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ELECTROPHORESIS
卷 35, 期 12-13, 页码 1887-1892出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400025
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Bicinchoninic acid (BCA); Capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (C4D); Gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis (GEMBE); Total protein assay
We investigated the ability of gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis (GEMBE) with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection ((CD)-D-4) to assay total protein concentration using the bicinchoninic acid (BCA) reaction. We chose this format because GEMBE-(CD)-D-4 behaves as a concentration dependent detection system, unlike optical methods that also rely on pathlength (due to Beer's law). This system tolerates proteins well compared with other capillary electrophoretic methods, allowing the capillary to be reused without coatings or additional hydroxide wash steps. The typical reaction protocol was modified by reducing the pH slightly from 11.25 to 9.4, which enabled elimination of tartrate from the reagents. We estimated that copper (I) could be detected at approximately 3.0 mu mol/L, which agrees with similar GEMBE and CZE systems utilizing (CD)-D-4. Under conditions similar to the BCA micro method assay, we determined the LOD for three common proteins (insulin, BSA, and bovine gamma globulin) and found that they agree well with the existing spectroscopic detection methods. Further, we investigated how long reaction times impact the LOD and found that the conversion was proportional to log(time). This indicated that little sensitivity is gained by extending the reaction past 1 h. Hence, GEMBE provides an alternative platform for total protein assays while maintaining the excellent sensitivity of the optical-based methods.
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