Study of Chromatographic Properties of Catecholamines and their Acidic Metabolites Using Novel Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as Stationary Phases

2021 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Antons Podjava ◽  
Artūrs Šilaks

Quantitative analysis of catecholamines and their acidic metabolites can provide vital information for diagnosis and treatment of various diseases (such as adrenal tumors). However, complicated purification protocols are usually required to isolate the analytes. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have attracted considerable attention as a method of selectively separating desired compounds from their matrix. Therefore, we propose a synthetic procedure for new molecularly imprinted sorbents that possess selective binding sites for both catecholamines and their acidic metabolites. The new polymer utilizes non-covalent and semi-covalent imprinting methods. The binding properties of MIPs were evaluated using chromatographic experiments. The results suggest that the MIPs bind with catecholamines much more selectively than with their acidic metabolites. Therefore, increasing sorption selectivity of the acids would make it possible to perform simultaneous extraction of both compound groups.

2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 638-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Guang Lu ◽  
Yu Lei Xi ◽  
Zhen Lv ◽  
Lu Lu Fan ◽  
Hua Min Qiu ◽  
...  

Molecular imprinting technology was employed to produce one kind of Phenylalanine ( Phe) molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP)by precipitation polymerization using Phe, anhydrous alcohol, acrylamide, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, and azobisisobutyronitrile as template, porogen, functional monomer, cross-linker and initiator respectively. In this study, the polymerization conditions were optimized. The template on particle size and morphology of polymers were investigated in detail by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and adsorption isotherm determination. The binding properties of Phe on imprinted polymers were evaluated in water by equilibrium rebinding experiments, and the maximum number of adsorption was 0.60 mmol/g. It is indicated that the existence of binding sites in imprinted polymers was proved and the binding sites showed good specific and selective capability to the template molecule Phe. So the polymers would be used to separate Phe from medicine and food.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2757
Author(s):  
W. Rudolf Seitz ◽  
Casey J. Grenier ◽  
John R. Csoros ◽  
Rongfang Yang ◽  
Tianyu Ren

This perspective presents an overview of approaches to the preparation of molecular recognition agents for chemical sensing. These approaches include chemical synthesis, using catalysts from biological systems, partitioning, aptamers, antibodies and molecularly imprinted polymers. The latter three approaches are general in that they can be applied with a large number of analytes, both proteins and smaller molecules like drugs and hormones. Aptamers and antibodies bind analytes rapidly while molecularly imprinted polymers bind much more slowly. Most molecularly imprinted polymers, formed by polymerizing in the presence of a template, contain a high level of covalent crosslinker that causes the polymer to form a separate phase. This results in a material that is rigid with low affinity for analyte and slow binding kinetics. Our approach to templating is to use predominantly or exclusively noncovalent crosslinks. This results in soluble templated polymers that bind analyte rapidly with high affinity. The biggest challenge of this approach is that the chains are tangled when the templated polymer is dissolved in water, blocking access to binding sites.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Wu ◽  
Jiajun Du ◽  
Mengyao Li ◽  
Lintao Wu ◽  
Chun Han ◽  
...  

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are tailor-made materials with special binding sites.


The Analyst ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 144 (14) ◽  
pp. 4320-4330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lailah Cristina de Carvalho Abrão ◽  
Eduardo Costa Figueiredo

Restricted access molecularly imprinted polymers (RAMIPs) are hybrid materials that present selective binding sites for a template (or similar molecules), and an external hydrophilic layer that avoids the binding of proteins to the material, making them appropriate for the sample preparation of protein fluids.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (14) ◽  
pp. 3256
Author(s):  
Tirza Ecclesia Orowitz ◽  
Patria Pari Agnes Ago Ana Sombo ◽  
Driyanti Rahayu ◽  
Aliya Nur Hasanah

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are specific crosslinked polymers that exhibit binding sites for template molecules. MIPs have been developed in various application areas of biology and chemistry; however, MIPs have some problems, including an irregular material shape. In recent years, studies have been conducted to overcome this drawback, with the synthesis of uniform microsphere MIPs or molecularly imprinted microspheres (MIMs). The polymer microsphere is limited to a minimum size of 5 nm and a molecular weight of 10,000 Da. This review describes the methods used to produce MIMs, such as precipitation polymerisation, controlled/‘Living’ radical precipitation polymerisation (CRPP), Pickering emulsion polymerisation and suspension polymerisation. In addition, some green chemistry aspects and future perspectives will also be given.


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