EP1478925A1 - Use of ultraphobic surfaces having a multitude of hydrophilic areas for analyzing samples - Google Patents
Use of ultraphobic surfaces having a multitude of hydrophilic areas for analyzing samplesInfo
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- the present invention relates to the use of surfaces with hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas, for mass spectrometric and / or optical analysis of samples. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the exact, contamination-free dosing of liquids.
- Mass spectrometry and / or optical detection methods have become increasingly popular for the analysis of samples, for example in drug chemistry or in biological research and production.
- Mass spectrometry with ionization through matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization (MALDI) is preferably used for the analysis of biomolecules in the samples.
- a drop of liquid is generally applied to a cleaned sample carrier, for example pipetted, and then analyzed.
- sample carriers consist of glass or metal and the wetting surface of the liquid drop approximately corresponds to the diameter of the liquid drop.
- Another sample carrier is described in DE 19754 978 A1, having a relatively hydrophobic surface of Telflon ® or graphite are incorporated in the hydrophilic anchor portions.
- the sample carriers according to the prior art have the disadvantage that the analyzes carried out with them are often comparatively inaccurate because contamination of the sample carrier surface and mass transfer phenomena between the sample carrier surface and the liquid drop influence the measurement.
- DNA probes are applied, for example in the form of liquid drops, to a sample carrier and, for example, mixed with a fluorescent marker and then analyzed optically.
- the sample carriers are usually made of glass, so that the liquid drop rests on the glass surface with a comparatively large area, which results in an optical analysis Background signal occurs that affects the quality of the analysis.
- Teflon ® surfaces in which hydrophilic anchor areas are incorporated. These surfaces are disclosed, for example, in DE 197 54 978 A1. From WO 98/45406, hydrophobic surfaces with hydrophilic microvolumes, in which liquid can be collected, are known. These surfaces also have the disadvantages mentioned above.
- the object is achieved according to the invention by the use of surfaces with hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas, for the mass spectrometric analysis of samples.
- the surface can be part of any flat structure or be arranged thereon.
- the fabric is preferably a plate with a flat surface, very particularly preferably a sample carrier, which, however, preferably has no indentations.
- the fabric according to the invention is a film, the surface of which has hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas.
- the surface is flat.
- a plan in the sense of the invention means that the surface has the topography required for ultraphobicity, however, no microvolumes in which liquid can be collected.
- Flat surfaces have the particular advantage that they are easy to manufacture and that a drop of liquid does not have to be pressed into a micro-volume or into an anchor area, as is known from the prior art. In addition, in the case of flat surfaces, their influence on the liquid drops lying thereon is particularly small.
- the samples that are analyzed with the method according to the invention can contain any substances that are required for mass spectrometric analysis are accessible.
- the sample preferably has at least one biomolecule and / or biological material, particularly preferably nucleic acids, nucleic acid analogs, Spiegelmers, aptamers, ribozymes, peptides, polypeptides, proteins and / or antibodies.
- the sample preferably contains at least one further reagent.
- the substances to be analyzed are preferably first deposited on the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas and then preferably subjected to at least one further reagent in order to examine the reaction of the substance to be analyzed in each case to the respective reagent.
- the use according to the invention is very particularly preferably suitable for the MALDI method.
- biomolecules and / or biological material are preferably mixed with a matrix substance and this sample is then metered onto the hydro- and / or oleophilic areas, for example pipetted. This sample is then dried on the surface.
- the crystals that form are examined, for example, using a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer in linear or reflector mode. Details of this process can be found in Nordhoff et, al.
- MALDI-MS as a new method forthe analysis of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) with molecular masses up to 150,000 Dalton, Application of modern mass spectrometric methods to plant science research, Oxford University press, (1996) pages 86-101 , which is hereby introduced as a reference and is therefore considered part of the disclosure.
- the use according to the invention in the MALDI method makes it possible to record high quality mass spectra.
- the MALDI matrix can also first be metered onto the hydrophilic regions and dried there, and that the sample to be analyzed is then applied to the dried MALDI matrix and then dried and then analyzed.
- SIMS Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
- TOF-SIMS Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
- a biomolecule in the sense of the present invention is any molecule that is produced by any virus or single or multicellular organism in the course of the life cycle.
- Biomolecules contain at least one oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and / or phosphorus atom.
- Examples of biomolecules are: play gelers, aptamers, ribozymes, peptides, polypeptides, proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids, nucleic acid analogues, DNA, double-stranded DNA, RNA, double-stranded RNA / DNA, vitamins, carbohydrates, hormones, glycopeptides, glycoproteins, lipids, Fatty acids and cholesterol.
- Biomaterial in the sense of the inventions contains at least one biomolecule. However, this can also involve large amounts of the same or different biomolecules. These can exist side by side unorganized or build functional units due to interactions. Examples of this are protein complexes, genomes, cell nuclei, ribosomes, cells, cell assemblies, tissues or complete organisms.
- the ultraphobic surface is electrically conductive.
- Another object of the present invention is the use of preferably flat surfaces with hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, which are completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas for the optical analysis of samples.
- the surface is preferably flat.
- a plan in the sense of the invention means that the surface has the topography required for ultraphobicity, however, no microvolumes in which liquid can be collected.
- Flat surfaces have the particular advantage that they are easy to manufacture and that a drop of liquid does not have to be pressed into a micro-volume or into an anchor area, as is known from the prior art.
- the influence on the liquid droplets lying thereon is particularly small in the case of flat surfaces and there are particularly few background signals.
- the surface can be part of any flat structure or be arranged thereon.
- the fabric is preferably a plate with a flat surface, very particularly preferably a sample carrier, which, however, has no indentations.
- the fabric according to the invention is a film, the surface of which has hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas.
- the samples that are analyzed with the method according to the invention can have any substances that are accessible for optical analysis.
- the sample preferably has at least one biomolecule and / or biological material, particularly preferably nucleic acids, nucleic acid analogs, Spiegelmers, aptamers, ribozymes, polypeptides, peptides and / or proteins.
- the sample preferably contains at least one further reagent.
- the substances to be analyzed are preferably first deposited on the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas and then preferably subjected to at least one further reagent in order to examine the reaction of the substance to be analyzed in each case to the respective reagent.
- Fluorescent dyes which are suitable, for example, for the detection of interactions of samples with probes immobilized on a biochip, are specified, for example, in the Handbook of Fluorescent Probes and Research Products by Molecular Probes. This publication is hereby introduced as a reference and is therefore part of the disclosure.
- the use according to the invention is also suitable for the detection of dyes which allow specific time-resolved fluorescence detection, as described, for example, in Sauer M, Angerer B, Ankenbauer W, Foldes-Papp Z, Gobel F, Han KT, Rigler R, Schulz A, Wolfrum J, Zander C. Single molecule DNA sequencing in submicrometer channels: State of the art and future prospects.
- the use according to the invention also includes the use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer systems which are described in Bader et al (see above) and Oswald B, Gruber M, Böhmer M, Lehmann F, Probst M, Wolfbeis OS.Novel diode laser - compatible fluorophores and their application to Single molecule detection, protein labeling and fluorescence resonance energy transfer immunoassay.Photochem Photobiol. 2001 Aug; 74 (2): 237-45. and Kimball SR, Horetsky RL.AIterations in interprotein interactions between translation initiation factors assessed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer.lnt J Biochem Cell Biol. 2001 Aug; 33 (8): 797-8 ⁇ 6.).
- the use according to the invention also includes the use of non-fluorescent labeling reagents.
- labeling reactions also include the labeling of biomolecules by various isotopes often used in molecular biology laboratories, such as (superscript: 3) H, (superscript: 32) P, (superscript: 33) P and (superscript: 35) S and their detection through X-ray films or phosphor screens.
- Another detection method with labeling reagents encompassed by the use according to the invention is the use and detection of luminescent dyes such as CDP-Star or similar luminophores.
- a typical application for the detection of hybridization-based hybridization methods can be found in Gold B, Radu D, Balanko A, Chiang CS.
- Another object of the present invention is the use of preferably flat surfaces with hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas, for DNA sequencing using the peptide nucleic acid (PNA) method.
- PNA peptide nucleic acid
- the PNA molecules are immobilized on gold, silver, palladium and / or platinum and hybridized with single DNA strands.
- the DNA chain which has been hybridized on one strand can be detected by phosphate detection, preferably using SIMS. Details of the procedure can be found in the publication by H.F. Aarlinghaus et. al., Surf. Interface anal. 33, 35 (2002), which is hereby introduced as a reference and is therefore considered part of the disclosure.
- the gold, silver, palladium and / or platinum preferably represents the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic region. These can be generated by applying the gold, silver, palladium and / or platinum to an uitraphobic surface. However, it is also conceivable that the uitraphobic layer has a gold, silver, palladium and / or platinum layer in its layer structure, which is then exposed at the appropriate locations in order to produce the hydrophilic regions.
- the use according to the invention has the advantage that no dyes have to be added to the DNA.
- Ultraphobic in the sense of the invention means that the contact angle of a drop of water and / or oil lying on an ultraphobic surface is more than 150 ° , preferably more than 160 ° and most preferably more than 170 ° and / or the roll angle 10 ° does not exceed.
- the roll angle is understood to be the angle of inclination of a basically planar but structured surface against the horizontal, in which a standing water and / or oil drop is included a volume of 10 ⁇ l due to gravity when the surface is inclined.
- ultraphobic surfaces are described, for example, in WO 98/23549, WO 96/04123, WO 96/21523, WO 00/39369, WO 00/39368, WO 00/39239, WO 00/39051, WO 00/38845 and WO 96 / 34697, which are hereby introduced as a reference and are therefore considered part of the disclosure.
- Hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas within the meaning of the invention are areas on which a drop of water or oil can be deposited; i.e. a drop of water or oil, which is brought into contact with the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic area on a pipetting system, remains attached to it and thus detaches from the pipetting system.
- a drop of water or oil with a volume of 10 ⁇ l on the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas preferably has a contact angle ⁇ 120 °, preferably ⁇ 110 °, very particularly preferably ⁇ 90 ° and / or the roll angle of this drop exceeds 10 °.
- the surface of the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas is completely enclosed by an ultraphobic area.
- This embodiment makes it possible to deposit a drop of liquid at a very specific location and anchor it there comparatively firmly.
- the surface is preferably essentially ultraphobic and has a multiplicity of hydrophilic and / or oleophilic regions.
- the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas can be on the ultraphobic surface, for example by chemical and / or mechanical removal of at least part of the layer thickness of the ultraphobic layer, preferably by means of a laser.
- the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic regions are preferably produced by modifying only the uppermost molecular layer of the ultraphobic surface. This modification is preferably a mechanical and / or thermal ablation, in which, however, preferably only a maximum of one molecular layer of the ultraphobic surface is removed.
- the modification is preferably carried out by the thermal or chemical change in the ultraphobic surface, but without removal, as described, for example, in DE 199 10 809 A1, which is hereby introduced as a reference and is therefore considered part of the disclosure.
- this modification of the ultraphobic surface With this modification of the ultraphobic surface, its layer thickness remains essentially unchanged.
- the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic regions on parts of the ultraphobic surface can be generated reversibly.
- Such surfaces or methods for the reversible hydro- or oleophilization of parts of the ultraphobic surfaces are described in the German parallel application with the internal file number Sy 0029, which is hereby introduced as a reference and is therefore considered part of the disclosure.
- the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas can have any shape and size. However, they preferably have an area of 1 ⁇ m 2 - 10 mm 2 . A liquid drop with a diameter of 5 nm - 5 mm can be deposited on such a surface and preferably anchored in such a way that it does not detach itself from the surface when it hangs down.
- the use according to the invention is particularly suitable in the field of active ingredient research and in the field of biotechnology. These uses are also the subject of the present invention.
- Another object of the present invention is a method for exact, contamination-free metering of preferably very small liquid volumes on surfaces with hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas, each of which is completely enclosed by ultraphobic areas, in which the liquid to be metered, preferably in the form of a drop brought into contact with at least one hydrophilic and / or oleophilic area of the surface and again is removed and the volume of liquid to be metered adheres to the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas of the surface.
- the volume of the liquid which is brought into contact with the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas must be at least as large as the volume to be metered. However, it is preferably substantially larger, so that liquid can be metered onto a plurality of hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas.
- the metered liquid volume is preferably the result of the size of the hydrophilic and / or oleophilic areas and the liquid to be metered.
- a roll-polished AIMg3 sheet with an area of 26 ⁇ 76 mm 2 and a thickness of 0.15 mm was then degreased at room temperature with chloroform (pa) for 20 seconds (s) in aqueous NaOH (5 g / l) at 50 ° C. Then it was pretreated in H 3 PO 4 (1 OOg / l) for 20s, 30s in dist. Rinsed water and electrochemically pickled in a mixture of HCl / H 3 BO 3 G ' e 4 g / l) at 35 ° C. and 120 mA / cm 2 at 35 V AC.
- the sheet treated in this way was coated with an approximately 40 nm thick gold layer by sputtering in a high vacuum. Finally, the sample was coated for 24 hours by immersion in a solution of the thiol CF 3 - (CF 2 ) 7 - (CH 2 ) 2 -SH in benzotrifluoride (pa, 1 g / l) at room temperature in a closed vessel with a monolayer, then rinsed with benzotrifluoride (pa) and dried.
- the surface has a static contact angle of 178 ° C for water. If the surface inclines by ⁇ 2 ° C, a drop of water with a volume of 10 ⁇ l rolls off.
- a sample carrier with a surface according to Example 1 is used.
- Various aliquots of MALDI matrices for example 3-hydroxypicolinic acid, sinapic acid and ⁇ -cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid, dissolved in acetone, acetonitrile or a mixture of water and one of the organic solvents mentioned, were placed on the unpurified, uitraphobic surface of this sample holder with a piezo dispensing station the solvent content should be at least 50% by volume. After the solvent has evaporated rapidly, all tested matrices separate in the form of small crystals as hydrophilic areas of the ultraphobic surface and adhere to them so firmly that they neither could be removed with compressed air using a wipe.
- the locations covered with matrices each had a diameter of 200-1000 ⁇ m.
- 0.5-2.0 ⁇ l of different samples, which had biomolecules, were metered into the locations occupied by matrices.
- the samples contained, for example, peptides or proteins dissolved in 0.1% TFA (trifluoroacetic acid) water or oligonucleotides dissolved in a mixture of 50% by volume water and 50% by volume acetonitrile, the biomolecule content in each case being 0.1%.
- TFA trifluoroacetic acid
- the samples were applied to the matrices with a hand pipette and evaporated at room temperature and then analyzed in a MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer MTP Autoflex from Bruker Daltonik GmbH, 28359 Bremen in linear or reflector mode. In all cases, high quality reproducible mass spectra were recorded, although the uitraphobic surface was not cleaned before the respective application. This is particularly important for the analysis of nucleic acids that are falsified by the slightest contamination, for example by Na or K salts on the sample carriers. Such contamination can occur when sample carriers are exposed to normal laboratory air for some time.
- the sample holder is made of stainless steel and has an approximately 5 ⁇ m thick Teflon ® -like coating, which is interrupted at 384 points. The interruptions are regularly arranged on the sample carrier and each have a diameter of 400 ⁇ m. The stainless steel surface of the interruptions acts as a hydrophilic anchor for liquid drops that are stored on the surface of the sample carrier.
- Example 3b essentially corresponds to Example 3a, except that in this case the sample holder was stored open after 12 hours after intensive cleaning and before rinsing with high-purity double-distilled water but without touching it on a laboratory table in the laboratory air. A representative result of this analysis can be seen in FIG. 1b.
- Example 2 a sample carrier with a surface as in Example 1 is used, which was cleaned intensively, kept open for 12 hours, but stored on a laboratory table in the laboratory air without touching it, and rinsed with high-purity double-distilled water immediately before use. Acetonitrile drops, each with a volume of 0.1 ⁇ l and each at a distance of 4.5 mm from one another, were then metered onto this sample carrier.
- the MALDI matrix solution does not wet the uitraphobic surface. After the solvent has evaporated, the MALDI matrix is present as a crystalline layer.
- FIG. 1 shows a representative result of experiments 3 a - c, the letters of the spectra corresponding to the letters of examples 3.
- the desired signals of the molecular ion peak were brought to an intensity of 100 in all three cases. Units set. In all three spectra the desired signal (M + H) + the simply protioned and thus simply positively charged free acid of the oligonucleotide dominates.
- the signal In curves a and b, corresponding to examples 3a and 3b, the signal has satellite signals at a constant distance of m / z 22 at higher m / z values.
- the satellite signals show that in addition to the desired molecular ion species, sodium-associated molecular ions were also detected, which are known to indicate contamination of the samples by dust or substances released therefrom in the presence of atmospheric moisture.
- Curve c which corresponds to example 3c, shows the satellite signals, if at all, only in a very reduced form. Satellite signals mean that the entire signal is distributed over several species and thus the relationship between the actual signal and the background noise is deteriorated, which has a negative effect on the sensitivity of the measurement in question. In addition, satellite signals make the analysis of complex oligonucleotide mixtures more difficult because the satellite signals can possibly overlap with desired signals.
- Liquid drops with various DNA probes were applied to a cleaned Bruker 384/400 sample carrier described above and immobilized on the sample carrier.
- the immobilized DNA sequences were hybridized with a mixture of cDNAs labeled with the dye Cy5.
- the hybridized cDNA was obtained from murine liver RNA by a reverse transcriptase reaction and the incorporation of nucleotides labeled with Cy5.
- the so obtained Liquid drops were analyzed with a Genepix 4000 B device from Axon Instruments, Union City, Ca, USA. The result of the analysis can be seen in Figure 2a, b, c.
- a sample carrier with a surface according to Example 1 is used, dosed onto the acetonitrile drops in each case with a volume of 0.1 ⁇ l and each at a distance of 4.5 mm from one another.
- the acetonitrile drops wet the uitraphobic surface and served as hydrophilic anchors (areas) for liquid drops with various DNA probes, each of which is metered as drops with a volume of 0.5 ⁇ l directly onto the areas of the ultraphobic surface wetted with acetonitirl before the acetonitrile evaporated.
- the liquid drops with different DNA probes do not wet the uitraphobic surface.
- the DNA sequences immobilized in this way were hybridized with a mixture of cDNAs labeled with the dye Cy5.
- the hybridized cDNA was obtained from murine liver RNA by a reverse transcriptase reaction and the incorporation of nucleotides labeled with Cy5.
- the liquid drops obtained in this way were analyzed with a Genepix 4000 B device from Axon. The result of the analysis can be seen in FIG. 3.
- the sample carrier is cleaned and reused after the examination. The cleaning is done by washing with an acetonitrile / water mixture.
- FIG. 2 shows the results of Example 4a.
- the sample carrier is shown in FIG. 2a.
- the bright dots represent drops of liquid that are immobilized on the hydrophilic anchors.
- Figure 2b shows four liquid drops and their surroundings enlarged. It can be clearly seen that the immobilized liquid is not restricted to the areas of the hydrophilic anchors, but that certain liquid components are also on the Teflon ® surface.
- the further and detailed analysis of the fluorescence image belonging to Figure 2b is shown in the form of a histogram of the associated pixel values along the bright spots in Figure 2c.
- fluorescence signals should only be generated where DNA has been placed on the sample carrier, which usually results in histograms with peaks at regular intervals result without a background signal. In the present case, however, a clear background signal can be seen between the peaks, which amounts to 10-20% of the total signal strength and which limits the accuracy of the analysis of the present experimental arrangement.
- FIG. 3 shows part of the histogram (three drops of liquid) which results from the tests according to Example 4b. It can be clearly seen that the histogram has only three peaks in the area of the liquid drops and no background noise. The signals are Gaussian and clearly separated. A very precise analysis of the experimental setup is possible. This is particularly well visualized on the histogram shown in FIG. 3, since the signal on the extreme right there only reaches a maximum of 20% of the signal level of the other signals shown in the figure and would not have been detectable with a background signal analogous to that in FIG. 2b.
- FIG. 4 a shows a section of the surface 2 of a sample carrier 6.
- the surface 2 has uitraphobic areas 5 and hydrophilic areas 3.
- a 10 ⁇ l drop of water has a contact angle of> 178 ° and a roll angle of ⁇ 2 °.
- the hydrophilic regions 3 (only one shown) are completely enclosed by ultraphobic regions 5.
- a 10 ⁇ l drop of water has a contact angle of ⁇ 90 ° and a roll angle of> 10 °.
- the hydrophilic region 3 is shown somewhat raised compared to the ultraphobic regions 5.
- FIG. 4b shows how a water drop 4, which is attached to a pipette or a rod, is brought into contact with the hydrophilic area. Due to the ultra-phobicity of the surface 5, which completely surrounds the hydrophilic area 3, the contact angle of the water drop 4 is so large that it only touches the hydrophilic area 3 and not the ultraphobic area 5.
- FIG. 4c shows the situation after the drop 4 has been lifted off the hydrophilic area. A small part 1 of the drop 4 remains on the hydrophilic area. The volume of the liquid 1 that adheres to the hydrophilic area is proportional to its respective area Area and much smaller than the volume of the drop 4, so that the dosing process according to the invention can be repeated several times with a drop 4.
- FIG. 5 shows an uitraphobic surface 7 with a multiplicity of hydrophilic regions 8, the surface of which is completely enclosed by the ultraphobic regions.
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