Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 406, Issue 24, Pages 5877-5895Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-8022-2
Keywords
Dynamic pH junction; Sweeping via borate complexation; Large volume sample stacking; Urinary nucleosides; Polarity switching; Phenylboronate affinity gel
Funding
- Egyptian ministry of higher education and state for scientific research
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
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The combination of dynamic pH junction, sweeping (using borate complexation), and large volume sample stacking (LVSS) is investigated as three consecutive steps for on-line focusing in the sensitive quantitation of urinary nucleosides by CE-UVD. A low conductivity aqueous sample matrix free from borate and a high conductivity BGE (containing borate, pH 9.25) are needed to fulfill the required conditions for dynamic pH junction, LVSS, and sweeping. Parameters affecting the separation and the enrichment efficiency are studied such as buffer concentration, separation voltage, capillary temperature, sample composition, and sample injection volume. Prerequisite for the developed strategy is the extraction of the nucleosides from urine using a phenylboronate affinity gel, which is described to be a unique means for the selective enrichment of cis-diol metabolites under alkaline conditions. The impact of ionic constituents remaining in the eluate after extraction on focusing efficiency and resolution is investigated. The developed method is applied to the analysis of blank and spiked urine samples. Fundamental aspects underlying the proposed enrichment procedure are discussed. A detection limit as low as 10 ng mL(-1) is achieved. To the best of our knowledge, this LOD represents the lowest LOD reported so far for the analysis of nucleosides using CE with UV detection and provides a comparable sensitivity to CE/MS. Because of the high sensitivity, the proposed method shows a great potential for the analysis of nucleosides in human urine and other types of biological fluids.
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