Inclusion complex characterization between progesterone and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin in aqueous solution by NMR study

The aim of this work is the determination of the molecular association of progesterone (P) with hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD) in aqueous solution. The stoichiometry and the binding constants of the inclusion complex were calculated using NMR techniques.     

Continuous flow-extractive desorption electrospray ionization: Analysis from “non-electrospray ionization-friendly” solvents and related mechanism

Due to their low polarities and dielectric constants, analytes in solvents such as hexane, chloroform, and ethyl acetate exhibit poor electrospray ionization (ESI) efficiency. These are deemed to be “non-ESI-friendly” solvents. Continuous flow extractive desorption electrospray ionization (CF-EDESI) is a novel ambient ionization technique that was recently developed in our group to manipulate protein charge distributions. Here we demonstrate its potential for ionizing analytes from non-ESI-friendly solvents. This feature makes CF-EDESI attractive to the general analytical community due to its apparent potential in lipidomics, normal phase separations, and hyphenation of mass spectrometry with HPLC-NMR systems. In this context, interest was subsequently initiated to discern mechanistic aspects of CF-EDESI. To achieve this, mechanistic experiments associated with a seemingly similar ambient ionization technique, extractive electrospray ionization (EESI), were emulated to compare CF-EDESI and EESI. Analysis of a series of fatty acids in multiple solvents in the negative ionization mode revealed differences between the two techniques. Whereas EESI has been previously shown to operate via extraction of analytes into the spray solvent, data presented here for CF-EDESI point toward a liquid-liquid mixing process to facilitate ionization. Further, a partial factorial design experiment was performed to evaluate the effects of different experimental variables on signal intensity. Sample flow rate was confirmed to be among the most significant factors to affect sensitivity. As a whole, the work presented provides greater insight into a new ambient ionization process, which exhibits expanded capabilities over conventional ESI; in this case, for direct analysis from non-ESI-friendly solvents.     

微板式化学发光酶免疫分析法临床测定人血清中孕酮

将抗兔IgG(即二抗)物理吸附于聚苯乙烯微孔板上作为通用固相,通过免疫反应制备固相抗体。采用辣根过氧化物酶催化鲁米诺-过氧化氢化学发光体系,建立了一种高通量、简便、快速的化学发光酶免疫分析方法用于临床测定人血清中的孕酮。对各种影响因素如免疫试剂的稀释度、发光底物选择、发光反应时间及温育条件等进行了考察和优化,最终选定的实验条件:孕酮抗体和HRP标记物的最佳稀释度分别为1∶100000和1∶15000;选用Ⅱ号发光底物,发光反应10min后测定;37℃水浴条件下温育1h。对建立的方法进行了评价。该方法的灵敏度为0.08μg/L;批内和批间相对标准偏差均在15%之内;低、中、高3个不同浓度值样品的平均回收率分别为101%、101%和94.4%(在87.8%～108%之间)。使用本方法和经典的放射免疫法同时对36份人血清样品进行测定,结果显示,本方法与放射免疫分析方法相关性良好,其相关系数为0.9502。