A systematic approach to assess amino acid conversions in SILAC experiments

SILAC is a widely accepted approach for quantitative proteomics in which proteins are labeled with stable isotopes during cell culture. A major drawback of this technique is the metabolic conversion of labeled amino acids that may hamper accurate quantification. A paradigmatic example of this phenomenon is the generation of labeled proline from arginine, known to occur in a good number of biological models. We propose a novel methodology to identify and quantitate metabolic conversions as well as to evaluate labeling efficiency in SILAC experiments. In this approach, labeled proteins are reduced to amino acids by acid hydrolysis before LC-MS/MS analysis. Since it is carried out at the amino acid level, tracking the fate of the isotope label is straightforward and can be performed for each amino acid independently. After applying this method to mammalian cells, grown in the presence of heavy arginine and lysine, labeling efficiency and amino acid conversions could be accurately evaluated. Only undesirable labeling of proline was found to occur at a significant extent, varying greatly among cell lines. Finally, increasing proline concentration in the growing medium was shown to be effective at preventing arginine conversion without any noticeable side effect.     

荧光光谱法测定氨基酸的新方法

在醋酸 醋酸钠缓冲介质中 ,氨基酸能猝灭壳聚糖 茚三酮体系的荧光。基于此 ,建立了一种新的荧光光谱测定氨基酸的方法 ,探讨了其反应机理及测定条件。方法的线性范围为 0mol·L- 1 ～ 1 2× 1 0 - 4 mol·L- 1 ,已应用于测定果汁饮料     

Rapid determination of amino acid incorporation by stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC)

Stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) has evolved to be a major technique for quantitative proteomics using cell cultures. We developed a rapid method to follow and determine the incorporation of arginine and lysine. Analysis of the heavy state is required to avoid quantification errors. Moreover, the mixture of light and heavy states can be exploited to normalize the protein amount for subsequent relative quantification experiments. Therefore, peptides from different cell lines were extracted with 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid and analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) mass spectrometry (MS). This analysis was highly reproducible and was performed in less than 2 h, significantly faster than other methods for the same purpose. Similar peptide mass profiles were obtained for human EBV-transformed B, Jurkat T, and HeLa cells as well as for mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Proteolytic fragments of 27 human proteins were identified with 56 peptides by MALDI-MS/MS and can be used as a database for these kinds of experiments. Sequencing revealed that the peptides were predominantly amino- and carboxy-terminal protein fragments displaying a specificity characteristic of the acidic proteases cathepsin D and E. Many of the identified peptides contained arginine and/or lysine, allowing determination of the incorporation rate of these amino acids. Furthermore, the rate of conversion of arginine into proline could be monitored easily.     

A mild method for the synthesis of a novel dehydrobutyrine-containing amino acid

Dehydrobutyrine is an amino acid that is present in a range of peptide natural products. Reaction of pentafluoropyridine with threonine and subsequent E1cb-type elimination allowed the preparation of novel dehydrobutyrine-containing amino acids under mild conditions.     

A novel chemiluminescent method for the determination of salicylic acid in bactericidal solutions

A new flow-injection procedure has been developed for the determination of salicylic acid based on the enhancement of the chemiluminescence from the cerium(IV)-Tween 20 reaction by salicylic acid in acidic medium. The method is simple, selective and sensitive with a detection limit of 2.5x10(-9) g mL(-1). It is applicable to the determination of salicylic acid in the concentration range of 4.0x10(-9)-1.1x10(-6) g mL(-1). The relative standard deviation (RSD) is 0.85% for 4.0x10(-7) g mL(-1) salicylic acid (n=11). The method has been successfully applied to the determination of salicylic acid in bactericidal solutions. Furthermore, it is suggested that light emission from cerium(IV)-Tween 20 reaction is probably because of the formation of singlet oxygen 1O2* and the emitter is excited oxygen molecular pairs O2(1delta(g))O2(1sigma(g)-).     

Rapid mass-spectrometric determination of boron isotopic distribution in boron carbide

Boron isotopic ratios are measured in boron carbide by thermionic ionization mass spectrometry with no prior chemical separation. A powder blend of boron carbide and sodium hydroxide is prepared, a small portion is transferred to a tantalum filament, the filament is heated to produce sodium borate, and the filament is transferred to the mass spectrometer where the(11)B/(10)B ratio is measured, using the Na(2)BO(2)(+) ion. Variables investigated for their effect on preferential volatilization of (10)B include the sodium hydroxide-boron carbide ratio and the temperature and duration of filament heating. A series of boron carbide pellets containing natural boron, of the type proposed for the control rods of the Fast Flux Test Facility reactor, were analysed with an apparently unbiased result of 4.0560 for the (11)B/(10)B ratio (standard deviation 0.0087). The pellets contained over 3% metal impurities typically found in this material. Time of analysis is 45 min per sample, with one analyst.     

A novel fluorescent method for determination of peroxynitrite using folic acid as a probe

A novel method for the determination of peroxynitrite using folic acid as a fluorescent probe is described. The method is based on the oxidation of the reduced, low-fluorescent folic acid by peroxynitrite to produce a high-fluorescent emission product. The fluorescence increase is linearly related to the concentration of peroxynitrite in the range of 3 × 10⁻⁸ to 5.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ with a correlation coefficient of 0.998, and the detection limit is 1 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹. Interferences from some metal ions normally seen in biological samples, and also some anions structurally similar to peroxynitrite were studied. The optimal conditions for the detection of peroxynitrite were evaluated.     

一种N-甲基氨基酸酯的合成方法

以氨基酸为起始原料,经过酯化反应,与醛形成亚胺中间体,钯碳还原胺化,氢化脱苄,最终合成光学纯N-甲基氨基酸酯。此方法合成路线简单,不需要对氨基酸侧链进行保护,经济环保。     

The determination of sulphuric acid in air: A specific method

Summary A new method for the measurement of sulphuric acid in airborne particulates is described. Sulphuric acid present is separated from the sample matrix by microdiffusion at 200°. The separated sulphuric acid is absorbed in sodium hydroxide, and titrated by barium perchlorate.

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Zusammenfassung Ein Verfahren zur Bestimmung von Schwefelsäure als Verunreinigung der Atmosphäre wurde beschrieben. Die Abtrennung von der Luftprobe erfolgt durch Mikrodiffusion bei 200° C. Die Schwefelsäure wird in Natronlauge absorbiert und mit Bariumperchlorat titriert.

     

A novel synthesis of amino acid derivatives of phospholene oxides

A convenient synthetic approach is established to prepare a new class of 1-l-α-amino acid derivatives of phospholene oxides by amination of (±)-1-chloro-2-phospholene-1-oxides with several optically pure l-α-amino acid esters. All compounds obtained as a diastereomeric mixture in good to high yields. The two diastereomers were successfully separated by column chromatography and structurally identified by their spectral analyses.     

A novel kinetic-spectrophotometric method for determination of nitrites in water

A simple, selective and sensitive kinetic method for the determination of nitrite in water was developed. The method is based on the catalytic effect of nitrite on the oxidation of methylene blue (MB) with bromate in a sulfuric acid medium. During the oxidation process, absorbance of the reaction mixture decreases with the increasing time, inversely proportional to the nitrite concentration. The reaction rate was monitored spectrophotometrically at λ = 666 nm within 30 s of mixing. Linear calibration graph was obtained in the range of 0.005–0.5 μg mL⁻¹ with a relative standard deviation of 2.09 % for six measurements at 0.5 μg mL⁻¹. The detection limit was found to be 0.0015 μg mL⁻¹. The effect of different factors such as acidity, time, bromate concentration, MB concentration, ionic strength, and order of reactants additions is reported. Interference of the most common foreign ions was also investigated. The optimum experimental conditions were: 0.38 mol L⁻¹ H₂SO₄, 5 × 10.4 mol L⁻¹ KBrO₃, 1.25 × 10.5 mol L⁻¹ MB, 0.3 mol L⁻¹ sodium nitrate, and 25°C. The proposed method was conveniently applied for the determination of nitrite in spiked drinking water samples.     

动力学荧光法测定抗坏血酸

基于在硫酸介质中 ,抗坏血酸能活化钒 ( )催化溴酸钾氧化藏红 T的反应 ,使其荧光猝灭 ,建立了动力学荧光法测定抗坏血酸的新方法。方法的检出限为 5 .8× 1 0 -3 μg/m L,线性范围为 0～ 0 .5 6μg/m L。可用于药品、蔬菜、尿液中抗坏血酸含量的测定     

动力学荧光法测定抗坏血酸

基于在pH 10.7的NH3-NH4Cl缓冲溶液中,抗坏血酸能活化氯化血红素酶催化H2O2氧化L-酪氨酸的反应,使其反应速率增大,将时间驱动技术和动力学中斜率法相结合,建立了一种新的测定抗坏血酸的动力学荧光分析方法。在最佳实验条件下,方法的线性范围为0.1~4.8μg/mL,相对标准偏差3.8%,检出限为1.48μg/L。并考察了环境介质和常见物质的干扰情况。方法可用于实际样品的测定。     

甲氧苄啶的毛细管电泳快速检测新方法

建立了毛细管电泳高频电导法测定药物和尿液中的甲氧苄啶。考察了各种条件对分离和检测的影响。以4.0 mmol/L HAc 体积分数10%甲醇(pH4.0)为电泳介质,分离电压20.0 kV,重力虹吸进样。在优化条件下,甲氧苄啶峰形良好,出峰时间小于6 min,线性范围为1.5~120.0μg/mL,检出限0.5μg/mL。该方法样品处理过程简单,可用于药物制剂的质量控制和临床检验。     

A novel electrochemical method for the determination of trinitrophenol

In pH 5.5, 0.1 mol l⁻¹ HAc-NaAc buffer solution, trinitrophenol has been determined quantitatively with differential pulse voltammetry by detecting its reduction peak currents at the glassy carbon electrode. The detection sensitivity was enhanced significantly by the addition of the surfactant of cetyl pyridinium chloride, and the enhancement mechanism was also studied in detail. The linear calibration range was 8.0 × 10⁻⁷ to 2.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol l⁻¹, and the detection limit was established to be 1.9 × 10⁻⁷ mol l⁻¹. This method has been applied to the determination of trinitrophenol in water sample, and the recovery was from 97.6 to 103.5%.     

A novel spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of DNA

A new simple, selective and sensitive fluorescence quenching method was developed to determine nucleic acids (DNA) with the 9-anthracenecarboxylic acid (ACA)-cetyl trimethyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB) system. The fluorescence intensity of ACA was decreased by the addition (CTAB). However, the fluorescence intensity of the system increased dramatically when DNA was added to the solution. The fluorescence enhancement is probably based on the DNA interaction with CTAB. Under the optimum conditions, the changes of fluorescence intensity in the absence and presence of nucleic acids was proportional to the concentration of nucleic acids over the range 0.08-1.0 microg mL(-1) for CT (calf thymus) DNA or FS (fish sperm) DNA. Its detection limits are 0.02 microg mL(-1) for CT DNA and 0.019 microg mL(-1) for FS DNA. Based on this approach, a new quantitative method for DNA assay is presented in this paper.     

毛细管电泳-化学发光联用新方法检测色氨酸

基于色氨酸对三(1,10-菲咯啉)钌(Ⅱ)[Ru(phen)32+]-Ce(Ⅳ)体系化学发光的增强作用,结合毛细管电泳分离技术,提出了一种毛细管电泳-化学发光检测色氨酸的新方法。在最优化的分离和检测条件下,该方法测定色氨酸的线性范围为5.0×10-7～2.0×10-5mol/L,检测限为7.6×10-8mol/L。将其应用于复方氨基酸注射液(18AA)中L-色氨酸含量的测定,结果满意。