and subsequent stacking and separation can proceed without any need for leakage control. More importantly, stacking and separation occur in a single step negating the requirement for complex channel geometries and voltage switching to control sample plugs during the stacking procedure. The chip is composed of six paralleled systems. Using the NSC injector design, the number of reservoirs in the multiplexed chip is reduced to N + 2, where N is the number of paralleled systems. This design feature radically reduces the complexity in chip structures and associated chip operation. The approach is applied to the analysis of fluorescently labelled biogenic amines affording detection at concentrations down to 20 pM.     

Field-amplified on-line sample stacking for determination of carnosine-related peptides by capillary electrophoresis

An on-line sample stacking method, namely field-amplified sample injection, has been developed for the separation and determination of carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine by capillary electrophoresis. Using electrokinetic injection, about 130- to 160-fold improvement of sensitivity was achieved without loss of separation efficiency when compared to conventional sample injection. For conventional injection, the samples were dissolved in running buffer and then hydrodynamically injected for 10 s (3.45 kPa). Various parameters affecting separation and sample stacking were optimized. Under optimum conditions, linear responses were obtained over two orders of magnitude and the detection limits (defined as S/N = 3) of carnosine, anserine, and homocarnosine were 1.5 x 10(-8) to 1.6 x 10(-8) mol/L.