PMID- 23885671 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140213 LR - 20130802 IS - 1873-3778 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1304 DP - 2013 Aug 23 TI - High-speed gradient separations of peptides and proteins using polymer-monolithic poly(styrene-co-divinylbenzene) capillary columns at ultra-high pressure. PG - 177-82 LID - S0021-9673(13)01084-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.07.040 [doi] AB - For the first time, polymer monolithic capillary columns have been employed at ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatographic conditions (UHPLC) to investigate their potential for high-speed separations of peptides and intact proteins. In comparison to conventional flow rates and gradient conditions, a substantial decrease in analysis time (>factor 4) can be achieved when operating monolithic columns such as ultra-high-pressure conditions while scaling the gradient volume. The effects of flow rate and column length on the peak capacity and the gradient performance limits were assessed for the separation of peptide and protein mixtures applying the maximum system pressure (80MPa) and a fixed gradient steepness. The potential for ultra-fast gradient separations of large biomolecules was further demonstrated for very steep gradients (gradient times<<1min). A tryptic digest of cytochrome c was separated using a gradient time of only 1min. Finally, the run-to-run repeatability and column robustness were assessed at ultra-high pressure conditions (after>800 runs) with consecutive steep 1min separations of peptides, yielding RSD values below 0.12% in retention time. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Vaast, Axel AU - Vaast A AD - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemical Engineering, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. FAU - Novakova, Lucie AU - Novakova L FAU - Desmet, Gert AU - Desmet G FAU - de Haan, Bjorn AU - de Haan B FAU - Swart, Remco AU - Swart R FAU - Eeltink, Sebastiaan AU - Eeltink S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130713 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 0 (Polystyrenes) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (divinylbenzene-polystyrene copolymer) RN - 9007-43-6 (Cytochromes c) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Chickens MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/economics/*methods MH - Cytochromes c/isolation & purification MH - Horses MH - Peptides/*isolation & purification MH - Polymers/chemistry MH - Polystyrenes/*chemistry MH - Proteins/*isolation & purification MH - Proteomics/economics/methods MH - Time Factors OTO - NOTNLM OT - Capillary columns OT - Proteomics OT - Repeatability OT - Ultra-fast separation OT - Ultra-high pressure EDAT- 2013/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/14 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/27 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/07/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [medline] AID - S0021-9673(13)01084-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.07.040 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2013 Aug 23;1304:177-82. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2013.07.040. Epub 2013 Jul 13.