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Bioinformatics ; 37(24): 4787-4792, 2021 12 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34320625

ABSTRACT

MOTIVATION: Mass cytometry (Cytometry by Time-Of-Flight, CyTOF) is a single-cell technology that is able to quantify multiplex biomarker expressions and is commonly used in basic life science and translational research. However, the widely used Gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning in clinical practice can lead to signal contamination on the Gd channels in the CyTOF analysis. This Gd contamination greatly affects the characterization of the real signal from Gd-isotope-conjugated antibodies, severely impairing the CyTOF data quality and ruining downstream single-cell data interpretation. RESULTS: We first in-depth characterized the signals of Gd isotopes from a control sample that was not stained with Gd-labeled antibodies but was contaminated by Gd isotopes from GBCAs, and revealed the collinear intensity relationship across Gd contamination signals. We also found that the intensity ratios of detected Gd contamination signals to the reference Gd signal were highly correlated with the natural abundance ratios of corresponding Gd isotopes. We then developed a computational method named by GdClean to remove the Gd contamination signal at the single-cell level in the CyTOF data. We further demonstrated that the GdClean effectively cleaned up the Gd contamination signal while preserving the real Gd-labeled antibodies signal in Gd channels. All of these shed lights on the promising applications of the GdClean method in preprocessing CyTOF datasets for revealing the true single-cell information. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The R package GdClean is available on GitHub at https://github.com/JunweiLiu0208/GdClean. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


Subject(s)
Analytic Sample Preparation Methods , Gadolinium , Single-Cell Analysis , Gadolinium/isolation & purification , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Humans , Datasets as Topic , Contrast Media/chemistry
2.
Anal Chem ; 92(16): 11232-11241, 2020 08 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32662265

ABSTRACT

The application of Pb isotopes to marine geochemistry is currently hindered by challenges associated with the analysis of Pb isotopes in seawater. The current study evaluates the performance of multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) measurements of seawater Pb isotope compositions following Pb separation by either solid-phase extraction with Nobias Chelate PA-1 resin or coprecipitation with Mg(OH)2 and using either a Pb double spike or external normalization to Tl for mass bias correction. The four analytical combinations achieve results of similar quality when measuring 1-7 ng of seawater Pb, with reproducibilities (two standard deviations, 2SD) of 100-1200 ppm for 206Pb/207Pb and 208Pb/207Pb and 300-1700 ppm for ratios involving the minor 204Pb isotope. All four procedures enable significantly improved sample throughput compared to an established thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) double-spike method and produce unbiased seawater Pb isotope compositions with similar or improved precision. Nobias extraction is preferable to coprecipitation due to its greater analytical throughput and suitability for analyses of large seawater samples with high Si(OH)4 contents. The most accurate Pb isotope data are produced following Nobias extraction and double-spike correction as such analyses are least susceptible to matrix effects. However, Nobias extraction with Tl normalization constitutes an attractive alternative as, unlike the double-spike procedure, only a single mass spectrometric measurement is required, which improves analytical throughput and optimizes Pb consumption for analysis. Despite the advantages of solid-phase extraction, coprecipitation represents a useful Pb separation technique for samples with low to moderate Si contents as it is inexpensive, simple to implement, and the data are only marginally less accurate, especially when combined with a Pb double spike for mass bias correction.


Subject(s)
Isotopes/analysis , Lead/analysis , Seawater/analysis , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Lead/isolation & purification , Magnesium Hydroxide/chemistry , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Solid Phase Extraction/instrumentation , Solid Phase Extraction/methods
3.
Molecules ; 24(22)2019 Nov 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31766268

ABSTRACT

This article presents the original descriptions of some recent physics mechanisms (based on the thermodynamic, kinetic, and quantum tunnel effects) providing stable 2H/1H isotope fractionation, leading to the accumulation of particular isotopic forms in intra- or intercellular space, including the molecular effects of deuterium interaction with 18O/17O/16O, 15N/14N, 13C/12C, and other stable biogenic isotopes. These effects were observed mainly at the organelle (mitochondria) and cell levels. A new hypothesis for heavy nonradioactive isotope fractionation in living systems via neutron effect realization is discussed. The comparative analysis of some experimental studies results revealed the following observation: "Isotopic shock" is highly probable and is observed mostly when chemical bonds form between atoms with a summary odd number of neutrons (i.e., bonds with a non-compensated neutron, which correspond to the following equation: Nn - Np = 2k + 1, where k ϵ Z, k is the integer, Z is the set of non-negative integers, Nn is number of neutrons, and Np is number of protons of each individual atom, or in pair of isotopes with a chemical bond). Data on the efficacy and metabolic pathways of the therapy also considered 2H-modified drinking and diet for some diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Friedreich's ataxia, mitochondrial disorders, diabetes, cerebral hypoxia, Parkinson's disease, and brain cancer.


Subject(s)
Deuterium/chemistry , Deuterium/isolation & purification , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Animals , Chemical Fractionation , Deuterium/metabolism , Deuterium/therapeutic use , Humans , Isotopes/therapeutic use , Models, Chemical , Neutrons , Organelles/chemistry , Organelles/metabolism , Proton Therapy , Protons
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 411(19): 4963-4971, 2019 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31093701

ABSTRACT

Cu isotope fractionation was investigated in the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line, in a proliferating/tumor phase (undifferentiated cells), and in a differentiated state (neuron-like cells), induced using retinoic acid (RA). The SH-SY5Y cell line displays genetic aberrations due to its cancerous origin, but differentiation drives the cell line towards phenotypes suitable for the research of neurological diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease). Cellular Cu distribution was first explored by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) imaging and, subsequently, Cu isotopic analysis was performed at cellular and sub-cellular levels via multi-collector inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS). The SH-SY5Y cells showed a re-distribution of intracellular Cu upon RA differentiation. Both undifferentiated and differentiated cells became systematically enriched in the light 63Cu isotope with increasing intracellular Cu content. Differentiated neuron-like SH-SY5Y cells showed a heavier Cu isotopic composition (+ 0.3‰) than did the undifferentiated proliferating cells when exposed to Cu for 24 h. However, after a longer exposure time (72 h), no difference was observed between both cellular phenotypes. Mitochondrial fractions were enriched in the light 63Cu isotope, compared to whole cells, for both undifferentiated and differentiated cells (no significant difference). The Cu isotopic composition of the remaining cell lysates was heavier than that of the whole cells and + 0.2‰ heavier in the differentiated cells than in the undifferentiated cells. These results indicate that neuronal differentiation affects the Cu isotope fractionation accompanying Cu uptake in the cells, but this effect does not seem to be associated with the mitochondrial Cu pathway. Cu isotope fractionation can be an interesting tool for studying Cu metabolism at a (sub)-cellular level in functional neurons. Graphical abstract.


Subject(s)
Cell Fractionation , Copper/isolation & purification , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Neuroblastoma/metabolism , Neurons/metabolism , Subcellular Fractions/metabolism , Cell Differentiation , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Proliferation , Humans , Mitochondria/metabolism , Neuroblastoma/pathology , Neurons/cytology
5.
J Chromatogr A ; 1602: 206-216, 2019 Sep 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31133423

ABSTRACT

Adsorptive membrane-based chromatography can provide the high separation efficiency common to column chromatography but at a lower working pressure. Herein, a novel membrane chromatography system for lithium isotope adsorptive separation is reported. It uses polysulfone-graft-4'-aminobenzo-15-crown-5-ether (PSf-g-AB15C5) porous membranes (0.52 mmol/g of immobilization crown ether, average pore size of 62.7 nm, porosity of 80.4%) as a stationary phase packed in a chromatography column (Ø 25 × 100 mm). Furthermore, a four-stage tandem membrane chromatography system was designed to enhance lithium isotope separation performance. The partial eluate from the former column was used as the feed solution for the next stage. Results show that the flow rate of the eluent could reach 18 mL/h owing to the lower internal diffusion resistance of membranes. Meanwhile, adsorption isotherms and adsorption kinetics show that Li+ adsorption was an exothermic and spontaneous process. The surface diffusion, multilayer adsorption and ion-pore electrostatic interaction between Li+ and the crown ether groups on the membranes played a key role in the separation of 7Li+ and 6Li+ by membrane chromatography. The separation factor obtained from the single-stage membrane chromatography was up to 1.0232. The abundances of 7Li+ and 6Li+ gradually increased with an increase in the elution stages. The relative abundances of 7Li+ and 6Li+ obtained from the four-stage tandem membrane chromatography increased by 0.26% (from 92.40 to 92.66%) and 0.2% (from 7.60 to 7.80%), respectively. In conclusion, our current research opens a new avenue for the simultaneous enrichment of 7Li+ and 6Li+ during lithium isotope adsorptive separation.


Subject(s)
Chemistry Techniques, Analytical/methods , Chromatography , Ethers/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Lithium/isolation & purification , Adsorption , Diffusion , Isotopes/chemistry , Kinetics , Lithium/chemistry , Membranes, Artificial , Porosity
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Appl Radiat Isot ; 146: 127-132, 2019 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30769173

ABSTRACT

We developed a new apparatus for the routine production of 64Cu in clinical use. The apparatus has many disposable parts that stabilize the product quality (such that there is a low deviation of the concentrations of impurity metals in the product) and reduce the work load of preparation for routine production. We also developed a new evaporator using near-infrared heaters for disposable use. We conducted a production test using the new apparatus and evaluated product quality. The product yield was 6.3 ±â€¯0.32 GBq (end of bombardment) (N = 4), the product quality in terms of the concentrations of impurity metals (Cu2+, Ni2+, Fe3+, Zn2+, Mn2+) was as good as that usually achieved, likely on the order of parts per billion, and the preparation time was reduced from 2 days to 1 day.


Subject(s)
Copper Radioisotopes/isolation & purification , Radiopharmaceuticals/isolation & purification , Technology, Radiologic/instrumentation , Cation Exchange Resins , Chromatography, Ion Exchange/instrumentation , Copper Radioisotopes/standards , Copper Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Environmental Monitoring , Equipment Design , Humans , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Metals, Heavy/analysis , Nickel/isolation & purification , Quality Control , Radiopharmaceuticals/standards , Radiopharmaceuticals/therapeutic use
7.
Chemosphere ; 219: 1032-1043, 2019 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30682760

ABSTRACT

For the interpretation of stable isotope ratio trends in saturated geochemical systems, the magnitude of aqueous phase diffusion-induced isotope fractionation needs to be known. This study reviews how five diffusion models (Fick, Maxwell-Stefan, Einstein, Langevin, Mode-Coupling Theory Analysis (MCTA) of diffusion) predict isotope fractionation due to aqueous phase diffusion and compares them with experimental results. The reviewed diffusion models were not consistent regarding the prediction of the mass (m) dependency of the aqueous phase diffusion coefficient (D). The predictions range from a square root power law (D ∝ m-0.5) to an opposite mass dependency of D (D ∝ mß). Experimental studies exhibited consistently a weak power law mass dependency of the diffusion coefficient (D ∝ m-ß with ß < 0.5) for the vast majority of dissolved species and a larger diffusion-induced isotope effect for low weight noble gases (D ∝ m-0.5). The weak power law mass dependency of D for the species other than low weight noble gases is consistent with the MCTA of diffusion. The MCTA suggests that the weak power law mass dependency of D originates from interplays between strongly mass dependent short-term and mass independent long-term solute-solvent interactions. The larger isotope fractionation for low weight noble gases could be attributed to quantum isotope effects significantly magnifying the aqueous phase diffusion-induced isotope fractionation. Our review shows, that except for low weight noble gases a weak power law mass dependency of D is likely the most adequate assumption for aqueous phase diffusion-induced isotope fractionation in geochemical systems.


Subject(s)
Diffusion , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Chemical Fractionation , Models, Theoretical , Solutions/chemistry , Water/chemistry
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Appl Radiat Isot ; 143: 113-122, 2019 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30408634

ABSTRACT

Positron-emitting 72As is the PET imaging counterpart for beta-emitting 77As. Its parent, no carrier added (n.c.a.) 72Se, was produced for a 72Se/72As generator by irradiating an enriched 7°Ge metal-graphite target via the 70Ge(α, 2 n)72Se reaction. Target dissolution used a fast, environmentally friendly method with 93% radioactivity recovery. Chromatographic parameters of the 72Se/72As generator were evaluated, the eluted n.c.a. 72As was characterized with a phantom imaging study, and the previously reported trithiol and aryl-dithiol ligand systems were radiolabeled with the separated n.c.a. 72As in high yield.


Subject(s)
Arsenic/isolation & purification , Radioisotopes/isolation & purification , Radionuclide Generators , Radiopharmaceuticals/isolation & purification , Selenium Radioisotopes/isolation & purification , Germanium/chemistry , Germanium/isolation & purification , Germanium/radiation effects , Humans , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Isotopes/radiation effects , Phantoms, Imaging , Positron-Emission Tomography , Radioligand Assay , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemical synthesis , Radiopharmaceuticals/chemistry
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Anal Bioanal Chem ; 411(3): 765-776, 2019 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30467768

ABSTRACT

The isotopic composition of iron, zinc, copper, and cadmium (δ56Fe, δ66Zn, δ65Cu, and δ114Cd) are novel and promising tools to study the metabolism and homeostasis of trace metals in the human body. Serum δ65Cu has been proposed as a potential tool for diagnosis of cancer in liquid biopsy, and other metals may have similar utility. However, accurate analysis of trace metal isotopes is challenging because of the difficulties in purifying the metals from biological samples. Here we developed a simple and rapid method for sequential purification of Cu, Fe, Zn, and Cd from a single blood plasma sample. By using a combination of 11 M acetic acid and 4 M HCl in the first steps of column chemistry on AG-MP1 resin, we dramatically improve the separation of Cu from matrix elements compared to previous methods which use concentrated HCl alone. Our new method achieves full recovery of Cu, Fe, Zn, and Cd to prevent column-induced isotope fractionation effects, and effectively separates analytes from the matrix in order to reduce polyatomic interferences during isotope analysis. Our methods were verified by the analysis of isotope standards, a whole blood reference material, and a preliminary sample set including five plasma samples from healthy individuals and five plasma samples from cancer patients. This new method simplifies preparation of blood samples for metal isotope analysis, accelerating multi-isotope approaches to medical studies and contributing to our understanding of the cycling of Fe, Zn, Cu, and Cd in the human body. Graphical abstract ᅟ.


Subject(s)
Chromatography, Ion Exchange/methods , Copper/blood , Copper/isolation & purification , Isotopes/blood , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Liquid Biopsy , Adsorption , Anion Exchange Resins , Breast Neoplasms/blood , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Case-Control Studies , Chemical Fractionation , Copper/standards , Female , Humans , Isotopes/standards , Mass Spectrometry/instrumentation , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Reference Standards , Solvents/chemistry , Trace Elements/blood , Trace Elements/isolation & purification
10.
J Proteome Res ; 17(11): 3923-3931, 2018 11 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30293428

ABSTRACT

Cross-linking/mass spectrometry has undergone a maturation process akin to standard proteomics by adapting key methods such as false discovery rate control and quantification. A poorly evaluated search setting in proteomics is the consideration of multiple (lighter) alternative values for the monoisotopic precursor mass to compensate for possible misassignments of the monoisotopic peak. Here, we show that monoisotopic peak assignment is a major weakness of current data handling approaches in cross-linking. Cross-linked peptides often have high precursor masses, which reduces the presence of the monoisotopic peak in the isotope envelope. Paired with generally low peak intensity, this generates a challenge that may not be completely solvable by precursor mass assignment routines. We therefore took an alternative route by '"in-search assignment of the monoisotopic peak" in the cross-link database search tool Xi (Xi-MPA), which considers multiple precursor masses during database search. We compare and evaluate the performance of established preprocessing workflows that partly correct the monoisotopic peak and Xi-MPA on three publicly available data sets. Xi-MPA always delivered the highest number of identifications with ∼2 to 4-fold increase of PSMs without compromising identification accuracy as determined by FDR estimation and comparison to crystallographic models.


Subject(s)
Algorithms , Chaetomium/chemistry , Cross-Linking Reagents/chemistry , Peptides/chemistry , Proteins/chemistry , Complex Mixtures/chemistry , Databases, Protein , Datasets as Topic , Humans , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Peptides/classification , Peptides/isolation & purification , Proteins/classification , Proteins/isolation & purification , Proteolysis , Software , Tandem Mass Spectrometry
11.
J Proteome Res ; 17(11): 3774-3779, 2018 11 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30265546

ABSTRACT

LC-MS precursor (MS1) data are used increasingly often in conjunction with MS/MS data for the quantification, validation, and other computational mass spectrometry tasks. The efficacy of MS1 data on downstream tasks is dependent on the coverage and accuracy of the MS1 isotopic envelope extraction algorithms that delineate them from the dense backgrounds common in complex samples. Although several algorithms for extracted ion chromatogram (XIC) clustering exist, their performance has not yet been quantified, in part due to the difficulty of obtaining, isolating, and running some algorithms and in part due to the lack of quantitative MS1 ground truth. Using a newly available manually annotated ground truth data set, we measure the performance of several popular XIC clustering algorithms in time, coverage, and accuracy of resulting isotopic envelopes. We intend this work to provide a benchmark against which future algorithms can be scored.


Subject(s)
Algorithms , Chromatography, Liquid/methods , Proteomics/methods , Tandem Mass Spectrometry/methods , Benchmarking , Cluster Analysis , Complex Mixtures/chemistry , Datasets as Topic , Humans , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification
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PLoS One ; 13(3): e0193826, 2018.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29509798

ABSTRACT

Selenium (Se) is an important micronutrient but also a strong toxin with a narrow tolerance range for many organisms. As such, a globally heterogeneous Se distribution in soils is responsible for various disease patterns (i.e. Se excess and deficiency) and environmental problems, whereby plants play a key role for the Se entrance into the biosphere. Selenium isotope variations were proved to be a powerful tracer for redox processes and are therefore promising for the exploration of the species dependent Se metabolism in plants and the Se cycling within the Critical Zone. Plant cultivation setups enable systematic controlled investigations, but samples derived from them-plant tissue and phytoagar-are particularly challenging and require specific preparation and purification steps to ensure precise and valid Se isotope analytics performed with HG-MC-ICP-MS. In this study, different methods for the entire process from solid tissue preparation to Se isotope measurements were tested, optimized and validated. A particular microwave digestion procedure for plant tissue and a vacuum filtration method for phytoagar led to full Se recoveries, whereby unfavorable organic residues were reduced to a minimum. Three purification methods predominantly described in the literature were systematically tested with pure Se solution, high concentrated multi-element standard solution as well as plant and phytoagar as target matrices. All these methods efficiently remove critical matrix elements, but differ in Se recovery and organic residues. Validation tests doping Se-free plant material and phytoagar with a reference material of known Se isotope composition revealed the high impact of organic residues on the accuracy of MC-ICP-MS measurements. Only the purification method with no detectable organic residues, hydride generation and trapping, results in valid mass bias correction for plant samples with an average deviation to true δ82/76Se values of 0.2 ‰ and a reproducibility (2 SD) of ± 0.2 ‰. For phytoagar this test yields a higher deviation of 1.1 ‰ from the true value and a 2 SD of ± 0.1 ‰. The application of the developed methods to cultivated plants shows sufficient accuracy and precision and is a promising approach to resolve plant internal Se isotope fractionations, for which respective δ82/76Se values of +2.3 to +3.5 ‰ for selenate and +1.2 to +1.9 ‰ for selenite were obtained.


Subject(s)
Oryza/chemistry , Selenium/analysis , Selenium/isolation & purification , Agar , Isotopes/analysis , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Microwaves , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Plant Roots/chemistry , Reproducibility of Results , Vacuum
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Acta Biotheor ; 65(4): 271-284, 2017 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29177713

ABSTRACT

A model representing isotope separation during water evaporation in plants was constructed. The model accounts for substance diffusion, convective transfer and evaporation from the surface of the leaves. The dependence of the system's separation and enrichment coefficients on various parameters (liquid velocity, diffusion coefficient, and potential barriers for molecules and their thermal velocities) was determined. A comparison was made between the enrichment coefficients calculated from experimental data from different plants and those based on the model. Qualitative agreement between the experimental and theoretical values was obtained for the case of [Formula: see text], where u is the average velocity of water in the plant, h is the height of the plant, and D is the diffusion coefficient of the substance.


Subject(s)
Isotopes/isolation & purification , Isotopes/metabolism , Models, Theoretical , Plants/metabolism , Water Movements , Biological Transport
14.
Life Sci ; 168: 65-76, 2017 Jan 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27863957

ABSTRACT

AIMS: p-tertbutylcalix[4]arene loaded nanoemulsion has been designed, characterized and evaluated for skin decontamination of radionuclides of interest in nuclear and radiological emergencies. Further, nanoemulsion was evaluated for Ex-vivo complexation, skin permeation, interaction and cytodermal toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ex-vivo skin complexation studies were conducted using High-resolution sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (HR-SF-ICPMS). Skin studies at dermal and cyto-dermal level have been carried out using techniques such as florescence microscopy, Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Flow cytometry, Confocal microscopy, Prestoblue and Comet assay. KEY FINDINGS: HR-SF-ICPMS study confirmed >95% complexation of surrogate nuclides of thallium and Iodine applied on excised rat skin mounted over Franz diffusion cell. Temporal analysis of aliquots obtained from Franz diffusion cell using UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy indicated that only 3.37% of formulation permeates through the skin. Skin penetration study of rhodamine 123 nanoemulsion carried out using florescence microscopy confirmed that formulation remains localised in epidermis of rat skin. DSC data confirmed skin compatibility of nanoemulsion, as no lipid extraction was observed from skin. In-vitro cell viability and cellular uptake assays performed on human skin fibroblasts prove no cellular uptake and cytotoxic effects. Comet assay, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis-inducing mechanistic studies prove that prepared nanoemulsion is safe at cellular level. SIGNIFICANCE: Taken together, data indicate that p-tertbutylcalix[4]arene nanoemulsion is both effective and safe formulation to use on skin for radio-decontamination.


Subject(s)
Calixarenes/pharmacology , Calixarenes/pharmacokinetics , Decontamination , Skin Absorption , Skin/drug effects , Administration, Cutaneous , Animals , Calixarenes/administration & dosage , Calixarenes/toxicity , Cell Line , Decontamination/methods , Emulsions/administration & dosage , Emulsions/pharmacokinetics , Emulsions/toxicity , Female , Fibroblasts/drug effects , Humans , Iodine Isotopes/isolation & purification , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Male , Rats , Skin/cytology , Skin/metabolism , Thallium/isolation & purification
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Electrophoresis ; 37(22): 3017-3019, 2016 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27494259

ABSTRACT

Fast isotopic separation of 10 B and 11 B boric acid by CZE was demonstrated. The BGE contained 25 mM phenylalanine and 5 mM putrescine (рН 8.95). The running conditions were +25 kV at 20°C with indirect photometric detection at 210 nm. Baseline separation was achieved in less than 9 min. RSD of migration times and corrected peak areas were less than 0.5 and 3%, respectively (n = 5). Linearity was demonstrated in the range 0.2-2 mM for 11 B and 0.2-0.5 mM for 10 B.


Subject(s)
Boric Acids/chemistry , Boric Acids/isolation & purification , Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods , Boric Acids/analysis , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Isotopes/analysis , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Limit of Detection , Linear Models , Reproducibility of Results
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J Chromatogr A ; 1443: 162-74, 2016 Apr 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27036208

ABSTRACT

Chromatographic purification of chromium (Cr), which is required for high-precision isotope analysis, is complicated by the presence of multiple Cr-species with different effective charges in the acid digested sample aliquots. The differing ion exchange selectivity and sluggish reaction rates of these species can result in incomplete Cr recovery during chromatographic purification. Because of large mass-dependent inter-species isotope fractionation, incomplete recovery can affect the accuracy of high-precision Cr isotope analysis. Here, we demonstrate widely differing cation distribution coefficients of Cr(III)-species (Cr(3+), CrCl(2+) and CrCl2(+)) with equilibrium mass-dependent isotope fractionation spanning a range of ∼1‰/amu and consistent with theory. The heaviest isotopes partition into Cr(3+), intermediates in CrCl(2+) and the lightest in CrCl2(+)/CrCl3°. Thus, for a typical reported loss of ∼25% Cr (in the form of Cr(3+)) through chromatographic purification, this translates into 185 ppm/amu offset in the stable Cr isotope ratio of the residual sample. Depending on the validity of the mass-bias correction during isotope analysis, this further results in artificial mass-independent effects in the mass-bias corrected (53)Cr/(52)Cr (µ(53)Cr* of 5.2 ppm) and (54)Cr/(52)Cr (µ(54)Cr* of 13.5 ppm) components used to infer chronometric and nucleosynthetic information in meteorites. To mitigate these fractionation effects, we developed strategic chemical sample pre-treatment procedures that ensure high and reproducible Cr recovery. This is achieved either through 1) effective promotion of Cr(3+) by >5 days exposure to HNO3H2O2 solutions at room temperature, resulting in >∼98% Cr recovery for most types of sample matrices tested using a cationic chromatographic retention strategy, or 2) formation of Cr(III)-Cl complexes through exposure to concentrated HCl at high temperature (>120 °C) for several hours, resulting in >97.5% Cr recovery using a chromatographic elution strategy that takes advantage of the slow reaction kinetics of de-chlorination of Cr in dilute HCl at room temperature. These procedures significantly improve cation chromatographic purification of Cr over previous methods and allow for high-purity Cr isotope analysis with a total recovery of >95%.


Subject(s)
Chemistry Techniques, Analytical/methods , Chromium Isotopes/analysis , Chromium/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Chemical Fractionation , Chromatography , Chromium/analysis , Kinetics , Solutions
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J Med Invest ; 63(1-2): 19-26, 2016.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27040048

ABSTRACT

On April 9 2015, the Letter article titled "Measurement of the first ionization potential of lawrencium, element 103" is now published at News and Views on Nature (2015) which has been performed by our remarkably Japanese colleagues of nuclear and radiochemistry at JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency). In this review, the author will state that the isotope separator on-line (ISOL) our regularly used, one of mass separation techniques, with a thermal surface ionization makes possible for determining the ionization potential of lawrencium based on the fruitful fundations of developing the ISOL system until now and also ever studying searches for unknown nuclei and these nuclear decay properties around actinide region in the past 20 years.


Subject(s)
Lawrencium/isolation & purification , Nuclear Medicine/instrumentation , Radiochemistry/instrumentation , Actinoid Series Elements/isolation & purification , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Japan , Mass Spectrometry/instrumentation , Nuclear Medicine/trends , Radiochemistry/trends
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Appl Radiat Isot ; 110: 193-199, 2016 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26829618

ABSTRACT

Hydrophobic adsorbents such as C18 and C30 were coated with PEG and subsequently used for the separation of Mo/Tc. The most effective resin for adsorbing PEG was the C18-U resin, which demonstrated a coating capacity of 97.6±2.8mg PEG per g of resin. The ability to adsorb pertechnetate was proportional to the amount of PEG coated on the hydrophobic resin. The [(99m)Tc]pertechnetate recovery during the separation of cyclotron produced (99m)Tc from (100)Mo was 91.8±0.3% (n=2). The resultant product met relevant USP monograph specifications.


Subject(s)
Molybdenum/isolation & purification , Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m/isolation & purification , Adsorption , Cyclotrons , Humans , Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Polyethylene Glycols , Radioisotopes/isolation & purification , Radiopharmaceuticals/isolation & purification , Resins, Synthetic
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Electrophoresis ; 36(24): 3014-7, 2015 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26449380

ABSTRACT

Separation of (6)Li and (7)Li isotopes by CZE was demonstrated. The BGE contained 5 mM 4-aminopyridine, 0.9 mM oxalic acid, 0.25 mM CTAB, and 0.25% w/v Tween 20 (рН = 9.2). The running conditions were +25 kV at 30°C with indirect photometric detection at 261 nm. Under optimal experimental conditions, the analysis time was less than 21 min. Separation of Li preparations with mole fraction of (6)Li ranging from 3.44 up to 90.38% was demonstrated.


Subject(s)
Electrophoresis, Capillary/methods , Lithium/chemistry , Lithium/isolation & purification , Cetrimonium , Cetrimonium Compounds , Ions/analysis , Ions/chemistry , Ions/isolation & purification , Isotopes/analysis , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Limit of Detection , Lithium/analysis , Polysorbates
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J Am Soc Mass Spectrom ; 26(10): 1732-45, 2015 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26265039

ABSTRACT

Mass spectrometry enables the study of increasingly larger biomolecules with increasingly higher resolution, which is able to distinguish between fine isotopic variants having the same additional nucleon count, but slightly different masses. Therefore, the analysis of the fine isotopic distribution becomes an interesting research topic with important practical applications. In this paper, we propose the comprehensive methodology for studying the basic characteristics of the fine isotopic distribution. Our approach uses a broad spectrum of methods ranging from generating functions--that allow us to estimate the variance and the information theory entropy of the distribution--to the theory of thermal energy fluctuations. Having characterized the variance, spread, shape, and size of the fine isotopic distribution, we are able to indicate limitations to high resolution mass spectrometry. Moreover, the analysis of "thermorelativistic" effects (i.e., mass uncertainty attributable to relativistic effects coupled with the statistical mechanical uncertainty of the energy of an isolated ion), in turn, gives us an estimate of impassable limits of isotopic resolution (understood as the ability to distinguish fine structure peaks), which can be moved further only by cooling the ions. The presented approach highlights the potential of theoretical analysis of the fine isotopic distribution, which allows modeling the data more accurately, aiming to support the successful experimental measurements.


Subject(s)
Isotopes/analysis , Mass Spectrometry/standards , Models, Theoretical , Isotopes/chemistry , Isotopes/isolation & purification , Limit of Detection
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