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Capillary Electrophoresis–Nanoelectrospray Ionization–Selected Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry via a True Sheathless Metal-Coated Emitter Interface for Robust and High-Sensitivity Sample Quantification

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Guo, Xuejiang, Fillmore, Thomas L., Gao, Yuqian, Tang, Keqi·2016·Analytical Chemistry

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A new sheathless transient capillary isotachophoresis (CITP)/capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE)-MS interface, based on a commercially available capillary with an integrated metal-coated ESI emitter, was developed in this study aiming at overcoming the reproducibility and ruggedness problems suffered to a certain degree by almost all the available CE-MS interfaces, and pushing the CE-MS technology suitable for routine sample analysis with high sensitivity. The new CITP/CZE-MS interface allows the electric contact between ESI voltage power supply and the CE separation liquid by using a conductive liquid that comes in contact with the metal-coated surface of the ESI emitter, making it a true sheathless CE-MS interface. Stable electrospray was established by avoiding the formation of gas bubbles from electrochemical reaction inside the CE capillary. Crucial operating parameters, such as sample loading volume, flow rate, and separation voltage, were systematically evaluated for their effects on both CITP/CZE separation efficiency and MS detection sensitivity. Around one hundred CITP/CZE-MS analyses can be easily achieved by using the new sheathless CITP/CZE interface without a noticeable loss of metal coating on the ESI emitter surface, or degrading of the ESI emitter performance. The reproducibility in analyte migration time and quantitative performance of the new interface was experimentally evaluated to demonstrate a LOQ below 5 attomole.

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  • Guo and co-workers provided a detailed experimental examination of a sheathless transient capillary isotachophoresis/CZE-MS interface.

    “A detailed experimental examination of a sheathless transient capillary isotachophoresis (cITP)/CZE−MS interface was provided by Guo and co-workers62.”
  • The metal coating on the ESI emitter was found to be highly sensitive and robust for approximately 100 analyses of a mixture of 9 peptide standards.

    “The metal-coating on the ESI emitter was found to be highly sensitive and robust for approximately 100 analyses of a mixture of 9 peptide standards.”
  • CE-MS with selected reaction monitoring provided reliable quantification of a peptide mixture with a coefficient of variation between 0.2 and 1.8% for migration time.

    “The method was highly reproducible and robust and provided reliable quantification of a peptide mixture with a coefficient of variation (CV) between 0.2 and 1.8% for the migration time.”

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Authors
Guo, X., Fillmore, T. L., Gao, Y., & Tang, K.
Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine (CN)
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author
Tang, Keqi
Venue
Analytical Chemistry
Published
2016-04-08
Volume
88
Issue
8
Pages
4418-4425
ISSN
  • 0003-2700 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6882
OpenAlex
W2320317426
Cited by
54
References
31
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 5
FWCI
4.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Analytical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute (R21 CA199744, R33 CA155252)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC05-76RL01830)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P41 GM103493)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
Keywords
capillary isotachophoresis, capillary zone electrophoresis, electrospray ionization, multiple reaction monitoring
MeSH terms
Electrolytes, Peptides, Electrophoresis, Capillary, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Nanotechnology

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