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Zhu L, Wu M, Li R, Zhao Y, Lu Y, Wang T, Du L, Wan L. Research progress on pesticide residue detection based on microfluidic technology. Electrophoresis 2023; 44:1377-1404. [PMID: 37496295 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202300048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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The problem of pesticide residue contamination has attracted widespread attention and poses a risk to human health. The current traditional pesticide residue detection methods have difficulty meeting rapid and diverse field screening requirements. Microfluidic technology integrates functions from sample preparation to detection, showing great potential for quick and accurate high-throughput detection of pesticide residues. This paper reviews the latest research progress on microfluidic technology for pesticide residue detection. First, the commonly used microfluidic materials are summarized, including silicon, glass, paper, polydimethylsiloxane, and polymethyl methacrylate. We evaluated their advantages and disadvantages in pesticide residue detection applications. Second, the current pesticide residue detection technology based on microfluidics and its application to real samples are summarized. Finally, we discuss this technology's present challenges and future research directions. This study is expected to provide a reference for the future development of microfluidic technology for pesticide residue detection.
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- Lv Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
- School of Ethnic Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, P. R. China
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Ilyas A, Dyussupova A, Sultangaziyev A, Shevchenko Y, Filchakova O, Bukasov R. SERS immuno- and apta-assays in biosensing/bio-detection: Performance comparison, clinical applications, challenges. Talanta 2023; 265:124818. [PMID: 37453393 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy is increasingly used as a sensitive bioanalytical tool for detection of variety of analytes ranging from viruses and bacteria to cancer biomarkers and toxins, etc. This comprehensive review describes principles of operation and compares the performance of immunoassays and aptamer assays with Surface Enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection to each other and to some other bioassay methods, including ELISA and fluorescence assays. Both immuno- and aptamer-based assays are categorized into assay on solid substrates, assays with magnetic nanoparticles and assays in laminar flow or/and strip assays. The best performing and recent examples of assays in each category are described in the text and illustrated in the figures. The average performance, particularly, limit of detection (LOD) for each of those methods reflected in 9 tables of the manuscript and average LODs are calculated and compared. We found out that, on average, there is some advantage in terms of LOD for SERS immunoassays (0.5 pM median LOD of 88 papers) vs SERS aptamer-based assays (1.7 pM median LOD of 51 papers). We also tabulated and analyzed the clinical performance of SERS immune and aptamer assays, where selectivity, specificity, and accuracy are reported, we summarized the best examples. We also reviewed challenges to SERS bioassay performance and real-life application, including non-specific protein binding, nanoparticle aggregation, limited nanotag stability, sometimes, relatively long time to results, etc. The proposed solutions to those challenges are also discussed in the review. Overall, this review may be interesting not only to bioanalytical chemist, but to medical and life science researchers who are interested in improvement of bioanalyte detection and diagnostics.
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- Aisha Ilyas
- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Biology, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Chemistry, SSH, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Chami B, Socol M, Manghi M, Bancaud A. Modeling of DNA transport in viscoelastic electro-hydrodynamic flows for enhanced size separation. Soft Matter 2018; 14:5069-5079. [PMID: 29873390 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00611c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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DNA separation and analysis have advanced over recent years, benefiting from microfluidic systems that reduce sample volumes and analysis costs, essential for sequencing and disease identification in body fluids. We recently developed the μLAS technology that enables the separation, concentration, and analysis of nucleic acids with high sensitivity. The technology combines a hydrodynamic flow actuation and an opposite electrophoretic force in viscoelastic polymer solutions. Combining hydrodynamics first principles and statistical mechanics, we provide, in this paper, a quantitative model of DNA transport capable of predicting device performance with the exclusive use of one adjustable parameter associated with the amplitude of transverse viscoelastic forces. The model proves to be in remarkable agreement with DNA separation experiments, and allows us to define optimal conditions that result in a maximal resolution length of 7 bp. We finally discuss the usefulness of our model for separation technologies involving viscoelastic liquids.
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- B Chami
- LAAS-CNRS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, BP 54200, 31031 Toulouse Cedex, France.
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Agustini D, Fedalto L, Bergamini MF, Marcolino-Junior LH. Microfluidic thread based electroanalytical system for green chromatographic separations. Lab Chip 2018; 18:670-678. [PMID: 29372195 DOI: 10.1039/c7lc01267e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The use of miniaturized chromatographic systems is an important strategy for reducing the consumption of supplies related to separations, allowing the development of more sustainable analytical methodologies. However, the high cost and complexity in the production of these systems combined with the operational difficulties and the need for the use of solvent and sample pretreatment are challenges to be overcome in order to make the chromatographic methods greener. Here, we report the construction and development of a low cost microfluidic system for green and solvent-free chromatographic separations with electrochemical detection integrated into cotton threads without the use of any mechanical pumping to transport the solutions. The manufacture of the proposed system was performed by simple assembly of the components, with the separation of the species based on an ion exchange mechanism and detection using gold electrodes manufactured directly on the cotton threads. A linear range of 0.025-5.0 mM was obtained for the effective separation of ascorbic acid (AA) and dopamine (DA) with detection limits of 2.89 μM (for AA) and 4.41 μM (for DA). Each analysis was performed at a low cost (less than 0.01 dollars), and with a small volume of waste generated (107.1 μL). So, the proposed system was successfully employed to determine the levels of AA and DA present in the tears of healthy volunteers without sample pretreatment, indicating the good analytical performance of the system and the possibility of performing greener chromatographic separations.
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- Deonir Agustini
- Laboratório de Sensores Eletroquímicos (LabSensE), Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), CEP 81.531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
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Ranchon H, Malbec R, Picot V, Boutonnet A, Terrapanich P, Joseph P, Leïchlé T, Bancaud A. DNA separation and enrichment using electro-hydrodynamic bidirectional flows in viscoelastic liquids. Lab Chip 2016; 16:1243-1253. [PMID: 26936389 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc01465d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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DNA size separation followed by purification and enrichment constitute essential operations for genetic engineering. These processes are mostly carried out using DNA electrophoresis in gels or in polymer solutions, a well-established yet lengthy technique which has been notably improved using Lab-on-Chip technologies. So far, innovations for DNA separation or enrichment have been mostly undertaken separately, and we present an approach that allows us to perform these two processes simultaneously for DNA fragments spanning 0.2-50 kilo base pairs (kbp) in length. Our technology involves an electric field and a counter hydrodynamic flow in viscoelastic liquids, in which we show the occurrence of transverse forces oriented toward the walls. These forces increase with DNA molecular weight (MW) and hence induce a progressive reduction in DNA migration speed that triggers size separation in microfluidic channels as well as in capillaries. The separation of MW markers in the range 1-50 kbp is achieved in 15 minutes, thus outperforming gel electrophoresis that takes ∼3 hours for this sample. Furthermore, the use of a funnel, where electric and flow fields are modulated spatially, enables us to adjust the transverse forces so as to stall the motion of DNA molecules at a position where they accumulate at factors of up to 1000 per minute. In this configuration, we establish that the operations of DNA enrichment and separation can be carried out simultaneously for the bands of a DNA MW marker between 0.2-1.5 kbp diluted at 0.02 ng μL(-1) in 30 s. Altogether, our technology, which can readily be integrated as an in-line module in Lab-on-Chips, offers unique opportunities for sample preparation and analysis of minute genomic samples.
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- Hubert Ranchon
- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- Picometrics Technologies, 478 rue de la Découverte, Miniparc Bât 1, 31670 Labège, France
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- Picometrics Technologies, 478 rue de la Découverte, Miniparc Bât 1, 31670 Labège, France
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- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France. and Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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Alfonso-Garrido J, Garcia-Calvo E, Luque-Garcia JL. Sample preparation strategies for improving the identification of membrane proteins by mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2015; 407:4893-905. [PMID: 25967148 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8732-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Despite enormous advances in the mass spectrometry and proteomics fields during the last two decades, the analysis of membrane proteins still remains a challenge for the proteomic community. Membrane proteins play a wide number of key roles in several cellular events, making them relevant target molecules to study in a significant variety of investigations (e.g., cellular signaling, immune surveillance, drug targets, vaccine candidates, etc.). Here, we critically review the several attempts that have been carried out on the different steps of the sample preparation procedure to improve and modify existing conventional proteomic strategies in order to make them suitable for the study of membrane proteins. We also revise novel techniques that have been designed to tackle the difficult but relevant task of identifying and characterizing membrane proteins.
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- Javier Alfonso-Garrido
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Av. Complutense s/n, 28004, Madrid, Spain
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Quist J, Vulto P, Hankemeier T. Isotachophoretic Phenomena in Electric Field Gradient Focusing: Perspectives for Sample Preparation and Bioassays. Anal Chem 2014; 86:4078-87. [DOI: 10.1021/ac403764e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Jos Quist
- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden
Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Gorlaeus Laboratories, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, 2333CC, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics
Centre (NMC), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, South Holland 2333CC, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden
Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Gorlaeus Laboratories, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, 2333CC, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics
Centre (NMC), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, South Holland 2333CC, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden
Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Gorlaeus Laboratories, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, 2333CC, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics
Centre (NMC), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, Leiden, South Holland 2333CC, The Netherlands
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- Jos Quist
- Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Division of Analytical
Biosciences, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Division of Analytical
Biosciences, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Division of Analytical
Biosciences, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Division of Analytical
Biosciences, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Chingin K, Astorga-Wells J, Pirmoradian Najafabadi M, Lavold T, Zubarev RA. Separation of Polypeptides by Isoelectric Point Focusing in Electrospray-Friendly Solution Using a Multiple-Junction Capillary Fractionator. Anal Chem 2012; 84:6856-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac3013016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Konstantin Chingin
- Department of Medical
Biochemistry
and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet,
Scheeles väg 2, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical
Biochemistry
and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet,
Scheeles väg 2, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Biomotif AB, Stockholm,
Sweden
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- Department of Medical
Biochemistry
and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet,
Scheeles väg 2, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Biomotif AB, Stockholm,
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- Department of Medical
Biochemistry
and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet,
Scheeles väg 2, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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Quist J, Janssen KGH, Vulto P, Hankemeier T, van der Linden HJ. Single-Electrolyte Isotachophoresis Using a Nanochannel-Induced Depletion Zone. Anal Chem 2011; 83:7910-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ac2018348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Jos Quist
- Division of Analytical Biosciences, LACDR, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, LACDR, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, LACDR, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, LACDR, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences, LACDR, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Landreh M, Astorga-Wells J, Johansson J, Bergman T, Jörnvall H. New developments in protein structure-function analysis by MS and use of hydrogen-deuterium exchange microfluidics. FEBS J 2011; 278:3815-21. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Zhang H, Gavina J, Feng Y. Understanding mechanisms of pressure-assisted electrokinetic injection: Application to analysis of bromate, arsenic and selenium species in drinking water by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2011; 1218:3095-104. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2011.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Breadmore MC, Dawod M, Quirino JP. Recent advances in enhancing the sensitivity of electrophoresis and electrochromatography in capillaries and microchips (2008-2010). Electrophoresis 2010; 32:127-48. [PMID: 21171119 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201000412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2010] [Revised: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 09/16/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis has been alive for over two decades now; yet, its sensitivity is still regarded as being inferior to that of more traditional methods of separation such as HPLC. As such, it is unsurprising that overcoming this issue still generates much scientific interest. This review continues to update this series of reviews, first published in Electrophoresis in 2007, with an update published in 2009 and covers material published through to June 2010. It includes developments in the fields of stacking, covering all methods from field-amplified sample stacking and large volume sample stacking, through to ITP, dynamic pH junction and sweeping. Attention is also given to on-line or in-line extraction methods that have been used for electrophoresis.
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- Michael C Breadmore
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
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Shariatgorji M, Astorga-wells J, Ilag LL. Trends in the bioanalytical applications of microfluidic electrocapture. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 399:191-5. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-4092-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Revised: 08/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Microchip electrophoresis (MCE) has been advanced remarkably by the applications of several separation modes and the integration with several chemical operations on a single planer substrate. MCE shows superior analytical performance, e.g., high-speed analysis, high resolution, low consumption of reagents, and so on, whereas low-concentration sensitivity is still one of the major problems. To overcome this drawback, various online sample preconcentration techniques have been developed in MCE over the past 15 years, which have successfully enhanced the detection sensitivity in MCE. This review highlights recent developments in online sample preconcentration in MCE categorized on the basis of "dynamic" and "static" methods. The dynamic techniques including field amplified stacking, ITP, sweeping, and focusing have been easily applied to MCE, which provide effective enrichments of various analytes. The static techniques such as SPE and filtration have also been combined with MCE. In the static techniques, extremely high preconcentration efficiency can be obtained, compared to the dynamic methods. This review provides comprehensive tables listing the applications and sensitivity enhancement factors of these preconcentration techniques employed in MCE.
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- Kenji Sueyoshi
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Astorga-Wells J, Tryggvason S, Vollmer S, Alvelius G, Palmberg C, Jörnvall H. Membrane protein identifications by mass spectrometry using electrocapture-based separation as part of a two-dimensional fractionation system. Anal Biochem 2008; 381:33-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Revised: 06/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Temperature gradient focusing (TGF) is a new and promising equilibrium gradient focusing method which can provide high concentration factors for improved detection limits in combination with high-resolution separation. In this technique, temperature-dependent buffer chemistry is employed to generate a gradient in the analyte electrophoretic velocity. By the application of a convective counter-flow, a zero-velocity point is created within a microchannel, at which location the ionic analytes accumulate or focus. In general, the analyte concentration is small when compared with buffer ion concentrations, such that the focusing mechanism works in the ideal, linearized regime. However, this presumption may at times be violated due to significant sample concentration growth or the use of a low-concentration buffer. Under these situations the sample concentration becomes non-negligible and can induce strong nonlinear interactions with buffer ions, which eventually lead to peak shifting and distortion, and the loss of detectability and resolution. In this work we combine theory, simulation, and experimental data to present a detailed study on nonlinear sample-buffer interactions in TGF. One of the key results is the derivation of a generalized Kohlrausch regulating function (KRF) that is valid for systems in which the electrophoretic mobilities are not constant but vary spatially. This generalized KRF greatly facilitates analysis, allowing reduction of the problem to a single equation describing sample concentration evolution, and is applicable to other problems with heterogeneous electrophoretic mobilities. Using this sample evolution equation we have derived an understanding of the nonlinear peak deformation phenomenon observed experimentally in TGF. We have used numerical simulations to validate our theory and to quantitatively predict TGF. Our simulation results demonstrate excellent agreement with experimental data, and also indicate that the proper inclusion of Taylor dispersion is important for the accurate modeling of TGF. This work is an important first step towards the understanding and prediction of the more complex, nonlinear, and multi-species interactions which often occur in on-chip electrophoretic assays such as TGF.
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- Hao Lin
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 98 Brett Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Vollmer S, Astorga-wells J, Alvelius G, Bergman T, Jörnvall H. Peptide enrichment by microfluidic electrocapture for online analysis by electrospray mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2008; 374:154-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2007.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The article brings a comprehensive survey of recent developments and applications of high-performance capillary electromigration methods, zone electrophoresis, ITP, IEF, affinity electrophoresis, EKC, and electrochromatography, to analysis, preparation, and physicochemical characterization of peptides. New approaches to the theoretical description and experimental verification of electromigration behavior of peptides and to methodology of their separations, such as sample preparation, adsorption suppression, and detection, are presented. Novel developments in individual CE and CEC modes are shown and several types of their applications to peptide analysis are presented: conventional qualitative and quantitative analysis, purity control, determination in biomatrices, monitoring of chemical and enzymatical reactions and physical changes, amino acid and sequence analysis, and peptide mapping of proteins. Some examples of micropreparative peptide separations are given and capabilities of CE and CEC techniques to provide important physicochemical characteristics of peptides are demonstrated.
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- Václav Kasicka
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Poor sensitivity is considered to be one of the major limitations of electrophoretic separation methods, particularly when compared to traditional liquid chromatographic techniques. To address this issue, various in-line preconcentration techniques have been developed over the past 15 years, ranging in power and complexity, and there are now a number of well understood approaches routinely capable of providing a 10,000- to 100,000-fold increase in sensitivity, as well as several that can be pushed above a million. Furthermore, these have been achieved with particularly troublesome and often difficult samples, such as those having high salinity from a biological or environmental origin. This review will discuss the most common methods for improving the sensitivity of CE, CEC and microchip version of these, with particular attention to those approaches developed over the last five years.
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- Michael C Breadmore
- Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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Counter-flow gradient electrofocusing techniques are methods whereby a combination of electrophoresis and a bulk solution counter-flow is used to accumulate or focus analytes at stationary points along a separation column. This review first describes the various forms of counter-flow gradient electrofocusing that have been demonstrated in the literature and then compares figures of merit for counter-flow focusing methods and conventional CE methods. In an effort to compare the concentration enhancement of the various focusing techniques against each other, as well as of stacking methods, the parameter of analyte-accumulation velocity is introduced and employed to normalize the efficacy of the techniques.
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- Jonathan G Shackman
- National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8311, USA
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Astorga-Wells J, Vollmer S, Bergman T, Jörnvall H. Formation of Stable Stacking Zones in a Flow Stream for Sample Immobilization in Microfluidic Systems. Anal Chem 2007; 79:1057-63. [PMID: 17263335 DOI: 10.1021/ac061699f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Electrocapture is a multifunctional microfluidic tool that can be used for concentration, sample cleanup, multistep reactions, and separation of biomolecules. Herein, we investigate the mechanisms underlying the electrocapture principle. A microfluidic electrocapture device was found to be capable of generating regions of different electric field, which are maintained in the flow by electric and hydrodynamic forces, with the zones of lower electric field strength upstream of those with higher strength. In addition to detection of the local electric fields by direct measurements, the existence of the zones was observed by the capture of a solution containing Coomassie and myoglobin. The two molecules were captured at different spots in a steady-state manner and were released (separated) at different electric fields. Considering these observations and the experimental values for the electric field strengths, flow velocities, and electrophoretic mobilities of DNA, proteins, and peptides, it is concluded that the macromolecules are captured between the field zones by a stacking mechanism.
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- Juan Astorga-Wells
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Monton MRN, Terabe S. Sample enrichment techniques in capillary electrophoresis: Focus on peptides and proteins. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 841:88-95. [PMID: 16716769 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2006] [Revised: 04/17/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Compared to chromatography-based techniques, the concentration limits of detection (CLOD) associated with capillary electrophoresis are worse, and these have largely precluded their use in many practical applications. To overcome this limitation, researchers from various disciplines have exerted tremendous efforts toward developing strategies for increasing the concentration sensitivities of capillary electrophoresis (CE) systems, via the so-called sample enrichment techniques. This review highlights selected developments and advances in this area as applied to the analyses of proteins and peptides in the last 5 years.
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- Maria Rowena N Monton
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0017, Japan
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We overview the ways in which electric fields can be used for on-chip manipulation and assembly of colloidal particles. Particles suspended in water readily respond to alternating (AC) or direct current (DC) electric fields. Charged particles in DC fields are moved towards oppositely charged electrodes by electrophoresis. Dielectrophoresis, particle mobility in AC fields, allows precise manipulation of particles through a range of parameters including field strength and frequency and electrode geometry. Simultaneously, DC or AC electrokinetics may drive liquid flows inside the experimental cells, which also leads to transport and redistribution of the suspended particles. Examples of dielectrophoretic manipulation and assembly of nanoparticles and microparticles by planar on-chip electrodes are presented. The structures assembled include conductive microwires from metallic nanoparticles and switchable two-dimensional crystals from polymer microspheres. We also discuss how dielectrophoresis and AC electrokinetics can be used in droplet-based microfluidic chips, biosensors, and devices for collection of particles from diluted suspensions.
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- Orlin D Velev
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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- Petra S Dittrich
- Institute for Analytical Sciences, Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Strasse 11, D-44139 Dortmund, Germany
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Astorga-Wells J, Vollmer S, Bergman T, Jörnvall H. Microfluidic systems and proteomics: Applications of the electrocapture technology to protein and peptide analysis. Anal Biochem 2005; 345:10-7. [PMID: 15993835 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2005] [Revised: 04/20/2005] [Accepted: 04/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Juan Astorga-Wells
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
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