Ultra-thin-layer agarose gel electrophoresis

Szöke, Melinda; Sasvári-Székely, Mária; Guttman, András

doi:10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00878-4

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“…First Chrambach and co-workers [17] and later Karger©s group [10] reported similar concave Ferguson plots in linear polyacrylamide gel based DNA separations on slab and capillary gel electrophoresis, respectively. It is interesting to note that it is apparently in contrast to earlier observations of Holmes and Stellwagen [30] in conventional agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA fragments and those of Szoke et al [21] in UTLGE using composite agarose-linear polymer matrices. Also note, that during our studies the applied electric field strength was orders of magnitude higher (200 V/cm) than in conventional slab-gel electrophoresis (1±4 V/cm) or in previ- ously reported UTLGE (40±60 V/cm).…”

Section: Effect Of Sieving Matrix Concentration and Dna Fragment Sizecontrasting

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“…Most of the important operational variables in gel electrophoresis based analysis of DNA fragments, such as sieving matrix concentration, applied electric field strength, separation temperature, etc., have been well characterized in conventional slab-gel electrophoresis [16,17], capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) [18,19] and ultrathinlayer gel electrophoresis (UTLGE) [20,21]. Yet, the migration properties of dsDNA molecules are somewhat different in these various separation formats.…”

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DNA analysis on electrophoretic microchips: Effect of operational variables

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Applicability of modern microfabrication technology to electrophoresis microchips initiated a rapidly moving interdisciplinary field in analytical chemistry. Electric field mediated separations in microfabricated devices (electrophoresis microchips) are significantly faster than conventional gel electrophoresis, usually completed in seconds to minutes. Electrophoretic separation of DNA molecules on microfabricated devices proved to have the potential to improve the throughput of analysis by orders of magnitude. The flexibility of electrophoresis microchips allows the use of a plethora of separation matrices and conditions. In this paper, we report on electric field mediated separation of fluorescent intercalator-labeled dsDNA fragments in polyvinylpyrrolidone matrix-filled microchannel structures. The separations were detected in real time by a confocal, single-point laser-induced fluorescence/photomultiplier setup. Effects of the sieving matrix concentration (Ferguson plot), migration characteristics (reptation plot), separation temperature (Arrhenius plot), as well as applied electric field strength and intercalator concentration on the separation of DNA fragments are thoroughly discussed.

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DNA analysis on electrophoretic microchips: Effect of operational variables

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“…Interestingly, the increasing dependence was noticed with cross-linked polyacrylamide [18], agarose [27] and composite HEC-agarose and PEO-agarose gels [28,29], while the decreasing dependence occurs with noncrosslinked polyacrylamide [19] or composite linear polyacrylamide-agarose gels [28,29]. Coming back to the results from this work, it is worth noting at this point that under 40 mM ionic strength the radius of gyration of the M r 177´10 3 PSS was estimated at 20 nm [16], which means that its diameter is very close to the blob size of the separating network.…”

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“…The effects of the chain length of the analyte, mesh size of the separating network, ionic strength of the electrolyte and electric field strength were investigated. A major issue of this study was to confront the results from this work with those obtained for nucleic acids and denatured proteins in similar polymer solutions [17±20, 22±25] and in other sieving matrices (chemical [21,26], physical [27,28] and composite gels [28,29]) investigated either in a capillary [21] or lately in the ultrathin layer format [26±29] (Table 1). To the best of our knowledge, no experimental data are available on the effect of temperature in the size-based separation of synthetic polymers.…”

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On the use of the activation energy concept to investigate analyte and network deformations in entangled polymer solution capillary electrophoresis of synthetic polyelectrolytes

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2001

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The activation energy associated with the electrophoretic migration of an analyte under given electrolyte conditions can be accessed through the determination of the analyte electrophoretic mobility at various temperatures. In the case of the electrophoretic separation of polyelectrolytes in the presence of an entangled polymer network, activation energy can be regarded as the energy needed by the analyte to overcome the obstacles created by the separating network. Any deformation undergone by the analyte or the network is expected to induce a decrease in the activation energy. In this work, the electrophoretic mobilities of poly(styrenesulfonates) (PSSs) of various molecular weights (Mr 16 x 10(3) to 990 x 10(3)) were determined in entangled polyethylene oxide (PEO) solutions as a function of temperature (in the 17-60 degrees C range) and the PSS activation energies were calculated. The influences of the PSS molecular weight, blob sizes zetab of the separating network (related to the PEO concentration), ionic strength of the electrolyte and electric field strength (75-600 V/cm) were investigated. The results were interpreted in terms of analyte and network deformations and were confronted with those previously obtained for DNA migration in polymer solutions and chemical gels. For a radius of gyration Rgzetab, suggesting PSS and network deformations in the latter case. Increasing ionic strength resulted in an increase in the PSS activation energy, because of the decrease of their radii of gyration, which makes them less deformable. Finally, the activation energies of all the PSSs are a decreasing function of field strength and at high field strength tend to reach a constant value close to that for a small molecule.

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“…Historically, agarose gel electrophoresis has been employed for the separation (i.e. fractionation) of biomolecules such as DNA and proteins based on particle size and surface charge density . Biomolecules in the nanoscale size range and larger, such as bacteriophages, have been subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis since the 1960s .…”

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Enhanced detection of gold nanoparticles in agarose gel electrophoresis

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Gel electrophoresis is a powerful tool in gold nanoparticle (AuNP) research. While the technique is sensitive to the size, charge, and shape of particles, its optimal performance requires a relatively large amount of AuNP in the loading wells for visible detection of bands. We here describe a novel and more sensitive method for detecting AuNPs in agarose gels that involves staining the gel with the common organic fluorophore fluorescein, to produce AuNP band intensities that are linear with nanoparticle concentration and almost an order of magnitude larger than those obtained without staining the gel.

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Ultra-thin-layer agarose gel electrophoresis

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

DNA analysis on electrophoretic microchips: Effect of operational variables

DNA analysis on electrophoretic microchips: Effect of operational variables

On the use of the activation energy concept to investigate analyte and network deformations in entangled polymer solution capillary electrophoresis of synthetic polyelectrolytes

Enhanced detection of gold nanoparticles in agarose gel electrophoresis

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