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Huang Z, Tan J, Li Y, Miao S, Scotland KB, Chew BH, Lange D, Chen DDY. Migration time correction for dual pressure capillary electrophoresis in semi‐targeted metabolomics study. Electrophoresis 2022; 43:1626-1637. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.202100365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zi‐Ao Huang
- Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Urology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California USA
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- Department of Urologic Sciences The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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Yahaya N, Huang ZA, Yan B, Chen DDY. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry analysis of bisphenol A and its analogues in bottled tea beverages with dynamic pH focusing. Food Chem 2022; 372:131220. [PMID: 34607048 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A simple and sensitive method for the determination of bisphenol A and its analogues at the ng/mL level in bottled tea beverages is presented. This method utilized a dynamic pH junction to focus the analyte into a more concentrated zone, based on the electrophoretic mobility difference of analytes in the sample matrix and background electrolytes in capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS). The optimised analyte focusing led to enhanced signal detection with average peak heights for five bisphenols of 53-170 folds higher than conventional injections. Under optimised conditions, the method showed good linearity in the range of 0.1-100 ng/mL, excellent limits of detection (0.03-0.04 ng/mL), good analyte recovery (80.3-118.1%) with acceptable relative standard deviations (<12%). The limits of quantifications were below the maximum permissible content of bisphenol A set by the European Commission for this product. This method was used to quantitatively analyse bisphenols in six different kinds of bottled tea beverages, making it a promising tool for practical applications.
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- Noorfatimah Yahaya
- Integrative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200 Bertam Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, BC, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, BC, Canada; College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, BC, Canada.
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Semail NF, Abdul Keyon AS, Saad B, Kamaruzaman S, Mohamad Zain NN, Lim V, Miskam M, Wan Abdullah WN, Yahaya N, Chen DDY. Simultaneous preconcentration and determination of sulfonamide antibiotics in milk and yoghurt by dynamic pH junction focusing coupled with capillary electrophoresis. Talanta 2022; 236:122833. [PMID: 34635223 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A dynamic pH junction was used in capillary electrophoresis (CE-DAD) to on-line preconcentrate, separate, and determine trace amounts of sulfonamide antibiotics (SAs) in milk and yoghurt samples in this study. A sample matrix with 0.15% acetic acid and 10% methanol (MeOH) at a pH of 4.0, and a background electrolyte (BGE) that contained 35 mM sodium citrate with 10% MeOH at a pH of 8.5, and an acidic barrage of 0.4% acetic acid with 10% MeOH at a pH of 2.5 were utilised to achieve a stacking effect for SAs through a dynamic pH junction. Under optimised conditions, the proposed preconcentration method showed good linearity (30-500 ng/mL, r2 ≥ 0.9940), low limits of detection (LODs) of 4.1-6.3 ng/mL, and acceptable analytes recovery (81.2-106.9%) with relative standard deviations (RSDs) within 5.3-13.7 (n = 9). The limits of quantification (LOQs) were below the maximum residue limit approved by the European Union (EU) in this type of matrices. Sensitivity enhancement factors of up to 129 were reached with the optimised dynamic pH junction using CE with a diode array detector (DAD). The method was used to determine SAs in fresh milk, low-fat milk, full-cream milk, and yoghurt samples.
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- Nadhiratul-Farihin Semail
- Integrative Medicine Clusters, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, 13200, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, UTM, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Fundamental & Applied Sciences Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32601, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
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- Integrative Medicine Clusters, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, 13200, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia
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- Integrative Medicine Clusters, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, 13200, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, USM Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Integrative Medicine Clusters, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, 13200, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Wang X, Jiang Q, Li H, Chen DDY. Rapid fingerprint analysis for herbal polysaccharides using direct analysis in real-time ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2021; 35:e9139. [PMID: 34087017 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RATIONALE Herbal polysaccharides have various potential medicinal values. Development of reliable analytical method for the fingerprint analysis of polysaccharides is critical for their quality assessment, origin identification, and authenticity evaluation. METHODS Mechanochemical extraction (MCE) was used to extract polysaccharide components from different herbal species. Intact polysaccharides were then directly analyzed by direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry (DART-MS). Standard addition method with isotope-labeled internal standard was used to quantify polysaccharide amounts directly from liquid extract. Multivariate data analysis was further conducted for species classification. RESULTS The intact and large polysaccharides were decomposed into small fragment ions less than m/z 350 instantaneously using DART ion source. Different polysaccharides showed distinguished fingerprint DART-MS spectra using both individual and mixed herbal species. The liquid supernatant from MCE was validated to be used as direct sample for DART-MS analysis. Quantitation was successfully achieved for polysaccharide contents in Dendrobium officinale from different locations. CONCLUSIONS A rapid fingerprint protocol in combination of MCE and DART-MS for herbal polysaccharides was developed. The whole process could be accomplished within a few minutes, from raw materials to final spectra, without requirements of pre-digestion and additional sample purification.
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- Xing Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Chaihu L, Yao X, Xu X, Zhu Z, Chen DDY, Wang G. Capillary Electrophoresis-based Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange for Conformational Characterization of Proteins with Top-down Mass Spectrometry. J Vis Exp 2021. [PMID: 34180886 DOI: 10.3791/62672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Resolving conformational heterogeneity of multiple protein states that coexist in solution remains one of the main obstacles in the characterization of protein therapeutics and the determination of the conformational transition pathways critical for biological functions, ranging from molecular recognition to enzymatic catalysis. Hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX) reaction coupled with top-down mass spectrometric (MS) analysis provides a means to characterize protein higher-order structures and dynamics in a conformer-specific manner. The conformational resolving power of this technique is highly dependent on the efficiencies of separating protein states at the intact protein level and minimizing the residual non-deuterated protic content during the HDX reactions. Here we describe a capillary electrophoresis (CE)-based variant of the HDX MS approach that aims to improve the conformational resolution. In this approach, proteins undergo HDX reactions while migrating through a deuterated background electrolyte solution (BGE) during the capillary electrophoretic separation. Different protein states or proteoforms that coexist in solution can be efficiently separated based on their differing charge-to-size ratios. The difference in electrophoretic mobility between proteins and protic solvent molecules minimizes the residual non-deuterated solvent, resulting in a nearly complete deuterating environment during the HDX process. The flow-through microvial CE-MS interface allows efficient electrospray ionization of the eluted protein species following a rapid mixing with the quenching and denaturing modifier solution at the outlet of the sprayer. The online top-down MS analysis measures the global deuteration level of the eluted intact protein species, and subsequently, the deuteration of their gas-phase fragments. This paper demonstrates this approach in differential HDX for systems, including the natural protein variants coexisting in milk.
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- Lingxiao Chaihu
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University; Institute for Cell Analysis, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University; Institute for Cell Analysis, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University;
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Wang S, Yang Y, Yang Y, Li H, Chen DDY. Quantitative characterization of human oncogene promoter G-quadruplex DNA-ligand interactions using a combination of mass spectrometry and capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2021; 42:1450-1460. [PMID: 33990994 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202100077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Human c-KIT oncogene is known to regulate cell growth and proliferation, and thus, acts as a probable target in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors (GIST). To identify small molecule ligands which can specifically bind with the G-quadruplex (G4) in the c-KIT promoter region as potential antitumor agents, we propose the combination of electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), capillary electrophoresis frontal analysis (CE-FA), and Taylor dispersion analysis (TDA) to accurately investigate the G4/ligands binding properties. First, ESI-MS was used for initial screening of natural products (NPs). CE-FA was then used to calculate specific binding constants and the stoichiometry of the native state binding pair in solution. Next, TDA, a micro-capillary flow technique was used to examine the effect of the ligand binding on the diffusivity and particle size of the c-KIT G4. Two of the screened NPs, scopolamine butylbromide (L1) and isorhamnetin-3-O-neohesperidoside (L3), were found to specifically bind to the c-KIT G4 with binding constants of around 104 M-1 and 1:1 stoichiometry in a free solution. TDA data showed that ligand binding (both L1 and L3) induced the c-KIT strands to fold into a tightly structured G4 with a decreased hydrodynamic radius. These ligands have the potential to be drug candidates for the regulation of c-KIT gene transcription by stabilizing the G4 structure. This methodology not only increased the speed of analysis but also improved its accuracy and specificity compared with the conventional binding approaches.
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- Shuangshuang Wang
- National and local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- National and local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- National and local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- National and local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Yang Y, Yang Y, Wang S, Li H, Chen DDY. Detecting the formation of human c-KIT oncogene promoter G-Quadruplex by Taylor dispersion analysis. Talanta 2021; 233:122533. [PMID: 34215036 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122533] [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: 03/28/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The formation of G-quadruplex (G4) structures in oncogenic G-rich promoter regions are implicated in their biological functions, especially the inhibition of transcription. The binding of cations is thought to contribute to the stabilization of the G4 formation and competition against the duplex formation in the genomic sequence. Furthermore, it might affect the recognition of DNA-binding proteins. Therefore, measuring the interaction between G4 DNA and cations in a free solution environment is critical for evaluating G4 DNA biological functions. However, how binding to cations (K+ and NH4+) affects the folding equilibrium of the G4 structure remains unclear. In this work, a Taylor dispersion analysis (TDA) method using a capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrument was established for the quantitative characterization of the cation-dependent G4 formation in the human c-KIT oncogene promoter region, as well as diffusivities and hydrodynamic radii of DNA variations before and after folding. Our results showed that both K+ and NH4+ can induce the random-coiled c-KIT DNA to unfold and form a more unstretched intermediate state and then fold into tightly structured G4s with smaller size. The G4 size induced by NH4+ was smaller than that induced by K+ ions, though these two cations induced the c-KIT G4 DNA formation with similar binding constants (order of magnitude around 106 M-1). The TDA method can be widely used for rapid structural analyses of trace amounts of DNA mixtures, which effectively differentiate DNA variations or DNA-ligand complex conformations.
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- Yunhe Yang
- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Changzhou Institute of Innovation and Development, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, PR China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Jiang Q, Wang Y, Li H, Chen DDY. Combining online size exclusion chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry to characterize plant polysaccharides. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 246:116591. [PMID: 32747250 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 06/03/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Characterizing polysaccharides with large molecular weights and isomeric heterogeneity with mass spectrometry (MS) is generally difficult. In this work, we demonstrate how coupling size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and high-resolution MS with source-induced dissociation (SID) can be used for the separation and direct structural evaluation of intact polysaccharides. The analytical method was successfully developed using dextran standards up to 3755 kDa. This method was used to separate naturally occurring plant polysaccharides based on size, after which numerous polysaccharide fragments were identified from the resulting MS spectra. The results provided strong evidence for structural diversity, complexity, and heterogeneity among polysaccharides. MS showed superior sensitivity and reliability for the polysaccharides in eluted fractions when compared to a refractive index detector. Putative compositions for the fragments were proposed based on exact mass values. The work demonstrated that SEC-SID-MS is a feasible alternative for obtaining valuable structural information from the analysis of intact polysaccharides.
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- Qing Jiang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Wang L, Cheng J, McNutt JE, Morin GB, Chen DDY. Dynamic pH barrage junction focusing of amino acids, peptides, and digested monoclonal antibodies in capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:1832-1842. [PMID: 32436592 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Dynamic pH barrage junction focusing in CE enables effective signal enhancement, quantitative capture efficiencies, and straightforward optimization. The method is a technical variant of dynamic pH junction focusing. CE separation with dynamic pH barrage junction focusing is compatible with both optical and mass spectrometric detection. We developed a CE-MS/MS method using hydrophilic polyethyleneimine-coated capillaries and validated it for the qualitative analysis of amino acids, peptides, and tryptic peptides of digested monoclonal antibodies. The S/N of extracted ion electropherograms of zwitterionic analytes were enhanced by approximately two orders of magnitude with a tradeoff of a shortened separation window. Online focusing improved the MS signal intensity of a diluted antibody digest, enabling more precursor ions to be analyzed with subsequent tandem mass spectrometric identification. It also broadened the concentration range of protein digest samples for which adequate sequence coverage data can be obtained. With only 0.9 ng of digested infliximab sample loaded into the capillary, 76% and 100% sequence coverage was realized for antibody heavy and light chains, respectively, after online focusing. Full coverage was achieved with 9 ng of injected digest.
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- Lingyu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Cheng J, Wang L, Rive CM, Holt RA, Morin GB, Chen DDY. Complementary Methods for de Novo Monoclonal Antibody Sequencing to Achieve Complete Sequence Coverage. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:2700-2707. [PMID: 32338916 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for de novo sequencing of novel proteins. Recent efforts in this area have mainly focused on liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Here, we present an alternative method, capillary electrophoresis tandem mass spectrometry (CE-MS/MS), for sequencing novel monoclonal antibodies. Using less than 200 ng in total of tryptic digest sample in a triplicated measurement, CE-MS/MS with pH-mediated focusing successfully sequenced mAb infliximab with 100% sequence coverage and 100% accuracy for the light chain and 96% coverage and 93% accuracy for the heavy chain. It was also demonstrated that CE-MS/MS gives comparable results, and in some cases, even better results, as compared to LC-MS/MS when used as a standalone technique. A combined workflow using both CE-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS was also used to sequence a novel antibody, anti-CD-176, resulting in the first proposed sequence for this mAb.
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- Jianhui Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Wang X, Jiang Q, Li H, Chen DDY. Rapid determination of chemical composition in the particulate matter of cigarette mainstream smoke. Talanta 2020; 217:121060. [PMID: 32498828 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2020.121060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Particulate matter from mainstream smoke (MSS) is significantly hazardous when inhaled into the human body. An ambient ionization mass spectrometric method, direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS), was applied to rapidly and simultaneously measure multiple particulate components in MSS. A variety of compounds were obtained in seconds, where different types of cigarettes and different solvent extracts generated distinct chemical constituents as validated by principle component analysis. Chemical formula assignment and compound identification were based on accurate m/z values with mass errors <10 ppm. Quantitation of nicotine was achieved using an isotope internal standard with DART-MS. Method validation with chromatographic-MS analysis further proved the advantages of DART-MS with respect to analysis speed and operational simplicity for the direct evaluation of complex samples. DART-MS is feasible for the rapid acquisition of cigarette fingerprints for quality control as well as for quantitative assessment of carcinogens for harm reduction.
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- Xinxin Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Huang ZA, Scotland KB, Li Y, Tan J, Kung SHY, Chew BH, Chen DDY, Lange D. Determination of urinary prostaglandin E 2 as a potential biomarker of ureteral stent associated inflammation. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1145:122107. [PMID: 32315976 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2020.122107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ureteral stents are the most widely used surgical implant in urology. However, they may cause adverse effects to patients, including pain, discomfort, and inflammation. In this work, the inflammatory effect of stent placement and the associated elevation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression were observed. Furthermore, a capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE-MS) based approach was subsequently developed to quantify urinary prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a COX-2 metabolite known to contribute to inflammatory renal diseases, to further interrogate the role of this pathway. Urine samples were cleaned and preconcentrated by solid-phase extraction (SPE), and an on-line sample stacking method was used for the enrichment of analytes. The accuracy, precision, and specificity of this method were validated. Standard addition methods were performed to assess the reliability of using deuterated internal standards (IS) in compensating the remaining matrix effect after SPE as well as the detector fluctuation. Through the analysis of 32 pig urine samples, a statistically significant increase of PGE2 was observed in the stented group compared to the unstented (P = 0.01) and the recovered (P = 0.004) groups. This work determined that stent placement may contribute to COX-2-dependent inflammation and developed a reliable CE-MS based methodology to quantify PGE2 in stented individuals that may further understand the biology of stent-associated inflammation and inform urologic patient management.
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- Zi-Ao Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Urology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Center, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada.
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Cheng J, Morin GB, Chen DDY. Front cover: Bottom‐up proteomics of envelope proteins extracted from spinach chloroplast via high organic content CE‐MS. Electrophoresis 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.202070021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cheng J, Morin GB, Chen DDY. Bottom‐up proteomics of envelope proteins extracted from spinach chloroplast via high organic content CE‐MS. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:370-378. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Jianhui Cheng
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Michael Smith Genome Sciences CentreBritish Columbia Cancer Agency Vancouver BC Canada
- Department of Medical GeneticsUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver BC Canada
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Huang Z, Scotland KB, Li Y, Guo J, McGeer PL, Lange D, Chen DDY. Application of multisegment injection on quantification of creatinine and standard addition analysis of urinary 5‐hydroxyindoleacetic acid simultaneously with creatinine normalization. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:183-193. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Zi‐Ao Huang
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General HospitalUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Aurin Biotech Inc. Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, The Stone Centre at Vancouver General HospitalUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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Jiang Q, Dai D, Li H, Chen DDY. Simultaneous determination of multiple components in cigarettes by mechanochemical extraction and direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry in minutes. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1057:70-79. [PMID: 30832920 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A simple, rapid and high throughput analytical approach with combination of mechanochemical extraction (MCE) and direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) analysis was developed for the simultaneous determination of multiple chemical components in cigarette fillers. Different kinds of substances including nicotine, cigarette alkaloids, carbohydrates, organic acids, humectants and other additives were successfully extracted using MCE and detected by high resolution DART-MS. Six solvents of various polarities were compared during MCE process and significant differences were observed. Different brands of cigarettes as well as standard research cigarette exhibited distinctive chemical features and DART-MS fingerprints. Principle component analysis showed clear differentiation among different cigarettes extracted with the same solvent and different solvent extracts of the same type of cigarette. The putative chemical formulas were proposed based on accurate m/z values with <10 ppm mass errors. The relative contents of nicotine and other identified substances were compared and significant differences were observed among cigarettes of different locations. The whole procedure of MCE combined with DART-MS only takes minutes from raw cigarette fillers to obtaining the semi-quantitative results. The operation is simple and high throughput, providing an efficient method to analyze cigarette composition, and to establish a methodology to acquire the rapid cigarette fingerprints for quality control.
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- Qing Jiang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Wang M, Dubiak K, Zhang Z, Huber PW, Chen DDY, Dovichi NJ. MALDI-imaging of early stage Xenopus laevis embryos. Talanta 2019; 204:138-144. [PMID: 31357275 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.05.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Xenopus laevis is an important model organism for vertebrate development. An extensive literature has developed on changes in transcript expression during development of this organism, and there is a growing literature on the corresponding protein expression changes during development. In contrast, there is very little information on changes in metabolite expression during development. We present the first MALDI mass-spectrometry images of metabolites within the developing embryo. These images were generated for 142 metabolite ions. The images were subjected to an algorithm that revealed three spatially-resolved clusters of metabolites. One small cluster is localized near the outer membrane of the embryo. A large cluster of metabolites is found in cavities destined to form the neural tube and gut, and contains a number of ceramide species, which are associated with cellular signaling, including differentiation, proliferation, and programmed cell death. Another large cluster of metabolites is found in tissue and is dominated by phosphatidylcholines, which are common components of cell membranes. Surprisingly, no metabolites appear to be homogeneously distributed across the slices; metabolites are localized either within tissue or in cavities, but not both.
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- Man Wang
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
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Yan P, Zhang K, Wang L, Tong W, Chen DDY. Quantitative analysis of microcystin variants by capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry with dynamic pH barrage junction focusing. Electrophoresis 2019; 40:2285-2293. [PMID: 30924152 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201900042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dynamic pH junction is an online focusing method in CE based on the electrophoretic mobility difference of analytes in the sample matrix and the background electrolyte. An advantage of this method over the conventional CE is that the sensitivity can be significantly improved. By injecting a long sample plug in the capillary and focusing the analytes at the pH boundary between the background electrolyte and sample matrix, the LOD can be improved by 10-100 folds. The dynamic pH junction method can be easily coupled with ESI-MS. In this work, we used this method for the analysis of microcystins (MCs). The detection limits and dynamic ranges were studied. The separation was optimized by adjusting the injection time, and concentrations and pH values of the background electrolyte. The optimization of analyte focusing leads to enhanced detection response compared to conventional injections, achieving 200-400 fold higher averaged peak heights for four microcystin (MC) variants. More importantly, this method was successfully used for the quantitative analysis of microcystins (MCs) in crude algae samples from natural water bodies, making it promising for practical applications.
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- Ping Yan
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Yang P, Wang X, Gu Z, Li H, Chen DDY, Yang X. Evaluation of the binding of natural products with thrombin binding aptamer G-quadruplex using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and spectroscopic methods. Talanta 2019; 200:424-431. [PMID: 31036205 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2019.03.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A 15-mer thrombin-binding aptamer (TBA) was discovered with specificity for thrombin. It forms a unique G-quadruplex (G4), which is postulated to be the molecular basis for its binding specificity. Many analytical methods make use of affinity binding between the thrombin and TBA as they form a very stable complex. We develop a strategy to stabilize TBA/G4's structure by introducing G4-interactive molecules, which may enhance its ability to recognize the target. Herein, a fast screening ESI-MS assay was employed to determine potential binding of natural products molecules with the TBA/G4 complex. The experimental results showed that four investigated natural alkaloids had apparent binding affinities. One of them, jatrorrhizine (L1), has been shown to bind strongly to the TBA/G4 mainly in 1:2 M ratio. Once the working conditions were established, the interaction of the jatrorrhizine with the TBA/G4 was explored using a combination of ESI-MS and spectroscopic techniques. Ligand-induced effects on TBA/G4 structure and its stability were examined by means of circular dichroism (CD). Jatrorrhizine inducing the G4 formation seems also to be the more effective in terms of thermal stabilization under the experimental conditions used. Both results of UV and fluorescence experiments undoubtedly showed a good binding affinity with the binding constant around 105 L mol-1. The stacking interactions of jatrorrhizine with the G-tetrads in TBA/G4 were further confirmed by competition experiment. ESI-MS was carried out to determine the coexistence of 1:1 and 1:2 complexes in TBA/G4-L1 system, and showed a dynamical shift from 1:1 to 1:2 complex in minutes.
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- Pengfei Yang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Shen Y, Zhao X, Wang G, Chen DDY. Differential Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange during Proteoform Separation Enables Characterization of Conformational Differences between Coexisting Protein States. Anal Chem 2019; 91:3805-3809. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Yue Shen
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210023, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210023, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210023, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Zhao X, Shen Y, Tong W, Wang G, Chen DDY. Deducing disulfide patterns of cysteine-rich proteins using signature fragments produced by top-down mass spectrometry. Analyst 2019; 143:817-823. [PMID: 29362732 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01625e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Direct mapping of protein disulfide patterns using top-down mass spectrometry (MS) is often hampered by inadequate fragmentation at the disulfide-enclosing region, and insufficient structural information provided by the fragments. Here we used electron-transfer/high energy collision dissociation (EThcD) to improve the fragmentation efficiency, and developed strategies that minimize the false positive identification of fragments and deconvolute the signals representing specific modifications made to the disulfide-cleavage-induced fragments. We observed clear correlations between unique modification (attachment or removal of H or SH) patterns and the number of disulfide bonds that enclose the corresponding region. Using the characteristic signature fragments, we in part localized the Cys-bridging sites in disulfide-scrambled lysozymes, and reduced the number of putative disulfide patterns from 104 to 6. The results demonstrated the feasibility of direct analysis of complex disulfide patterns using top-down MS.
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- Xiuxiu Zhao
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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Kovalchik KA, Colborne S, Spencer SE, Sorensen PH, Chen DDY, Morin GB, Hughes CS. RawTools: Rapid and Dynamic Interrogation of Orbitrap Data Files for Mass Spectrometer System Management. J Proteome Res 2018; 18:700-708. [PMID: 30462513 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Optimizing the quality of proteomics data collected from a mass spectrometer (MS) requires careful selection of acquisition parameters and proper assessment of instrument performance. Software tools capable of extracting a broad set of information from raw files, including meta, scan, quantification, and identification data, are needed to provide guidance for MS system management. In this work, direct extraction and utilization of these data is demonstrated using RawTools, a standalone tool for extracting meta and scan data directly from raw MS files generated on Thermo Orbitrap instruments. RawTools generates summarized and detailed plain text outputs after parsing individual raw files, including scan rates and durations, duty cycle characteristics, precursor and reporter ion quantification, and chromatography performance. RawTools also contains a diagnostic module that includes an optional "preview" database search for facilitating informed decision-making related to optimization of MS performance based on a variety of metrics. RawTools has been developed in C# and utilizes the Thermo RawFileReader library and thus can process raw MS files with high speed and high efficiency on all major operating systems (Windows, MacOS, Linux). To demonstrate the utility of RawTools, the extraction of meta and scan data from both individual and large collections of raw MS files was carried out to identify problematic characteristics of instrument performance. Taken together, the combined rich feature-set of RawTools with the capability for interrogation of MS and experiment performance makes this software a valuable tool for proteomics researchers.
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- Kevin A Kovalchik
- Department of Chemistry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia V6T 1Z3 , Canada.,Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre , British Columbia Cancer Agency , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre , British Columbia Cancer Agency , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre , British Columbia Cancer Agency , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada
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- Department of Molecular Oncology , British Columbia Cancer Research Centre , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada
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- Department of Chemistry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia V6T 1Z3 , Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre , British Columbia Cancer Agency , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada.,Department of Medical Genetics , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia V6T 1Z3 , Canada
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- Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre , British Columbia Cancer Agency , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada.,Department of Molecular Oncology , British Columbia Cancer Research Centre , Vancouver , British Columbia V5Z 1L3 , Canada
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MacLennan MS, Peru KM, Swyngedouw C, Fleming I, Chen DDY, Headley JV. Characterization of Athabasca lean oil sands and mixed surficial materials: Comparison of capillary electrophoresis/low-resolution mass spectrometry and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2018; 32:695-702. [PMID: 29486520 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RATIONALE Oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada, requires removal and stockpiling of considerable volumes of near-surface overburden material. This overburden includes lean oil sands (LOS) which cannot be processed economically but contain sparingly soluble petroleum hydrocarbons and naphthenic acids, which can leach into environmental waters. In order to measure and track the leaching of dissolved constituents and distinguish industrially derived organics from naturally occurring organics in local waters, practical methods were developed for characterizing multiple sources of contaminated water leakage. METHODS Capillary electrophoresis/positive-ion electrospray ionization low-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry (CE/LRMS), high-resolution negative-ion electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass spectrometry (HRMS) and conventional gas chromatography/flame ionization detection (GC/FID) were used to characterize porewater samples collected from within Athabasca LOS and mixed surficial materials. GC/FID was used to measure total petroleum hydrocarbon and HRMS was used to measure total naphthenic acid fraction components (NAFCs). HRMS and CE/LRMS were used to characterize samples according to source. RESULTS The amounts of total petroleum hydrocarbon in each sample as measured by GC/FID ranged from 0.1 to 15.1 mg/L while the amounts of NAFCs as measured by HRMS ranged from 5.3 to 82.3 mg/L. Factors analysis (FA) on HRMS data visually demonstrated clustering according to sample source and was correlated to molecular formula. LRMS coupled to capillary electrophoresis separation (CE/LRMS) provides important information on NAFC isomers by adding analyte migration time data to m/z and peak intensity. CONCLUSIONS Differences in measured amounts of total petroleum hydrocarbons by GC/FID and NAFCs by HRMS indicate that the two methods provide complementary information about the nature of dissolved organic species in a soil or water leachate samples. NAFC molecule class Ox Sy is a possible tracer for LOS seepage. CE/LRMS provides complementary information and is a feasible and practical option for source evaluation of NAFCs in water.
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- Matthew S MacLennan
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Water Science Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 3H5, Canada
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- Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
- Water Science Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 3H5, Canada
- Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A9, Canada
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Cheng J, Chen DDY. Front Cover: Nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry method for determining highly hydrophobic peptides. Electrophoresis 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201870071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Qian C, Wang S, Fu H, Turner RFB, Li H, Chen DDY. Pressure-assisted capillary electrophoresis frontal analysis for faster binding constant determination. Electrophoresis 2018; 39:1786-1793. [PMID: 29700847 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201800049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Adding external pressure during the process of capillary electrophoresis usually add to the band broadening, especially if the pressure induced flow is significant. The resolution is normally negatively affected in pressure-assisted capillary electrophoresis (PACE). Frontal analysis (FA), however, can potentially benefit from using an external pressure while avoiding the drawbacks in other modes of CE. In this work, possible impact from the external pressure was simulated by COMSOL Multiphysics®. Under a typical CE-FA set-up, it was found that the detected concentrations of analyte will not be significantly affected by an external pressure less than 5 psi. Besides, the measured ligand concentration in PACE-FA was also not affected by common variables (molecular diffusion coefficient (10-8 to 10-11 m2 /s), capillary length etc). To provide an experimental proof, PACE-FA is used to study the binding interactions between hydroxypropyl β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD) and small ligand molecules. Taking the HP-β-CD /benzoate pair as an example, the binding constants determined by CE-FA (18.3 ± 0.8 M-1 ) and PACE-FA (16.5 ± 0.5 M-1 ) are found to be similar. Based on the experimental results, it is concluded that PACE-FA can reduce the time of binding analysis while maintaining the accuracy of the measurements.
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- Cheng Qian
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Kovalchik KA, Moggridge S, Chen DDY, Morin GB, Hughes CS. Parsing and Quantification of Raw Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer Data Using RawQuant. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2237-2247. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kevin A. Kovalchik
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1G1, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3N1, Canada
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1G1, Canada
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Kovalchik KA, MacLennan MS, Peru KM, Ajaero C, McMartin DW, Headley JV, Chen DDY. Characterization of dicarboxylic naphthenic acid fraction compounds utilizing amide derivatization: Proof of concept. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2017; 31:2057-2065. [PMID: 28944977 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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RATIONALE The characterization of naphthenic acid fraction compounds (NAFCs) in oil sands process affected water (OSPW) is of interest for both toxicology studies and regulatory reasons. Previous studies utilizing authentic standards have identified dicarboxylic naphthenic acids using two-dimensional gas chromatography hyphenated to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC/TOFMS). The selective derivatization of hydroxyl groups has also recently aided in the characterization of oxy-NAFCs, and indirectly the characterization of dicarboxylic NAFCs. However, there has been no previous report of derivatization being used to directly aid in the standard-free characterization of NAFCs with multiple carboxylic acid functional groups. Herein we present proof-of-concept for the characterization of dicarboxylic NAFCs utilizing amide derivatization. METHODS Carboxylic acid groups in OSPW extract and in a dicarboxylic acidstandard were derivatized to amides using a previously described method. The derivatized extract and derivatized standard were analyzed by direct-injection positive-mode electrospray ionization ((+)ESI) high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), and the underivatized extract was analyzed by (-)ESI MS. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) was carried out on selected ions of the derivatized standard and derivatized OSPW. Data analysis was carried out using the Python programming language. RESULTS The distribution of monocarboxylic NAFCs observed in the amide-derivatized OSPW sample by (+)ESI-MS was generally similar to that seen in underivatized OSPW by (-)ESI-MS. The dicarboxylic acid standard shows evidence of being doubly derivatized, although the second derivatization appears to be inefficient. Furthermore, a spectrum of potential diacid NAFCs is presented, identified by both charge state and derivatization mass. Interference due to the presence of multiple derivatization products is noted, but can be eliminated using on-line separation or an isotopically labelled derivatization reagent. CONCLUSIONS Proof of concept for the characterization of dicarboxylic NAFCs utilizing amide derivatization is demonstrated. Furthermore, (+)ESI-HRMS of the derivatized monocarboxylic NAFCS yields similar information to (-)ESI-MS analysis of underivatized NAFCs, with the benefit of added selectivity for carboxylic acid species and the characterization of diacids.
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- Kevin A Kovalchik
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Water Science Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 3H5
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- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 0A2
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- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, Canada, S4S 0A2
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- Water Science Technology Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 3H5
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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Wang L, He J, Yang Q, Lv X, Li J, Chen DDY, Ding X, Huang X, Zhou Q. Abnormal pinocytosis and valence-variable behaviors of cerium suggested a cellular mechanism for plant yield reduction induced by environmental cerium. Environ Pollut 2017; 230:902-910. [PMID: 28738302 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2017] [Revised: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The environmental safety of cerium (Ce) applications in many fields has been debated for almost a century because the cellular effects of environmental Ce on living organisms remain largely unclear. Here, using new, interdisciplinary methods, we surprisingly found that after Ce(III) treatment, Ce(III) was first recognized and anchored on the plasma membrane in leaf cells. Moreover, some trivalent Ce(III) was oxidized to tetravalent Ce(IV) in this organelle, which activated pinocytosis. Subsequently, more anchoring sites and stronger valence-variable behavior on the plasma membrane caused stronger pinocytosis to transport Ce(III and IV) into the leaf cells. Interestingly, a great deal of Ce was bound on the pinocytotic vesicle membrane; only a small amount of Ce was enclosed in the pinocytotic vesicles. Some pinocytic vesicles in the cytoplasm were deformed and broken. Upon breaking, pinocytic vesicles released Ce into the cytoplasm, and then these Ce particles self-assembled into nanospheres. The aforementioned special behaviors of Ce decreased the fluidity of the plasma membrane, inhibited the cellular growth of leaves, and finally, decreased plant yield. In summary, our findings directly show the special cellular behavior of Ce in plant cells, which may be the cellular basis of plant yield reduction induced by environmental Ce.
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- Lihong Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Anaerobic Biotechnology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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Wang L, He J, Yang Q, Li X, Wei H, Chen DDY, Huang X. A preliminary study on the effects of lanthanum (III) on plant vitronectin-like protein and its toxicological basis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2017; 145:227-234. [PMID: 28738206 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Vitronectin-like protein (VN) is widely found outside plant plasma membranes. The VN molecular surface contains a large number of active groups that combine strongly with rare earth elements (REEs), which means that VN is a preferential binding target for REEs exhibiting their toxic effects, but the toxicological mechanism remains unknown. This study used transmission electron microscopy, circular dichroism, fluorescence spectrometry, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and calculational chemistry (homology modeling, molecular dynamics simulation and quantum chemical calculation) to preliminarily investigate the effect of lanthanum [La(III)] as an REE, on the structure of VN and its toxicological mechanism. The results showed that low-concentration La(III) could cause micro-interference to the VN molecular structure through weak interactions, such as electrostatic attraction. High-concentration La(III) formed stable complexes with VN, which changed the average binding energy and electron cloud density of VN, loosened the molecular structure and increased the disorder of VN molecule. The results of building a 3D model of VN and simulating the interaction between La(III) and VN using calculational chemistry showed that La(H2O)73+ in solution could coordinately bind to the carboxyl-/carbonyl-O groups in the negatively charged areas on the VN molecular surface. Furthermore, one or more strong H-bonds were formed to enhance the stability of the La(H2O)73+-VN complexes. In summary, low La(III) concentrations could cause micro-interference to the VN molecular structure, whereas high La(III) concentrations could coordinately bind to VN to form stable La-VN complexes, which destroyed the molecular structure of VN; thus the toxicological basis by which La(III) exhibits its toxic effects is its binding to VN.
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- Lihong Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
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Cheng J, Chen DDY. Nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry method for determining highly hydrophobic peptides. Electrophoresis 2017; 39:1216-1221. [PMID: 28990192 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201700364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/18/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (NACE-MS) method was developed to separate and determine highly hydrophobic temporin peptides. The nonaqueous background electrolyte solution was a mixture of 20% acetonitrile, 78% methanol and 2% formic acid, with 20 mM ammonium formate. The separation of six peptides was completed within 12 min. The CE system was connected to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer operating in MRM mode using a chemical modifier solution of 2 mM ammonium formate in ethanol with the flow through microvial interface. The mass spectrometer offered a second dimension of separation for peptides having identical migration times but different structures. The new method represents the first system capable of reliably determining hydrophobic peptides without using reversed phase liquid chromatography mass spectrometry.
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- Jianhui Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Akram Khodabandehloo
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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Kovalchik KA, MacLennan MS, Peru KM, Headley JV, Chen DDY. Standard method design considerations for semi-quantification of total naphthenic acids in oil sands process affected water by mass spectrometry: A review. Front Chem Sci Eng 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-017-1652-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Cheng J, Wang L, Liu W, Chen DDY. Quantitative Nonaqueous Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry Method for Determining Active Ingredients in Plant Extracts. Anal Chem 2017; 89:1411-1415. [PMID: 28208307 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b04944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) is very well suited for online coupling with mass spectrometry due to the relatively high volatility and low surface tension of most organic solvents. Here we present a quantitative NACE-ESI-MS/MS method for separating and determining physcion, chrysophanol, and aloe-emodin in rhubarb. Dantron was used as an internal standard to ensure accuracy and reproducibility in quantitative analyses. Parameters including the pH, background electrolyte (BGE) composition, flow-through microvial chemical modifier solution composition, and modifier solution flow rate were carefully optimized. The developed method was validated by assessing its precision, LODs, and linear range. The contents of physcion, chrysophanol, and aloe-emodin in rhubarb were determined to be 0.22%, 1.0%, and 0.17%, respectively.
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- Jianhui Cheng
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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MacLennan MS, Tie C, Kovalchik K, Peru KM, Zhang X, Headley JV, Chen DDY. Potential of capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry for the characterization and monitoring of amine-derivatized naphthenic acids from oil sands process-affected water. J Environ Sci (China) 2016; 49:203-212. [PMID: 28007176 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 03/31/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS) was used for the analysis of naphthenic acid fraction compounds (NAFCs) of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). A standard mixture of amine-derivatized naphthenic acids is injected directly onto the CE column and analyzed by CE-MS in less than 15min. Time of flight MS analysis (TOFMS), optimized for high molecular weight ions, showed NAFCs between 250 and 800m/z. With a quadrupole mass analyzer, only low-molecular weight NAFCs (between 100 and 450m/z) are visible under our experimental conditions. Derivatization of NAFCs consisted of two-step amidation reactions mediated by 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC), or mediated by a mixture of EDC and N-hydroxysuccinimide, in dimethyl sulfoxide, dichloromethane or ethyl acetate. The optimum background electrolyte composition was determined to be 30% (V/V) methanol in water and 2% (V/V) formic acid. NAFCs extracted from OSPW in the Athabasca oil sands region were used to demonstrate the feasibility of CE-MS for the analysis of NAFCs in environmental samples, showing that the labeled naphthenic acids are in the mass range of 350 to 1500m/z.
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- Matthew S MacLennan
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada; Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Wang L, Cheng M, Chu Y, Li X, Chen DDY, Huang X, Zhou Q. Responses of plant calmodulin to endocytosis induced by rare earth elements. Chemosphere 2016; 154:408-415. [PMID: 27081794 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.106] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The wide application of rare earth elements (REEs) have led to their diffusion and accumulation in the environment. The activation of endocytosis is the primary response of plant cells to REEs. Calmodulin (CaM), as an important substance in calcium (Ca) signaling systems, regulating almost all of the physiological activities in plants, such as cellular metabolism, cell growth and division. However, the response of CaM to endocytosis activated by REEs remains unknown. By using immunofluorescence labeling and a confocal laser scanning microscope, we found that trivalent lanthanum [La(III)], an REE ion, affected the expression of CaM in endocytosis. Using circular dichroism, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and computer simulations, we demonstrated that a low concentration of La(III) could interact with extracellular CaM by electrostatic attraction and was then bound to two Ca-binding sites of CaM, making the molecular structure more compact and orderly, whereas a high concentration of La(III) could be coordinated with cytoplasmic CaM or bound to other Ca-binding sites, making the molecular structure more loose and disorderly. Our results provide a reference for revealing the action mechanisms of REEs in plant cells.
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- Lihong Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Environment and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, PR China.
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Wang L, MacDonald D, Huang X, Chen DDY. Capture efficiency of dynamic pH junction focusing in capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2016; 37:1143-50. [PMID: 26949078 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 01/07/2016] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Dynamic pH junction is one of the techniques used to overcome the issue of poor concentration sensitivity in CE. By introducing a long sample plug in the capillary and focusing the target molecules at the pH boundary between the sample plug and background electrolyte, this focusing technique can achieve a detection limit that is one to two orders of magnitude better than conventional CE. For quantification purposes, the capturing efficiency of the injected molecules should be scrutinized. Focusing of all target molecules inside the sample plug is desired to ensure good linearity across the whole dynamic range. To test the theoretical prediction with a real experiment, nicotine is used as the test molecule for two types of dynamic pH junctions. The first one is with acidic background electrolyte, and can accommodate both optical detection methods and positive-ion mode mass spectrometric detection, while the other is suitable for optical detection only due to the use of basic separation background electrolyte. With a theoretical simulation study, it is demonstrated that, for either of these dynamic pH junctions, focusing of at least 95% of target molecule injected into the capillary was easily achievable. More importantly, a longer sample plug could generate a high percentage of molecules captured by dynamic pH junction focusing. Sharp, symmetrical peaks and good linearity for calibration curve can be obtained. Real samples with complex matrixes were also used to demonstrate that nicotine can be selectively focused and quantified using CE-MS.
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- Lingyu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing P. R., China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing P. R., China
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De Jong CAG, Risley J, Lee AK, Zhao SS, Chen DDY. Separation of Recombinant Therapeutic Proteins Using Capillary Gel Electrophoresis and Capillary Isoelectric Focusing. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1466:137-149. [PMID: 27473487 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-4014-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Detailed step-by-step methods for protein separation techniques based on capillary electrophoresis (CE) are described in this chapter. Focus is placed on two techniques, capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) and capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF). CGE is essentially gel electrophoresis, performed in a capillary, where a hydrogel is used as a sieving matrix to separate proteins or peptides based on size. cIEF separates proteins or peptides based on their isoelectric point (pI), the pH at which the protein or peptide bears no charges. Detailed protocols and steps (including capillary preparation, sample preparation, CE separation conditions, and detection) for both CGE and cIEF presented so that readers can follow the described methods in their own labs.
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- Caitlyn A G De Jong
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z1.
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Liu C, Chen DDY. Comparison of sample introduction methods for continuous chemical purification in two-dimensional electro-fluid-dynamic devices. Anal Chem 2014; 86:11380-6. [PMID: 25303032 DOI: 10.1021/ac503334a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two-dimensional electro-fluid-dynamic (2-D EFD) devices, in which both electric field and hydrodynamic pressure are used to drive the analyte and fluid migration, enable chemical separation to proceed in two-dimensional channel networks instead of a one-dimensional column and provide better control on the migration and distribution of analyte in complex channel networks. We have reported the use of a 2-D EFD device to continuously purify multiple components from complex samples ( Liu et al. Anal. Chem. 2010 , 82 , 2182 - 2185 and Liu et al. Anal. Chem. 2011 , 83 , 8208 - 8214 ). A continuous solution stream containing a mixture can be separated into different channels, each containing a pure compound. In previous studies, the sample mixture was introduced into the device by applying an electric field, also known as electrokinetic sample introduction. The initial separation junction requires three separate voltages and one pressure source. In this study, we investigated the mass transfer at the separation junction when the hydrodynamic pressure is used to deliver the sample. The initial separation junction has two voltages and two pressure sources. Continuous chemical purification is demonstrated in EFD devices with different geometries, and the comparison of both sample introduction approaches indicates that hydrodynamic sample introduction is superior to electrokinetic sample introduction.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Jayo RG, Thaysen-Andersen M, Lindenburg PW, Haselberg R, Hankemeier T, Ramautar R, Chen DDY. Simple Capillary Electrophoresis–Mass Spectrometry Method for Complex Glycan Analysis Using a Flow-Through Microvial Interface. Anal Chem 2014; 86:6479-86. [DOI: 10.1021/ac5010212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Roxana G. Jayo
- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia
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- Division
of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, the Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, 2333
CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division
of BioAnalytical Chemistry, AIMMS research group BioMolecular Analysis, VU University 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division
of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, the Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, 2333
CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division
of Analytical Biosciences, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, the Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre, 2333
CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, British Columbia, Canada
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Lindenburg PW, Ramautar R, Jayo RG, Chen DDY, Hankemeier T. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry using a flow-through microvial interface for cationic metabolome analysis. Electrophoresis 2013; 35:1308-14. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Petrus W. Lindenburg
- Division of Analytical Biosciences; Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research; Leiden University; Leiden The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre; Leiden The Netherlands
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences; Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research; Leiden University; Leiden The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre; Leiden The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry; University of British Columbia; Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Department of Chemistry; University of British Columbia; Vancouver British Columbia Canada
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- Division of Analytical Biosciences; Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research; Leiden University; Leiden The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre; Leiden The Netherlands
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Zhao SS, Chen DDY. Applications of capillary electrophoresis in characterizing recombinant protein therapeutics. Electrophoresis 2013; 35:96-108. [PMID: 24123141 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201300372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The use of recombinant protein for therapeutic applications has increased significantly in the last three decades. The heterogeneity of these proteins, often caused by the complex biosynthesis pathways and the subsequent PTMs, poses a challenge for drug characterization to ensure its safety, quality, integrity, and efficacy. CE, with its simple instrumentation, superior separation efficiency, small sample consumption, and short analysis time, is a well-suited analytical tool for therapeutic protein characterization. Different separation modes, including CIEF, SDS-CGE, CZE, and CE-MS, provide complementary information of the proteins. The CE applications for recombinant therapeutic proteins from the year 2000 to June 2013 are reviewed and technical concerns are discussed in this article.
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- Shuai Sherry Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Liu C, Chen DDY, Yu L, Luo Y. Live cell refractometry based on non-SPR microparticle sensor. Electrophoresis 2013; 34:1526-9. [PMID: 23494812 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201200593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Unlike the nanoparticles with surface plasmon resonance, the optical response of polystyrene microparticles (PSMPs) is insensitive to the chemical components of the surrounding medium under the wavelength-dependent differential interference contrast microscopy. This fact is exploited for the measurement of the refractive index of cytoplasm in this study. PSMPs of 400 nm in diameter were loaded into the cell to contact cytoplasm seamlessly, and the refractive index information of cytoplasm could be extracted by differential interference contrast microscopy operated at 420 nm illumination wavelength through the contrast analysis of PSMPs images.
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- Chang Liu
- School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, P. R. China
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Sumer-Bayraktar Z, Nguyen-Khuong T, Jayo R, Chen DDY, Ali S, Packer NH, Thaysen-Andersen M. Micro- and macroheterogeneity of N
-glycosylation yields size and charge isoforms of human sex hormone binding globulin circulating in serum. Proteomics 2012; 12:3315-27. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Revised: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zeynep Sumer-Bayraktar
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences; Macquarie University; Sydney Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences; Macquarie University; Sydney Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences; Macquarie University; Sydney Australia
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- Department of Chemistry; University of British Columbia; Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; Macquarie University; Sydney Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences; Macquarie University; Sydney Australia
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Hui Y, Wong M, Kim JO, Love J, Ansley DM, Chen DDY. A new derivatization method coupled with LC-MS/MS to enable baseline separation and quantification of dimethylarginines in human plasma from patients to receive on-pump CABG surgery. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:1911-20. [PMID: 22740479 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase and a risk factor for cardiovascular events. We have developed a new derivatization method to enable baseline separation of the regio-isomers, ADMA, and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), within 15 min on a C18 reverse phase column. Reacting naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde with ADMA and SDMA in the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol produces corresponding 2,3-dihydro-benzo[f]isoindol-1-ones that are more stable than previously reported ortho-phthaldialdehyde and 2-mercaptoethanol derivatives. LC-MS/MS quantitation of these derivatives can be used to determine ADMA and SDMA concentrations in the plasma of patients to receive on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. The LOD, LOQ and lower LOQ (LLOQ) of this method were determined to be 2.6, 8.7, and 25 nM for ADMA, and 2.5, 8.3, and 25 nM for SDMA, respectively, with consumption of only 50 μL of plasma. The relative standard deviations and relative errors of the intraday and interday determinations, as measurements of reproducibility and accuracy, are all within 15%. The ADMA and SDMA concentrations in patient plasma are 298.1 ± 11.2 nM (mean ± S.E.M., n = 123) and 457.7 ± 19.8 nM (mean ± S.E.M., n = 123), respectively. Upon unblinding of our clinical trial, these predetermined values might explain patient clinical outcomes associated with on-pump CABG surgery, as ADMA is known to inhibit nitric oxide production. Furthermore, this derivatization reaction in conjunction with LC-MS/MS analysis may open a venue to explore alternative chemical labeling modes for LC-MS/MS applications, such as analysis of other amino acids, metabolites, and peptides containing primary amine group(s).
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- Yu Hui
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Jayo RG, Li J, Chen DDY. Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of O-Acetylated N-Glycans from Fish Serum. Anal Chem 2012; 84:8756-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac301889k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Roxana G. Jayo
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada
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- Human
Health Therapeutics, National Research Council Canada, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British
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Hui Y, Wong M, Zhao SS, Love JA, Ansley DM, Chen DDY. A simple and robust LC-MS/MS method for quantification of free 3-nitrotyrosine in human plasma from patients receiving on-pump CABG surgery. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:697-704. [PMID: 22451063 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We have developed a simple, sensitive, and robust liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method to determine free 3-nitrotyrosine concentrations in human plasma of patients receiving on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. A one-step solid-phase extraction protocol was optimized to enrich the analyte at low nanomolar concentrations. The processed samples were analyzed by LC-MS/MS with a 2.1 × 100 mm Kinetex PFP column and a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. The method was validated for 3-nitrotyrosine concentrations close to real patient plasma levels. The relative standard deviations or relative errors of the intraday and interday determinations were all within 10%. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation were determined to be 0.034 nM and 0.112 nM, respectively, while lower limit of quantitation was below 0.625 nM. No deterioration of the column performance was noticed after running a large number of patient samples. The results showed that the 3-nitrotyrosine concentrations in coronary sinus plasma samples were elevated after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedure. The pre-CPB and post-CPB concentrations of 3-nitrotyrosine in patient plasmas were 1.494 ± 0.107 nM and 2.167 ± 0.177 nM (mean ± SEM), respectively. Application of this method to more patients in clinical studies may help validate 3-nitrotyrosine as a meaningful biomarker for nitrosative stress and link patient characteristics, clinical outcomes, and cardioprotective treatments to endogenous nitrosative stress levels.
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- Yu Hui
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Hui Y, Zhao SS, Love JA, Ansley DM, Chen DDY. Development and application of a LC-MS/MS method to quantify basal adenosine concentration in human plasma from patients undergoing on-pump CABG surgery. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2011; 885-886:30-6. [PMID: 22226467 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2011.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Accepted: 12/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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A sensitive and robust LC-MS/MS method was developed to quantify basal adenosine concentrations in human plasma of patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. A strong cation exchange (SCX) monolithic cartridge was used to enrich analyte, improve robustness, and reduce biological complexity. A simple modifier-free mobile phase was employed to improve sensitivity and reproducibility. This method exhibits consistent precision and accuracy, and the RSDs or REs of all the intraday and interday determinations were within 10%. The calibration curve was linear across the examined dynamic range from 1nM to 500nM (r(2)=0.996). LOD and LOQ were determined to be 0.257nM and 0.857nM respectively, while LLOQ was below 10nM. This method was used to monitor changes of adenosine levels in patient plasma drawn intraoperatively during on-pump CABG surgery. The analysis of 84 patients revealed that the mean concentration of adenosine in coronary sinus plasma after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is higher than that in coronary sinus before CPB (p=0.0024; two-tailed t-test) and that in radial artery plasma after CPB (p=0.0409; two-tailed t-test). These findings suggest that the equilibrium between adenosine production and elimination has favored the elevation of adenosine basal level during on-pump CABG surgery and the change is specific to heart tissues. Evaluation of adenosine with a sensitive and robust analytical method has important implications on providing consistent results and meaningful insights into adenosine regulation, as well as its steady state and sustained action on the heart. Relating patient characteristics or clinical outcomes with basal adenosine concentration can be used to optimize the CABG-CPB maneuver by regulating adenosine level via pharmacological intervention, and differentiating adenosine's contribution to cardioprotection from other modulatory factors.
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- Yu Hui
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Raedschelders K, Ansley DM, Chen DDY. The cellular and molecular origin of reactive oxygen species generation during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 133:230-55. [PMID: 22138603 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury is an important cause of impaired heart function in the early postoperative period subsequent to cardiac surgery. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation increases during both ischemia and reperfusion and it plays a central role in the pathophysiology of intraoperative myocardial injury. Unfortunately, the cellular source of these ROS during ischemia and reperfusion is often poorly defined. Similarly, individual ROS members tend to be grouped together as free radicals with a uniform reactivity towards biomolecules and with deleterious effects collectively ascribed under the vague umbrella of oxidative stress. This review aims to clarify the identity, origin, and progression of ROS during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Additionally, this review aims to describe the biochemical reactions and cellular processes that are initiated by specific ROS that work in concert to ultimately yield the clinical manifestations of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. Lastly, this review provides an overview of several key cardioprotective strategies that target myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury from the perspective of ROS generation. This overview is illustrated with example clinical studies that have attempted to translate these strategies to reduce the severity of ischemia-reperfusion injury during coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
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- Koen Raedschelders
- Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Ma M, Kazemzadeh-Narbat M, Hui Y, Lu S, Ding C, Chen DDY, Hancock REW, Wang R. Local delivery of antimicrobial peptides using self-organized TiO2 nanotube arrays for peri-implant infections. J Biomed Mater Res A 2011; 100:278-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Revised: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Zhong X, Maxwell EJ, Ratnayake C, Mack S, Chen DDY. Flow-Through Microvial Facilitating Interface of Capillary Isoelectric Focusing and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2011; 83:8748-55. [DOI: 10.1021/ac202130f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Xuefei Zhong
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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- Beckman Coulter, Inc., 250 S. Kraemer Blvd., Brea, California 92822-8000, United States
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- Beckman Coulter, Inc., 250 S. Kraemer Blvd., Brea, California 92822-8000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1
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