Saccharide analyses have been one of the most important research themes in the fields of analytical chemistry, biochemistry and medicine.In general, absorption spectrophotometry is not directly applied to the detection of saccharide molecules, so that saccharide must be labeled with an absorption and fluorescence (FL) reagent for colorimetry and fluorometry. The chemiluminescence (CL) system using peroxyoxalate reagent, such as bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO), has been used together with dyestuffs as labeling reagents for trace analyses. It was reported that the sensitivity of the CL system was more than 10 times higher than that of a conventional FL system. 1,2 However, there are few reports with regard to application of the CL system to analysis of saccharide. 3,4 Capillary electrophoresis (CE) has been shown to be a powerful and efficient analytical separation technique. CL is expected to also be an ideal detection method for CE, due to its simple optical system and low background. Recently, the applicability of CL detection in CE has been successfully demonstrated. The CE-CL detector has been applied to various biological constituents, such as amino acids, peptides, and proteins. 5,6 We have developed 7 a CE-CL detector using luminol, peroxyoxalate (TCPO), and ruthenium(II) complex reagent. Here, we applied for the first time our CE-CL detector using TCPO and dyestuff to analysis of saccharide.
ExperimentalAll reagents used were commercially available or special grade. Ion-exchanged water was distilled for use. D-Maltose, Dglucose, D-mannose, D-xylose, D-erythlose, and TCPO were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. 8-Aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid (ANTS), 4-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid (AHNS), and 5-amino-2-naphthalenesulfonic acid (ANA) were purchased from Molecular Probes.Acetic acid (14 µl) and 1 M sodium cyanotrihydroborate (50 µl) were added to 0.1 M ANTS aqueous solution (185 µl). To each solution was added one of several concentrations of saccharide aqueous solution (250 µl). The mixture solution was heated at 90˚C for 60 min, and then diluted with a migration buffer solution as needed.A CE-CL detector similar to that reported in the previous paper 8 was used for the present study. A fresh fused-silica capillary tube (50 µm i.d., 50 cm length) was treated with 1 M sodium hydroxide for 30 min and then washed with distilled water. A migration buffer solution (10 mM carbonate; pH 9.0) was treated by a filter and degassed for use. The capillary tube was filled with the buffer solution in advance. The sample solution (ca. 10 nl) was directly introduced into a capillary tube of positive electrode side for 10 s from 30 cm height by siphoning. A high voltage of 10 kV was applied to the electrodes using a DC power supplier (Model HCZE-30PNO. 25, Matsusada Precision Devices Co., LTD.). The detection cell was a 500 µm i.d. Teflon tube, which was covered with black Tygon-tape and had a 8 mm detection length in front of a photomultiplier (Hamamatsu Photonics Co., L...