Direct determination of estriol 3- and 16-glucuronides in pregnancy urine by column-switching liquid chromatography with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry

Using column-switching liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), we developed an improved analytical method of urinary estriol glucuronides. This new method is derived predominantly from maternal and fetal precursors in pregnancy. We used in the following procedure: first, we filtered urine samples with a membrane filter. Next, we directly injected the 50 microL aliquot of urine samples onto a pre-column. Then, after activating the column-switching valve, we backflushed the loaded samples onto the C(18) analytical column. Urine samples can be assayed within 20 min without any sample preparation steps. We monitored separated estriol glucuronides by negative electrospray ionization (ESI) and selected-reaction monitoring (SRM). The calibration range of estriol-3-glucuronide (E3-3G) and estriol-16-glucuronide (E3-16G) was 0.1-20 microg/mL and the linearity of the method was 0.9984 for E3-3G and 0.9987 for E3-16G. The limits of detection at a signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of 3 were 10 ng/mL (E3-3G) and 5 ng/mL (E3-16G). The analytical recovery was over 85% and, in general, inter-day and intra-day variability for precision and accuracy were less than 10%. When applied to a pregnancy urine sample to biomedical monitoring of the function of the maternal/fetal unit, the proposed method allowed rapid and sensitive screening for the detection of E3-3G and E3-16G.     

Flow Injection Chemiluminescence for the Determination of Estriol via a Noncompetitive Enzyme Immunoassay

A novel approach to the detection of estriol using a flow injection system coupled to enhanced chemiluminescent immunoassay was developed based on noncompetitive immunoassay formats. A conjugated estriol-ovalbumin immobilized immunoaffinity column was inserted into the flow system to trap the unbound horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled antibody after an off-line incubation of estriol and HRP-labeled anti-estriol antibody. The trapped enzyme conjugate was detected by the injection of chemiluminescent substrates to produce enhanced chemiluminescence. The linear range for the determination of estriol is 10.0 to 400 ng · mL⁻¹ with a correlation coefficient of 0.996 and a detection limit of 5.0 ng · mL⁻¹. The total time for sampling and chemiluminescent detection of one sample is 400 seconds after 30 min of pre-incubation. The results for pregnancy serum samples obtained by this method are in good agreement with those obtained using ELISA.     

Bulk derivatization and cation exchange restricted access media-based trap-and-elute liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry method for determination of trace estrogens in serum

Estrone (E1), estradiols (α/β-E2), and estriol (E3) are four major metabolically active estrogens exerting strong biological activities at very low circulating concentrations. This paper reports a sensitive and efficient method with automated, on-line clean-up and detection to determine trace estrogens in a small volume of serum samples using liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry directly, without off-line liquid–liquid or solid-phase extraction pretreatments. Serum aliquots (charcoal stripped fetal bovine serum, 100 μL) were spiked with four estrogen standards and their corresponding isotope-labeled internal standards, then bulk derivatized with 2-fluoro-1-methyl-pyridium p-toluenesulfonate (2-FMP) to establish the calibration curves and perform method validation. Calibration was established in the concentration ranges of 5–1000 pg mL⁻¹, and demonstrated good linearity of R² from 0.9944 to 0.9997 for the four derivatized estrogens. The lower detection limits obtained were 3–7 pg mL⁻¹. Good accuracy and precision in the range of 86–112% and 2.3–11.9%, respectively, were observed for the quality control (QC) samples at low, medium, and high concentration levels. The stability tests showed that the derivatized serum samples were stable 8 h after derivatization at room temperature and at least to 48 h if stored at −20 °C. The method was applied to measure trace estrogens in real human and bovine serum samples, and three of four estrogen compounds studied were observed and quantified.     

荧光法快速测定奶粉中3种雌激素的总量

基于3种雌激素(雌二醇、雌三醇和炔雌醇)相似的荧光性质,建立起荧光法直接快速测定奶粉中3种雌激素的总量。 以雌三醇为标准参考物质,采用标准曲线法测定。 雌三醇的荧光强度与浓度在1~2000 nmol/L的范围内呈线性关系,方法的检出限为0.16 nmol/L,回收率在89.11%~98.49%之间。 该方法简单、快速、线性范围宽、准确度和灵敏度高。 用于实际奶粉中3种雌激素总量的测定,结果满意。     

新型衍生化试剂雌激素衍生物的大气压化学电离质谱增敏研究

合成了用于酚羟基化合物衍生化试剂10-乙基吖啶酮-2-磺酰氯(EASC),EASC与雌二醇和雌三醇, 在pH=10.5 的NaHCO3缓冲溶液中、60 ℃下反应3 min可获得稳定的衍生产物. EASC与丹磺酰氯(Dansyl-Cl)相比:最大摩尔吸光系数之比UVEASC/UVDansyl-Cl = 6.67;荧光量子效率之比Φf(EASC)/Φf(Dansyl-Cl)=43,对雌二醇和雌三醇标记后的质谱离子流强度比为:ICEASC/ICDansyl-Cl = 4.98(雌二醇) 和 ICEASC/ICDansyl-Cl = 4.51(雌三醇).在LC-MS-APCI (MRM)模式下,能够高灵敏地实现雌二醇和雌三醇的快速质谱测定.建立的方法具有良好的重现性,回归系数大于0.9995;检出限分别为4.3 ng/L(雌二醇)和14 ng/L(雌三醇).对实际样品中藏羚羊粪便、根田鼠尿样和狼血清中痕量游离的雌二醇和雌三醇进行了测定,结果满意.     

Fabrication of a Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode and its Catalytic Effect on the Oxidation of Estradiol, Estrone and Estriol

 Multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNT) have been dispersed into water with the emulsification of oil of turpentine and emulsifier OP TX-100. An MWNT-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) has been achieved through solvent evaporation of MWNT- dispersion. In pH 2.0 phosphate buffer, MWNT- modified GCE has an obvious catalytic effect on the oxidation of estradiol, estrone and estriol. The oxidation peak current of these estrogens at the modified electrode increases significantly in contrast with that at the bare GCE. The experimental conditions which heavily affect the oxidation peak current of estradiol, such as the solution pH, the amount of MWNT, the scan rate, the adsorption potential and adsorption time, were optimized. The peak current is linear to the concentration in the range of 2.5 × 10⁻⁷ to 5 × 10⁻⁵ mol L⁻¹ estradiol. The detection limit is 1 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ after 3 min open-circuit adsorption. The relative standard deviation (RSD) of six measurements using an electrode is 3.2% for 1 × 10⁻⁵ mol L⁻¹ estradiol. The effect of interferences of other organic compounds on the determination of estradiol was examined. Author for correspondence: Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China. E-mail: sshu@whu.edu.cn Received June 19, 2002; accepted January 4, 2003 Published online April 11, 2003     

Radioimmunoassay of progesterone and estriol in plasma using antibodies immobilized onto protein A-sepharose CL-4B

Protein A-Sepharose CL-4B was used as a solid phase for antibodies in the radioimmunoassay of progesterone and estriol. The method was fast and easily standardizable. Immobilized antibodies had the same binding capacity as free antibodies and gave good correlation curves (r = 0.996 for progesterone andr = 0.989 for estriol). Sensitivity was 12.5 pg/tube for progesterone and 8.0 pg/tube for estriol. Comparison of progesterone radioimmunoassay with chemically immobilized antibody onto Sepharose CL-4B was also carried out.     

基于抗原包被的微孔板式化学发光酶免疫分析法测定人尿中的雌三醇

将雌三醇-6-(O-羧甲基)肟(E3-6-CMO)与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)形成的偶联物E3-6-CMO-BSA物理吸附于聚苯乙烯微孔板孔内作为固相抗原,与雌三醇(E3)标准溶液或者水解尿样中待测E3通过竞争法进行免疫反应.以对碘苯酚增强的辣根过氧化物酶(HRP)催化鲁米诺-过氧化氢化学发光体系作为信号检测系统,建立了一种高通量、简便快速、灵敏稳定的化学发光酶免疫分析方法用于测定人尿中E3的含量.考察和优化了包被液的酸碱性、抗原包被浓度、酶标抗体稀释比例及用量、温育时间、化学发光底物用量及化学发光反应时间的影响.在最优实验条件下,方法的灵敏度为0.20ng/mL,批内和批间变异系数均在15%之内,低、中、高浓度加标水解尿样的平均回收率分别为107.9%、100.9%和91.2%.使用抗原包被法和抗体包被法同时对10份水解尿样进行测定,结果显示相关性良好,相关系数为0.9984,表明本方法可以满足临床检测的要求.     

Preparation of an Estriol Surface Imprinted Polymer and its Adsorption Ability Evaluation

A novel molecularly imprinted polymer/magnetic chitosan microsphere (MIP/MCM) was prepared by a surface molecular imprinting technique in combination with a sol–gel process, using estriol as the template, γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane as the functional monomer, tetraethoxysilicane as the cross-linker, and magnetic chitosan as the support material. The adsorption ability and selectivity of the polymeric material toward estriol were evaluated. The results indicated that the prepared material had higher adsorption capacity and selectivity toward estriol than the non-imprinted polymer/MCM. The theoretical maximum adsorption capacity (Q _max) was 8.13 mg g^?1, and the equilibrium dissociation constant (K _d) was 625.0 mg mL^?1. The functionalized material had fast uptake kinetics, 83.64% of the saturated adsorption capacity was obtained within a period of 60 min, and the adsorption almost reached equilibrium within 90 min. This prepared material has potential to be used as a sorbent in solid-phase extraction (SPE) to enrich trace estriol in samples.     

Electrochemical Enzyme‐Linked Immunoassay for the Determination of Estriol Using Methyl Red as Substrate

Abstract

A new electrochemical substrate for horseradish peroxidase, methyl red, is reported. In this reaction system, horseradish peroxidase can catalyze the redox reaction of methyl red and H₂O₂. Methyl red exhibits a sensitive voltammetric peak at?0.51 V vs. Ag/AgCl reference electrode, the decrease of the peak current of methyl red is in proportion to the concentration of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The linear range for determination of horseradish peroxidase is 5.0×10^?8～5.0×10^?7 g mL^?1 and the detection limit is 1.8×10^?8 g mL^?1. The relative standard deviation is 3.3% when 2.0×10^?7 g mL^?1 HRP was sequentially determined 11 times. A voltammetric enzyme‐linked immunoassay method for the determination of estriol was developed, based on this electrochemical system. The linear range for determination of estriol is 1.0～1000.0 ng mL^?1, and the detection limit is 0.33 ng mL^?1. The relative standard deviation for 11 parallel determinations with 200 ng mL^?1 estriol is 4.8%. Some pregnancy serum samples were analyzed with satisfactory results.