US20050234166A1 - Graft copolymers, their preparation and use in capillary electrophoresis - Google Patents

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US20050234166A1
US20050234166A1 US10/629,524 US62952403A US2005234166A1 US 20050234166 A1 US20050234166 A1 US 20050234166A1 US 62952403 A US62952403 A US 62952403A US 2005234166 A1 US2005234166 A1 US 2005234166A1
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  • the invention relates generally to graft copolymers, their preparation, and electrophoresis separation compositions comprising the same; also to ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) polymers, their preparation, and electrophoresis separation compositions comprising the same; and more particularly to supports, such as capillaries, containing these polymers and methods for separating biomolecules, especially polynucleotides, using capillary electrophoresis.
  • capillary electrophoresis (“CE”) is a widely used analytical method because of several technical advantages that it provides, namely: (i) capillaries containing a separation medium have high surface-to-volume ratios and dissipate heat efficiently which, in turn, permits high voltage fields to be used for rapid separations; (ii) minimal sample volume is needed; (iii) superior resolution is attainable; and (iv) the technique can easily be automated, e.g., Camilleri, Ed., Capillary Electrophoresis: Theory and Practice (CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1993); Grossman et al., Eds., Capillary Electrophoresis (Academic Press, San Diego, 1992).
  • a first embodiment of the invention relates to poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof, where:
  • a second embodiment of the invention relates to ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) where the weight-average molecular weight of the poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) is at least about 3 MDaltons.
  • a third embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide), comprising the step of polymerizing N,N-dimethylacrylamide in an inverse emulsion comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, a surfactant and an initiator, to provide poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) with a weight-average molecular weight of at least about 3 MDaltons.
  • a fourth embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) comprising the step of polymerizing M 2 in the presence of an M 1 backbone polymer, i.e., “poly(M 1 ),” to provide poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ).
  • a fifth embodiment of the invention relates to a composition
  • a composition comprising poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof and a buffer.
  • a sixth embodiment of the invention relates to a composition comprising ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) and a buffer.
  • a seventh embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making a composition of the invention, comprising contacting poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof with a buffer.
  • An eighth embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making a composition of the invention, comprising contacting ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) with a buffer.
  • a ninth embodiment of the invention relates to a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules, comprising:
  • a tenth embodiment of the invention relates to a capillary containing a composition of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows the CE performance of composition IC3 in DNA sequencing.
  • the invention relates generally to graft copolymers, their preparation, and compositions comprising the same; also to ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) polymers, their preparation, and compositions comprising the same; and more particularly to supports, such as capillaries, containing these polymers and methods for separating biomolecules, especially polynucleotides, using capillary electrophoresis.
  • the graft copolymers are surprisingly and unexpectedly effective in, e.g., electrophoresis separation media and for use in CE as dynamic coating polymers that effectively suppress electroosmosis or electroosmotic flow (“EOF”), which refers to capillary fluid flow induced by an electrical field.
  • An exemplary graft copolymer of the invention can be described as a poly(DMA) (“PDMA”) backbone polymer bearing polyacrylamide (“PAAm”) side-chains or pendant chains.
  • a “copolymer” includes a polymer comprising at least two different monomeric subunits.
  • a polymeric chain made up of three different monomers also known as a terpolymer
  • Copolymer is included within the term “copolymer,” as are polymer chains containing more than three different monomeric units.
  • Copolymers may be formed in many ways known to those of ordinary skill in the art, for example: by polymerizing two different monomers; by block copolymerization; by graft copolymerization, e.g., where an existing polymer chain is further reacted with a different monomer; and by a post-polymerization reaction, e.g., where a polymer with ester side groups is partially hydrolyzed.
  • the term “polymer” includes a homopolymer and a copolymer.
  • graft copolymers are commonly named as “poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ),” where M 1 refers to the monomer or monomers making up the backbone polymer or backbone copolymer, i.e., poly(M 1 ); and M 2 (following the “g” for graft) refers to the monomer or monomers making up the grafted polymer or grafted copolymer, i.e., “poly(M 2 ),” sometimes also referred to herein as the pendant, pendant polymer, pendant chain or side-chain polymer. It is to be understood that poly(M 1 ) and poly(M 2 ) can be the same or different homopolymer or copolymer. See G.
  • poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-g-acrylamide) denotes a graft copolymer where the backbone polymer is poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) and the pendant polymer is poly(acrylamide)
  • poly((N,N-dimethylacrylamide-co-N,N-diethyl-methacrylamide)-g-acrylamide) denotes a graft copolymer where the backbone polymer is a copolymer of N,N-dimethylacrylamide and N,N-diethyl-methacrylamide and the pendant polymer is poly(acrylamide)
  • poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide-g-(acrylamide -co-N-butoxymethyl-methacrylamide-co-N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide) denotes a graft copolymer where the backbone polymer is poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) and the pendant polymer is a copolymer of acrylamide, N-butoxy
  • the first embodiment of the invention relates to graft copolymer poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof, where:
  • each M 1 or each M 2 of poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof need not be identical. Rather poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof can comprise non-identical M 1 and M 2 groups, i.e., the backbone, the pendant or both can be copolymers. In other embodiments, however, each M 1 or each M 2 is identical. In certain embodiments, each M 1 and each M 2 is identical.
  • R 1 and R 2 are H, and R 3 is H or methyl; and for each M 2 , R 6 and R 7 are H, and R 8 is H or methyl.
  • alkyl refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain.
  • alkyl groups include lower alkyl, for example, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, iso-propyl, n-butyl, iso-butyl, tert-butyl, 2-methyl-1-butyl, 3-methyl-1-butyl, 2-methyl-3-butyl, 2,2-dimethyl-1-propyl, 2-methyl-1-pentyl, 3-methyl-1-pentyl, 4-methyl-1-pentyl, 2-methyl-2-pentyl, 3-methyl-2-pentyl, 4-methyl-2-pentyl, 2,2-dimethyl-1-butyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butyl, 2-ethyl-1-butyl, pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, hexyl and the like; upper alkyl, for example, n-heptyl, n
  • heteroalkyl in the context of the present invention broadly refers to an alkyl possessing in-chain, pendant and/or terminal functionality, as understood by those persons of ordinary skill in the relevant art.
  • in-chain functionality may be mentioned a carbonyl group or groups (which is/are, of course, included in the carbon count), heteroatom or heteroatoms (such as at least one oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorous or silicon) in the chain, esters, amides, urethanes and their thio-derivatives, i.e., where at least one oxygen atom is replaced by a sulfur atom.
  • exemplary heteroalkyl groups include butoxymethyl, dimethoxybutyl, dimethoxyethyl, 3-(trimethylammonium chloride)-propyl, trimethylbutyl, acetyl, glycolic acid methyl ester, hydroxymethyl, methoxymethyl, methoxypropyl, 2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl, tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl, pentafluoroethyl, bromo, chloro, 3-iodopropyl and the like.
  • cycloalkyl refers to a monocyclic or polycyclic ring comprising carbon and hydrogen atoms and having no carbon-carbon multiple bonds.
  • cycloalkyl groups include C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl groups, such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cycloheptyl, adamantyl, saturated cyclic and bicyclic terpenes and the like.
  • a cycloalkyl group can be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more suitable substituents.
  • heterocycloalkyl refers to a cycloalkyl group comprising a heteroatom (such as at least one oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorous, halogen or silicon), e.g., in the ring and/or pendant thereto.
  • a heterocycloalkyl group can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents.
  • heterocycloalkyl groups include pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolidino, piperidinyl, piperidino, piperazinyl, piperazino, morpholinyl, morpholino, thiomorpholinyl, thiomorpholino and the like.
  • aryl refers to a monocyclic or polycyclic-aromatic radical comprising a hydrocarbon ring(s) bearing a system of conjugated double bonds.
  • the polycyclic-aromatic radical comprising a hydrocarbon ring(s) bearing a system of conjugated double bonds comprises at least six ⁇ (pi) electrons.
  • An aryl group can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents. Examples of aryl groups include phenyl, anthacenyl, fluorenyl, indenyl, azulenyl, naphthyl, anisyl, toluyl, xylenyl and the like.
  • heteroaryl refers to an aryl group comprising a heteroatom (such as at least one oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorous, halogen or silicon), e.g., in the ring and/or pendant thereto.
  • a heteroaryl group can be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents.
  • heteroaryl groups include halophenyl, nitrophenyl, hydroxyphenyl, pyridinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrazyl, triazinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, (1,2,3,)- and (1,2,4)-triazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, tetrazolyl, thienyl, thiazolyl, furyl, phienyl, isoxazolyl, oxazolyl, isoquinolinyl, dihydroxyisoquinolinyl, isoquinolinonyl, quinazolinyl, quinazolinonyl, naphthalimidyl, phenanthridinonyl and the like.
  • a “compound term,” e.g., -(cycloalkyl)(alkyl), broadly refers to a monovalent first group, here cycloalkyl, in which the valency is derived by abstraction of a hydrogen from a carbon atom or suitable heteroatom, where the first group is further substituted by at least one second group, here an alkyl group(s), e.g., 3-methylcyclohexyl or isobornyl.
  • a compound term such as -(alkyl)(aryl) refers to a first group, here alkyl, which is further substituted with at least one second group, here an aryl group(s), e.g., benzyl or 2,2-diphenyl ethyl.
  • a “salt” of a polymer refers to a polymer having at least one anionic charge, cationic charge, or both, e.g., an amphoteric polymer, where each charge has associated with it a suitable counterion.
  • Counterion refers to an ion that balances the polymer's anionic or cationic charge.
  • Exemplary counterions for a polymer comprising a cationic charge include chloride, bromide, iodide, hydroxide, alkoxide, carbonate, bicarbonate, oxide, formate, sulfate, benzene sulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, p-bromobenzenesulfonate, methanesulfonate, trifluoromethanesulfonate, phosphate, perchlorate, tetrafluoroborate, tetraphenylboride, nitrate and anions of aromatic or aliphatic carboxylic acids.
  • Exemplary counterions for a polymer comprising an anionic charge include ammonium, quaternary phosphonium, such as a tetraalkyl phosphonium halide, and the cations of Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and Ag.
  • the counterions include chloride, p-toluenesulfonate, lithium, sodium and potassium.
  • the graft copolymer is poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof, where:
  • the graft copolymer is poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof, where:
  • the graft copolymer is poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof, where:
  • the pendant can comprise poly(hydroxymethylene), poly(oxyethylene), poly(oxypropylene), poly(oxyethylene-co-oxypropylene), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinylpyrrolidone), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly((2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-co-(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)), poly(N-acetamidoacrylamide), poly(acryloxylurea), water-soluble polysaccharides such as hydroxyethyl cellulose and hydroxymethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof.
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof is poly(N-butoxymethyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N,N-dibutyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N,N-diethyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N,N-dipropyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N-2-ethylhexyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N-isobornyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N-3-(trimethylammonium)-propyl-acrylamide chloride-g-acrylamide), poly(N-1,1,3-trimethylbutyl-acrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N-butoxymethyl-methacrylamide-g-acrylamide), poly(N,N-dibutyl-
  • M is N,N-dimethylacrylamide and M 2 is acrylamide.
  • a graft copolymer of the invention is water soluble, water swellable or both, at atmospheric pressure, a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 1 wt. %, and from about 20° C. to about 70° C., e.g., at 25° C.
  • water swellable graft copolymers are generally either those that swell in water but appear not to be completely soluble because they have a very slow dissolution rate, e.g., graft copolymers that are substantially uncrosslinked but have an extremely high weight-average molecular weight; or those unable to dissolve completely in water because they have been crosslinked to a certain low degree, for example, by synthesizing the copolymer to comprise certain amounts of crosslinking or branching agents.
  • a graft copolymer of the invention is substantially uncrosslinked such that it is able to flow into or out of a capillary either with or without the assistance of pressure or vacuum.
  • a graft copolymer of the invention is substantially uncrosslinked by covalent chemical bonds.
  • the weight-average molecular weight (“Mw”) of the backbone polymer can vary widely.
  • the backbone polymer Mw is from about 50,000 Daltons (“Da”).
  • the backbone polymer Mw is from about 75,000 Da, to about 15 MegaDaltons (“MDa”).
  • the Mw of the backbone polymer is from about 100,000 Da to about 10 MDa.
  • the Mw of the backbone polymer is from about 500,000 Da to about 8 MDa.
  • the Mw of the backbone polymer is from about 800,000 Da to about 5 MDa.
  • the ratio of the pendant/backbone by weight i.e., the sum of the weight of all M 2 units present in poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) divided by the sum of the weight of all M 1 units present, can vary widely. In one embodiment, the ratio of the pendant/backbone is from about 0.01 to about 500. In another embodiment, the ratio of the pendant/backbone is from about 0.05 to about 200. In another embodiment, the ratio of the pendant/backbone is from about 0.1 to about 20 by weight.
  • the Mw of the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) can vary widely. In one embodiment, the Mw of the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) is from about 150,000 Da to about 20 MDa. In another embodiment, the Mw of the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) is from about 500,000 Da to about 10 MDa. In another embodiment, the Mw of the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) is from about 1 MDa to about 6 MDa.
  • GPC gel permeation chromatography
  • SEC size exclusion chromatography
  • GPC-MALLS is a convenient way for determining the number-average and weight-average molecular weights of poly(M 1 ), poly(M 2 ) and poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) polymers of the invention.
  • graft copolymers Many methods of making graft copolymers are known in the art and can be used to prepare the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) of the present invention. For example, several such methods are summarized in the following chapter: Costello et al., “Copolymers” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem. Technol., 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993, Vol. 7, pp. 349-381.
  • These conventional methods include selecting a polymeric backbone with suitable reactive sites, selecting a monomer or monomers, e.g., M 2 of the invention, and then conducting a polymerization, e.g., initiated by free-radical, anionic or cationic means, of that monomer(s) to form a graft copolymer. Id., pp. 356-358.
  • Such polymerizations can, of course, be conducted in bulk, solution, suspension, emulsion or microemulsion, and a wide variety of polymerization initiators can be used. Id., p. 356.
  • free-radical initiators are suitable, e.g., azo and diazo compounds, such as azo-bis-isobutyronitrile (“AIBN”), organic peroxides, hydroperoxides, persulfates and hydropersulfates, such as benzoyl peroxide, inorganic peroxides and persulfates, such as the peroxide-redox systems, carbon-carbon initiators, such as hexasubstituted ethanes, and photoinitiators; numerous examples are known in the art. See Sanchez et al., “Initiators (Free-Radical)” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem.
  • AIBN azo-bis-isobutyronitrile
  • anionic initiators include aromatic radical anions, such as sodium naphthalene; alkyl lithium compounds, such as t-butyl lithium; fluorenyl carbanions; 1,1-diphenylmethylcarbanions; cumyl potassium; and those described by Quirk et al., “Initiators (Anionic)” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem. Technol., 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995, Vol. 14, pp. 461-476.
  • Suitable cationic initiators are also known in the art and include protic acids, cation donor (initiator)/Friedel-Crafts acid (coinitiator) systems, stable cation salts, and those described by Faust, “Initiators (Cationic)” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem. Technol., 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1995, Vol. 14, pp. 476-482.
  • the free-radical, anionic or cationic initiator may undergo decomposition by any known means, e.g., thermally or photolytically, when this is required to initiate polymerization.
  • a suitable backbone polymer such as poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (“PDMA”)
  • PDMA poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)
  • Example 1 of the latter at col. 10, line 40 to col. 11, line 12, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the following representative procedure is suitably useful for forming satisfactory PDMA.
  • From 5 to 70% g DMA per cc dioxane and from 1.2 to 16.4 mg of the free-radical initiator AIBN/g DMA are mixed at about 25° C. in an Erlenmeyer flask and argon gas is bubbled through the solution for 10 minutes at room temperature.
  • DMA polymerization is initiated by raising the temperature to about 55° C. Polymerization times of from about 10 to about 25 minutes are satisfactory, depending upon the concentration of monomer.
  • each of the polymers formed may be purified, e.g., by three cycles of precipitation in hexane and dissolution in methylene chloride. Finally, the hexane precipitate may be dried overnight in a vacuum desiccator and then lyophilized.
  • the Mw of the PDMA product obtained which may be conveniently determined using GPC, should be in the range of from about 54,000 to about 99,000 Da.
  • Example 2 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,426, at col. 11, lines 13-35 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the tert-butyl alcohol acts not only as a solvent but as a chain transfer agent that reduces the PDMA molecular weight.
  • the following representative procedure is alternatively useful for forming satisfactory PDMA. From 50 to 70% g DMA per cc tert-butyl alcohol and from about 1.2 to 1.7 mg of AIBN/g DMA are mixed at about 25° C. in an Erlenmeyer flask and argon gas is bubbled through the solution for about 20 minutes. DMA polymerization is initiated as described above and is allowed to continue for about 15 minutes. The resulting polymers may be isolated as described above and lyophilized to yield a PDMA product with a Mw of from about 81,000 to about 112,000 Da.
  • the PDMA Mw can be controlled by conventional methods, e.g., substituting with another chain transfer agent, such as n-butanol or isopropanol, with a different chain transfer constant to monomer and/or varying the amount of chain transfer agent present.
  • the Mw can be increased by decreasing the initiator concentration relative to the starting monomer concentration and/or decreasing the amount of chain transfer agent present, or even eliminating the chain transfer agent entirely.
  • the Mw of the PDMA backbone can vary widely. In one embodiment, the Mw of the PDMA backbone is from about 50,000 Da to less than about 3 MDa when the PDMA is prepared by solution-polymerization. In another embodiment, the Mw of a solution-polymerized PDMA is from about 75,000 Da to about 2 MDa. As the target PDMA Mw increases, e.g., beginning at about 2 MDa and higher, the difficulty of solution-polymerization increases greatly because the solution becomes excessively viscous which may lead to problems with, e.g., homogeneity, poor heat transfer and ease of mixing. For PDMAs having a Mw greater than about 3 MDa, other methods, including those described below, may be more effective.
  • high weight-average molecular weight (“HMw”) polymers and, particularly, HMw PDMA polymers include those with a Mw of up to less than about 3 MDa.
  • ultra-high weight-average molecular weight (“UHMw”) polymers and, particularly, UHMw PDMA polymers includes those with a Mw of greater than 3 MDa.
  • PDMA backbone polymers prepared by conventional solution-polymerization methods are limited to the HMw PDMAs.
  • UHMw PDMA may be prepared by the method of inverse emulsion polymerization (“IEP”).
  • IEP inverse emulsion polymerization
  • Many aspects of the IEP method have been described in detail by, e.g., “Inverse Emulsion (Microemulsion) Polymerization,” Chapter 4 in Radical Polymerization in Disperse Systems, Barton et al., Ellis Horwood, New York, 1994, pp. 187-215; Candau et al., J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Chem. Ed., 23:193-214 (1985); and Pross et al., Polym. Int'l., 45:22-26 (1998).
  • IEP is sometimes referred to as inverse microsuspension polymerization (Pross, p. 22.) or as inverse microemulsion polymerization (Barton, Id.).
  • Pross p. 22.
  • inverse microemulsion polymerization Barton, Id.
  • the preparation of UHMw PDMA by the IEP method has not been previously known, described or suggested.
  • any suitable oil can be used to form the inverse emulsion.
  • the DMA should be present in the water phase.
  • DMA is partially soluble in the oils commonly used in the art as the oil phase for IEP, its oil-solubility is thought to limit the maximum molecular weight of the polymer produced when using such oils.
  • oil insoluble is defined by the following uncomplicated test. At a temperature of 20° C. throughout, 1 mL of the selected monomer or monomer mixture is placed into 6 mL of the selected oil(s) and vortex mixed for 1 minute. The mixing is stopped and the liquid is allowed to stand for 10 minutes. The monomer(s) is insoluble in the oil(s) if phase separation, e.g., translucency, cloudiness and/or separate layers, can be observed with the unaided eye after the 10 minute period. Conversely, the monomer(s) is soluble in the oil(s) if no phase separation, i.e., a clear solution, is observed.
  • phase separation e.g., translucency, cloudiness and/or separate layers
  • DMA was determined to be soluble in each of acetonitrile, acetone, methanol, 1-decanol, ethyl ether, hexane, decane, petroleum ether (normal boiling range 35-60° C.), and petroleum special (normal boiling range 180-220° C.). Therefore, none of these materials, individually, would be a preferable oil phase for forming UHMw PDMA from DMA by IEP. However, DMA was determined to be insoluble by this test in, e.g., aliphatic hydrocarbons comprising at least about 15 carbon atoms.
  • DMA was determined to be insoluble by this test in, e.g., aliphatic hydrocarbons with a normal boiling point at or above about 270° C.
  • aliphatic hydrocarbons with a normal boiling point at or above about 270° C.
  • exemplary hydrocarbons that are suitable oils for forming UHMw PDMA by IEP from DMA include pentadecane, hexadecane, heptadecane, white light mineral or paraffin oils, white heavy mineral or paraffin oils, and mineral or paraffin oils suitable for Nujol preparations.
  • DMA is also insoluble by the above test in, e.g., silicone oils, at least partially fluorinated hydrocarbons and liquid perfluoropolyethers (“PFPE”), also known as perfluoropolyalkylethers (“PFPAE”).
  • PFPE liquid perfluoropolyethers
  • PFPAE perfluoropolyalkylethers
  • Exemplary silicones that are conventional and suitable oils for forming UHMw PDMA by IEP from DMA include poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based oils such as DC200, DC510, DC550 and DC710, each of which may be available in various viscosity grades (e.g., from 10 cSt to 12,500 cSt for DC200) from Dow Corning and poly(methylphenylsiloxane)-based oils such as AR200, also from Dow Corning.
  • poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based oils such as DC200, DC510, DC550 and DC710, each of which may be available in various viscosity grades (e.g., from 10 cSt to 12,500 cSt for DC200) from Dow Corning and poly(methylphenylsiloxane)-based oils such as AR200, also from Dow Corning.
  • Exemplary at least partially fluorinated hydrocarbon liquids that are conventional and suitable oils for forming UHMw PDMA by IEP from DMA include the FLUORINERT series available from 3M, e.g., FC-40, FC-43, FC-70, FC-72, FC-77, FC-84, FC-87, FC-3283, FC-5312 and FC-5320
  • Exemplary liquid PFPEs that are conventional and suitable oils for forming UHMw PDMA by IEP from DMA include the DEMNUIM series available from Daikin Industries, Ltd., e.g., S-20, S-65, S-100 and S-200, the KRYTOX series available from DuPont, e.g., GPL100, GPL101, GPL102, GPL103, GPL104, GPL105, GPL106, GPL107, 143AB, 143AC and VPF1525, and the FOMBLIN Y, Z and M series available from Ausimont Montedison Group, e.g., Y04, Y06, Y25, Y-L VAC 25/6, YR, YR1500, YR1800, Z03, Z15, Z25, Z60, M03, M15, M30 and M60.
  • DEMNUIM series available from Daikin Industries, Ltd., e.g., S-20, S-65, S-100 and S
  • the DEMNUIM-type PFPEs have the formula F-[CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 O] n -H
  • the KRYTOX-type PFPEs have the formula F-[CF(CF 3 )CF 2 O] 1 —H
  • the FOMBLIN-Z-type PFPEs have the formula F-[(CF 2 CF 2 O) 2 —(CF 2 O)] m —H, where n, l and m are varied to give, e.g., different chain lengths and viscosities.
  • oils for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA include aliphatic hydrocarbons comprising at least about 15 carbon atoms, aliphatic hydrocarbons with a normal boiling point at or above about 270° C., silicone oils, at least partially fluorinated hydrocarbons, liquid perfluoropolyethers, or a mixture thereof.
  • oils for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA include pentadecane, hexadecane, heptadecane, white light mineral oils, white heavy mineral oils, and mineral oils suitable for Nujol preparations.
  • the oil used for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA is a mineral oil suitable for Nujol preparations.
  • At least one surfactant is used to form the inverse emulsion.
  • the additional surfactant(s) is sometimes known as a cosurfactant. It is conventional to characterize a surfactant by its hydrophilic lipophilic balance (“HLB”), a measure of the relative simultaneous attraction of the surfactant for water and oil. On the HLB scale ranging from 1 to 40, relatively lipophilic surfactants have a low numerical value while relatively hydrophylic surfactants have a high numerical value.
  • HLB hydrophilic lipophilic balance
  • surfactants are known to be available, for example, many are listed with HLB values in McCutcheon's Emulsifiers & Detergents , North American Ed., Manufacturing Confectioner Pub. Co., Glen Rock, N.J., 1988, pp. 1-217.
  • the surfactant may be nonionic or have an anionic charge, cationic charge, or both, e.g., an amphoteric surfactant, where each charge has associated with it a suitable counterion; numerous examples of each are known in the art. See Lynn, Jr. et al., “Surfactants” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem. Technol., 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1997, Vol. 23, pp. 483-541.
  • nonionic surfactants include polyoxyethylene surfactants, e.g., alcohol ethoxylates and alkylphenol ethoxylates; carboxylic acid esters, e.g., glycerol esters and polyoxyethylene esters; anhydrosorbitol esters, e.g., mono-, di- and tri-esters of sorbitan and fatty acids; polyalkylene oxide block copolymers; and poly(oxyethylene-co-oxypropylene) nonionic surfactants. Id., pp. 506-523.
  • polyoxyethylene surfactants e.g., alcohol ethoxylates and alkylphenol ethoxylates
  • carboxylic acid esters e.g., glycerol esters and polyoxyethylene esters
  • anhydrosorbitol esters e.g., mono-, di- and tri-esters of sorbitan and fatty acids
  • polyalkylene oxide block copolymers e
  • anionic surfactants include carboxylates, e.g., soaps, polyalkoxycarboxylates and N-acylsarcosinates; sulfonates, e.g., alkylbenzene sulfonates, naphthalene sulfonates and petroleum sulfonates; sulfates, e.g., alcohol sulfates and ethoxylated and sulfated alcohols; and phosphates, e.g., phosphate esters. Id., pp. 491-505.
  • carboxylates e.g., soaps, polyalkoxycarboxylates and N-acylsarcosinates
  • sulfonates e.g., alkylbenzene sulfonates, naphthalene sulfonates and petroleum sulfonates
  • sulfates e.g., alcohol sulfates and
  • Suitable types of cationic surfactants include amines, e.g., aliphatic mono-, di- and polyamines derived from fatty and rosin acids; and quaternary ammonium salts, e.g., dialkyldimethyl and alkyltrimethyl ammonium salts, alkylbenzyldimethyl ammonium chlorides, and alkylpyridinium halides. Id., pp. 524-530.
  • Suitable types of amphoteric surfactants are known in the art and include alkylbetaines, amidopropylbetaines and imidazolinium derivatives. Id., pp. 530-532.
  • surfactants for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA have an HLB of about 7 or less. In another embodiment, the surfactant HLB is about 6 or less. In another embodiment, the surfactant HLB is from about 3 to about 6. In another embodiment, surfactants for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA have an HLB of from about 4 to about 6.
  • surfactants include SPAN-80 from Fluka, sorbitan monooleate thought to have the following structure: with a molecular weight of about 429 Da and an HLB of about 4.3; TETRONIC 1301 from BASF, an amine-based block copolymer nonionic surfactant thought to have the following structure: with a molecular weight of about 6,800 Da and an HLB of about 2.0; or a mixture thereof.
  • the ratio (by weight) of aqueous phase to oil phase is usually chosen to be as high as possible. This ratio may range, for example, from about 1:10 to about 4:1. In another embodiment, the ratio may range from about 1:2 to about 3:1. In another embodiment, the quantity of solid polymer product is greater than about 10 wt. % of the total emulsion weight.
  • initiators discussed above are also suitable for use in inverse emulsion polymerizations, e.g., free-radical initiators such as the azo compounds, organic peroxides and persulfates, inorganic peroxides and persulfates, and carbon-carbon initiators, as well as photoinitiators such as those described in McGinniss, “Radiation Curing” in Kirk - Othmer Encyc. of Chem. Technol., 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996, Vol. 20, pp. 848-850. Polymerization may, of course, also be effected by high energy ionizing radiation sources.
  • inverse emulsion polymerization initiators include the azo compounds, either the oil-soluble types such as AIBN or the water-soluble types such as azobutyroamidine, oil-soluble peroxides and persulfates, such as dibenzoyl peroxide, water soluble peroxides and persulfates, such as ammonium persulfate and potassium persulfate, redox initiating systems, which include the peroxy-redox types and, e.g., K 2 S 2 O 8 /Na 2 S 2 O 5 or ferrous ammonium sulfate/ammonium persulfate, and photoinitiators, such as Michler's ketone, i.e., 4,4′-bis-(dimethylamino)benzophenone, and IRGACURE-1700 and DAROCURE-1173 from Ciba-Geigy, believed to be (25% bis(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)-2,4,4
  • initiators for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA include oil-soluble azo compounds, water soluble peroxides and persulfates, redox initiating systems, photoinitiators, or a mixture thereof.
  • the initiator used for the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA is AIBN, ammonium persulfate, potassium persulfate, Michler's ketone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-1-one, bis(2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl)-2,4,4-trimethylpentylphosphine oxide, or a mixture thereof.
  • the inverse emulsion and/or its aqueous phase may also contain such other additives if desired. These include chelating agents for removing polymerization inhibitors, chain transfer agents, pH adjusters, co-initiators, sensitizers, charge-transfer complexes or donor-acceptor complexes when photoinitiation is used, and other conventional additives used in their usual proportions.
  • Polymerization in the inverse emulsion or microemulsion may be carried out by any manner known to those skilled in the art, e.g., as generally described in Griffin, pp. 919-923; U.S. Pat. No. 5,530,069 to Neff et al., at col. 3, lines 39-65 and col. 5, line 29 to col. 6, line 44; and in the references cited therein.
  • the IEP of DMA to UHMw PDMA is described in Examples 6.1.1-6.1.3 herein.
  • the Mw of the PDMA, when it is used as poly(M 1 ), can vary widely. In one embodiment, the Mw of the PDMA used as poly(M 1 ) is from about 3 to about 20 MDa when UHMw PDMA is prepared by IEP. In another embodiment, the Mw of an inverse emulsion polymerized UHMw PDMA poly(M 1 ) is from at least about 3 to about 10 MDa. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to the UHMw PDMA product of any of the methods herein for making it. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to the UHMw PDMA product of any of the IEP methods herein for making it.
  • UHMw PDMA homopolymer (non-graft copolymer), i.e., not including poly(M 2 ), is also effective, e.g., in a CE separation medium for separating biomolecules.
  • a second embodiment of the invention relates to poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) where the weight-average molecular weight of the poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) at least about 3 MDa.
  • the sieve polymer is poly(N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide) with a weight-average molecular weight of at least about 3 MDa.
  • the UHMw PDMA has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 3 MDa to about 10 MDa.
  • a third embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide), comprising the step of polymerizing DMA in an inverse emulsion comprising an oil phase, an aqueous phase, a surfactant and an initiator, to provide poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) with a weight-average molecular weight of at least about 3 MDa.
  • Another embodiment of the invention relates to the poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) product of this method.
  • a pendant-forming polymerization reaction may be carried out, e.g., by free-radical grafting with monomer or monomers M 2 as discussed above, thereby forming a graft copolymer of the invention.
  • a proposed mechanism for free-radical grafting of an exemplary poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) of the invention, poly(DMA-g-AAm) is shown in the following scheme. Free-radicals 1, formed, for example, by the thermal or photolytic decomposition of a free-radical initiator at the start of polymerization, may initiate the polymerization of AAm 2 to form propagating macro-radical 3:
  • Free-radical 1 or macro-radical 3 can abstract a hydrogen atom from PDMA 4 to form macro-radicals 5 and/or 6:
  • a termination reaction by coupling of 3 and 5 or 6 provides graft poly(DMA-g-AAm) 7 having PAAm pendant(s) attached to a PDMA backbone:
  • macro-radicals 5 or 6 could initiate the polymerization of AAm 2 to form a propagating PAAm pendant chain (not shown) grafted to the PDMA backbone.
  • macro-radicals 5 and 6 are each ineffective as an initiator for the polymerization of 2.
  • poly(DMA-g-AAm) 7 Upon termination, e.g., by disproportionation, poly(DMA-g-AAm) 7 is obtained. If termination were to be by coupling between two such propagating PAAm pendant chains, crosslinking (not shown) could be expected. However, based on the results reported in Example 6.2 below for example, any substantial amount of crosslinking does not occur because the poly(DMA-g-AAm) product prepared therein is water-soluble.
  • a fourth embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ), comprising the step of polymerizing M 2 in the presence of poly(M 1 ) to provide poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ).
  • poly(M 1 ) can be a homopolymer or a copolymer.
  • the polymerization may be initiated by at least one free-radical, anionic and/or cationic initiator.
  • the polymerization is initiated by at least one free-radical initiator.
  • the free-radical initiator may be dissociated thermally or photolytically in initiating the polymerization.
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) product has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 150,000 Da to about 20 MDa.
  • the present invention relates to the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) product of any of the methods herein for making it.
  • the poly(M 1 ) is poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) and M 2 is acrylamide.
  • the free-radical initiator(s) are thermally or photolytically dissociated initiators selected from azo compounds, diazo compounds, organic peroxides, organic hydroperoxides, organic persulfates, organic hydropersulfates, inorganic peroxides, inorganic persulfates, peroxide-redox systems, carbon-carbon initiators, photoinitiators, or a mixture thereof.
  • the PDMA backbone can have a Mw of from about 100,000 Da to about 10 MDa.
  • the polymeric backbone can be solution-polymerized PDMA and have a Mw of from about 500,000 Da to less than about 3 MDa, or it can be the inverse emulsion-polymerized UHMw PDMA of the invention and have a Mw of from greater than about 3 MDa to about 10 MDa.
  • poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) of the invention can also be used to make the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) of the invention.
  • exposing a combination of the poly(M 1 ) and monomer(s) to electron beams, ultraviolet radiation, usually in the presence of a photoinitiator, and high energy ionizing radiation sources, such as ⁇ -radiation from a 60 Co or 137 Cs source, ⁇ -particles, ⁇ -particles, fast neutrons and x-rays can cause the generation of free-radicals and/or ions that, in turn, initiate graft polymerization.
  • At least the three following radiation grafting methods are conventional: (1) the “pre-irradiation” method, in which the backbone polymer is irradiated before interacting with the monomer(s), (2) the “mutual radiation grafting” method, in which the backbone polymer and the monomer(s) are in contact while irradiation occurs, and (3) the “peroxide” method, in which the backbone polymer is irradiated in the presence of air or oxygen before interacting with the monomer(s).
  • Stannett et al. “Polymerization by High-Energy Radiation” in Comprehensive Polymer Science , Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1989, Vol. 4, Eastmond et al., Eds., p. 327-334.
  • telechelic polymers also known as “macromonomers”. Costello, pp. 360-361.
  • telechelic polymer refers to a polymer or oligomer having at least one functional end-group capable of forming bonds with another molecule.
  • a telechelic polymer consisting essentially of vinyl-terminated polymer may be suitably used.
  • the terminal vinyl group of such a telechelic polymer can be copolymerized with a monomer or monomers, e.g., M 1 of the invention, to form a graft copolymer bearing, as pendant chains, the polymer of the telechelic polymer.
  • the telechelic polymer can be vinyl-terminated PAAm which, when copolymerized with M 1 of the invention, yields poly(M 1 -g-acrylamide), i.e., acrylamide as M 2 .
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) of the present invention can be prepared from polymeric starting materials, a method that is also conventional in making graft copolymers.
  • a method that is also conventional in making graft copolymers For example, exposure of a combination of poly(M 1 ) and poly(M 2 ) to an ionizing radiation source can lead to the formation of macro-radical intermediates, e.g., by hydrogen abstraction or carbon-carbon bond cleavage. Then, the macro-radical intermediates can couple to form a single, e.g., grafted, copolymer molecule having increased molecular weight relative to the starting polymers.
  • a fifth embodiment of the invention relates to a composition
  • a composition comprising poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof and a buffer.
  • the composition is useful as an electrophoresis separation medium.
  • the composition further comprises a sieve polymer or a salt thereof (described in further detail below).
  • the composition further comprises a denaturant.
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof is such that:
  • M 1 is N-adamantyl-acrylamide, N-butoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-butyl-acrylamide, N-cyclohexyl-acrylamide, N,N-dibutyl-acrylamide, N-3-di(butyl)aminopropyl-acrylamide, N,N-diethyl-acrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide, N-3-(dimethylamino)-propyl-acrylamide, N,N-dipropyl-acrylamide, N-dodecyl-acrylamide, N-2-ethylhexyl-acrylamide, N-isobornyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-acrylamide, N-octadecyl-acrylamide, N-propyl-acrylamide, N-di
  • M 2 is acrylamide, N-acetyl-acrylamide, N-butoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-acrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-acrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-acetyl-methacrylamide, N-butoxymethyl-methacrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-methacrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-methacrylamide
  • compositions of the invention are thought to arise from their ability to suppress or eliminate EOF in CE.
  • the weight fraction of poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) present in a composition of the invention is from about 0.0001 to about 0.02. In another embodiment, the weight fraction of poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) present in a composition of the invention is from about 0.001 to about 0.015. In another embodiment, the weight fraction of poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) present in a composition of the invention is from about 0.001 to about 0.005.
  • the present compositions comprise an buffer system for controlling pH.
  • the buffer is an aqueous buffer.
  • the buffer is a substantially dry buffer.
  • the buffer is a dry buffer.
  • the buffer provides a buffered composition with a pH of from about 5 to about 11.
  • the buffer provides a buffered composition with a pH of from about 7 to about 10.
  • Exemplary aqueous buffers include aqueous solutions of organic acids, such as citric, acetic or formic acid; zwitterionics, such as N-tris(hydroxymethyl)-2-aminoethane sulfonic acid (“TES”), N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)glycine (“BICINE”), 2-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)-amino)ethane sulfonic acid (“ACES”) or glycylglycine; inorganic acids, such as phosphoric acid; and organic bases, such as 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol (“TRIS”).
  • Exemplary substantially dry buffers can be prepared from each of the above aqueous buffers by substantially evaporating the water.
  • Exemplary dry buffers can be prepared from each of the above aqueous buffers by completely evaporating the water.
  • Buffer concentration can vary widely, for example from about 1 mmol to about 1 mol, and often about 20 mmol/liter of water is suitable.
  • Exemplary buffer solutions for conventional CE applications include the following: 0.1 M TRIS, 0.25 M boric acid, 7 M urea with a pH of about 7.6 for single stranded polynucleotide separations; or 0.089 M TRIS, 0.089 M boric acid, 0.005 M ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (“EDTA”) for double stranded polynucleotide separations.
  • the buffers include “GA” buffer, “TTE” buffer, or a mixture thereof.
  • GA buffer comprises 3-((2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl))-amino)-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt (“TAPS”) and EDTA with from about 1 to about 4 mM of EDTA present per 100 mM of TAPS such that the pH of the buffer is about 8.0.
  • TTE buffer comprises TRIS, TAPS and EDTA with about 1 mM of EDTA present per 50 mM of TRIS plus 50 mM of TAPS such that the pH of the buffer is about 8.4.
  • An effective concentration of aqueous buffer present in a composition of the invention is from about 10 mM to about 300 mM. In one embodiment, the effective concentration of aqueous buffer is from about 25 mM to about 200 mM. In another embodiment, the concentration of aqueous buffer present in a composition of the invention is from about 50 mM to about 100 mM.
  • the present compositions comprise a sieve polymer.
  • the present compositions comprise a sieve polymer.
  • CE it is postulated that a primary mechanism of separation for different sized biomolecules, e.g., polynucleotides, is grounded on their charge-to-frictional drag ratio.
  • a sieve polymer it is desirable that a sieve polymer is present if, in the absence of the same, two or more biomolecules would co-migrate in CE, i.e., move with about the same mobility.
  • a “sieve polymer” means a polymer present in an amount effective to cause at least two components of a sample mixture to migrate with different mobilities in CE.
  • Gelled or crosslinked polymers can be useful sieve polymers.
  • non-covalently-crosslinked sieve polymers are used, comprising hydroxyalkylcellulose, agarose, cellulose acetate, essentially linear PAAm and the like, as disclosed by, e.g., Bode, Anal. Biochem., 83:204-210 (1977); Bode, Anal. Biochem., 83:364-371 (1977); Bode, Anal. Biochem., 92:99-110 (1979); Hjerten et al., J. Liquid Chromatography, 12:2471-2477 (1989); U.S. Pat. No. 5,126,021 to Grossman; and Tietz et al., Electrophoresis, 13:614-616 (1992).
  • the sieve polymer is one or more substantially uncrosslinked polymers. In another embodiment, the sieve polymer is one or more substantially linear polymers.
  • the sieve polymer is water soluble at atmospheric pressure, a concentration of from about 0.01 to about 1 wt. %, and from about 20° C. to about 70° C., e.g., at 25° C.
  • the sieve polymer when a sieve polymer is present in the compositions of the invention, has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 100,000 Da to about 5 MDa. In another embodiment, the sieve polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of from about 500,000 Da to about 2 MDa. In another embodiment, the sieve polymer, when present, has a Mw of from about 800,000 Da to about 2 MDa.
  • the sieve polymer comprises a monomer unit that is acrylamide, N-acetyl-acrylamide, N-2-cyanoethyl-acrylamide, N,N-1,2-dihydroxyethylene-bis-acrylamide, N-4,4-dimethoxybutyl-acrylamide, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N,N-dimethyl-acrylamide, N-2-glycolic acid methyl ester acrylamide, N-2-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-hydroxymethyl-acrylamide, N-methoxymethyl-acrylamide, N-3-methoxypropyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-acrylamide, N-methyl-, N-2,2-dimethoxyethyl-acrylamide, N-morpholinoethyl-acrylamide, N-2,2,2-trichloro-1-hydroxyethyl-acrylamide, N-tri(hydroxymethyl)-methyl-acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-acetyl-methacrylamide, N-2
  • the sieve polymer can comprise or is poly(hydroxymethylene), poly(oxyethylene), poly(oxypropylene), poly(oxyethylene-co-oxypropylene), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinylpyrrolidone), poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline), poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline), poly((2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-co-(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)), poly(N-acetamidoacrylamide), poly(acryloxylurea), a water-soluble polysaccharide such as hydroxyethyl cellulose or hydroxymethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof.
  • the sieve polymer includes an acrylamide monomer unit. In another embodiment, at least about 80 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are acrylamide. In another embodiment, at least about 90 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are acrylamide. In another embodiment, at least about 95 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are acrylamide. In another embodiment, the sieve polymer is poly(acrylamide) that is substantially linear, i.e., in which there is an insignificant amount of branching.
  • the sieve polymer includes a N,N-dimethylacrylamide monomer unit. In another embodiment, at least about 80 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are N,N-dimethylacrylamide. In another embodiment, at least about 90 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are N,N-dimethylacrylamide. In another embodiment, at least about 95 mol % of the sieve polymer's monomer units are N,N-dimethylacrylamide. In another embodiment, the sieve polymer is poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) that has a weight-average molecular weight of at least about 3 MDaltons.
  • denaturants include formamide, urea, detergents such as sodium dodecyl sulfate, and commercially available lactams, such as pyrrolidone and N-methylpyrrolidone, as well as their mixtures.
  • lactams such as pyrrolidone and N-methylpyrrolidone
  • the denaturant when present, is formamide, urea, pyrrolidone, N-methylpyrrolidone or a mixture thereof. In another embodiment, the denaturant, when present, is urea. In another embodiment, the denaturant, when present, is formamide.
  • the concentration of denaturant in a composition of the invention is from about 0.5 M to about 8 M. In another embodiment, the concentration of denaturant is from about 2 M to about 8 M. In another embodiment, the concentration of denaturant present in a composition of the invention is from about 6 M to about 8 M.
  • a sixth embodiment of the invention relates to a composition comprising UHMw PDMA and a buffer.
  • the composition is useful as an electrophoresis separation medium.
  • the composition further comprises a sieve polymer or a salt thereof.
  • the composition further comprises a denaturant.
  • the weight fraction of UHMw PDMA present in a composition of the invention is from about 0.0001 to about 0.02. In another embodiment, the weight fraction of UHMw PDMA present is from about 0.001 to about 0.015. In another embodiment, the weight fraction of UHMw PDMA present in a composition of the invention is from about 0.001 to about 0.005.
  • the amounts of buffer, sieve polymer when it is present, and denaturant when it is present, are as given above.
  • a seventh embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making a composition from the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ), described in detail above, and comprises contacting the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or a salt thereof with an aqueous buffer, optionally also contacting with a sieve polymer or a salt thereof and/or a denaturant.
  • the composition is useful as an electrophoresis separation medium.
  • the composition may be prepared by dissolving, at 25° C., the polymeric components, including the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or salt thereof and, when it is present, the sieve polymer or salt thereof, in water followed by adding a concentrated form of the buffer.
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) or salt thereof can be dissolved directly in the aqueous buffer and the optional sieve polymer added to that solution.
  • the denaturant can be present either before or after the optional sieve polymer is added.
  • the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ), and the sieve polymer when it is present can be added to water, aqueous buffer, water plus denaturant, or aqueous buffer plus denaturant, depending on which combination is selected for use.
  • the sieve polymer when it is present, it can be dissolved in, e.g., the buffer, before the poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) is introduced. Any suitable order of adding the components for making such a composition comprising poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) is within the scope of this embodiment of the invention.
  • An eighth embodiment of the invention relates to a method for making a composition from the UHMw PDMA, described in detail above, and comprises contacting the UHMw PDMA with an aqueous buffer, optionally also contacting with a sieve polymer or a salt thereof and/or a denaturant.
  • the composition is useful as an electrophoresis separation medium.
  • the order in which the contact occurs when making a composition if the invention from UHMw PDMA is not critical. Thus, any order of adding the components for making such a composition from UHMw PDMA is within the scope of this embodiment of the invention.
  • compositions of the invention are useful in a method for detecting or separating a sample or analyte, e.g., a biomolecule or mixture of biomolecules.
  • analyte includes the substance for which a particular sample is being tested, e.g., for the presence and/or amount contained in the sample.
  • a suitable method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention comprises:
  • Another suitable method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention comprises:
  • the composition further comprises a sieve polymer or a salt thereof. In another embodiment, the composition further comprises a denaturant. In another embodiment, the composition is in a support such as a capillary tube or column, prior to contacting with a biomolecule.
  • biomolecule(s) can be a polynucleotide or polynucleotides.
  • biomolecules include proteins, glycoproteins, natural and synthetic peptides, alkaloids, polysaccharides, polynucleotides, and the like.
  • biomolecule refers to polynucleotides.
  • polynucleotide refers to a linear polymer of natural or modified nucleoside monomers, including double and single stranded deoxyribonucleosides, ribonucleosides, ⁇ -anomeric forms thereof, and the like. Usually the nucleoside monomers are linked by phosphodiester bonds or analogs thereof to form polynucleotides ranging in size from a few monomeric units, e.g., from about 8 to about 40, to several thousands of monomeric units.
  • GTTACTG a polynucleotide is represented by a sequence of letters, such as “GTTACTG,” it will be understood that the nucleotides are in 5′ ⁇ 3′ order from left to right and that “A” denotes deoxyadenosine, “C” denotes deoxycytidine, “G” denotes deoxyguanosine, and “T” denotes thymidine, unless otherwise noted.
  • Analogs of phosphodiester linkages include phosphorothioate, phosphorodithioate, phosphoroselenoate, phosphorodiselenoate, phosphoroanilothioate, phosphoranilidate, phosphoramidate, and the like.
  • nucleoside includes the natural nucleosides, including 2′-deoxy and 2′-hydroxyl forms, e.g., as described in Komberg and Baker, DNA Replication, 2nd Ed. (Freeman, San Francisco, 1992).
  • Aminalogs in reference to nucleosides includes synthetic nucleosides having modified base moieties and/or modified sugar moieties, e.g., described generally by Scheit, Nucleotide Analogs (John Wiley, New York, 1980).
  • “resolution” or “Rs” is defined as: Rs 0.59( X 2 ⁇ X 1 )/ FWHM (1) where X 1 and X 2 are the centers of two adjacent CE peaks and FWHM is the peak width at half-height, assuming that both peaks have substantially the same width. (See, e.g., Albarghouthi, Electrophoresis, 21:4096-4111 (2000)).
  • “crossover” is the base pair whose (X 2 ⁇ X 1 ) value is equal to its FWHM value. In other words, a crossover of 650 base pairs (“bp”) means that the resolution of the 650th base pair is 0.59.
  • a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least 400 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 600 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 700 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 800 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 900 bp.
  • a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 1000 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 1100 bp. In another embodiment, a method for separating a mixture of biomolecules using a composition of the invention has a crossover of at least about 1200 bp.
  • the weight fraction of poly(M 1 -g-M 2 ) added to a phase-separated composition is from about 0.0001 to about 0.02, e.g., adding 0.18 wt % of GC1 (as described in Example 6.2) restored the CE performance of a phase-separated comparative separation medium.
  • compositions of the invention are relatively stable, e.g., showing no significant change in DNA sequencing performance after extended storage.
  • composition IC3 (as described in Example 6.3) was a water-clear solution with no phase separation at the time of its preparation and evaluation for DNA sequencing performance using CE. After aging for 3 months, the IC3 composition remained a water-clear solution and no phase separation was observed. The after-aging CE performance of IC3 was not significantly different from the same composition evaluated shortly after its preparation. Additionally, the after-aging CE performance results of IC3 were highly reproducible over a number of runs.
  • composition IC2 (as described in Example 6.3) remained a water-clear solution and no phase separation was observed.
  • the after-aging CE performance of IC2 was improved, i.e., yielding a higher crossover at a lower run time, when compared with the already good CE performance of the same composition evaluated shortly after its preparation.
  • a suitable electrophoresis apparatus comprises a support, e.g., a capillary, for a composition of the invention.
  • the support defines an elongate channel connectable at opposite ends to opposing polarity terminals of a voltage source and suitable for containing a composition of the invention, e.g., a separation medium.
  • the term “capillary,” as used herein, refers to a tube or channel or other structure capable of supporting a volume of composition of the invention for carrying out electrophoresis.
  • the geometry of a support or capillary may vary widely and includes tubes with circular, rectangular or square cross-sections, channels, groves, plates, and the like, each of which may be fabricated by a wide range of technologies.
  • the support can comprise a CE array of bundled capillary channels.
  • the support can be of the microfabricated type, such as a channel chemically etched into a glass wafer as described by, e.g., Liu et al., Anal. Chem., 71:566-573 (1999).
  • Exemplary references describing CE microchip apparatuses include the previous citation and Woolley et al., Anal. Chem., 67:3676-3680 (1995), which discloses a CE microchip with a plurality of support channels, each measuring 50 ⁇ m wide and 8 ⁇ m deep.
  • An important feature of a support suitable for use with the composition of the invention is the surface area-to-volume ratio of the support's inner surface in contact with the volume of the composition of the invention. High values of this ratio permit better heat transfer from the composition during electrophoresis. In one embodiment, values in the range of from about 20,000 to about 200,000 are employed. These correspond to the surface area-to-volume ratios of tubular capillaries with circular cross-sections having inside diameters of from about 200 ⁇ m to about 10 ⁇ m.
  • the support is a tubular capillary having a length of from about 10 to about 200 cm. In another embodiment, the support is a tubular capillary having a length of less than about 100 cm. In another embodiment, the support is a tubular capillary having an inner diameter of from about 10 to about 200 ⁇ m. In another embodiment, the support is a tubular capillary having an inner diameter of from about 25 to about 75 ⁇ m.
  • Capillaries suitable for use with the invention may be made of silica, fused silica, silicate-based glass, such as borosilicate glass, alumina-containing glass, phosphate glass, quartz, and the like, or other silica-like materials.
  • the capillary comprises fused silica.
  • the capillary can be uncoated on its outside surface.
  • the capillary is coated on the outside surface with a polyimide layer, e.g., to provide suitable mechanical strengthening and/or promote ease of handling.
  • the capillary can be coated on its inside surface, with one or a plurality of layers, typically with a silane-derived coating and/or PAAm as described in, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,997,537 to Karger et al., at col. 5, line 9 to col. 6, line 14.
  • the capillary is uncoated on the inside surface.
  • contacting a composition of the invention with the support such that the support contains the composition can be performed using conventional methods, e.g., by connecting one end to a syringe and injecting the composition into the support under a controlled pressure.
  • the injection pressure is suitably from about 50 to about 800 psi.
  • the injection pressure for the capillary support is from about 200 to about 400 psi.
  • contacting a composition of the invention with the support such that the support contains the composition can be performed by connecting the capillary support to a filling tube and applying a nitrogen or helium gas pressure of from about 100 to about 500 psi for from about 5 to about 60 minutes, depending on the viscosity of the composition.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,997,537 to Karger et al. discloses PAAm filling with a TEFLON tube and a syringe.
  • Another way for introducing a composition to the support so that the composition is contained therein is by immersing one of the two ends of the support into a reservoir containing a composition of the invention and increasing the air pressure above that composition to greater than atmospheric pressure, thereby forcing the composition into the support via positive pressure.
  • the air pressure at the end of the support opposite to its immersed end may be reduced to below atmospheric, thereby drawing the composition into the support by suction.
  • the contained composition should fill the support substantially uniformly and homogeneously, i.e., the composition should be substantially uniform in density throughout the support and be substantially without discontinuities or voids. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,468,365 to Menchen et al., col. 16, lines 33-45.
  • the Brookfield viscosity of a composition of the invention is suitably from about 100 to about 1000 cPs. In another embodiment, the Brookfield viscosity of a composition of the invention is from about 200 to about 500 cPs.
  • compositions of the invention are appropriately characterized by Method A of the ASTM D 2196-99 test entitled “Standard Test Methods for Rheological Properties of Non-Newtonian Materials by Rotational (Brookfield type) Viscometer.”
  • Method A the apparent or Brookfield viscosity is determined by experimentally measuring the torque on a spindle rotating at a constant speed within the liquid composition at a temperature of 25° C.
  • Spindle No. 00 is used at a rotational speed of 10 rpm in a Brookfield Model RV Viscometer or its equivalent for all of these experiments.
  • a tenth embodiment of the invention relates to a support containing a composition of the invention.
  • the support is a capillary.
  • the capillary is a tube.
  • the composition when multiple CE runs are conducted for a given composition/analyte combination, the composition is substantially, i.e., 99%, removed from the capillary at the completion of each CE run and a fresh aliquot of the composition is introduced before the start of the next CE run.
  • the entire removal and filling operation is conducted under automatic control, e.g., to promote reliable and reproducible CE results.
  • a cathodic reservoir can contain the composition into which a cathode and the cathodic end of the capillary are immersed during electrophoresis, except for the brief period of time in which the sample is introduced.
  • the air pressure above the composition can be finely controlled, e.g., for loading the composition into the capillary by positive pressure.
  • An anodic reservoir can contain the composition into which an anode and the anodic end of the capillary is immersed during electrophoresis.
  • the air pressure above that portion of the composition can also be finely controlled, if desired e.g., for drawing the composition into the capillary under reduced pressure.
  • the composition in the cathodic reservoir is substantially identical to the composition in the anodic reservoir.
  • the entire CE apparatus is maintained at a preselected constant temperature throughout a separation run.
  • a high voltage source is connected between the cathode and anode such that a constant run potential in the range of from about 2 to about 60 kV is produced across the electrodes throughout CE. In another embodiment, the potential is in the range of from about 5 to about 20 kV. Alternatively, or in addition, a selected-frequency pulsed voltage may be applied between the electrodes, if desired.
  • Currents through the capillary during the CE run are suitably in the microamp range, typically from about 2 to about 100 ⁇ A. In another embodiment, currents through the capillary during the CE run are from about 5 to about 30 ⁇ A.
  • a suitable sample or analyte to be analyzed using CE comprises a biomolecule or a mixture of such biomolecules.
  • the sample may be introduced to the composition by any known means, e.g., by syringe layering injection or differential pressure.
  • the sample is introduced by electrokinetic injection, e.g., by placing the cathode and cathodic end of the capillary into a sample solution then applying an injection potential and current across the capillary for a short time.
  • the sample is suitably electrokinetically injected for about 3 to about 150 seconds under a potential of from about 0.5 to about 18 kV. Separation commences after returning the cathode and cathodic end of the capillary into the cathode reservoir and application of the run potential and current.
  • An on-line detector positioned adjacent to capillary and nearer to its anodic end monitors separated bands of sample migrating through a detection zone of the capillary.
  • an optical detection zone comprises a region of capillary in which any outer coating has been removed to permit UV and/or visible light, e.g. fluorescence, detection of the separated analyte.
  • a wide variety of detection schemes are amenable for use with the invention, including UV absorbance, fluorescence emission, laser-induced fluorescence, conductance, radioactive emission, and the like.
  • detection systems for fluorescent analytes are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,675,300 to Zare et al. and U.S. Pat. No.
  • a 4-color detection system such as is conventional in DNA analysis, utilizing an argon ion laser as a fluorescence-excitation light source that emits light at wavelengths of 488 and 514 nm used in conjunction with a charged coupled device detector has be described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,916,426 to Madabhushi et al.
  • the capillary Prior to its use with a different analyte and/or composition, the capillary may be flushed, e.g., with 20 column volumes of water, 20 column volumes tetrahydrofuran (THF), 20 column volumes 1 M NaOH and 20 column volumes of water, before it is used to contain a fresh batch of composition.
  • the used capillary is replaced with an unused capillary containing fresh composition and the sample is introduced by electrokinetic injection, as described above.
  • the graft copolymers and compositions and separation media containing the same; methods of making the graft copolymers and compositions and separation media containing the same; and methods of using the graft copolymers and compositions and separation media containing the same in CE yield superior CE performance in the analysis and separation of biomolecules.
  • the UHMw PDMA polymers and compositions and separation media containing the same; methods of making the UHMw PDMA polymers and compositions and separation media containing the same; and methods of using the UHMw PDMA polymers and compositions and separation media containing the same in CE yield superior CE performance in the analysis and separation of biomolecules.
  • PDMA ultra-high molecular weight poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)
  • the resulting milky emulsion was transferred into a 500 mL three-necked round bottom flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer having a 2 inch TEFLON stirring blade, a water-cooled condenser, a rubber septum, a bleeding tube for bubbling and a 12 gauge syringe needle for venting.
  • De-oxygenation of the emulsion was accomplished by bubbling in argon at 130 mL/min for 1 hour with constant stirring at 200 rpm.
  • 5 ⁇ L of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (“TEMED,” ultra-pure grade obtained from Armesco) was added with a syringe.
  • TEMED N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine
  • reaction flask With constant stirring at 200 rpm, the reaction flask was then immersed into an oil bath maintained at 40 ⁇ 1° C. over a period of 22 hours. At the end of the reaction time, the oil bath was removed. With constant stirring at 200 rpm, air was bubbled into the reaction mixture for 5 minutes to quench the reaction.
  • the product mixture was divided into four 50 mL polyethylene centrifuge tubes and each was centrifuged at 18,000 rpm and 15° C. for 30 minutes. The supernatant layer was decanted and the obtained pellets were rinsed with n-hexane to remove the mineral oil. The resulting polymer was vacuum dried at 35° C. overnight to produce 18.0 g of polymer.
  • UPDMA-1 The Mw of the UPDMA-1 was 8.0 MDa, as determined from batch mode MALLS testing.
  • the resulting milky emulsion was transferred into a 250 mL three-necked round bottom flask equipped as in Example 6.1.1.
  • De-oxygenation of the emulsion was accomplished by bubbling in water-saturated argon for 75 minutes. With constant stirring and purging with water-saturated argon at 130 mL/min, the reaction flask was then immersed into an oil bath maintained at 50 ⁇ 1° C. over a period of 2 hours. At the end of the reaction time, the oil bath was removed and air was bubbled into the reaction mixture to quench the reaction.
  • the supernatant layer was decanted, 200 mL of hexane was added, the obtained mixture was stirred vigorously for 5 minutes and then centrifuged at 1,000 rpm for 2 minutes. This procedure was repeated 3 times followed by a final decanting of the supernatant.
  • the obtained polymer pellets were freeze-dried to provide 11.50 g of polymer.
  • a 1.007 g sample of the product was added to 20 mL of acetone in a 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask, stirred and dissolved to produce a water-clear solution.
  • This acetone solution was poured in a fine stream into 20 mL of vigorously stirred hexane to yield precipitated polymer, which was rinsed with excess hexane. The entire acetone-dissolution procedure above was then repeated.
  • the resulting precipitated polymer was vacuum dried at 45° C. for 16 hours to produce 0.75 g of PDMA having a fibrous appearance.
  • the above vacuum-dried polymer was placed in a 125 mL polypropylene beaker containing 62 g of relatively pure water obtained from a Dionics Corp. water purification system (conductivity of about 10 M ⁇ cm), stirred and dissolved to give a water-clear solution. This solution was filtered through a 5 ⁇ ACRODISC syringe filter. The filtrate was freeze-dried as described above to produce a white polymer product having a fibrous appearance, designated as UPDMA-2. The Mw of UPDMA-2 was determined as 6.1 MDa by GPC testing.
  • the resulting product mixture was divided into four centrifuge tubes and each was centrifuged at 18,000 rpm and 110° C. for 30 minutes. The supernatant layer was decanted and the obtained pellets were briefly rinsed with hexane to remove the mineral oil. Then, the pellet in each centrifuge tube was redispersed with 40 mL of hexane and each dispersion was centrifuged again at 18,000 rpm and 10° C. for 30 minutes. The supernatant was decanted and the resulting polymer pellets were vacuum dried for 8 hours at 35° C.
  • Poly(dimethylacrylamide-g-acrylamide) (“poly(DMA-g-AAm)”) was prepared by the following representative procedure.
  • MILLI-Q Water System MILLI-Q Water System
  • the PDMA was dialyzed with 50K MWCO Spectra/Por-7 regenerated cellulose membranes for 4 days with two changes of water (5 gallons each) and lypophilized prior to its use.
  • the amount of AAm present in the above mixture was calculated as about 2.0 g. To promote dissolution, the mixture was stirred in open air.
  • GC1 first graft copolymer
  • GC2 a higher molecular weight graft copolymer 2 (“GC2”) with a different AAm/PDMA ratio was prepared from the same starting materials and using the above procedure except that the amounts of 2-propanol and ammonium persulfate and the feed ratio of AAm to PDMA were varied.
  • compositions comprising the graft copolymers of the present invention were evaluated for their suitability as capillary electrophoresis separation media in DNA sequencing.
  • each composition and/or separation medium was evaluated in CE by using an ABI 310 Capillary Electrophoresis Gene Analyzer equipped with a 47 cm long by 50 ⁇ m inner diameter uncoated fused silica capillary.
  • each comparative separation medium either GA buffer or TTE buffer was used. Urea denaturant was also present.
  • Each separation medium was prepared by dissolving, at 25° C., the polymeric components in the buffer plus denaturant.
  • CE sequencing runs for these comparative separation media were conducted in the presence of a ladder of TET-dye labeled fragments, having lengths of 35, 50, 75, 100, 139, 150, 160, 200, 250, 300, 340, 350, 400, 450, 490, 500, 550, 600, 650 and 700 base pairs, at several temperatures, usually 50, 60 and 70° C., with 1.5 kV injection voltage and 10 sec injection time and with 9.5 kV run voltage. The crossover and run time were determined at each temperature.
  • CSM1 lacking PAAm, had a low 50° C. crossover value of 532 bp and an excessive run time (92.5 min).
  • PDMA or any other dynamic coating was absent. This formulation exhibited an extremely low 50° C. crossover value, 232 bp, the worst resolution of the three comparative separation media, but had a relatively short run time of 49.5 min.
  • compositions of the invention were prepared from poly(DMA-g-AAm), e.g., by the method described above but also using the dialyzed, lyophilized, extracted graft copolymer of this invention.
  • the dialysis procedure was as described above.
  • IC1-3 were each prepared with the same PAAm used in CSM2.
  • IC1 and 2 were each prepared with the graft copolymer GC2 described in Example 6.2 while IC3 was prepared with the acetone-extracted graft copolymer GC1 described in that example.
  • TET-dye labeled fragment sequencing runs were conducted as described above for the CSM separation media.
  • the composition and CE sequencing performance for each of the compositions of the invention is summarized in Table 3.
  • IC1 was effective in CE.
  • IC I provided an improved crossover value at 50° C. of 643 bp, relative to the 532 bp of CSM1 and the 232 bp of CSM2.
  • IC1 had run times shorter than CSM1 and CSM2.
  • a composition of the invention comprising the lower molecular weight graft copolymer GC1, called IC3, was also effective in CE.
  • IC3 provided an improved crossover value at 50° C. of 633 bp, relative to the 532 bp of CSM1 and the 232 bp of CSM2, also with shorter run times.
  • Poly(DMA-g-AAm) graft copolymers of the invention were prepared using free-radical polymerization of acrylamide in an aqueous solution of PDMA, as described in Example 6.2. After dialysis and lyophilization, as also described therein, which removed unreacted acrylamide, initiator and other low molecular weight impurities, only the following polymeric products could have been present in the isolate: (1) poly(DMA-g-AAm); (2) PAAm, which is relatively acetone insoluble; and (3) unreacted PDMA, which is very acetone soluble.
  • Example 6.2 the “purified GC1” was subjected to boiling acetone extraction to produce “extracted GC1”. Such extraction was used because neither GC1 nor GC2 was soluble in acetone. Since PDMA is very soluble in acetone and the purified GC1 of Example 6.2 was swollen in boiling acetone for 3 days of acetone extraction in the Soxhlet extractor, an undetectable amount of PDMA remained in the extracted GC1.
  • Capillary electrophoresis separation media IC4 and IC5 each comprising an UHMw PDMA polymer of the present invention, were evaluated for their suitability for DNA sequencing.
  • IC4 was made from 3.6 wt % of the UPDMA-2 UHMw PDMA prepared by the procedure of Example 6.1.2.
  • IC5 was made from 2.6 wt % of the UPDMA-3 UHMw PDMA prepared by the procedure of Example 6.1.3.
  • GA buffer was used and 39.2 wt % of urea denaturant was also present in each of IC4 and IC5.
  • Each of these separation media was prepared by dissolving, at 25° C., the UHMw PDMA in the buffer plus denaturant.
  • IC4 was evaluated for DNA sequencing performance using CE as described in Example 6.3. The results were as follows: a 50° C. crossover of 625 bp with a 76 minute run time, each from an average of 4 runs. Thus, IC4, containing UPDMA-2 and lacking PAAm, had a much higher 50° C. crossover value of 625 bp when compared with the 532 bp obtained with CSM1, containing lower molecular weight PDMA and also lacking PAAm. Additionally, the 76 minute run time for IC4 at 50° C. was, advantageously, far shorter when compared to the 92.5 minute run time of CSM1.
  • IC5 was also evaluated for DNA sequencing performance using CE as described in Example 6.3. The results were as follows: a 50° C. crossover of 610 bp with a 52 minute run time, each from an average of 4 runs. IC5, containing UPDMA-3, also had a much higher 50° C. crossover value of 610 bp when compared with the 532 bp obtained with CSM1, containing lower molecular weight PDMA and also lacking PAAm. Additionally, the run time for IC5, at 50° C., at 52 minutes, was also dramatically and advantageously lower when compared to the 92.5 minute run time of CSM1.

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