PMID- 15765474 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050929 LR - 20061115 IS - 0173-0835 (Print) IS - 0173-0835 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 7-8 DP - 2005 Apr TI - On-line concentration of proteins in pressurized capillary electrochromatography coupled with electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. PG - 1398-405 AB - Pressurized capillary electrochromatography (pCEC) and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) have been hyphenated for protein analysis. Taken cytochrome c, lysozyme, and insulin as samples, the limits of detection (LODs) for absolute concentrations are 10(-11) mol (signal-to-noise ratio S/N = 3) with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of retention time and peak area, respectively, of less than 1.7% and 4.8%. In order to improve the detection sensitivity, on-line concentration by field-enhanced sample-stacking effect and chromatographic zone-sharpening effect has been developed, and parameters affecting separation and detection, such as pH and electrolyte concentration in the mobile phase, separation voltage, as well as enrichment voltage and time, have been studied systematically. Under the optimized conditions, the LODs of the three proteins could be decreased up to 100-fold. In addition, the feasibility of such techniques has been further demonstrated by the analysis of modified insulins at a concentration of 20 microg/mL. FAU - Liang, Zhen AU - Liang Z AD - National Chromatography Research & Analysis Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China. FAU - Zhang, Lihua AU - Zhang L FAU - Duan, Jicheng AU - Duan J FAU - Yan, Chao AU - Yan C FAU - Zhang, Weibing AU - Zhang W FAU - Zhang, Yukui AU - Zhang Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - Electrophoresis JT - Electrophoresis JID - 8204476 RN - 0 (Proteins) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary/*methods MH - Pressure MH - Proteins/*chemistry MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization/*methods EDAT- 2005/03/15 09:00 MHDA- 2005/09/30 09:00 CRDT- 2005/03/15 09:00 PHST- 2005/03/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/09/30 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/elps.200406200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Electrophoresis. 2005 Apr;26(7-8):1398-405. doi: 10.1002/elps.200406200.