[An improved method of preparing protein and peptide probes in mass spectrometry with ionization of division fragments by californium-252 (TOF-PDMS)]. / Usovershenstvovanniia metodika podgotovki prob belkov i peptidov v mass-spektrometrii s ionizatsiei oskolkami deleniia kaliforniia-252 (TOF-PDMS).

The addition of organic acids (picric, oxalic, citric, or tartaric) to peptide and protein samples was found to significantly increase the yield of their quasi-molecular ions (QMI) in time-of-flight 252Cf plasma desorption mass spectrometry. The yield of the ions depended on the pKa of the acid added.

Combination of HPLC and 252-Cf plasma desorption mass spectrometry for identifying composition of ginseng tinctures.

The 252-Cf plasma desorption mass spectrometry (252-Cf PDMS) determination or confirmation of the ginsenoside saponins has been proposed to investigate the composition of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) peaks of ginseng tinctures and galenic preparations. That ionization technique is well suitable for the analysis of natural mixtures of these saponins. The 252-Cf PD mass spectra of standard ginsenosides Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Re, Rg1, Rd, NG-R2, Z-R1 contain the peaks of two types of ions, namely, molecular adduct ions (MAI) and aglycone ions. By mass the latter may be referred to either protopanaxadiol or protopanaxatriol. The masses of MAI and aglycone ions are determined by the carbohydrate chains. The collected HPLC fractions of P ginseng tincture can be tested for content of ginsenosides. After studying two MAI peaks from the 252-Cf PD mass spectra of the basic ginsenosides, an example of distinction between two galenic preparations from different Panax has been shown.

Design and optimization of a micropump-based electrospray device for preparation of nitrocellulose substrates for plasma desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Details of a nitrocellulose (NC) substrate preparation technique in 252Cf plasma desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry were investigated using an electrospray device, in which a micropump was employed for solution delivery. The molecular ion yields for three standard proteins (porcine insulin, chicken-egg lysozyme and chymotrypsinogen A) were studied as a function of the electrosprayed NC layer thickness, spray rate, NC solution concentration and some other parameters. Optimal parameters of the NC substrate preparation procedure were determined, which include deposition of a layer of 250-750 micrograms cm-2 at up to 15 microliters min-1 spray rate and up to 15 micrograms microliters-1 solution concentration.

[Study of the interaction of triethylenethiophosphamide with nucleotides by mass spectrometry with ionization by fission fragments of californium-252]. / Izuchenie vzaimodeistviia triétilentiofosfamida s nukleotidami metodom mass-spektrometrii s ionizatsiei oskolkami deleniia kaliforniia-252.

Study of interaction of the antitumor alkylating drug triethylenethiophosphoramide (thioTEPA) with nucleotides (dGMP and dCMP) suggests highly perspective employment of 252-Cf fission fragment induced desorption mass spectrometry (252-Cf PDMS) in biochemical pharmacology. Using the 252-Cf PDMS the molecular masses of the unstable, unvolatile, high-molecular substances of biological origin and the chemical adducts or complexes with drugs can be used to establish some structural-functional parameters of the above mentioned biomolecules and their derivatives in microvolumes of the incubation medium. The resulting data may be used for modelling chemotherapeutic processes of "drug-biomolecule-target" type. Using 252-Cf PDMS the complexes (dGMP (thioTEPA) n), n = 1, 2, 3 and (dCMP (thioTEPA) n), n = 1, were obtained. Some quantitative parameters and stability of these complexes were studied. Binding of dGMP with drug in the presence of dCMP was shown preferential. The data are compatible with the predictions concerning the mechanism of the antitumor property of the thioTEPA which can be manifested in the impairment structure of DNA of the malignant cells.