Capillary electrophoresis fluorescent detection system

a fluorescent detection and capillary electrophoresis technology, applied in the direction of luminescent dosimeters, optical radiation measurement, instruments, etc., can solve the problem of large signal to noise ratio relative, and achieve the effect of large signal to noise ratio, high throughput, and high sensitivity

Active Publication Date: 2014-02-20
AGILENT TECH INC
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The invention provides a high sensitivity and high throughput capillary electrophoresis multiwavelength florescence detection system. The system uses a pixelated detection system capable of imaging an area of each capillary that differentiates the capillary walls, the space between the capillaries, and the internal liquid volume within the capillary. This results in a larger signal to noise ratio relative to methods that integrate the light from the entire capillary cross-section. The system can also illuminate a relatively large volume of the capillary to maximize the number of fluorophores available for excitation within the illuminated area. Additionally, some embodiments of the invention include more than one detection window to detect fluorophore emissions at different wavelengths, which allows for detection of multiple compounds within the same column. This eliminates the need to run a standard compound and unknown compound in two separate capillaries.

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This results in a larger signal to noise ratio relative to methods that integrate the light from the entire capillary cross-section.

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Double Stranded DNA Electropherogram and a Large Volume Detection System

[0042]FIG. 10 shows the electrophoretic pattern of double-stranded DNA 100 b.p. ladders obtained by an embodiment of the invention. This was measured in a multicapillary system, and each trace represents a different capillary. In this example only one LED light source and fiber optical bundle was used for the fluorophore excitation. The LED emitted at 470 nm for excitation while a band pass filter transmitted from 500 nm to 600 nm was used to select the desire fluorescent wavelength for detection. The separation matrix contained SYBR Green dye. When double-stranded DNA binds to SYBR Green, the resulting DNA dye complex absorbs the LED light and fluoresces at 522 nm. The samples were injected into one end of the capillaries by applying 5 kV for 5 seconds. After the sample injection, the injection ends of the capillaries were immersed into buffers for separation under 150 V / cm of a constant electric field. The vol...

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Carbohydrate Separation Electropherogram With Large Volume Fluorescence Detection

[0043]FIG. 11 shows the high resolution oligosaccharide profiling by electrophoretic separation of carbohydrate MALTRIN® M-200 labeled with 8-aminopyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonate (APTS) using an embodiment of the invention. In this example only one LED and fiber optical bundle was used for the excitation. A LED with 470 nm emission was used for the excitation while monitoring the fluorescence signal through a band pass filter with bandwidth from 500 nm to 600 nm. The volume of liquid illuminated was 1500 micrometers×πr2, where r is one-half of the inner diameter of the sample vessel, which was 75 um. The samples were injected into one end of the capillaries by applying 5 kV for 10 seconds. After the sample injection, the injection ends of the capillaries were immersed into buffers for separation under 300 V / cm of a constant electric field. The fluorescent signal was recorded by the CCD. MALTRIN® M-200 is a ma...

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Multiple Wavelength Detection

[0044]The Staphylococcus aureus tuf gene has the following DNA sequence:

5′-TATTCTCAATCACTGGTCGTGGTACTGTTGCTACAGGCCGTGTTGAA3′-ATAAGAGTTAGTGACCAGCACCATGACAACGATGTCCGGCACAACTTCGTGGTCAAATCAAAGTTGGTGAAGAAGTTGAAATCATCGGTTTACATGAGCACCAGTTTAGTTTCAACCACTTCTTCAACTTTAGTAGCCAAATGTACTCACATCTAAAACAACTGTTACAGGTGTTGAAATGTTCCGTAAATTATTAGGTGTAGATTTTGTTGACAATGTCCACAACTTTACAAGGCATTTAATAATCACTACGCTGAAGCT-3′TGATGCGACTTCGA-5′

[0045]The following DNA sequences were selected as primers for PCR amplification:

5′-TATTCTCAATCACTGGTCGT-3′5′-AGCTTCAGCGTAGTCTA-3′.

5′-TATTCTCAATCACTGGTCGT-3′ was labeled with a fluorescence dye (FAM) in the 5′ position, and 5′-AGCTTCAGCGTAGTCTA-3′ was labeled with a different fluorescence dye (Cy-5) at the 5′ position. After the PCR amplification for Staphylococcus aureus DNA, one strand of PCR product contained a green fluorescence dye while other strand of DNA contained a red fluorescence dye. After purification of the PCR product, 80% of N-methylformami...

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Abstract

The invention includes a high sensitivity and high throughput capillary electrophoresis multiwavelength florescence detection system. The fluorescent detection system is configured to illuminate a relatively large volume of a single capillary or a plurality of capillaries, with a pixelated detection system capable of imaging an area of each capillary that differentiates the capillary walls, the space between the capillaries, and the internal liquid volume within the capillary. Only the desired pixels or image area are used for processing and generating an output signal.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61 / 121,043, filed Dec. 9, 2008, titled Capillary Electrophoresis Fluorescent Detection System, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to capillary electrophoresis (CE) fluorescence detection systems.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Capillary electrophoresis (CE) instruments use electric fields to separate molecules within narrow-bore capillaries (typically 20-100 μm internal diameter). CE techniques are employed in numerous applications, including DNA sequencing, nucleotide quantification, and mutation / polymorphism analysis. Samples analyzed by CE are often detected by fluorescence emission of the sample which has been tagged with a fluorophore. The fluorophores are excited with a light source, and the intensities of the fluorescence emission represent the concentration or amount of the sample components....

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G01J1/58
InventorPANG, HO-MINGWEI, WEI
OwnerAGILENT TECH INC