Strong Cation Exchange (strong + cation_exchange)

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Selected Abstracts


Cationic disorder, microstructure and dielectric response of ferroelectric SBT ceramics

JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Issue 3-2 2003
Ch. Muller
Polycrystalline samples of SrBi2Ta2O9 (acronym SBT) have been prepared by means of solid-state reaction either using a classical route or by mechano­chemical activation. For each compound, a structural analysis of the ferroelectric orthorhombic phase (space group A21am) has been performed from the fitting of neutron and/or X-ray powder diffraction data using the Rietveld method. A cationic disorder on Bi3+ and Sr2+ crystallographic sites has been revealed, the Sr atoms occupying the Bi sites and vice versa. From diffraction peak broadening analyses of high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction data, it has been shown that the two grinding methods (manual or mechanical) induce local strains, the average apparent strain being three times larger for the mechanically ground sample. In order to link microstructure and ferroelectric properties, the dielectric constant has been measured as a function of the temperature. It appears that the position and the shape of the dielectric anomaly strongly depend upon the composition and the route used to elaborate the powders. More exactly, for the mechanically ground powder, the large apparent strain, probably correlated to the strong cation exchange revealed by the structural refinement, leads to a significantly enhanced dielectric response. [source]


Accessible proteomics space and its implications for peak capacity for zero-, one- and two-dimensional separations coupled with FT-ICR and TOF mass spectrometry

JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (INCORP BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY), Issue 3 2006
Jennifer L. Frahm
The number and wide dynamic range of components found in biological matrixes present several challenges for global proteomics. In this perspective, we will examine the potential of zero-dimensional (0D), one-dimensional (1D), and two-dimensional (2D) separations coupled with Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) and time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) for the analysis of complex mixtures. We describe and further develop previous reports on the space occupied by peptides, to calculate the theoretical peak capacity available to each separations-mass spectrometry method examined. Briefly, the peak capacity attainable by each of the mass analyzers was determined from the mass resolving power (RP) and the m/z space occupied by peptides considered from the mass distribution of tryptic peptides from National Center for Biotechnology Information's (NCBI's) nonredundant database. Our results indicate that reverse-phase-nanoHPLC (RP-nHPLC) separation coupled with FT-ICR MS offers an order of magnitude improvement in peak capacity over RP-nHPLC separation coupled with TOF MS. The addition of an orthogonal separation method, strong cation exchange (SCX), for 2D LC-MS demonstrates an additional 10-fold improvement in peak capacity over 1D LC-MS methods. Peak capacity calculations for 0D LC, two different 1D RP-HPLC methods, and 2D LC (with various numbers of SCX fractions) for both RP-HPLC methods coupled to FT-ICR and TOF MS are examined in detail. Peak capacity production rates, which take into account the total analysis time, are also considered for each of the methods. Furthermore, the significance of the space occupied by peptides is discussed. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Large scale depletion of the high-abundance proteins and analysis of middle- and low-abundance proteins in human liver proteome by multidimensional liquid chromatography

PROTEINS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, Issue 5 2008
Mingxia Gao
Abstract An unbiased method for large-scale depletion of high-abundance proteins and identification of middle- or low-abundance proteins by multidimensional LC (MDLC) was demonstrated in this paper. At the protein level, the MDLC system, coupling the first dimensional strong cation exchange (SCX) chromatography with the second dimensional RP-HPLC, instead of immunoaffinity technology, was used to deplete high-abundance proteins. Sixty-two fractions from SCX were separated further by RPLC. UV absorption spectra were observed to differentiate high-abundance proteins from middle- or low-abundance proteins. After the depletion of high-abundance proteins, middle- or low-abundance proteins were enriched, digested, and separated by online 2D-micro-SCX/cRPLC. The eluted peptides were deposited on the MALDI target and detected by MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. This depletion strategy was applied to the proteome of the normal human liver (NHL) provided by the China Human Liver Proteome Project (CHLPP). In total, 58 high-abundance proteins were depleted in one experiment. The strategy increases greatly the number of identified proteins and around 1213 proteins were identified, which was about 2.7 times as that of the nondepletion method. [source]


Automation of nanoflow liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for proteome analysis by using a strong cation exchange trap column

PROTEINS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, Issue 4 2007
Xiaogang Jiang
Abstract An approach was developed to automate sample introduction for nanoflow LC-MS/MS (,LC-MS/MS) analysis using a strong cation exchange (SCX) trap column. The system consisted of a 100,,m id×2,cm SCX trap column and a 75,,m id×12,cm C18 RP analytical column. During the sample loading step, the flow passing through the SCX trap column was directed to waste for loading a large volume of sample at high flow rate. Then the peptides bound on the SCX trap column were eluted onto the RP analytical column by a high salt buffer followed by RP chromatographic separation of the peptides at nanoliter flow rate. It was observed that higher performance of separation could be achieved with the system using SCX trap column than with the system using C18 trap column. The high proteomic coverage using this approach was demonstrated in the analysis of tryptic digest of BSA and yeast cell lysate. In addition, this system was also applied to two-dimensional separation of tryptic digest of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721 for large scale proteome analysis. This system was fully automated and required minimum changes on current ,LC-MS/MS system. This system represented a promising platform for routine proteome analysis. [source]


Separation with zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography improves protein identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-based proteomic analysis

BIOMEDICAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, Issue 6 2009
Atsushi Intoh
Abstract Comprehensive proteomic analyses necessitate efficient separation of peptide mixtures for the subsequent identification of proteins by mass spectrometry (MS). However, digestion of proteins extracted from cells and tissues often yields complex peptide mixtures that confound direct comprehensive MS analysis. This study investigated a zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (ZIC-HILIC) technique for the peptide separation step, which was verified by subsequent MS analysis. Human serum albumin (HSA) was the model protein used for this analysis. HSA was digested with trypsin and resolved by ZIC-HILIC or conventional strong cation exchange (SCX) prior to MS analysis for peptide identification. Separation with ZIC-HILIC significantly improved the identification of HSA peptides over SCX chromatography. Detailed analyses of the identified peptides revealed that the ZIC-HILIC has better peptide fractionation ability. We further demonstrated that ZIC-HILIC is useful for quantitatively surveying cell surface markers specifically expressed in undifferentiated embryonic stem cells. These results suggested the value of ZIC-HILIC as a novel and efficient separation method for comprehensive and quantitative proteomic analyses. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]


Separation of Basic Drugs Using Pressurized Capillary Electrochromatography

CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, Issue 4 2003
Zhang Kai
Abstract A novel pressurized capillary electrochromatography (PCEC) was developed to separate basic drugs on strong cation exchange (SCX) column. The separation result by using PCEC was better than that by using micro-HPLC. The effects of electrical field and pressure on plate height and resolution were investigated. Influence of organic modifier, ionic strength and pH value of buffer on retention behavior were evaluated, and the separation mechanism was also discussed. [source]