大鼠体内铅镉分布的稳定同位素示踪ICP-MS研究

采用稳定同位素示踪技术研究重金属元素铅、镉在大鼠体内的分布,通过对大鼠进行浓缩同位素206Pb、112Cd灌喂,解剖取其肝、肾、睾丸和心脏等脏器,通过相应的化学处理,用电感耦合等离子体质谱(ICP-MS)测量铅、镉元素在各个脏器中的含量及其同位素组成变化.根据同位素比值的变化研究Pb、Cd在各脏器中的分布、蓄积规律和各脏器对引入的浓缩同位素利用率.结果发现:重金属Pb和Cd蓄积的最主要场所是肝和肾,其次是睾丸和心脏,而在脑中的积累最少.在肝和肾中Cd的同位素利用率为0.048 8%、0.015 4%,Pb的同位素利用率为0.010 1%、0.007 8%,远高于其它脏器.与传统的方法相比较,该法具有更接近慢性中毒、危害性小,能将重金属来源分为天然来源和人为引入等特点.     

铅同位素在示踪城市环境污染源研究中的应用

在分析铅同位素示踪环境铅污染源理论的基础上,以成都市为例,对成都市城市环境（土壤、大气降尘、主要水系沉积物）铅污染的主要来源进行了研究.结果表明,成都市城市环境污染主要来自于燃煤扬尘和汽车尾气排放.铅同位素示踪理论应用于城市环境污染源的研究,能够取得比较理想的结果.     

热表面电离同位素质谱在人体钙同位素示踪研究中的应用

研究了用热表面电离质谱测量经同位素示踪的人尿中钙同位素丰度比的方法。方法主要涉及生物样品的化学前处理程序和质谱测量技术,并就不同的样品前处理方法等因素对测量结果的影响进行了讨论,测量结果用于钙吸收率的计算。     

锌,镉及金属硫蛋白在大鼠前列腺的定位研究

测定了Wister大鼠前列腺不同部位锌、镉含量，发现背侧叶、背前叶及腹叶含锌量依次为890．0±80．2、294.0±32.5和35.8±6．7μg／g干组织，含镉量依次为0.257±0．030、0.128±0．012和0．060±0．009μg／g干组织。各叶之间锌含量有显著性差异（P＜0.01），镉含量的差异具有统计学意义（P＜0．05），而且各叶中锌的含量明显高于镉。免疫组化测定将金属硫蛋白定位于腺体上细胞核和细胞液中，各叶均为阳性，其强度依次为背侧叶最强，背前叶其次，腹叶最弱，与锌、镉分布一致。     

一种快速同位素稀释定量方法及其在示踪方面的应用

同位素稀释法定量分析中,当待测样品中某一目标同位素的丰度被示踪剂影响而不能保持天然丰度时,需要测量样品中各同位素的丰度比。在待测样品量或测量时间有限时,常规同位素稀释法的应用受到局限。为了降低样品消耗量、简化测量步骤、减小记忆效应影响、提高测量效率,本研究建立了一种可省略待测样品丰度比测量环节的快速同位素稀释定量方法。基于物质的量守恒原理,通过关联的运算,得到待测样品后,只需进行一次添加同位素稀释剂后混合样品的丰度比测量即可完成目标同位素的定量分析。以天然丰度Xe标准气体作为模拟样品,6次测量值与标称值的相对偏差均小于1%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.4%,与使用常规同位素稀释法得到的测量结果完全相符。此外,以¹²⁸Xe作为示踪同位素,得到的示踪同位素扩散曲线符合气体在封闭空间的扩散规律。本方法适用于有3种或更多稳定同位素的元素,既保证了测量结果的准确性,又可缩短分析时间,减少样品消耗量。     

同位素示踪法测定稀土在土壤中的吸附,解吸和扩散

对９种不同性质土壤测定结果表明，ＲＥ的吸附或解吸均与Ｌａｎｇｍｕｉｒ方程有极好的拟合性。土壤ＲＥ吸附容量在１．５－１５ｍｇ／ｇ之间，它与土壤中伊利石的相对含量呈明显正相关土壤ＲＥ解吸量与吸附量之间呈显著指数曲线关系，曲线转折点的ＲＥ吸附量称为土壤特征吸附量，以它表征ＲＥ在土壤中运移难易，比土壤吸附容量表征更有意义。     

铅稳定同位素在环境污染示踪中的应用和进展

从国内外大量研究实例出发,论述了铅同位素示踪在环境污染研究中的应用和进展。包括大气降尘、水系沉积物、土壤—植物体系这三个方面的相关理论以及最新的研究成果,并得出了不同研究对象中铅污染的来源、迁移以及富集的一些规律。     

^160Tb同位素踪研究稀土元素铽在雏鸡体内的分布和转运

＾１６０Ｔｂ－ＥＤＴＡ注入美国海兰鸡种蛋，孵出雏鸡，解剖取２１种组织，器官，用γ能谱测定了＾１４０Ｔｂ，证明了＾１６０Ｔｂ－ＥＤＴＡ能透过种蛋胎膜进入雏鸡各组织和器官中。     

同位素示踪法研究烟丝水分在加工过程中的转移

利用同位素重水(deuterium oxide,D2O)跟踪烟草中的水分子,从而研究水分在加工过程中的转移变化.首先将烟丝真空干燥以脱去烟丝中的全部水分(游离水和结合水),加入等量D2O使其真空复吸,达到平衡.然后在不同的取样点对烟丝加工过程中的水分D2O用真空管道技术进行完全提取.经乙酸酐衍生化处理后,再用气相色谱质谱联用仪(GC-MS)分析,通过分析氘代乙酸与乙酸的摩尔比,得到D2O与H2O的摩尔比.从而确定在整个工艺过程中烟丝中的水分损失量和损失点.实验结果表明:烟丝中的水分流失几乎全部集中在炒制过程,从而为优化烟丝的加工工艺提供了理论依据.     

同位素示踪研究K2CO3/CH3I促进的碳酸二甲酯直接合成反应

 采用同位素示踪技术,系统地研究了K2CO3/CH3I促进的CO2插入甲醇直接合成碳酸二甲酯(DMC)的反应机理. 结果表明,固体碱碳酸钾催化剂直接参与了DMC的合成过程, DMC分子中的羰基由CO2插入甲醇后形成,两个甲基分别来源于甲醇和碘甲烷. 本文将以往文献中提出的DMC生成机理和二甲醚生成机理结合起来,并对其进行适当补充后,可以很好地解释实验结果.     

Distribution of samarium and ytterbium in rats measured by enriched stable isotope tracer technique and INAA

In the present study a method using enriched stable isotope tracer and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was developed to study the dynamic distribution of rare earth elements (REEs) in a variety of organs and tissues of Wistar rats. Stable isotopes ¹⁵²Sm and ¹⁶⁸Yb were selected as tracers for the experiment. Intravenously injected ¹⁵²Sm and ¹⁶⁸Yb in chloride form could be quickly absorbed and distributed in almost all the organs and tissues of interest, including liver, skeleton, kidney, spleen, heart, lung, testicle, and blood serum. Liver and skeleton had high ability to take up ¹⁵²Sm and ¹⁶⁸Yb under the experimental conditions, whereas the contents of the elements in other organs were generally lower than 2% of the given dose during the whole experimental period. The difference in distribution of ¹⁵²Sm and ¹⁶⁸Yb in the body was also discussed.     

Measurement of labile Cu in soil using stable isotope dilution and isotope ratio analysis by ICP-MS

Isotope dilution is a useful technique to measure the labile metal pool, which is the amount of metal in soil in rapid equilibrium (<7 days) with the soil solution. This is normally performed by equilibrating soil with a metal isotope, and sampling the labile metal pool by using an extraction (E value), or by growing plants (L value). For Cu, this procedure is problematic for E values, and impossible for L values, due to the short half-life of the ⁶⁴Cu radioisotope (12.4 h), which makes access and handling very difficult. We therefore developed a technique using enriched ⁶⁵Cu stable isotope and measurement of ⁶³Cu/⁶⁵Cu ratios by quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to measure labile pools of Cu in soils using E value techniques. Mass spectral interferences in detection of ⁶³Cu/⁶⁵Cu ratios in soil extracts were found to be minimal. Isotope ratios determined by quadrupole ICP-MS compared well to those determined by high-resolution (magnetic sector) ICP-MS. E values determined using the stable isotope technique compared well to those determined using the radioisotope for both uncontaminated and Cu-contaminated soils.     

Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues

Increasing use is being made of stable isotopes as indicators of habitat use and trophic ecology of animals. Preservation of tissues can alter stable isotope signatures. We investigated the effects of addition of ethanol and NaCl solution (hereafter 'salt'), and of freezing and drying, on carbon and nitrogen isotopic values in blood of the spectacled petrel Procellaria conspicillata, and compared these with those from simultaneously growing feathers. The mean delta(13)C values of blood preserved in ethanol was significantly higher, and of blood preserved in salt was significantly lower than that of dried or frozen samples. delta(13)C values in ethanol showed high variation according to brand and batch and could account for the differences found in delta(13)C ratios in ethanol-preserved blood samples. Mean delta(13)C and delta(15)N values in growing feathers were higher than in blood, suggesting tissue-specific fractionation. We conclude that different methods of preserving tissues such as blood may bias stable isotope values, and urge researchers to consider this issue. Air drying is proposed as a practical and unbiased method for blood preservation in field situations where freezing is not a practical option, and a mathematical approach is suggested to permit comparison between studies using different preservation methods or tissues.     

Simultaneous measurement of phosphatidylglycerol and disaturated-phosphatidylcholine palmitate kinetics from alveolar surfactant. Study in infants with stable isotope tracer, coupled with isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Disaturated-phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG) are respectively the first and the third most abundant phospholipid in human alveolar surfactant. Their concentration decreases in airway surfactant of adults and infants with respiratory distress syndrome and cystic fibrosis. In this study, we used mass spectrometry (IRMS) to investigate the turnover of DSPC and PG in tracheal aspirates (TA) obtained from infants with normal or diseased lungs. We studied eight infants requiring mechanical ventilation: two with no lung disease, four with diaphragmatic hernia, one with ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 3 heterozygote mutation and one with sepsis. Patients received deuterated water for 48 h as metabolic precursors of palmitate-DSPC and palmitate-PG. Serial TAs were obtained every 6 h for five days or until extubation. DSPC and PG were isolated from TA by column and high-performance thin layer chromatography. Deuterium enrichments of palmitate-DSPC and PG residues were measured by IRMS coupled with a gas chromatographer. Median secretion time (ST), peak time (PT) and fractional synthesis rate (FSR) were 3.7 [0.9- 13.4] h, 71.0 [52.2 - 85.2] h and 6.6 [6.3 - 11.1] %/day for DSPC and 19.3 [6.4 - 22.8] h, 49.0 [33.0 - 52.5] h and 5.8 [4.8 - 10.9] %/day for PG. This study shows that it is feasible to use deuterium derived from body water to trace simultaneously airway surfactant DSPC and PG in humans. When compared within the same patient, DSPC and PG had similar fractional synthesis rates, but PG had a shorter PT, suggesting differences in the life cycle of these essential surfactant components.     

The use of ICPMS for stable isotope tracer studies in humans: a review

The use of stable isotope tracers in human studies is a rapidly growing research field that benefits from the many new developments in inorganic mass spectrometric instrumentation and from the better availability of mass spectrometric techniques to nutritional scientists during the last three decades. Traditionally, thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) has been the preferred technique for these studies, but the development of new inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric (ICPMS) techniques with better isotope-ratio measurement and interference-removal capabilities (e.g. single and multi-detector ICPMS and reaction/collision cell ICPMS) has enabled broader use of ICPMS for determination of stable isotope tracers in nutritional research. This review discusses the current and future use of ICPMS in stable isotope tracer studies in humans.     

Surfactant protein C metabolism in human infants and adult patients by stable isotope tracer and mass spectrometry

Surfactant protein C (SP-C) is deemed as the surfactant protein most specifically expressed in type II alveolar epithelial cells and plays an important role in surfactant function. SP-C turnover in humans and its meaning in the clinical context have never been approached. In this study, we used mass spectrometry to investigate SP-C turnover in humans. We studied four infants and eight adults requiring mechanical ventilation. All patients had no lung disease. Patients received a 24-h continuous infusion of ¹³C-leucine as precursor of SP-C, and serial tracheal aspirates and plasma samples were obtained every 6 h till 48 h. SP-C was isolated from tracheal aspirates by sorbent-phase chromatography. ¹³C-leucine SP-C enrichment could be successfully measured in three infant and in four adult samples by using mass spectrometry coupled with a gas chromatographer. Median SP-C fractional synthesis rate, secretion time, and peak time were 15.7 (14.1–27.5) %/day, 6.0 (4.7–11.5) h, and 24 (20–27) h. In conclusion, this study shows that it is feasible to accurately determine SP-C turnover in humans by stable isotopes.     

Using a non-invasive stable isotope tracer to measure the absorption of water in humans

The development of solutions that prevent dehydration or promote adequate re-hydration play a vital role in preventing fatigue during exercise, however, the methods commonly used to assess the hydration ability of such solutions are invasive and often assess the components of absorption separately. This paper describes using a non-invasive deuterium tracer technique that assesses gastric emptying and intestinal absorption simultaneously to evaluate the uptake of water during rest and exercise. The kinetics of absorption are further examined by mathematical modelling of the data generated. For the rest group, 0.05 g/kg of body weight of deuterium, contained in gelatine capsules, was ingested with ordinary tap water and saliva samples were collected every 5 min for one hour while the subject remained seated. The deuterium was administered as above for the exercise group but sample collection was during one hour of exercise on a treadmill at 55% of the subject's maximum heart rate. The enrichment data for each subject were mathematically modelled and the parameters obtained were compared across groups using an independent samples t-test. Compared with the rest condition, the exercise group showed delayed absorption of water as indicated by significant differences for the modelling parameters t2, t1/2, maximum absorption rate and solution absorption amount at t1. Labelling with a deuterium tracer is a good measure of the relative rate ingested fluids are absorbed by the body. Mathematical modelling of the data generates rates of maximum absorption and allows calculation of the percentage of the solution that is absorbed at any given time during the testing period.     

Investigation of mercury-containing proteins by enriched stable isotopic tracer and size-exclusion chromatography hyphenated to inductively coupled plasma-isotope dilution mass spectrometry

In order to investigate trace mercury-containing proteins in maternal rat and their offspring, a method of enriched stable isotopic tracer (¹⁹⁶Hg and ¹⁹⁸Hg) combined with size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled to inductively coupled plasma-isotope dilution mass spectrometry (ICP-IDMS) was developed. Prior to the analysis, ¹⁹⁶Hg- and ¹⁹⁸Hg-enriched methylmercury was administrated to the pregnant rats. Then the mercury-containing proteins in serum and brain cytosol of the dam and pup rats were separated by size-exclusion columns and the mercury was detected by ICP-MS. The ICP-MS spectrogram of the tracing samples showed significantly elevated ¹⁹⁶Hg and ¹⁹⁸Hg isotopic signals compared with the natural ones, indicating that the detection sensitivity could be increased by the tracer method. The contents of mercury in chromatographic fractions of the dam and pup rat brain cytosol were quantitatively estimated by post-column reverse ID-ICP-MS. The quantitative speciation differences of mercury in brain cytosol between the dam and pup rats were observed, indicating that such studies could be useful for toxicological estimation. Additionally, the isotopic ratio measurement of ¹⁹⁸Hg/²⁰²Hg in the tracing samples could be used to identify the artifact mercury species caused in the analytical procedure. The study demonstrates that the tracer method combined with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-ICP-IDMS could provide reliably qualitative and quantitative information on mercury-containing proteins in organisms.     

ICP-MS测量环境样品中铀的非质谱干扰内标校正研究

内标的合理应用直接关系到测量结果的可靠性,通过外标与内标校正相结合的方法,实验研究了Y,Rh,In,Tb,Yb,Tl,Bi,Re作为内标对ICP-MS测量铀的非质谱干扰的校正效果。对于非抑制/增强基体效应,各内标元素校正结果明显优于无内标校正结果,高质量数内标元素Tb,Yb,Re,Tl,Bi可获得较好的校正效果,校正偏差优于5%,其中以Tl为最佳;对于盐度较高的样品溶液,由于基体对待测元素和内标元素产生了明显不同的抑制/增强效应,因此各内标校正结果均不理想,这表明内标对可溶性固体引起的抑制/增强效应的校正能力有限。在铀的测量中,对于含盐度在300～500μg/mL的样品,内标校正造成的偏差可达到5%～10%;对于盐度在500μg/mL以上的样品,内标校正造成的偏差很可能超过10%或者更高。