碳氮稳定同位素在地球科学、生命科学、环境科学、农业科学等各个领域有着广泛的应用。由于同时含有碳氮原子的氨基酸是蛋白质的构成单位,参与机体的代谢,具有重要的生物功能,因此在利用同位素示踪研究中,氨基酸有其重要的研究价值。本...碳氮稳定同位素在地球科学、生命科学、环境科学、农业科学等各个领域有着广泛的应用。由于同时含有碳氮原子的氨基酸是蛋白质的构成单位,参与机体的代谢,具有重要的生物功能,因此在利用同位素示踪研究中,氨基酸有其重要的研究价值。本文仅就利用气相色谱-燃烧-同位素比值质谱仪(gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry,GC-C-IRMS)分析氨基酸的碳氮同位素比值的衍生化方法进行总结,比较各种方法的优缺点,以期对于分析氨基酸的碳氮同位素比值的研究工作提供有益的帮助。展开更多
In this study, biomarkers, together with stable carbon(δ13 C) and hydrogen(δD) isotopic compositions of n-alkanes have been examined in a suite of condensates collected from the East China Sea Shelf Basin(ECSSB) in ...In this study, biomarkers, together with stable carbon(δ13 C) and hydrogen(δD) isotopic compositions of n-alkanes have been examined in a suite of condensates collected from the East China Sea Shelf Basin(ECSSB) in order to delineate their source organic matter input, depositional conditions and evaluate their thermal maturity. Previously, GC-MS analyses have shown that all the condensates are formed in oxidizing environment with terrestrial plants as their main source input. No significant differences were apparent for biomarker parameters, likely due to the low biomarker content and high maturity of these condensates. Conventional GC-MS analysis however, may provides limited information on the sources and thermal maturity of complex mixtures due to insufficient component resolution. In the current study, we used comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry(GC×GC-TOFMS) to increase the chromatographic resolution. Compounds such as alkyl cyclohexanes, alkyl cyclopentanes and diamondoids, which can be difficult to identify using conventional GC-MS analysis, were successfully identified using GC×GC-TOFMS. From our analyses we propose two possibly unreported indicators, including one maturity indicator(C5--cyclohexane/C5+-cyclohexane) and one oxidation-reduction environment indicator(alkyl-cyclohexane/alkyl-cyclopentane). Multiple petroleum charging events were proposed as an explanation for the maturity indicators indexes discrepancy between methyl-phenanthrene index(MPI) and methyl-adamantane index(MDI). In addition, the stable isotopic results show that condensates from the Paleogene have significantly higher positive δ13 C values of individual n-alkanes than the Neogene samples. Based on δD values, the samples can be divided into two groups, the differences between which are likely to be attributed to different biosynthetic precursors. Variation within each group can likely be attributed to vaporization.展开更多
该研究建立了一种精准测定不同样品中氨基酸含量及其氮同位素组成的方法。首先利用N-新戊酰基-O-异丙酯(NPP)对氨基酸进行衍生化,使其更适用于气相色谱分析。随后,采用气相色谱-质谱(GCMS)对大豆、土壤以及标准样品中的15种氨基酸单体...该研究建立了一种精准测定不同样品中氨基酸含量及其氮同位素组成的方法。首先利用N-新戊酰基-O-异丙酯(NPP)对氨基酸进行衍生化,使其更适用于气相色谱分析。随后,采用气相色谱-质谱(GCMS)对大豆、土壤以及标准样品中的15种氨基酸单体进行定量分析,所有目标氨基酸均获得良好的分离效果,且在1.0~16.0μmol/L浓度范围内呈线性关系(r^(2)>0.98)。此外,利用气相色谱-燃烧-同位素比值质谱(GC-C-IRMS)对上述样品中氨基酸的氮同位素组成(δ~(15)N)进行了测定。结果表明,当进样量超过20 ng N([N_(2)^(+)]m/z 28信号强度约为150 mV)时,该方法可以获得稳定可靠的δ^(15)N值,平均精度可达0.36‰。通过与元素分析-同位素比值质谱(EA-IRMS)的结果进行比较,两种方法的测定结果高度一致(r^(2)=0.9954),表明NPP衍生化过程未引入明显的氮同位素分馏。最终测得大豆和土壤样品中各氨基酸的δ~(15)N值分别分布在10.90‰~22.32‰和-1.92‰~12.82‰之间,标准偏差分别为0.23‰~0.88‰和0.08‰~0.79‰,符合样品分析的精度要求。展开更多
文摘碳氮稳定同位素在地球科学、生命科学、环境科学、农业科学等各个领域有着广泛的应用。由于同时含有碳氮原子的氨基酸是蛋白质的构成单位,参与机体的代谢,具有重要的生物功能,因此在利用同位素示踪研究中,氨基酸有其重要的研究价值。本文仅就利用气相色谱-燃烧-同位素比值质谱仪(gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry,GC-C-IRMS)分析氨基酸的碳氮同位素比值的衍生化方法进行总结,比较各种方法的优缺点,以期对于分析氨基酸的碳氮同位素比值的研究工作提供有益的帮助。
基金sponsored by the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (Nos. 2016ZX05024-002003, 2016ZX05027-001-005)
文摘In this study, biomarkers, together with stable carbon(δ13 C) and hydrogen(δD) isotopic compositions of n-alkanes have been examined in a suite of condensates collected from the East China Sea Shelf Basin(ECSSB) in order to delineate their source organic matter input, depositional conditions and evaluate their thermal maturity. Previously, GC-MS analyses have shown that all the condensates are formed in oxidizing environment with terrestrial plants as their main source input. No significant differences were apparent for biomarker parameters, likely due to the low biomarker content and high maturity of these condensates. Conventional GC-MS analysis however, may provides limited information on the sources and thermal maturity of complex mixtures due to insufficient component resolution. In the current study, we used comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry(GC×GC-TOFMS) to increase the chromatographic resolution. Compounds such as alkyl cyclohexanes, alkyl cyclopentanes and diamondoids, which can be difficult to identify using conventional GC-MS analysis, were successfully identified using GC×GC-TOFMS. From our analyses we propose two possibly unreported indicators, including one maturity indicator(C5--cyclohexane/C5+-cyclohexane) and one oxidation-reduction environment indicator(alkyl-cyclohexane/alkyl-cyclopentane). Multiple petroleum charging events were proposed as an explanation for the maturity indicators indexes discrepancy between methyl-phenanthrene index(MPI) and methyl-adamantane index(MDI). In addition, the stable isotopic results show that condensates from the Paleogene have significantly higher positive δ13 C values of individual n-alkanes than the Neogene samples. Based on δD values, the samples can be divided into two groups, the differences between which are likely to be attributed to different biosynthetic precursors. Variation within each group can likely be attributed to vaporization.
文摘该研究建立了一种精准测定不同样品中氨基酸含量及其氮同位素组成的方法。首先利用N-新戊酰基-O-异丙酯(NPP)对氨基酸进行衍生化,使其更适用于气相色谱分析。随后,采用气相色谱-质谱(GCMS)对大豆、土壤以及标准样品中的15种氨基酸单体进行定量分析,所有目标氨基酸均获得良好的分离效果,且在1.0~16.0μmol/L浓度范围内呈线性关系(r^(2)>0.98)。此外,利用气相色谱-燃烧-同位素比值质谱(GC-C-IRMS)对上述样品中氨基酸的氮同位素组成(δ~(15)N)进行了测定。结果表明,当进样量超过20 ng N([N_(2)^(+)]m/z 28信号强度约为150 mV)时,该方法可以获得稳定可靠的δ^(15)N值,平均精度可达0.36‰。通过与元素分析-同位素比值质谱(EA-IRMS)的结果进行比较,两种方法的测定结果高度一致(r^(2)=0.9954),表明NPP衍生化过程未引入明显的氮同位素分馏。最终测得大豆和土壤样品中各氨基酸的δ~(15)N值分别分布在10.90‰~22.32‰和-1.92‰~12.82‰之间,标准偏差分别为0.23‰~0.88‰和0.08‰~0.79‰,符合样品分析的精度要求。
