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Protease- and Acid-catalyzed Labeling Workflows Employing 18O-enriched Water
Published on: February 20, 2013
High-throughput simultaneous determination of plasma water deuterium and 18-oxygen enrichment using a
M Richelle1, C Darimont, C Piguet-Welsch
1Nestlé Research Center, Nestec, Ltd., P.O. Box 44, CH-1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland. myriam.richelle@rdls.nestle.com
Abstract:
This paper presents a high-throughput method for the simultaneous determination of deuterium and oxygen-18 (18O) enrichment of water samples isolated from blood. This analytical method enables rapid and simple determination of these enrichments of microgram quantities of water. Water is converted into hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases by the use of a high-temperature conversion elemental analyzer (TC-EA), that are then transferred on-line into the isotope ratio mass spectrometer. Accuracy determined with the standard light Antartic precipitation (SLAP) and Greenland ice sheet precipitation (GISP) is reliable for deuterium and 18O enrichments. The range of linearity is from 0 up to 0.09 atom percent excess (APE, i.e. -78 up to 5725 delta per mil (dpm)) for deuterium enrichment and from 0 up to 0.17 APE (-11 up to 890 dpm) for 18O enrichment. Memory effects do exist but can be avoided by analyzing the biological samples in quintuplet. This method allows the determination of 1440 samples per week, i.e. 288 biological samples per week.
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