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Rapid fabrication of microextraction devices for direct determination of basic drugs in dried blood spots
Ryšavá, Lenka ; Přikryl, Jan ; Dvořák, Miloš ; Malá, Zdeňka ; Kubáň, Pavel
A 3D-printed cutter was designed for rapid fabrication of supported liquid membrane (SLM) extraction devices compatible with injection system of commercial capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrument. Low cost and single use microextraction devices were fabricated from polypropylene micropipette tips with high precision (dimension variances ≤ 3% RSD). Practical applicability of the microextraction devices was examined by in-line coupling of SLM extractions to CE for direct analysis of four model basic drugs in dried blood spot extracts. Excellent repeatability of the hyphenated technique was achieved (RSD ≤ 7.6%), transfer of analytes across the SLM ranged from 23 to 73% and limits of detection were as low as 0.07 μg/mL.
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A Microfluidic devide for monitoring cell migration
Ledvina, Vojtěch ; Klepárník, Karel ; Legartová, Soňa ; Bártová, Eva
A polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic device for monitoring directed cell migration was developed. The device comprises a main channel barred by pillar arrays with decreasing spacing and utilizes chemotactic movement of cells in the direction of increasing gradient of fetal bovine serum. HeLa cell line transfected with Premo FUCCI Cell Cycle Sensor was used as a model organism. The cells were imaged for several days using a scanning confocal microscope and the rate of migration in different cell cycle phases was evaluated.
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Evaluation of the 33 synthesized nitrophenol-based markers of isoelectic point
Duša, Filip ; Moravcová, Dana ; Šlais, Karel
33 nitrophenol-based compounds, which absorb at ultraviolet as well as visible wavelengths, were selected as candidates for marking isoelectric points (pI) over the pH range from 3 to 10. The evaluation and selection of the candidate structures included structure-based calculations of acid-base properties. The selected compounds were further tested experimentally using capillary isoelectric focusing. The experimental analysis excluded two compounds due to producing double peaks during the analysis. Overall, 31 novel compounds were identified as suitable pI markers.
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A Validatation of non-invasive method for diagnostic of cystic fibrosis based on ion ratios determined by CE-C4D
Ďurč, P. ; Lačná, J. ; Dosedělová, V. ; Foret, František ; Homoľa, L. ; Pokojová, E. ; Malá, M. ; Skřičková, J. ; Dastych, M. ; Vinohradská, H. ; Dřevínek, P. ; Skalická, V. ; Kubáň, Petr
A validation of novel approach for diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (CF) is presented. The method is very simple and fast, since for collection of samples, only wiping of the skin of forearm is needed. The collected sample is analyzed by capillary electrophoresis with contactless conductometric detection (CE-C4D). Ion ratios are determined as ratios of peak area of chloride anion and peak areas of selected cations. It is possible to distinguish between cystic fibrosis patients and healthy individuals when ion ratio is applied as diagnostic factor. In here, we present analytical parameters of developed method (limits of detection, limits of quantification, repeatability of migration times, repeatability of peak areas) and ROC curve, which reveals high sensitivity and specificity of the developed method.
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