Fundamental studies on the electrokinetic transfer of net cationic peptides across supported liquid membranes

Marte Balchen, Anne Guro Hatterud, Léon Reubsaet, Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard

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Abstract

By the application of an electrical potential difference (25 V), 37 different peptides were extracted from 500 µL aqueous sample (10 mM formic acid, positive electrode), through a supported liquid membrane (SLM) impregnated in the walls of a porous hollow fiber, and into 25 µL aqueous acceptor solution (100 mM formic acid, negative electrode) present inside the lumen of the fiber. Most of the peptides were obtained by tryptic digestion of cytochrome c and bovine serum albumin, which yielded complex samples for extraction. Three different SLMs were utilized to correlate the peptides extractability with the highly variable physical-chemical properties of the peptides. The first SLM (pure eugenol) provided an electromembrane extraction system for hydrophobic and intermediate peptides (hydrophilicity values below 0.2), where the extraction of peptides into the SLM was mainly based on solvent interactions. The second SLM (1-octanol/di-isobutylketone/di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate) extracted both hydrophobic and hydrophilic peptides (hydrophilicity values in the range from -2 to+1) successfully, and the transfer of peptides was principally based on ionic interactions with di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate. The third SLM (1-octanol/15-crown-5 ether) was selective for hydrophobic peptides (negative hydrophilicity values), and complexation of the peptides with the crown ether was important for the migration of peptides into the acceptor solution.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Separation Science
Volume34
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)186-95
Number of pages10
ISSN1615-9306
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

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